Directors Report of Canara Bank

Mar 31, 2025

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 56^th Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on
31^st March, 2025 and Profit & Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025.

A snapshot of Bank’s financial performance is given below:    (' in Crore)

Particulars	Mar-24	Mar-25	Growth (%)
Global Business	2272968	2530215	11.32%
of which - Domestic Business	2123133	2339808	10.21%
Overseas Business	149835	190407	27.08%
Global Deposits	1312366	1456883	11.01%
of which - Domestic Deposits	1214951	1331137	9.56%
Overseas Deposits	97415	125746	29.08%
Domestic Deposits	1214951	1331137	9.56%
Current Account Deposits	63949	77841	21.72%
Savings Bank Deposits	328378	337135	2.67%
CASA Deposits	392327	414976	5.77%
Domestic CASA to Domestic Deposits (%)	32.29	31.17	--
Global Advances	960602	1073332	11.74%
of which - Domestic Advances	908182	1008671	11.06%
Overseas Advances	52420	64661	23.35%
Total Assets	1491541	1682850	12.82%
Net Interest Income (NII)	36566	37072	1.38%
Other Income	18966	22453	18.39%
of which - Fee Income	7419	8866	19.50%
Forex Income	765	828	8.24%
Trading Gains	1623	2666	64.26%
Recovery from written-off accounts	5963	6828	14.51%
NII + Other Income	55532	59525	7.19%
Operating Expenses	26119	28134	7.71%
Operating Profit	29413	31391	6.72%
Provisions	9708	8764	(10.48)%
of which - Provisions for NPAs & Bad debts written off	9005	9586	6.45%
Profit Before Tax	19705	22627	14.82%
Provision for Tax	5151	5600	8.74%
Net Profit	14554	17027	16.99%

The global business of the Bank increased to '25,30,215
Crore, up by 11.32% y-o-y, out of which domestic business
grew by 10.21% y-o-y to '23,39,808 Crore as at March

2025.    Domestic CASA deposits stood at '4,14,976 Crore
with Savings Account of '3,37,135 Crore and Current
Account of '77,841 Crore. Thus, domestic CASA stood at
31.17% as at March 2025.

Bank took various steps in respect of monitoring, control
and maintaining asset quality. The sustained efforts ofthe
Bank has yielded results on the asset quality front which
showed a commendable fall in Gross NPA by 129 bps to
2.94% and Net NPA to 0.70% down by 57 bps. Further the
provision coverage ratio has improved to 92.70% from
89.10% in the previous year. The healthy CRAR of 16.33%,
highlights that the bank is well cushioned for an organic
growth in the coming quarters. In FY 2024-25, operating
profit of the Bank stood at '31,391 Crore and net profit
at '17,027 Crore.

Dividend

The Board of Directors of the Bank has recommended a
dividend of '4 per equity share (i.e., 200%) of face value
of '2/- each to the Shareholders for the year 2024-25,
subject to the approval of the Shareholders at the AGM.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

GLOBAL ECONOMY

The global economy has been resilient in 2024, but
some signs of weakness are appearing against a
backdrop of slower growth, lingering inflation and an
uncertain policy environment (OECD Interim Economic
Outlook, March 2025). The Outlook projects global
growth slowing to 3.1% in 2025 and 3.0% in 2026, with
important differences across countries and regions. GDP
growth in the United States is projected at 2.2% in 2025
before slowing to 1.6% in 2026. In the euro area, growth
is projected to be 1.0% in 2025 and 1.2% in 2026. China's
growth is projected to slow from 4.8% this year to 4.4% in

2026.    Inflation is projected to be higher than previously
expected, although still moderating as economic growth
softens. Services price inflation is still elevated amidst
tight labour markets and goods price inflation has begun
picking up in some countries, although from low levels.
Annual headline inflation in G20 economies is projected
at 3.8% in 2025 and 3.2% in 2026.

As per IMF's World Economic Outlook Report (April 2025),
global growth is projected at 2.8% in 2025 and 3.0%
in 2026, below the historical (2009-19) average of 3.7
percent. Global inflation is expected to decline to 4.3% in
2025 and to 3.6% in 2026, although at a slower pace than
previously anticipated, and downside risks such as trade
tensions and volatile financial markets continue to weigh
on the outlook.

INDIAN ECONOMY

The past financial year has been quite eventful on the
economic front. Amidst a myriad of challenges posed by
this volatile external environment, the Indian economy
has exhibited marked resilience, with growth poised
to recover from the blip witnessed during H1:2024-25.
Although the weakening of global economic outlook could
impact overall growth through weaker external demand,
India's domestic growth engines, viz., consumption and
investment, are relatively less susceptible to external
headwinds.

India also has a low external vulnerability as reflected
in its modest external debt-GDP ratio of 19 per cent
and substantial forex reserves (close to 11 months of
imports cover). India's position as the fastest growing
major economy, coupled with macroeconomic stability,
makes it a preferable investment destination in a
world characterised by growth slowdown and macro
vulnerabilities.

The Reserve Bank has been proactively deploying a
slew of measures, including open market operations
(OMOs), daily variable rate repo (VRR) auctions, and
dollar / rupee buy-sell swap auctions, to augment system
liquidity. These measures, undertaken since mid-January
2025, have helped to maintain orderly conditions in the
money market with softening rates.

Headline CPI inflation declined to a 67-month low of
3.3 per cent in March 2025, mainly due to the continued
moderation in food prices. Core inflation (CPI excluding
food and fuel), however, remained steady at 4.1
per cent, with gold contributing 22.8 per cent. Recent
decline in global commodity prices on account of an
expected slowdown in global growth has eased some
of the pressures from imported inflation. Prospects for
the farm sector have been boosted by the forecast of an
above normal southwest monsoon for 2025, which could
augment farm incomes and keep food prices under check.

OUTLOOK FOR 2025-26

India is projected to remain the fastest-growing large
economy for 2025 and 2026, reaffirming its dominance
in the global economic landscape. The country's economy
is expected to expand by 6.5 per cent in 2026 outpacing
many of its global counterparts. In contrast, the IMF
projects global economic growth to be much lower, at
2.8 percent in 2025 and 3.0 per cent in 2026, highlighting
India's exceptional outperformance.

RBI in its MPC announcement on 9^th April, 2025, has
also projected real GDP growth at 6.5 per cent for
2025-26, maintaining the same rate as estimated for
2024-25, following a strong expansion of 9.2 per cent
in the preceding year. The quarterly projections stand at
6.5 per cent in Q1, 6.7 per cent in Q2, 6.6 per cent in Q3,
and 6.3 per cent in Q4. This marks a downward revision
of 20 basis points from the February estimate, reflecting
heightened global volatility. Agriculture remains on a
positive footing, supported by healthy reservoir levels
and robust crop production, which is expected to sustain
rural demand. Manufacturing is showing early signs
of revival amid improved business sentiment, and the
services sector continues to demonstrate resilience.

Meanwhile, the RBI also cut the repo rate for the second
consecutive time by 25 bps to 6 per cent, changing the
stance from 'neutral' to 'accommodative' and the rate
cutting cycle is likely to continue, with a 25bps cut each
in June & August in this FY. Following RBI's repo rate
cut, bank credit growth is expected to rise, potentially
reaching 11-13% this fiscal year, compared to 11-11.5%
in the previous fiscal. However, repo rate cut us expected
to lead to lower fixed deposit rates, as banks adjust their
rates to align with the lower cost of borrowing.

Inflation estimate was also cut from 4.2% to 4% which
is outcome of softening in food prices, correction in
inflation expectation as well as decline in crude oil
prices simultaneously ended FY2025 with the highest
open market operation in four years, underscoring its
active role in managing liquidity. The Indian banking
system had a liquidity surplus of '89,400 Crore. at the
end of March 2025, compared to the deficit of '3.3 lakh
Crore in January, 2025. Further, RBI has announced OMO
(Open Market Operation) purchase auction of Govt. of
India Securities, with a total value of '1.25 Crore. in four
phases between May 6 and May 19, 2025.

As of April 4, 2025, India's foreign exchange reserves
stood at USD 676.3 billion, offering an import cover of
nearly 11 months and reflecting the strength of the
external sector.

Our Bank will continue to focus on enhancing the
low-cost deposits base by providing innovative and
customized products and best-in-class customer services
to all our customers. On the advances front, Bank
focuses on a proper mix of retail, agriculture, MSME and
corporate credit, with a view to achieve greater growth
in business along with profitability. Strategic focus will
also be on strengthening risk management framework
with focus on compliance & proper implementation of
systems and procedures.

The Bank takes adequate efforts for NPA management
with ardent credit monitoring, containing fresh slippages
and strengthening recovery efforts. The Bank will
continue to strive for process and product improvements
in view of evolving customers' and industry requirements.
The Bank envisions to be the "Best Bank to Bank with" in
the Banking sector, both in terms of optimum business
growth and excellent customer service by leveraging
technology and creating value for all stakeholders
through inclusive growth.

CANARA BANK IN 2024-25

The Bank has growth of 16.99% y-o-y in net profit to
'17,027 Crore in FY 2024-25 with operating profit
growing by 6.72% y-o-y to '31,391 Crore. Net Interest
Margin (NIM) of the Bank decline by 25 bps at 2.80% in
March 2025 from 3.05% in March 2024. Return on Assets
(RoA) of the Bank improved by 8 bps to 1.09% in March
2025 from 1.01% in March 2024.

During the Financial Year 2024-25, Bank has raised
capital via Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 Bond and
Tier 2 Bond amounting to '3,000 Crore at a coupon of
8.27% and '4,000 Crore at a coupon of 7.46% respectively.
The Government of India shareholding in the Bank is
62.93% as on 31.03.2025. In FY 2024-25, Bank has raised
infrastructure Bonds for '10,000 Crore at a rate of 7.40%

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

During FY 2024-25, the global business of the Bank stood
at '25,30,215 Crore with a growth of 11.32% y-o-y from
'22,72,968 Crore, with global deposits at '14,56,883
Crore with a growth of 11.01% y-o-y and global advances
at '10,73,332 Crore with a growth rate of 11.74%.

A snapshot of business growth in FY 2024-25

(' in Crore’

Particulars	Mar-24	Mar-25	Growth (%) y-o-y
Global Deposits	1312366	1456883	11.01
of which- Domestic Deposits	1214951	1331137	9.56
Overseas Deposits	97415	125746	29.08
Domestic Deposits	1214951	1331137	9.56
Current Account Deposits	63949	77841	21.72
Savings Bank Deposits	328378	337135	2.67
CASA Deposits	392327	414976	5.77
Domestic CASA to Domestic Deposits (%)	32.29	31.17	--
Global Advances	960602	1073332	11.74
of which- Domestic Advances	908182	1008671	11.06
Overseas Advances	52420	64661	23.35
Total Assets	1491541	1682850	12.82

Deposits

Total Deposits grew by 11.01% y-o-y from '13,12,366
Crore as on March 2024 to '14,56,883 Crore as on
March 2025. Domestic CASA deposits of the Bank are
at '4,14,976 Crore as on March 2025 with Savings
deposits at '3,37,135 Crore and Current deposits at
'77,841 Crore. The Bank's domestic CASA deposits
share to domestic deposits stood at 31.17%. Total
deposit clientele of the Bank stood at 11.17 Crore as at
31^st March 2025.

Advances

The Bank expanded its asset base in a well-diversified
manner encompassing sectors such as Agriculture and
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as well
as keeping a focus on retail assets, including Housing,
Education, and Vehicle loans.

Advances (Gross) of the Bank reached '10,73,332 Crore
as at March 2025. The RAM (Retail, Agriculture & allied
activities, MSME) portfolio grew by 13.23% y-o-y to
'6,10,127 Crore as at March 2025 with retail advances
recording a growth of 42.80% y-o-y to '2,23,366 Crore,
credit to Agriculture & allied activities recording a
growth of (2.50)% y-o-y to '2,46,888 Crore and credit
to MSMEs grew by 8.23% to '1,39,857 Crore. Within
RAM portfolio, Bank's gold loan portfolio increased
to '1,81,351.26 Crore with a y-o-y growth of 19.60%.
During the year, digital documentation (eSign &
e-Stamping) has been enabled for Gold loans in tie-up
with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)
and total 10,77,987 Gold loan documents have been
digitally signed in FY 2024-25.

The number of borrowal clientele stood at 1.17 Crore
as at March 2025. Total business of the Bank increased
to '25,30,215 Crore for the year ended March 2025.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Operating profit of the Bank stood at '31,391 Crore
for FY 2024-25. Bank reported a Net Profit of '17,027
Crore for FY 2024-25. Net Interest income of the Bank
stood at '37,072 Crore. NIM stood at 2.80% and Yield
on Advances at 8.83%.

Key Financial Ratios (%)	Mar-24	Mar-25
Cost of Funds	5.00	5.28
Yield on Funds	7.54	7.65
Cost of Deposits	5.50	5.74
Yield on Advances	8.71	8.83
Net Interest Margin (NIM)	3.05	2.80
Return on Assets (RoA)	1.01	1.09
Return on Equity (RoE)	22.06	21.28
Cost to Income Ratio	47.03	47.27

Income and Expenditure Analysis:

Total income of the Bank stood at '1,42,208 Crore for
the FY 2024-25, comprising '87,789 Crore interest from
advances, '24,596 Crore interest from investments,
'22,453 Crore from non-interest income and '7,370 Crore
from other interest income.

Operating performance of the Bank    (' in Crore)

Particulars	Mar-24	Mar-25
Interest Earned	108688	119755
Interest Expended	72122	82683
Net Interest Income (NII)	36566	37072
Other Income	18966	22453
of which - Fee Income	7419	8866
Forex Income	765	828
Trading Gains	1623	2666
Recovery from Written Off Account	5963	8534
Operating Income (NII + Other Income)	55532	59525
Operating Expenses	26119	28134
Employee Expenses	16434	17856
Other Operating Expenses	9686	10278
Operating Profit	29413	31391
Provisions	9708	8764

of which - Provisions for NPAs & Bad debts written off	9005	9586
Provision for Standard Advances	231	336
Provision for Non -Performing Investment	911	(1091)
Other Provisions	(439)	(68)
Profit Before Tax	19705	22627
Provision for Tax	5151	5600
Net Profit	14554	17027

In line with the thrust areas for the Bank, non-interest
income (Excl. Trading profit) is at '19,787 Crore. Apart from
trading profit, other major sources of non-interest income,
like, service charges ('3,561 Crore), commission and
exchange ('1,699 Crore), recovery from written off accounts
('8,534 Crore) and Profit from exchange transaction
('828 Crore) contributed to the non-interest income of the
Bank. The share of non-interest income to total income
stood at 15.78%.

Total expenditure of the Bank stood at '1,10,818 Crore in
FY 2024-25. Interest expenses of the Bank is at '82,683
Crore. Operating expenses is at '28,134 Crore, comprising
staff cost of '17,856 Crore and other operating expenses of
'10,278 Crore.

The net interest income, the difference between interest
paid and interest earned by the Bank stood at '37,072 Crore.
Capital and Reserves:

Net worth of the Bank, as at March 2025 stood at '88,241
Crore. While the total paid-up capital of the Bank stood
at '1,814.13 Crore, the reserves and surplus stood at
'91,636 Crore (excl. Revaluation Reserve and FCTR).

Composition of Capital (' in Crore)	March 2024 Basel III	March 2025 Basel III
Risk Weighted Asset	669257	740322
CET I	77529	89040
CET I (%)	11.58	12.03
AT I	15839	17339
AT I (%)	2.37	2.34

Tier I Capital	93368	106379
CRAR (%) (Tier I)	13.95	14.37
Tier II Capital	15599	14536
CRAR (%) (Tier II)	2.33	1.96
Total Capital	108967	120915
CRAR (%)	16.28	16.33

Capital Adequacy Ratio, under Basel III was 16.33% as
at March 2025 against the regulatory requirement of
11.50%, including capital conservation buffer of 2.50%.
Within the capital adequacy ratio, CET I ratio was at
12.03% and Tier I capital ratio was at 14.37%.

During the Financial Year 2024-25, Bank has raised capital
via Basel III compliant additional Tier 1 Bond amounting
to '3,000 Crore and Tier II amounting to '4,000 Crore.
Government of India shareholding in the Bank is 62.93%
as on 31.03.2025.

RETAIL LENDING OPERATIONS

For the FY 2024-25, Retail Lending as one of the thrust
areas of the Bank had shown a considerable growth of
42.80% compared to FY 2023-24. The Core Retail Portfolio
of the Bank increased to '2,23,366 Crore as on March
31, 2025 with Housing Loans at '1,06,167 Crore and
'20,637 Crore under Vehicle Loans. The share of Retail
Loans stood at 22.14% as of March 31, 2025 of Domestic
Advances ('10,08,671 Crore). The initiatives taken in the
hassle free credit delivery of Retail Portfolio resulted in
the growth of 42.80% over the previous year.

(' in Crore)

Retail Segments	As at March
	2024 (Audited)	2025 (Audited)
1. Housing	93482	106167
2. Vehicle	17251	20637
3. Other Personal	29954	79139
4. Education	15726	17423
Core Retail Loans (1+2+3+4)	156414	223285

HOUSING LOAN

The Bank's Housing Loan Portfolio increased to '1,06,167
Crore as at March 2025. The Bank has financed around
6.03 lakh home loans as at March 2025. During

FY 2024-25, the Bank has disbursed housing loans
worth '24,833 Crore and sanctioned 74630 number of
accounts amounting to '28,178 Crore. Overall growth
in housing loan portfolio is '12,685 Crore, growth of
13.57% compared to FY 2023-24.

Housing Loans on Direct Assignment basis through
Co-Lending Model-II under tie-up arrangements with
M/s Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited & M/s IIFL Home
Finance Limited is introduced.

For implementation of Government Directives, an exclusive
housing loan product to the targeted segments for catering
the housing loan applications under PMAY-U (2.0) Scheme
under Retail Segment - "Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -
Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0)" is introduced to augment fresh
Housing Loan business under Retail Portfolio.

VEHICLE LOAN

The Bank's vehicle loan portfolio increased to '20,637
Crore as at March 2025. The Bank has financed around
'3.61 lakh vehicles as at March 2025. During FY 2024-25,
the Bank has disbursed Vehicle loans worth '9,282 Crore
and sanctioned 95059 number of accounts amounting
to '9,565 Crore. Overall growth in vehicle loan portfolio is
' 3,386 Crore, growth of 19.63% compared to FY 2023-24.

Tie-up arrangement with Corporate Vehicle Direct Selling
Agents (CVDSA) is introduced to route Canara Vehicle
(4-Wheeler-all variants) loan leads / business in Metro /
Urban Centres to our Bank. M/s. Giranar Software Private
Limited (GSPL) (Business Name: CarDekho) is empanelled
under the tie-up arrangement as Corporate Direct Selling
Agent (C-VDSA) to route Canara Vehicle (4-Wheeler) loan
leads / business.

EDUCATION LOAN

Over the years, the Bank has assisted substantial number
of promising students to pursue higher education in
India and abroad. The Bank's education loan portfolio
increased to '17,423 Crore as at March 2025. The Bank
has financed around 3.70 lakh students as at March 2025.
During FY 2024-25, the Bank has disbursed education
loans worth '4,338 Crore and sanctioned 52847 number
of accounts amounting to '5,731 Crore through online
Vidya Lakshmi portal.

Among all Nationalized Banks, our Bank is in the forefront
in extending education loans. Further, considering
the huge thrust on skill development in recent years,
"IBA Skill Loan Scheme" has been implemented to
support skill development initiatives of Department of
Financial Services (DFS).

A New Education Loan Product - "Pradhan Mantri
Vidyalaxmi (PM-Vidyalaxmi) Scheme" has been
introduced- for pursuing higher education in India in
selected top 860 Quality Higher Educational Institutions
(OHEIs) identified by MOE.

Our bank has integrated Jan Samarth (National) portal
with our loan origination system as a part of DFS
initiative for sourcing the credit subsidy linked education
loan applications under Central Sector Interest Subsidy
Scheme (CSIS).

OTHER PERSONAL LOANS

The Bank's Other Personal Loan Portfolio (Including
Retail Swarna Loan) increased to '79,139 Crore as
at March 2025. The Bank has financed around 36.98
lakh other personal loans as at March 2025. During
FY 2024-25, the Bank has disbursed other personal loans
worth '59,002 Crore and sanctioned 32.21 lakh number
of accounts amounting to '59,124 Crore. Overall growth
in this portfolio is '49,185 Crore, growth of 164.20%
compared to FY 2023-24.

Bank has introduced three new Retail Digital products
i.e. Canara Ready Cash, Canara My Money and Canara
Heal and to enhance the customer's digital experience
and lower Turn Around Time Bank has migrated Canara
Budget & Canara Pension Loans to the Digital Lending
Platform (DLP).

Further, to augment fresh retail business under PM Surya
Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, a Government of India initiative
a new rooftop solar schemes was introduced for
installation of On-Grid Residential Rooftop Solar System
under Retail Segment.

Canara Rooftop Solar (CRTS) - PM Surya Ghar Yojana
(PMSGY) (Loan quantum: Maximum upto '6.00 lakh
including subsidy).

PRIORITY SECTOR ADVANCES

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals
under national priorities, including agriculture, micro,
small and medium enterprises, education, housing, social
infrastructure, renewable energy, micro credit, credit to
weaker sections and specified minority communities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2025
reached '4,22,761 Crore and achieved 42.35% to Adjusted
Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 40% mandated norm.

Agriculture priority advances of the Bank as at March 2025
reached '2,39,977 Crore and achieved 20.05% to Adjusted
Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 18% mandated norm.

Priority Sector Advances data:

(Amount ' in Crore)

Priority Sector Advances	As at March
	2024	2025
Total Priority Sector	423563	422761
Agriculture (Priority)	249688	239977

^ Bank's advances under agriculture portfolio
decreased by 2.50% to '2,46,888 Crore on Y-O-Y
basis, covering over 1.11 Crore farmers.

^ During FY 2024-25, the Bank's Agriculture Credit
Disbursal is '2,42,764 Crore.

^ Advances to Small & Marginal Farmers achieved
13.47% to ANBC as against the mandatory Target of
10.00% (Net of PSLC-SF / MF sale) as at March 2025.

^ During the year 2024-25 Bank has issued 24.87 Lakh
Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), amounting to '37,664
Crore.

^ The credit outstanding under KCCs reached '49,606
Crore as at March 2025.

^ Advances to Micro Enterprises stood at '79,764
Crore achieving 9.73% to ANBC as against the
mandatory Target of 7.5%.

^ Bank has earned '1,546.60 Crore fee based income
by way of selling PSLCs (under SF / MF) to the tune
of '75,700 Crore during FY 2024-25 till March 2025.

^ The Bank actively participated in variousGovernment
Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister's
Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), National
Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Differential Rate
of Interest (DRI) Scheme, Stand Up India, Pradhan
Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).

^ As at March 2025, the outstanding advances under
the following Government Schemes aggregated
to '61,156 Crore, involving around 24.43 Lakh
beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government Sponsored

Schemes:

(Accounts in actuals & Amount ' in Crore)

Scheme	Mar-25
	Accounts	Amount
Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)	77652	3571
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY - NRLM)	377244	21110
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY - NULM)	11527	456
Differential Rate of Interest	68643	55
Stand Up India	5251	975
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)	1903468	34989
Total	2443785	61156

^ In support of the underprivileged sections of the
society, the Bank's Advances to SCs / STs beneficiaries
amounted to '22,179 Crore as at March 2025,
covering 10.49 Lakh borrowers.

^ The advances to SCs / STs comprised 5.24% of total
priority sector advances.

^ Advances to weaker sections reached '2,33,811
Crore, constituting 19.29% to ANBC against
mandated norm of 12.00%.

Performance of Bank under ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT

ABHIYAN Schemes:

Sector Name	Mar-25
	Accounts	Amount
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)	1851	3531
PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME)	3942	314
Total	5793	3845

Various components of advances to Weaker Sections
as at March 2025:

Sector Name	Outstanding
	Accounts	Amount
Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers	10426174	186055
SC / ST Beneficiaries	1049425	22179
DRI Loan	68643	55
Self Help Group	388771	21566
Joint Liability Group	75893	1699

As at March 2025, advances to specified minority
communities aggregated to '63,330 Crore, accounting
for 14.98% of the actual priority sector advances.

MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(MSMEs)

^ PM SVANidhi - This scheme has been introduced
during July 2020 for all street vendors engaged in
vending in urban areas as on or before 24.03.2020
as per identification criteria stipulated in scheme
guidelines of MoHUA. Small Industries Development
Bank of India (SIDBI) is the implementation partner
of the MoHUA. Under PM SVANidhi, the Bank
sanctioned 697938 accounts amounting to '1,123
Crore, since inception till 31.03.2025. Outstanding
under the PMSVANidhi as on 31.03.2025 is '255 cr.

^ Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the
Bank has disbursed an amount of '22,755 Crore
against the Disbursement target of '21,300 Crore
during FY 2024-25. Sanctions and disbursals under
different categories of Mudra Yojana are as under:

Category	FY 2024-25 (' in Crore)
	No. of Accounts	Sanction Amount	Disburs ement Amount	Cumulative Outsta¬ nding Amount as on 31.03.2025
Shishu (<50,000)	229873	767	760	1531
Kishore (Above 50,000 - 5 Lakhs)	346580	8730	8690	15726
Tarun (Above 5 Lakh to 10 Lakhs)	152475	13186	13160	17630
Tarun Plus (Above 10 lakhs to 20 Lakhs)	833	145	145	102
Total	729761	22828	22755	34989

Major Highlights:

Under Stand Up India scheme, Bank has sanctioned
18281 accounts under Women category of
Stand of India scheme since inception till 31.03.2025
and has achieved 199% against the allotted target
of 9208. Further, Bank Sanctioned 7260 accounts
under SC / ST category against sanction target of
9208 since inception till 31.03.2025 i.e. 79%
achievement under SC / ST category as on 31.03.2025
as against 74% achievement under SC / ST category as
on 31.03.2024.

Bank including sponsored RRBs has achieved '35,497 Crore,
(101%) against the mandatory disbursement target of
'35,000 Crore under PMMY.

During FY 2024-25, under PMEGP the Bank sanctioned
8730 proposal amounting to '1,030 Crore, with Total
Margin Money claimed stood at '186 Crore, as against
sanction of 15049 accounts, sanction amount of '1,722
Crore and Margin Money claim of '538 Crore during
FY 2023-24.

DIGITAL BANKING &

ALTERNATE DELIVERY CHANNELS

DIGITAL BANKING & ALTERNATE DELIVERY CHANNELS:

Total number of ATM's and Cash Recyclers as on

31.03.2025    is 8,824 and 2,320 respectively. Average
overall uptime of our ATMs & Cash Recyclers during Q4,
FY 2024-25 stood at 90.92%.

The Bank's Debit Card base has increased to 599.79 lakhs
as on March 2025 from 573.85 lakhs as on March 2024
with Y-o-Y growth of 4.52%.

Mobile Banking Registration has reached 275.48 lakhs
as on 31.03.2025, there by achieving the Y-o-Y growth of
24.62%, from 221.05 lakhs as on 31.03.2024.

Internet Banking (Retail & Corporate) Registration has
reached 270.37 lakhs as on 31.03.2025 from 266.47 lakhs
as on 31.03.2024, registering Y-o-Y growth of 1.46%.

UPI registration has reached 338.83 lakhs as on

31.03.2025    from 280.17 lakhs as at 31.03.2024, there by
registering the Y-o-Y growth of 20.94%.

Total cumulative on-boarding under all Merchant
channels has reached to 38.07 lakhs as on 31.03.2025
and total cumulative PoS terminal deployment is at 0.75
lakhs as on 31.03.2025.

435 APIs made live in new API gateway (APIGEE) and 154
clients are live.

Our Bank is among the selected banks showcasing our
CBDC app to Indian / foreign delegates during multiple
global events conducted by RBI.

Awards:

Our Bank has been ranked Number ONE under Digital
Payment Transactions and Merchant Acquisition by
MEITY for the third consecutive year (FY 2021-22,
FY 2022-23 & FY 2023-24).

Our Bank has received Silver Award for ‘API Banking’
under BFSI Category at Skoch Award ceremony on
30^th November 2024 at New Delhi.

Our Bank has received Finnoviti Award for ‘CANARA
Digital Rupee’ on 19^th June 2024.

Major functionalities introduced in Debit cards:

>    Introduction of Rupay Women Platinum (Angel)
Cards variants under Rupay.

>    Eight-digit BIN for Debit card has been
implemented in our Bank with all card networks.

>    Introduction of new procedure for the
management of Undelivered Debit Cards in
branches.

>    E-mandates for recurring transactions through
debit card is completed with NPCI and Bill desk
on 24.10.2024.

>    Launching of Canara MasterCard World Crest
and Canara MasterCard World Crest Plus.

Compliance of RBI guidelines for Cards during
FY 2024-25:

Customers are intimated about renewal of debit cards
through SMS. If there is any change in address, customers
can contact the branch for address updation. In case
customer do not want to renew the card, they can block
the card permanently either through mobile banking or
internet banking.

Security measures taken for Card transaction security for
avoiding online frauds:

>    To enhance the security of debit card transactions
and to protect the cardholders against misuse
of their personal information our bank has
complied with the Payment Card Industry Data
Security Standard (PCI DSS) procedures.

>    As per RBI guideline, Enhancing Security of
Card transactions for Debit Card enabling and
disabling card for online and international
transactions is enabled in all channels like
Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, ATM, EMAIL
and branch channel. EFRM rules for mitigation
of online frauds have been modified as per
industry best practice.

Security features to arrest ATM frauds & Compliance of
RBI guidelines::

>    Safety measures mandated by RBI (i.e. Terminal
Security Solution, Anti-skimming Devices,
EMV compliance) have been successfully
implemented in all our operational ATM's within
the timelines.

>    Implementation of Transport Layer Security
(TLS) to mitigate risk arising from Man in The
Middle attack in ATM ecosystem is completed in
ATMs & Cash Recyclers.

>    LAN / Power Cable connections are concealed
and not accessible to public to avoid Cyber¬
attack on ATMs.

>    Cassette swap for Cash replenishment is under
implementation in ATMs & Cash Recyclers.

>    All ATMs are migrated for centralized
reconciliation.

>    Implemented Card-less Cash Withdrawal and
OTP for cash withdrawal above '10,000.

>    Bank has taken several measures to comply with
the directives of RBI on Monitoring of availability
of cash in ATMs and ensuring availability of cash
at all times to avoid penalty.

Major features added in Internet Banking in FY 2024-25:

>    Digital Lending Platform: Digital Lending
Platform is successfully integrated in Net
Banking page.

>    Integration of Canara Heal, Merchant OR
and Sales force (Lead generation) in internet
banking.

>    Chat Bot Integration: Chatbot option is
implemented in Login page.

>    Aadhaar Data Vault: Facility to fetch and store
Aadhaar details through Aadhaar Data vault is
implemented.

>    Internet Banking facility for Gift city IBU
customers: Financial Rights for IBU Net Banking
customers introduced.

>    Account product portability has been enabled in
Internet Banking.

>    Beneficiary name look up facility for NEFT /
RTGS / IMPS has been enabled in Internet Banking.

>    Public Key infrastructure integration in internet
banking for high value transactions.

>    CVV validation has been introduced for Debit
Card / Credit Card PIN reset through Internet
Banking as an additional security measure.

>    I-SIP, a paperless and secure method of setting
up an online SIP in Mutual Fund schemes in
internet banking platform.

>    Display of Customer Relationship Manager
detail in internet banking for selected HNI
customers.

>    MT 940 pass sheet (Forex Transactions) is
successfully integrated in Net Banking page.

>    Enabling AePS is successfully integrated in Net
Banking page.

>    Train Ticket Booking: Customers can enjoy the
facilities of seat booking, enquiry, PNR status,
cancelling ticket, change in boarding Point,
booking history and File TDR of unavailed
booked in Train Tickets option of Canara ai1
Mobile Banking application.

>    Mobile Banking Facility for Minor (10-18 yrs)
customer: Mobile banking facility for individual
Minor customers enabled with limited access.

>    Scratch Cards: Customers can collect points/
coupons through scratch cards on performing
IMPS, NEFT, RTGS and Intra Bank transactions.
These coupons can be redeemed in relevant
applications while the points can be accumulated
to avail offers available in Stores and Offers tab
of the application.

>    Target based financial planning (Options to set
Goal / targets): Personal Finance Management
for tracking of expenditure pattern.

>    Average Monthly Balance: Customer can now
view and maintain Average Balances based on
the information provided in this implementation
thus saving service charge expenses.

>    New Green Term Deposit made available in
Canara ai1.

>    Sweep-in & Sweep-out: Customers can view
the sweep-in and Sweep-out balance details in
Mobile Banking application.

>    ChatBot: Customers can make enquiries such as
account balance, EMI calculator, Loan Interest
Rated etc from Pre-login page of the application.

>    FX4U beneficiary: Customers can modify their
FX4U Beneficiary details.

>    Implementation of warning alert / Pop-up
message at the time of first transaction for
newly added beneficiary.

>    Beneficiary Account Name Lookup: Verifying
beneficiaries' name while adding beneficiary to
ensure that funds are remitted to the intended
recipient.

>    Restriction on International Cash Withdrawal:

Preventing any modification in International
Cash withdrawal through Mobile Banking in
case passport details of the customer are not
maintained in CBS.

Major features added in UPI in FY 2024-25:

>    UPI Tap & Pay: Users can make payment by
tapping the UPI app installed device on the
beneficiary's smart OR / sound-box / UPI Tag /
mobile device.

>    Credit Line on UPI (Issuer): Users can on-board
Pre-approved credit line accounts (Canara
Heal) to UPI to perform Merchant transactions
(Hospitals) in other UPI apps.

>    UI / UX Enhancements for UPI Scan & Pay in
Post login screen on Canara ai1 app-Providing an
option to enter the mobile number on UPI Scan
and pay screen to perform UPI transactions.

>    Enabling credit to PPF / SSY Accounts through
UPI: Providing an option to pay PPF / SSY
subscription payments through UPI channel.

>    Pan validation for UPI Global transactions: Pan

availability check for UPI Global transactions.

>    Block / Un-block RuPay CC on UPI: Enabling
Block / Un-block feature of RuPay CC for UPI
users through Canara ail app / SAS BHIM OR
portal / SMS.

Major features added in CBDC Application in FY 2024-25:

>    Programable CBDC (PCBDC) can be
programmed by tying the money to undertake a
specific end use.

>    Integration of Payment Gateway in CBDC app
and also changes in Password Policy of CBDC.

>    PM Vidyalaxmi App: Android and iOS production
builds have been made live and the disbursement
to 74 eligible students who are having CBDC
wallet was completed as on 26.03.2025.

>    Financial assistance to beneficiaries under
Subhadra Yojana of Odisha State Government
disbursed through our CBDC app.

>    Canara Ready Cash: Pre-Approved Personal Loan
product up to '10.00 Lakh to existing customers
(Canara SB Premium Payroll Customers) of our
Bank through Straight-through-Processing (STP)
Mode under Digital Lending Platform.

>    Canara My Money: Loan up to '10.00 Lakhs
through Straight-through-Processing (STP) Mode
under Digital Lending Platform against the
online deposits opened through internet /
mobile banking.

>    Gold Loan (Retail & Agriculture) successfully live
on Digital Lending Platform on 17.09.2024.

>    Canara Heal: A special scheme for funding
the shortfall of hospital expenditure while
settling the claims of self and / or dependents
through TPAs by way of Straight-through-
Processing (STP).

>    Staff Loan: DPN and OD Loan for our staff.

>    Pre-Approved business loan: Business loan to
existing customers of our bank based on their
transactions.

>    E-Mudra: Financing of loans up to '10 lakhs
under PMMY through DLP.

>    E-Udyam: Financing for TL / WC limit up to '25
lakhs under Digi Credit loan facility as directed
by DFS.

>    OD Against Deposits: Overdraft facility against
own term deposits for Retail, Agricultural
& MSME purpose through DLP has been
implemented.

>    KCC above '2 lakhs: Disbursement of KCC loan
above '2 Lakh through DLP has been implemented.

>    KCC Review & Renewal: Renewal & Review of
KCC loans through DLP.

Major features added in ATMs in FY 2024-25:

>    Aadhaar Data vault feature has been successfully
implemented in all ATMs and Cash Recyclers.

>    ICD functionality in Pilot Hyosung Machines:

service enables cardholders to use NFS
networked Cash Recyclers / Cash Deposit
Machines of participating member banks for
depositing cash in their own account or third
party account. Bank has implemented the
subject ICD functionality in 3 pilot Hyosung
Cash Recyclers.

>    Disabling PowerShell in ATMs: Disabling
PowerShell in Bank ATMs leads to enhanced
security.

>    Masking of card number in Cash Recyclers for
deposit transactions.

>    Whenever an ATM / Cash Recycler goes down
or non-functional, a SMS is triggered to the
concerned branch head, RO head and CO head
for timely action.

>    Mobile number and e-mail validation through
OTP has been introduced in the account opening
kiosk to enhance security and accuracy.

>    New API Key generation used for biometric
authentication of staff validation has been
enabled for secure login in the account
opening Kiosk.

Major features added in Merchant on-boarding in FY
2024-25:

>    New variant of PoS (Point of Sale) launched
namely “Soft PoS”, a mobile application that
facilitates MEs (Merchant Establishment) to
accept digital payment through NFC enabled
android mobiles from Rupay, VISA & MasterCard
contactless cards, UPI, Wallets etc.

>    Integration of Dynamic OR Code with MESCOM
and HP OIL Gas Private Limited completed.

>    A new retail variant of low cost & new age Point-
of-Sale (PoS) named “Hybrid PoS” is introduced
to serve Merchant Establishments (MEs) with
an all-new Digital Payment acceptance facility
that allows MEs to accept digital payments
by just tapping / inserting the Card on / into
the device or by scanning the Dynamic BHIM-
OR and generates on-display alerts with voice
notification for successful transactions.

>    API Banking has successfully developed and
Implemented Connected Banking Solution to
corporate customers who do not have a proper
ERP solution or do not have any ERP solution
to connect with Bank's API Gateway to access
various services through API Banking Services.
The Connected Banking will help customers
using ERP like Accounting Applications such
as Tally, Zohobooks, Marg Erp etc. to connect
with Bank's system through the technical
platform provided by the Bank's Connected
Banking Partner. The connected Banking
Services will help in customer addition through
the Bank's Connected Banking partner and
garner fresh CASA.

>    Fintech companies like M/s Cashfree Payments
India Pvt. Ltd., M/s Viyona Fintech India Pvt.
Ltd. & M/s Mayakrishna Sales Pvt. Ltd. have
successfully tested and integrated their
technical Platform with our Connected Banking
Services and customer on-boarding through
these partners are in final stage.

List of Major Upcoming Projects:

Mobile Banking & UPI:

>    Creation / View / Deletion of Mandate for
recharging of NCMC Balance.

>    Mobile Banking Login Validation for Users
marked as Deceased or illiterate in CBS.

>    In our Mobile banking activation journey as
an additional layer of security, authentication
based on biometrics (face recognition) in
addition to OTP verification will be included
thus ensuring that the activation mandatorily
involves the User. The face authentication will
be based on biometrics available with UIDAI.

>    Deposit revamp: The deposit module is being
revamped to declutter the options and provide
a more interacting journey for Users while
creating a new deposit and exploring other
related options.

>    Limit enhancement in Mobile Banking: Limit
enhancement to '7.50 lakhs for intra &
interbank transactions.

>    International Mobile Numbers on UPI: Non¬
Resident accounts can avail UPI services through
International mobile numbers.

>    Credit Line on UPI (Acquirer): Pre-approved
credit line facility has been extended to accounts
on-boarded to UPI in Canara ai1 app.

>    Single Block Multiple Debits: Users will create
mandate with funds blocked shall be debited
multiple times which can be used in Secondary
market and Online goods and delivery.

>    Rupay CC on UPI limit setting: Users are been
provided with an option to set the usage limits
of Rupay CC on UPI transactions.

>    UPI Lite Auto Top Up: This feature will allow
users to automatically top up their UPI Lite
account based on pre-defined conditions.

PoS (Point of Sale):

>    DTC-10,000 PoS: Pilot deployment has been
started from 10.09.2024 and 345 PoS has
been deployed so far. NCMC acceptance also
implemented on 26.02.2025 as pilot on 10
buses of 2 depots, as per DTC requirements.
Revised PO to be issued to Worldline and MOU
to be signed with DTC and Bank shall go ahead
for deployment of remaining PoS terminals post
confirmation received from DTC.

> Lakshadweep - 250 PoS: PO issued to
M/s Pentavibes on 06.11.2024 for starting
the integration & IS Audit of Payment App
developed by M/s Pentavibes has also been
completed. Total 74 PoS deployed till date and
remaining will be deployed post confirmation
received from the department.

Digital lending platform:

> Loan Against Mutual Fund: Credit Facility
against Mutual Fund through DLP.

>    Staff OD Renewal: STP journey for Renewal of
staff OD facility in DLP.

>    Heal Phase 2 (NTB): Introduction of Canara Heal
Phase 2 for NTB customers on DLP and currently
it is under development.

>    Housing Loan / Home Loan Secure: Introduction
of Home Loan / Home loan secure (personal
loan to housing loan customers) on DLP under
development.

>    Education Loan: Introduction of Education loan
in DLP and the product development is under
process.

>    Renewal of Working Capital loan up to '10.00
lakhs: Product Configuration is under process
in consultation with user wing in the existing
e-Mudra flow.

>    Staff VL: Introduction of Staff Vehicle loan in
DLP and the product SRS finalized by user wing
and development is under process.

CBDC:

>    The migration from fixed denomination
environment to value based UTXO environment
is under progress for implementation.

>    As RBI is planning to disburse the subsidies
through CBDC platform in other states similar
to Subhadra Yojana, bulk upload facility has
been enabled in CBDC.

>    Implementation of User Level Programmability
in the CBDC app enabling enhanced
customization, allowing users to define rules
and conditions for transactions within the
digital currency ecosystem and the project is
currently under CUG stage.

API banking:

>    The focus will be on clients on boarding through
Connected Banking & Tally platform for
garnering fresh CASA to the Bank's business.

>    The focus will be on ESB API migration to APIGEE
platform as per RBI CSITE -2024 observation.

>    500 APIs will be configured in APIGEE by
30.06.2025.

>    To focus on the production movement of 31
UAT clients.

Debit Cards:

>    Pre authorization functionality in all the RuPay
Debit Card Variants will be introduced and
regarding the same already approval taken from
the ORMC committee.

BBPS:

>    Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL),
HPA-Madhuban, Pemiya School & Anand Vilas
are the four billers initiated to integrate in our
BBPS Platform.

ATMs and CRs:

>    Displaying of CKYC reference ID in ATMs.

>    SMS will be sent to the customers informing
number of transactions done in Metro and Non¬
Metro cities for ON US transactions as per the
suggestion received from Employee Suggestion
Scheme (ESS).

TECHNOLOGY OPERATION

>    Nodal Bank for PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme
implementation: PM Vidyalaxmi is a portal for
students seeking Education Loan. This portal has
been developed under the guidance of DoHE,
Ministry of Education. The portal has been
developed and being maintained by Canara
Bank as the Nodal Bank for implementation and
support of PM Vidyalaxmi scheme. This portal
acts as an end-to-end digital system for students
to apply for education loan to the banks of their
choice as well as for interest subvention process.

>    Credit Card / Debit Card & UPI integration under
GSTN: We have enabled GST payment using
Credit Card, Debit Card and UPI for all the Bank
customers who choose to make payment through
Canara Bank UPI / payment Gateway, in addition
to existing options of Internet Banking and Over
the Counter (OTC).

>    NACH E-Mandate: We have launched Sponsor
Debit E-mandate application Customer can
easily register mandates to debit other bank
accounts and credit Canara bank account for
various purposes such as Loan instalment, RD
instalment etc.

>    SHG Dual Authentication enabled at BC Terminals
through which SHG Customers can initiate cash
deposit, cash withdrawal and fund transfer
transactions.

>    AePS OFF US Cash Deposit has been enabled
which facilitates Customers to perform interbank
cash deposit transactions through BC Terminals.

>    Face authentication has been enabled as an
additional mode of authentication for AePS
transactions and eKYC account opening. Face
authentication with liveliness detection can be
used as an additional factor to increase security.

>    Bank has provided customers with the facility
of Enabling / Disabling of Aadhaar Enabled
Payment System (AePS) through mobile banking,
WhatsApp, IVRS, SMS Banking, call centre and
branch channels. This enables customer with
additional control on account activities.

>    BASE Integration: To ensure that the benefits of
DBT schemes are credited to the beneficiary in
a hassle free manner, NPCI has launched Bharat
Aadhaar Seeding Enabler (BASE) platform to
facilitate the citizens to carry out Aadhaar seeding/
deseeding in digital modes. Bank is integrated
with the BASE platform of NPCI, to facilitate the
below options :

•    Checking the Aadhaar seeding status

•    Aadhaarseeding

•    Aadhaar de-seeding

•    Move Aadhaar from one bank to another

In addition, the facility has also been enabled to all our
bank customer through bank website.

Gold Loan Progress

Performance highlights for FY2024-25

(' in Crore

Parameter	Mar’24	Dec’24	Mar’25	OoO Growth	YOY Growth
Gold Loans	1,51,638	1,70,402	1,81,352	10,950 (6.43%)	29,714 (19.60%)
Net NPA	86.51	89.25	89.31	0.06	2.8
Net NPA %	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	-	-

>    Gold loan business has crossed '1,81,000 Crore as
at 31.03.2025

>    Number of gold loan accounts crossed 1.03 Crore.

>    Business has grown by '29,714 Crore during
FY 2024-25

>    Net NPA maintained at same level during entire
FY2024-25

Key Initiatives during FY 2024-25

>    New gold loan product -Swarna Monthly Interest
(Product code - 3027) under retail segment
launched.

>    Revamped Gold loan sanction cum pass card
introduced and KFS (Key Fact Statement) made
available for customers.

>    Sequence number introduced for gold loan packets
to ease the balancing and arrangement process.

>    Introduction of Consolidated processing charges
for retail gold loans.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

As a part of financial inclusion drive, the Bank makes its
products and services available to financially excluded
and marginalized sections of the society. As per the
Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India
directions, the Bank has been proactive in financial
inclusion efforts, with key interventions, viz., expanding
banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial
products, making extensive & intensive use of technology
and advocacy of financial literacy.

>    Bank has made significant efforts to empower
underserved communities through the
implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana (PMJDY). We have opened 2.16 Crore of
PMJDY accounts. Additionally, we have been
enrolled in schemes like PMJJBY (71.89 Lakh),
PMSBY (231.96 lakh), and APY (49.68 lakh), further
enhancing their financial security. Canara Bank's
initiatives demonstrate their strong commitment
to underserved communities, financial inclusion
and socio-economic empowerment.

>    Bank has opened 2.16 Crore accounts under
PMJDY, having total outstanding balance of
'14,231 Crore in those accounts with average
balance of ' 6,588 per account.

>    Bank has 15000 Business Correspondent locations
out of which 5483 are Sub Service Area (SSA) and
9517 are NON SSA locations.

>    Bank formed 'Canara Financial Advisory Trust'
managed by Managing Trustee and Deputy
Managing Trustee to take care of the affairs of
the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of the Bank as
well as the FLCs promoted by the Regional Rural
Banks (RRBs) sponsored by the Bank. The Bank
has total 152 FLCs (115 FLCs sponsored by Canara
Bank and 37 FLCs sponsored by RRBs) in districts
& blocks level across the country, managed by the
Counsellors and Asst. Counsellors. Counsellors
should have sound knowledge of banking, law,
finance, requisite communication and team
building skills, etc. Individuals such as retired Bank
officers, with domain knowledge in agriculture,
ex-servicemen, etc. may be engaged as credit
counselors. The broad objective of the FLCs will
be to provide free financial literacy / education
and credit counseling. During FY 2024-25, 22,660
FLC camps were conducted wherein 19,41,966
persons were educated and 1,36,773 persons
were counselled.

>    As per RBI directions, 243 CFLs are running across
8 States and one Union Territory with funding
from DEAF of RBI and FIF of NABARD collaboration
with NGOs. Funding Agency is providing 90% of

OPEX and 100% of CAPEX to NGOs for running
CFLs smoothly to spread financial education to
financial excluded persons in remote areas.

> During financial year 2024-25, the bank settled
5984 death claims under the PMJJBY, totalling
'119.68 Crore, and 1914 cases under PMSBY,
amounting to '38.28 Crore. Since its inception,
the bank has settled 43,063 death claims
under the PMJJBY scheme, totaling '861.12 Crore,
and 10667 cases under PMSBY, amounting to
' 213.34 Crore.

Scheme Enrolments including Renewals as at March 2025

(' In Lakhs)

Scheme Enrolments including Renewal	As at March 2025
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)	71.89
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)	231.96
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Active Enrollment	49.68

AADHAAR ENROLMENTS UPDATION CENTRES:

The Bank is a Registrar and Enrolment Agency for Aadhaar
Enrolment. As per UIDAI guidelines Bank has established
796 ASKs, comprising of 500 centres for the Bank and
296 centres for the 4 sponsored RRBs (KAGB 116, KGB 62,
KVGB 63 & APGB 55).

EMPOWERING WOMEN:

Women Empowerment Section at Head office and Centre
for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW)
at 26 Circle Offices and 177 Regional offices across the
country are working relentlessly towards economic
empowerment of women. These CEDWs have reached
potential entrepreneurs, undertaken counselling,
supported their training needs, provided finance and
arranged marketing facilities. A total of 283 Programmes
were organized by the CEDWs during FY 2024-25.

Flow of Credit to Women Beneficiaries:

As against RBI's requirement of 5% of Net Credit to
women beneficiaries, the Bank has advanced 26.39%
of Net Bank Credit as at March, 2025. Over 79,26,869
Women are assisted to the tune of '2,06,652.12 Crore.

Lead Bank Responsibility:

As on 31.03.2025, Our Bank has been assigned with:

>    State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) convenorship
in two states i.e., Karnataka & Kerala and Union
Territory Level Banker's Committee (UTLBC)
convenorship in Lakshadweep.

>    Lead Bank Responsibility in 61 Districts across 8
states and 2 Union Territories viz. Andhra Pradesh
(6), Bihar (1), Delhi (3), Haryana (3), Lakshadweep (1),
Karnataka (15), Kerala (7), Tamil Nadu (7), Telangana
(4) & Uttar Pradesh (14).

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS

The Bank has 4 overseas branches, viz., London (UK), New
York (USA), Dubai International Financial Center - DIFC
(UAE) and IBU GIFT CITY Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Besides
the above 4 branches, the Bank has a Representative
Office at Sharjah (UAE) and a wholly owned subsidiary;
Viz Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited at Dar Es Salam
(Tanzania).

Total Business of the overseas branches aggregates to
'1,90,407 Crore (USD 22,276.34 Mn) comprising deposits
to the tune of '1,25,746 Crore (USD 14,711.44 Mn) and
advances to the tune of '64,661 Crore (USD 7,564.90
Mn) as at March 2025. Overseas business constituted
7.53% of the Bank's global business.

Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary
in Tanzania, has transferred its assets and liabilities to
Exim Bank Tanzania Limited and ceased its operations with
effect from 21.12.2024. The license has been surrendered
to Bank of Tanzania on 23.12.2024. Bank of Tanzania had
acknowledged the receipt of surrender of banking license
to defunct CBTL Further, the divestment process of said
entity is under progress and is expected to be completed
by the end of this year.

ASSET QUALITY

The sustained focus to contain risk, well supported by
broad-based recovery in economic growth, kept the asset
quality robust in FY2025. Gross NPA of your Bank stood
at 2.94%, an improvement of 129 bps YoY while the net
NPA stood at 0.70%, an improvement of 57 bps YoY.
The improvement in asset quality was seen across all
sectors. Overall Gross NPA declined to '31,530 Crore as
of March 2025 from '40,605 Crore in March 2024 and
Net NPA declined to '7,353 Crore as of March 2025
from '11,823 Crore in March 2024. The cumulative Cash
Recovery including Recovery in written off accounts stood
at '11,131 Crore and upgradation at '672 Crore during
FY 2024-25. Bank has recovered '8,534 Crore under
recovery in written off accounts during FY 2024-25.
Slippage during the year has contained to '8,196 Crore.
Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) improved by 360 bps and
stood at 92.70 % as at March 2025 against 89.10% as at
March 2024.

The Bank believes that continuous day-to-day monitoring
is the first step towards reduction in non-performing
loans and in ensuring good recovery. For this, the Bank
undertook various steps and formulated strategies to
augment recoveries and reduce slippages. Bank has
strategies to touch each and every NPA account in a
scientific manner.

Bank has centralised actions under SARFAESI Act 2002
at 177 Regional Offices and 37 ARM & SAM Branches
resulting Bank sales as well as resolution through
SARFAESI actions increased manifold. During FY 2024-25,
2684 properties were sold amounting to '1,900 Crore
and 5168 accounts were settled / closed / upgraded
amounting to '1,522 Crore on account of initiating
actions under the SARFAESI Act. Being a member of
BAANKNET (Bank Asset Auction Network) Portal, an
e-auction site for putting properties under Securitization
and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement
of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act 2002, Bank has put
highest number of properties on auction and highest
sales among PSBs during FY 2024-25.

Further, Bank had conducted 5454 Recovery Meets
during FY 2024-25 that has resulted in settlement of
401909 accounts covering book liability of '5,475 Crore.

Simultaneously, Bank has developed and deployed
automated "Electronic One Time Settlement (e-OTS)"
Package in our Bank's website for Small Value NPA
accounts under Non-Discretionary Non-Discriminatory
Scheme.

Bank has also adopted the following strategies for
recoveries and reduce slippages:

1.    To have a proper monitoring of the portfolio of
Agriculture, MSME and Retail Loans we have taken
a cluster / area approach with dedicated recovery
officers.

2.    Proper allocation of small NPA accounts to Recovery
Agents.

3.    Bank has formulated various special OTS Schemes
for settlement of Small Value Agriculture, Education
Loan, MSME Loans etc.

4.    Active participation in all National Lok-Adalats &
regular Weekly Can-Adalats at all Regional Offices
and Monthly Mega Can-Adalats at all Circle Offices.

5.    Bank has initiated the SARFAESI action in all eligible
NPA accounts and continued the action till conclusion/
disposal of asset & recovery in the account. We are
also listing/ publishing the auction property details
on Bank's website, Newspaper etc.

As on 31.03.2025, 363 cases have referred to NCLT
under IBC for resolution wherein our Bank is having
Book liability exposure of around '34,508 Crore. Out
of which, 305 cases admitted by NCLT with our Bank's
aggregate admitted claim of '29,219 Crore. Our Bank
is expecting substantial recovery during FY 2025-26
through resolution/liquidation in these NCLT referred
cases. During FY 2024-25, Bank has recovered '2,600
Crore through cases referred to NCLT. As on March 2025,
the outstanding Stressed Assets Portfolio (including
restructured Standard Accounts) stood at '56,602 Crore,
accounting for 5.27 % of Gross Advances.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Bank has a dedicated Risk Management Department
which ensures proper identification, measurement,
monitoring and mitigation of all pertinent risks and
promotes compliance culture with an effective reporting
system. Risk Management serves as a key enabler
in decision making by facilitating effective resource
allocation in line with the bank's risk appetite, ensuring
that strategic decisions are made with thorough
consideration of both risks and opportunities. The guiding
principles to manage risk in the Bank is compliance of
regulatory & legal requirements and achieving balance
between risk and return, while ensuring independence
of risk and business functions.

The Bank has put in place an independent Risk
Governance Structure, in line with industry best
practices, which clearly delineates roles and
responsibilities of its members. Board of Directors is
the highest governing body and is duly assisted by the
Risk Management Committee of the Board (RMCB) and
various executive level risk management committees
viz., Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC),
Credit Risk Management Committee (CRMC), Market
Risk Management Committee (MRMC), Operational
Risk Management Committee (ORMC), Asset
Liability Management Committee (ALCO), Group Risk
Management Committee (GRMC) etc. To make risk
governance and culture more pervasive across the Bank,
risk management & compliance committees are also
formed at administrative units throughout the country
with active involvement of field functionaries.

Responsibility for the effectiveness of overall risk
management throughout the Bank and its group entities
lies with Group Chief Risk Officer (GCRO), who is directly
reporting to Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
(MD & CEO). GCRO monitors the overall effectiveness
of risk management throughout the bank vide various
risk reports. In this regard, the Bank utilizes Integrated
Risk Management Solution for integrated overview of all
the risks.

Further, the Bank has also set-up an Assurance
Committee (Solo and Group Level) which comprises
of Risk, Compliance & Inspection units (a trio of all the
three lines of defense) to bolster collaboration across
different lines of defense and to institutionalize effective
risk culture and governance structure. The Bank has also
aligned Key Performance Indicators of all the functional
units with Key Risk Indicators for inclusive and risk
oriented approach towards managing business.

a)    Credit Risk Management:

Bank has put in place a comprehensive Board
approved Credit Policy and Credit Risk Management
Policy which articulates Bank's approach to identify,
measure, monitor & control / mitigate and actively
manage Credit risk. Bank has in place a robust system
for internal credit ratings, appraisal, approval and
monitoring process. Bank utilizes robust internal
Credit Risk assessment models and scorecards to
assess credit worthiness of the borrowers. These are
internally developed models and undergo multiple
rounds of rigorous validation and back testing,
which include both internal assessments & external
reviews. The entire process of the Loan review
and monitoring is duly administered by the Credit
Administration & Monitoring Wing. Moreover,
the Bank's risk based pricing framework ensure
adequate pricing of credit risks.

b)    Market Risk Management:

Market risk is managed through a well-defined
Board approved Market Risk Management Policy
and Integrated Treasury Policy, which governs the
management of market risk captured through
various limits / triggers. Mid Office Unit, Risk
Management Wing monitors these limits on a daily
basis for timely mitigation. A reporting framework
has been put in place for effective and timely
monitoring of market risk limits and triggers which
are being reviewed periodically based on the risk
appetite of Bank.

c)    Operational Risk Management:

Operational Risk Management framework in the
Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and
strong operating procedures, involving corporate
values, internal control culture, effective internal
reporting and contingency planning. The Bank has
adopted policy for management of Operational

Risk, which covers aspects, such as, Operational Risk
Management framework, Outsourcing Activities and
Business Continuity Plan, Key Risk Indicators (KRI),
Risk Control & Self-Assessment (RCSA) workshops
to measure and manage Operational Risks. Further
the Bank conducts various Risk Culture & Risk
Awareness Assessment programs for employees to
support effective risk management, which promotes
sound risk-taking and ensure that emerging risks or
risk-taking activities beyond the risk appetite are
recognized, assessed, escalated and addressed in a
timely manner.

d)    Assets Liability and Liquidity Risk Management:

The Bank endeavors to maintain adequate liquidity
in the system while maintaining NIM at optimum
level with given balance-sheet profile of the
Bank. In the long run, the Bank aims to maximize
shareholders' wealth by improving Return on Asset
(RoA) and Return on Equity (RoE).

Bank deploys various standard tools viz., Structural
Liquidity Statement (SLS), liquidity ratios, Basel
defined stress liquidity ratios viz., Liquidity Coverage
Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) to
measure and manage liquidity risk. Interest Rate
Sensitivity (IRS) Statements are used to measure
repricing gaps of assets and liabilities and its
consequent impact on Bank's earning (i.e., Earning
at Risk) under different rate cycle movement.
A long term impact of change in market interest rate
on shareholder's net-worth is measured through
change in economic value of equity approach.

Different stress test scenarios are further used
to evaluate the resilience of the Bank under
severe liquidity run-off and adverse interest rate
movement. Based on the probable adverse
movement of market variables - the Bank develops
Contingency Funding Plan (CFP) with inbuilt trigger
points and defined actionable across different
business and admin units.

e)    Cyber / Information Security Risk Management

Bank has a comprehensive "Cyber Security Policy"
to provide guidance and direction to combat cyber
threats given the level of complexity of business and
levels of risk, specific to the Bank. Cyber Security &
Information Security of the Bank is managed by a
separate division which is headed by Group Chief

Information Security Officer (GCISO), with state
of the art cyber security tools and 24x7 Security
Operation Centre (SOC).

f)    Enterprise Risk Management:

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the process of
managing all of Bank's risks within an integrated and
centralized framework. It is an on-going, proactive
and dynamic process to identify, assess, manage and
communicate risks that may impact objectives to
meet the overall strategic goals of the organization.
In this regard, Bank has constituted an Enterprise
Risk Management Committee (ERMC) committee
comprising of senior management formed with
primary objective of management and monitoring
of risk at an enterprise level.

Therefore, as a part of holistic approach towards
managing risks, the Bank conducts a comprehensive
assessment of all material risks under Internal
Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, driven by the
core guiding principles of proportionality, continuity,
materiality, stress testing, sound governance, capital
quality, etc.

Recognizing that advanced risk management
practices rely on seamless data flow and integrity,
the Bank has leveraged technology to automate
its core risk management system and processes,
enabling timely and effective management actions.

g)    Group Risk Management:

The Bank has put in place a Board approved Policy
on Group Risk Management to manage the risks
involved in the functioning of the Group Entities and
ensure that adequate risk management systems are
in place in all the Group Entities. The Group Chief
Risk Officer (GCRO) of the Bank is supervising the risk
management activities of the Group Entities.

h)    ESG & Climate Risk Management:

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is one
of the emerging concern areas for Banks. Envisaging
the importance, Bank has formed a ESG Committee
(CGM / GM level) & ESG Working Group (DGM / AGM
level) for overall implementation of ESG practices
and Board Level Sub Committee oversees the same.

Bank has in place the Board approved ESG Policy &
publishes Sustainability Report on an annual basis,
which outlines the Bank's commitment, initiatives &
actions that are built around its founding principles,
in alignment with the United Nation's Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).

i)    Disclosures

To promote transparency, trust and accountability,
Bank discloses all the relevant risks and mitigation
plan to its stakeholders for meaningful insight into
the functioning of the Bank. In this regard, the Bank
has a board approved Disclosure Policy in place,
which is being reviewed on an annual basis.

j)    Basel Norms Implementation:

The Bank complies with RBI Guidelines on Basel
III Capital Regulations and remains adequately
capitalized as per the current requirements. Further,
the Bank is comfortably placed and remains well
above the regulatory requirements in terms of LCR,
NSFR and Leverage Ratio as well.

COMPLIANCE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Bank is certified with ISO 27001:2013 for Data Centre,
Near Data Centre, Disaster Recovery Site, Information
Technology Wing and Technology Operations Wing.

Bank has undergone upgradation of ISO 27001:2013
certification to ISO 27001:2022 certification. Audit
has been completed and Bank is certified with ISO
27001:2022. The certification is valid till 11/04/2026.

It is certified that the Information Security management
system of the organization has been assessed and found
to be in accordance with the requirements of the ISO
27001:2022 standard.

INTEGRATED TREASURY

Aggregate investments Domestic (net) of the Bank
stood at '3,76,969.77 Crore as at March 2025. Modified
duration of the investment portfolio and Available for
Sale (AFS) portfolio stood at 4.60 and 5.72 as at March
2025 respectively. The yield on investments stood at
6.96% as at 31^st March 2025. The trading profit under
domestic treasury operations during financial year is
'2,664.45 Crore including revaluation gain of '399.65
Crore for HFT&FVTPL as on 31.03.2025.

The Bank continues to be an active player in Government
securities market as a Primary Dealer. The total amount
of bids submitted for underwriting was '2,10,569 Crore
out of which the underwriting commitment accepted by
RBI was '76,044 Crore. With regard to treasury bills under
PD business as against minimum success ratio of 40%
to be achieved in each half year, the Bank has achieved
45.19% during the first half and 43.18 % for second half
of Financial Year 2024-25.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to
'2,09,921 Crore, comprising '78,611 Crore under exports,
'47,209 Crore under imports and '84,101 Crore under
remittances during the year ended March 2025.

OTHER SERVICES

Merchant Banking

During the Financial year 2024-25 Merchant Banking
Division of the Bank

>    Monitored 317 Equity Issues, 48 Debt Issues and 166
Rights and Bank got float fund benefit for 4-5 days
through ASBA. The Bank collected commission of
'1.51 Crore in respect of ASBA.

>    Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC),
Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) and
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) have entrusted the
Bank to act as "Arrangers and Collecting Bankers"
for the Private Placement of 54EC Capital Gain
Bond Issues.

>    During the year, funds mobilized / Collected by
our Bank as arranger for 54EC Capital Gain Bonds
is '740.12 Crore and earned a commission of
'79.04 Lakh.

>    During the year, Section has prepared Share
valuation report of M/s Fossil India PVT Ltd. and
earned commission of '3.25 Lakh.

> During the year we have earned '53.66 Lakh for
acting as Arranger for Bond issuance of Companies
(Under taken by Treasury Wing).

Centralization of Trade and Forex Operations under GTPC

To enhance operational efficiency, manage regulatory
risks effectively, and promote Ease of Doing Business,
the Bank has centralized all foreign exchange (forex)
and domestic trade transactions under the Global Trade
Processing Centre (GTPC).

GTPC functions as a centralized back-office hub,
processing all trade finance activities - both forex and
inland - originating from branches across the Bank. While
GTPC handles the processing operations, Bank branches
will continue to serve as the primary point of contact
for customers, providing services such as new business
acquisition, credit-related matters, advisory support and
documentation.

Scope of Services under GTPC

GTPC manages a wide range of trade and forex
operations, including:

•    Foreign inward and outward remittances

•    Foreign cheque collection and foreign currency
transactions

•    Import and export trade transactions

•    Trade credit and foreign bank guarantees

•    Inland (domestic) Letters of Credit and Bank
Guarantees, including electronic Bank
Guarantees (e-BG)

•    Bill discounting services
Digital Transformation Initiatives

1. FX4U Platform

The Bank has launched FX4U, a digital
document management system for forex
transactions. This platform enables customers
to submit online requests for export / import
transactions and forex remittances, with the
ability to upload required documents digitally.

2. Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG)

The Bank has implemented a fully digital
e-BG platform, replacing traditional physical
guarantees with a seamless digital process.
Integrated with National E-Governance Services
Ltd (NeSL), the system allows for e-stamping,
e-signing, and real-time hosting of guarantees
This enables instant issuance - within
minutes - compared to the 3-4 days required for
physical BGs. Beneficiaries can access the e-BG
immediately, eliminating the need for separate
authentication and significantly accelerating
transaction turnaround times.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network - Expanding Pan India Presence

In a bid to expand the reach, the Bank added 270 domestic
branches during the year. As at March 2025, the Bank had
9849 domestic branches, including Specialized Branches.
Composition of Branch Network

Category	No. of Branches			Opened during the year
	31.03.2023	31.03.2024	31.03.2025
Metropolitan	1925	1843	1866	30
Urban	1991	1907	1944	50
Semi-urban	2742	2751	2900	152
Rural	3048	3103	3139	38
Overseas*	3	4	4	Â
Total domestic Branches	9706	9604	9849	270

Note: Domestic branches were merged during the year: 25
The total Specialized Branches of the Bank stood at
625 as at March 2025.

HUMAN RESOUSES

PERSONNEL PROFILE

As at 31^st March 2025, the Bank had 81260 employees on
its roll. The cadre-wise break-up of manpower for the last
3 years are as under:

Cadre	March 2023	March 2024	March 2025
Officer	52241	52607	52652
Clerk	21509	19651	19197

Sub Staff/ PTE	11228	10380	9411
Total	84978	82638	81260

Total staff strength of the Bank comprised of 65%
Officers, 24% Clerks and 11% Sub Staff / PTE. The Women
staff strength of the Bank was 26006 constituting 32% of
the total employees. The total number of ex-servicemen
staff as at March 2025 stood at 5081. There were 2481
Differently abled persons (DAPs) on the rolls of the Bank.

RESERVATION POLICY

The Bank has been adhering to the Reservation Policy in
respect of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST),
Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities
(PwBD), as per the Government of India guidelines.

The representation of SCs / STs / OBCs / EWS / PwBD
employees as on 31^st March 2025 is as under:

Grade	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS	PWDs1
Officer	9317	4155	17216	527	1547
Clerk	3515	1230	6301	180	656
Sub Staff / PTE	3754	692	2745	-	278
Total	16586	6077	26262	707	2481
% to total Employees	20.41	7.48	32.32	-	-

RECRUITMENT

During the FY 2024-25, Bank recruited 1547 persons
in various cadres. Out of which, 629 were women
employees, consisting of 40.66% of total recruitment.
The category wise representation of newly recruited
employees is as under:

Total	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS	PwBDs*
1547	257	101	413	139	49

* Also belongs to SC / ST / OBC / EWS / UR category.

HR INITIATIVES

>    Engagement of graduate apprentices - In compliance
with the Apprentices Act, 1961, our Bank has
initiated the engagement of Apprentices for the
FY 2024-25. At present 2,797 Apprentices are
undergoing Apprenticeship training in various
Branches across India for a period of one year.

>    Project Aarohan - HR Transformation Project
is ongoing for reimagining and redesigning HR
functions to align with Bank's strategic goals and
objectives.

>    Monthly sessions on Work Life balance for employees.

>    Canara Resume - Monthly Webinar Session for
Employees joining post Maternity / Sabbatical Leave.

>    FOCUS (Fostering Outstanding Customer Service) -
High impact Sales Leadership Training Programme
for Frontline Staff has been launched aiming at
enhancing Customer Service at Branches.

>    Know Your Circular (KYC) Quiz: KYC Quizzes
were conducted for all the employees and made
mandatory for the eligible officers to get four marks
in APAS this year.

>    Conducted Pre-promotion training to eligible
employees from Sub-staff to Scale VI.

>    Circular Synopsis: The details of circulars issued in
a day are being shared with the employees through
e-mail on the subsequent day.

>    Collaborations: CIBM Manipal has also taken
the Membership of Indian Society for Training &
Development. Collaboration with SBI Foundation for
the training of PwD (Visually Impaired and Speech
and Hearing Impaired) employees has also been
entered into.

>    AR / VR (Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality)
Training: Bank developed an innovative training
methodology using Augmented Reality (AR) and
Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to enhance the on
boarding experience for new staff, equipping them
with necessary skills and confidence from day one.

>    WITI (WhatsApp Interactive Training Initiative):

A new-age technology initiative by the Bank, wherein
the Bot generates responses for the queries / doubts
of the employees using Gen-AI technology through
WhatsApp 24x7.

>    Radio CIBM: This is a new initiative by the Bank,
where episodes in the form of podcasts are being
released periodically through which the employees
of the Bank are educated on Banking news, policies
& regulatory guidelines, circulars and Do's & Don'ts
on various procedures at workplace, etc.,

>    T-SAT (Technical Skill Assessment Test): As per the

EASE 7.0 reforms, Bank has conducted T-SAT to all
the employees from CSA to Scale-V based on their
job-roles.

>    Introduced scheme of Transportation of Mortal
remains of the deceased employees to native place /
place of domicile.

>    Introduced scheme of Absorption of Tax on
Perquisites of employees from FY 2024-25.

>    Opened Canara Care Home at Delhi in addition to
Vellore and Mumbai.

>    Extended relief loan to staff members affected due
to unprecedented floods in 9 districts in the state of
Andhra Pradesh and in the state of Tripura.

>    Replicated the following staff benefits pages
available in HRMS / SAS package to Mobile Banking /
Internet as under:

•    Child Care Allowance

•    Bereavement Leave

•    Canarites Grievance Redressal System Package

>    Enabled Auto approval (without authorization) of
certain staff benefits such as - Festival Advance,
Lunch Allowance & Cleaning Expenses.

>    Implemented all the benefits / provisions of 12^th
Bipartite Settlements within 6 months from the date
of Bipartite Settlement (for workmen employees).

>    Our Bank's Hindi in-house magazine 'Canara Jyoti'
and bilingual in-house magazine 'Shreyas' were
awarded with the Best in house magazine award for
the year 2024-25 on 20^th February, 2025 by 'Global
Excellence Award' in the respective category in the
32^nd edition of World Congress Brand.

>    Canara Bank's in-house magazine 'Canara Jyoti'
has been awarded the Silver Award in the category
of Magazine of Excellence in the 18^th Global
Communication Programme by PRCI on 09.11.2024.

>    During the Joint Regional Official Language
conference of South and South West regions held at
Mysore on 04^th January 2025, the Honorable Governor
of Bihar Shri. Arif Mohammad Khan & Union Minister
of State for Home Affairs Shri. Nityanand Rai honored
the Town Official Language Implementation
Committee (Bank & Insurance), Bengaluru with the
"First" prize of the Regional Official Language Award
for excellent implementation.

>    Canara Bank was awarded with the Rajbhasha Kirti
'First' Puraskar in Region 'C' for its quarterly in-house
magazine 'Canara Jyoti' by Hon'ble Union Minister
of Home Affairs and Co-operation Shri. Amit Shah
during Hindi Diwas and 4^th All India Official Language
Conference on 14^th September 2024 at Bharat
Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

>    Under the aegis of Department of Financial Services,
Ministry of Finance, Government of India, a two-
day seminar / review meeting was organized by
Punjab National Bank, Chandigarh (TOLIC Bank) on
22.08.2024 and 23.08.2024 for all banks / insurance
companies / financial institutions. Canara Bank
received the Third prize in 'C' Region for excellent
official language implementation by the Department
of Financial Services.

>    Canara Bank's in-house magazine "Canara Jyoti" was
awarded the Best Magazine Award at the 32^nd edition
of World Brand Congress & Awards on 20.02.2025.

>    Conducted Shreyas contest for kids of Staff in the
category "Painting and Sketching" in 2024 (First of
its Kind).

>    Shreyas Magazine won the best in house magazine
conducted by Public Relations Council of India,
Mangalore and Global Excellence Awards at Mumbai
for the year 2024-25.

>    Conducted an Awareness campaign for Indian Organ
Donation Day.

>    Conduction of Library Day at Head Office, Circles and
Regional Offices.

>    Encouraging Sporting Activities: Facilities are
provided to Sportspersons to participate in
competitions at District / State / Zone / National/
International level competitions.

>    Employees who are taking up sports activities are
provided with 75 Days of Special Leave in a calendar
year. Sportspersons are provided necessary leave
without any restrictions towards preparations/
participation in competitions.

>    Sportspersons recruited under sports category are
rewarded with Five Special Increments & Three Out
of Turn Promotions for having secured Medals in
National / International level competitions.

>    Sportspersons are provided with 100% medical
reimbursement for sports injury & rehabilitation
including physiotherapy for faster recovery.

>    Sportspersons are provided with Out-of-Pocket
Expenses (OPE) & Diet Allowance during their
training camps & competitions.

>    Gratuity calculator implemented in HRMS Package.

>    SPF pass sheet generation for all financial years from
2010 (From 2020 for e-Syndicate employees) made
available in HRMS Package.

>    Applying for SPF & Gratuity nomination made
available in Canarites Mobile App.

>    Introduced pension and commutation calculator in

HRMS package.

>    The following modules were developed / converted

from manual to online in HRMS package for FY

2024-2025.

•    Sabbatical leave module

•    JAIIB / CAIIB Module

•    HRA module

•    Air travel / taxi permissions module

•    Revamped transfer module

•    Executive feedback module

•    ODI agreed module

•    Mobile handset module

•    Festival advance auto approval

•    Dependent modification module

•    Staff DPN / OD module

•    Court summons module

•    Compensatory off module

•    Promotion appeal page

•    Experience certificate module

•    Salary extract page

•    Bereavement leave page

•    Shifting of quarters module

•    Bank sim maker / checker page

•    RC copy upload page

•    Mile stone award page

•    Automating of cleaning, lunch and mobile
call charges

•    Annual health and eye check-up page

•    Staff welfare measures viz., Birthday gift,
Marriage gift, Diwali gift, spouse health check¬
up, funeral expenses for ex staffs.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT & TALENT MANAGEMENT

•    Human Resources are the most valued assets
and success lies in developing, retaining
and transforming them to act as strategic
business partners. Treating people as resources,
rewarding them equitably and integrating
their goals with that of the organization
through suitable HR policies are the present
mantras to "Organizational Excellence". Also,
with a fast-changing banking landscape, skills
and qualifications acquired needs continued
upgradation and there is need for employee
training support at periodical intervals to keep
them abreast of the latest developments.
Accordingly, the HR functions of the Bank are
getting tuned in this direction and are moving
ahead to do this new transformational role.

•    Bank has adopted the new 52 / 26-week induction
training module as recommended by the CVC for
the newly recruited POs & SWOs respectively. In
addition to this, mentoring concept is in place
for the benefit of the newly recruited POs to help
them to get acclimatized with Bank's culture,
tradition and ethos.

•    Bank is imparting training in various functional
areas to build and upgrade competencies
through the one Apex Centre of Excellence at
Manipal (CIBM - Canara Institute of Banking &
Management) and two Centres of Excellence at
Bagaluru and Gurugram, supported by 26 Canara
Learning & Development Centres established
across the country.

•    Functional trainings are imparted to staff
members in various cadres by drawing training
calendars in consultation with Circle Offices. In
the Financial Year 2024-25, 4477 programmes
were conducted in which 144122 employees
were trained, a total of 80223 employees got
at least one training in the Financial year which
is almost 98.61 per cent of the total employee
strength of the Bank.

•    In order to acclimatize them with their new roles
and responsibilities, Executive Development
Programs (EDPs) is provided to Executives
upon their promotion at institutes of repute
like ASCI Hyderabad, MDI Gurugram. During FY
2024-25 around 351 executives have attended
EDP & Customised Leadership Development
Program was conducted for 411 Executives
(CGMs, GMs, DGMs & RO Heads). 54 Executives
have undergone the RBI mandated Certificate
program in IT & Cyber Security at IDRBT.

•    Bank is grooming its top leadership through
the Financial Services Institution Bureau (FSIB)
Flagship Leadership Development program. In
addition to this, around 44 officials were given
Foreign Training Programmes / Workshop during
FY 2024-25.

•    Bank is providing focused training programme
for the Business Outlet Heads so as to equip
them well to focus on future challenges. (First
Time CO / RO / MCB / LCB / RAH / ACC / Branch
Head). Further, Bank is constantly striving to
build effective Management and Leadership
traits among its Officers. In this regard, Bank is
conducting Officers' Development Program (ODP)
and Managerial Development Program (MDP) for
promotee Officers and Managers respectively.

•    During the current FY following training
programmes were conducted covering effective
management and Leadership Development
Programmes:

Sl. No	Programme Name	No. of Officers attended
1	Managerial Development Program (MDP)	1407
2	Officers' Development Program (ODP)	742
3	Role And Responsibility - First Time Branch Head	1382
4	1st Time Regional / MCB / LCB / MSME Sulabh / RAH / LDMs / ACC & Hi-tech Agri Finance Branch Heads Training Programme	305

• Bank has a e-Learning portal - "CanDLE"
(Canara Digital Learning Experience) facilitating
effective and continuous online learning for
our employees for enhancing their knowledge
and skills.

“Welfare of SC / ST / OBC / EWS”

RESERVATION POLICY:

The Bank has been adhering to the Reservation Policy in
respect of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST),
Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities
(PwBD), as per the Government of India guidelines.

Category-wise representation in the organization:

The representation of SCs / STs / OBC / EWS employees
in our Bank as on 31^st March 2025 is as under:

Cadre	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS
Officer	9317	4155	17216	527
Clerical	3515	1230	6301	180
Sub-Staff	3754	692	2745	-
Total	16586	6077	26262	707

Details of the posts filled up by the candidates of SC /
ST / OBC / EWS during the FY 2024-25 at various levels:

During the FY 2024-25, our Bank recruited 1547
employees in various cadres. The category wise details
are as under:

Cadre	Total	Out of which
		SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS
Officer	676	95	50	179	68
Clerical	827	145	42	226	71
Sub¬ Staff	44	17	9	8	-
Total	1547	257	101	413	139

ENGAGEMENT OF GRADUATE APPRENTICES:

In compliance with the Apprentices Act, 1961, our Bank
has initiated the engagement of Apprentices for the FY
2024-25. At present 2,797 Apprentices are undergoing
Apprenticeship training in various Branches across India
for a period of one year. The category wise details are
as under:

Total	Out of which
	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS
2797	630	214	1089	248

CUSTOMER ORIENTATION

Bank has taken several initiatives to remain customer
focused through provision of fast service, offering
diversified products & services, responding to customers'

> Bank has implemented a centralized grievance
redressal mechanism where all general customer
complaints, regardless of their origin, are handled at
Head Office centrally, and resolution is being provided
by subject experts. This centralized approach ensures
consistent quality complaint handling and resolution
across the Bank.

a)    The centralized grievance redressal mechanism,
a sophisticated complaint management module
has been implemented within Bank's CRM,
leveraging innovative functionalities designed
to significantly enhance the efficiency and with
enhanced features such as, automated escalation
to the Internal Ombudsman, complaint reopening
option to dissatisfied complainants, review by Top
Management, feedback collection etc.

b)    Periodically, conducting Root Cause Analysis
(RCA) on repetitive nature/ type of complaints in
coordination with stakeholders, identifying and
fixing the exact cause of concern across the Bank.

c)    Extending reliefs to the aggrieved customer as per
Bank and Regulator's guidelines

d)    Enabled customer 360⁰ view at Grievance portal
level for more precise & accurate redressal of
complaint.

e)    Enabled complaint re-open facility for customer
where complaints can be reopened within 7 days
from closure date, if complainant feels dissatisfied
with Bank's resolution. All re-open complaints are
placed before Internal Ombudsman for views
and closed only after receiving concurrence of
Customer Service Vertical head.

f)    Complaint review by top management and
Customer Service Vertical Head / executive -
Bank's top management and Vertical head reviews
closed complaints on a random selection basis to

verify the quality in resolution and issue necessary
direction for further improvement beside
re-opening of complaints if resolution is not upto
to the mark.

g)    All partially / fully rejected complaints are
auto-escalating to the Internal Ombudsman
for final decision and reply to the complainant
provided duly incorporating decision of the
Internal Ombudsman.

h)    Feedback collection from complainant: - To ensure
continuous improvement and enhance customer
satisfaction, Bank has implemented feedback
mechanism to collect customer feedback after
closing complaints. Apart from auto-triggering
SMS & email to complainant on closure of each
complaint requesting for their feedback on
grievance resolution, we also directly call to the
complainant through our Call Center and HO
officials to record their feedback responses, and
further analysing to identify & address the gaps,
if any.

S Customer Service Vertical has been revamped with a
strengthened with a team, focussing on timely and
quality resolution of public grievances within the
Bank's prescribed timeline.

S Comprehensive Employee Specific Feedback
Mechanism is implemented to gauze the level
of customer service at branches. Our bank is the
first in the banking industry to implement a such
a mechanism. This Feedback mechanism aims to
reach out to the customers for their employee wise
feedback on real time transactions done customers at
branches. A range of channels are introduced keeping
customer ease in view for capturing customer
feedback viz. OR code, SMS, Email, WhatsApp, KIOSK.

S CRM (Customer Relationship Management) - CANARA
RISHTEY is introduced in our bank for improving
service quality, and driving business growth. Bank
use CRM systems to track customer data, analyze
behavior, and offer personalized services, which
enhances customer satisfaction and loyalty. Bank has
launched 12 modules under CRM as of now.

S One Bank One Number (Toll-Free number 1800 1030)
has been introduced where customers can avail 43
services in 17 languages.

S WhatsApp banking facility has been introduced
allowing customers to avail banking services from
anywhere, at any time and get information at their
convenience. As of now 75 plus services are offered
through WhatsApp banking in five languages Viz.
English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada & Telugu.

S Chat-bot Banking Service has also been introduced
for General Public use. As of now 16 service are
available in five languages viz., English, Hindi,
Marathi, Kannada & Telugu.

>    Executives from Customer Service Vertical are
conducting mystery shopping visits in branches
of selected Circles at quarterly intervals under
Incognito mode.

>    Our Bank is a partner in the PSB Alliance which
has floated Door Step Banking Services (DSB) and
extended Doorstep Banking Services 2572 Centres
covering 4154 branches for the benefit of all the
individual customers including Senior Citizens &
Differently abled persons. Customers can book many
of the banking services by downloading the DSB
Mobile App, or through DSB Website or Vendor's Call
Centres. Bank offers 3 Door Step Banking Services
per month absolutely free for customers aged above
75 years at all the select 1000 centres.

>    Training programmes with more emphasis on
customer service aspects are being conducted
regularly in coordination with Apex Centre of
Excellence, Manipal.

>    As per the directions issued by the Regulator a
year-long action plan has been devised to conduct
awareness programmes Pan India to augment
existing efforts undertaken for awareness initiatives,
covering three broad parameters viz. target group,
theme / focus area and appropriate delivery channel
for each target group.

>    A detailed Citizen Charter has been made available
in the Bank's corporate Website to make use of the
same for General Public encouraging good banking
practices.

>    Based on the Root cause analysis of complaints
received, with our suggestions various Banks has
adopted / made many systemic changes resulting
in improved customer services. Prominent systemic
reforms undertaken by the Bank are as follows:

(i)    Debit Card Green PIN generation through digital
channels.

(ii)    Reversal of failed UPI transaction amount within
T+1 days, & raising chargeback within Turn
Around Time.

(iii)    Introduced Offline OTP and enabled OTP through
email facility.

(iv)    Cooling period is implemented after addition of
beneficiary in Mobile and Internet Banking.

(v)    SMS to incipient inoperative status accounts,
further quarterly SMS for KYC documents
submission.

(vi)    Delivering TDS Certificate (Form 16A) to
customers on their registered email IDs.

(vii)    Key Fact Statement (KFS) Functionality has
been implemented which summarises the
critical aspects of a loan including the loan
amount, interest rate, repayment schedule, fees,
charges and the total repayment amount etc.
This level of detail provides borrowers with a
clear understanding of the financial obligations
associated with the loan and empowers them to
make informed financial decisions.

(viii)    Bank has Launched Documents Release Tracking
System (DRTS) for tracking release of movable/
immovable property documents on closure of
loan account as an enhanced monitoring tool
and better up keeping of records.

(ix)    Bank has integrated UDGAM Portal for easy
access of Customer's unclaimed deposits /
DEAF fund with RBI.

(x)    Introduction of intimation SMS facility for
customers for reaching threshold limit in their
FASTag balance.

INTERNAL OMBUDSMAN

In terms of the Reserve Bank of India guidelines, the
Bank has appointed an Internal Ombudsman (IO) as an
independent authority to review complaints that are
partly or wholly rejected by the Bank. The IO submits
periodical report on its functions & activities to
Customer Service Committee of the Board of the Bank,
analyzing the pattern of complaints for taking action to
address the root cause of complaints. Changes where
necessitated on the procedures / guidelines have also
been carried out based on the IO's recommendations.

Sri Unnam Raghavendra Rao has taken over as Internal
Ombudsman with effect from 17.02.2025 on expiry of
the term of the earlier IO.

INTERNAL CONTROL AND AUDIT

Details of audits conducted during the Financial Year
2024-25 are furnished below:

Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA): RBIA was conducted
in 7018 branches / units.

Concurrent Audit: It collectively covers 70% of
advances and corresponding deposits, forming a
significant portion of the Bank's total business.
Monthly concurrent / continuous audits were carried
out in 1528 branches / service units, out of which, in
1139 branches the audit was conducted by external
auditors and in 389 branches audit was conducted by
internal auditors.

Income Audit: 4239 branches underwent income /
revenue audits on a quarterly basis

Key Initiatives and Enhancements in the Audit Process:

1. Pre-Audit Exercises: The procedure of pre-audit was
revamped in order to strengthen the objective of
pre-audit exercise i.e., reducing the number of
queries during RBIA and helping branches achieve
a lower risk grade. Inspection Wing shares the list
of branches due for RBIA in next 6 months during
the ZACE meetings. Accordingly, RO / CO shall send
Pilot letter to branches / units regarding conduct
of pre-audit exercise at least 3 months prior to
commencement of RBIA.

2.    Moderate-Risk Branches: Moderate-risk rated
branches are audited every 12 months and are
subjected to a Snap Audit within 6 to 9 months for
better control. Additionally, a training program
was initiated through CIBM to enhance the skills of
branch officials at moderate-risk branches, aimed at
improving their risk ratings in the ensuing RBIA.

3.    Special Moderate: Branches risk rated as Moderate
risk for three consecutive audit cycles are categorized
as Special Moderate branches, which will now
undergo RBIA every 9 months instead of the usual
12 months and will also be subjected to monthly
concurrent audits. Two ED level meetings were
conducted to guide the branches for improving
risk rating.

4.    First Handbook on Inspection Matters: Inspection
Wing has designed Handbook on Inspection Matters,
which is helpful to Inspecting Officials in enriching
their knowledge for performing various audits.

5.    Training Material for CIBM Faculties: Inspection Wing
designed training material for CIBM faculties to train
branch officials of moderate risk-rated branches,
named "Nurture," a guide on internal control matters
of the branch.

6.    Verification of Immovable Securities: Inspection
Wing initiated a one-time verification of immovable
securities mortgaged to the Bank for loans above
'1.00 Crore at RAHs and MSME Sulabhs from April
2024 to December 2024.

7.    Security Verification during Concurrent Audits:
On the basis of the findings of verification of
immovable properties, policy level changes have
been implemented for mitigating risks. Now, the
concurrent auditors are required to verify 25% of
loans sanctioned during the month, with a minimum
of 20 securities (mortgaged and non-mortgaged).
Furthermore, 100% verification of all mortgaged
immovable securities during review period, as well as
verification of all MSME loans of '10 lakh and above,
confirming the existence and functioning of units
and all loans with government subsidies.

8.    Automation of Legal Audit: To streamline the process,
the Wing developed a package in the SAS portal for
the automation of legal audits. This package aims to
improve the efficiency of legal audits and avoid the
recurrence of such issues.

9.    Formation of New Zonal Inspectorates and Units:
Formation of 2 new ZI (Patna & Vijayawada), 18 new
units and remapping of Circles for increasing the
efficiency, operational convenience and reduction of
cost to the bank.

10.    Increased Frequency of ACE Meetings: Frequency of
Audit Committee of Executives (ACE) Meeting has been
increased to ensure timely closure of audit reports and
effective monitoring of Action Taken Reports.

11.    Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP):
Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP)
was introduced for recommending improvement in
quality of audit closure of Branches.

12.    Management Audit Package for Regional Office:
Development of a comprehensive audit package
for the Management Audit of Regional Office by
capturing all the details of Audit Findings, Arrival of
scores and Reply by Auditee.

13.    Revamped RBIA and Concurrent Audit Packages:
Revamped the Queries & checklists of Risk-Based
Internal Audit (RBIA- Branches / RO / CO) and
Concurrent audit packages to enhance accuracy
of audit observations and implemented in Darpan
package with version control and effective date.

14.    Audit Module for Inoperative Account Reactivation:
Implemented an audit module for continuous
audit of Inoperative accounts which are
reactivated, through SAS module in adherence to RBI
guidelines.

15.    Centralized ZACE Meeting Package: Centralised
package for upload and maintenance of agenda,
minutes and ATR observations of bi-monthly ZACE
meetings which can be viewed by Regional Offices,
Circle Offices, Zonal Inspectorates.

16.    Inspection Wing has introduced concurrent audit for
the following:

a.    Re-activated Inoperative Accounts

b.    TAB Banking

c.    Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable
Funding Ratio (NSFR) calculation at RM Wing

Bank has also introduced Half-yearly audit of Credit and
Prepaid Cards Wing.

RISK BASED SUPERVISION

The Bank was brought under Risk Based Supervision (RBS)
regime by RBI, in lieu of Annual Financial Inspection (AFI)
from FY 2013-14. Presently, the Bank has completed the
11^th cycle of RBS. RBS framework is named as Supervisory
Programme for Assessment of Risk and Capital (SPARC).
Under SPARC, a detailed qualitative and quantitative
assessment of the Bank's risks is made by RBI on an
on-going basis through a combination of offsite analysis
of the data and information furnished by the Bank as well
as the findings of the on-site Inspection for supervisory
Evaluation (ISE).

GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM FOR
PwD CUSTOMERS:

Status of Grievance redressal for PwD Customers
(from 08.08.2024 to 31.03.2025):

Sr. No	Particulars	No. of Complaints
1	Total Number of complaints received from PwD Customers	4606
2	Number of complaints resolved	4560

3	Number of complaints	46*
Â	pending as on 31.03.2025	Â
4	Number of complaints	0
Â	pending as on 12.05.2025	Â

‘Mentioned 46 complaints are with in TAT of 21 days.

KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS (KYC) / AML / CFT

The Bank is committed to implement the KYC / AML /
CFT norms in its completeness and has zero tolerance
towards non-compliance. To ensure this, the Bank has
put robust systems and processes in place. Advisories
issued by the regulators with respect to designated
individuals / entities are scrupulously followed. Regular
training is provided to staff members to increase their
awareness on matters regarding KYC / AML / CFT.

IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Our Bank is ensuring compliance of Official Language
Implementation as per Official Language Act 1963,
Official Language Rules 1976, recommendations of
Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, Annual
programme of Department of Official Language,
Ministry of Home Affairs and also as per the guidelines
issued by Department of Financial Services, Ministry
of Finance, Government of India. OL Implementation
encompasses teaching & training of Employees to
learn and understand Hindi and its use in a day-to¬
day banking activities. Employees who do not possess
working knowledge in Hindi are nominated for Prabodh,
Praveen and Banking Pragya examinations conducted
by Hindi Teaching Scheme, New Delhi and they are also
incentivized on passing it. Incentives are also provided
to employees for passing Parangat examination who
aspires to obtain proficiency in Hindi. Bank provides cash
incentives to motivate employees for obtaining Hindi
Degrees like Graduation, Post-Graduation, M.Phil. and
Ph.D in Hindi and also for creative writing in Hindi whose
literary work is recognized by institutes of repute.

Bank has made available forms in Bilingual in Region
'A' and Trilingual in 'B' & 'C' Region branch counters for
the use of customers. Official Language Section, Human
Resources Wing provides translation from English to
Hindi and vice versa to meet the requirements of all the
Wings in Head Office. Official Language Cells established
at Circle Offices & Regional Offices are also providing
the requisite translations in Hindi & English apart from
ensuring implementation of OL in their respective areas.
Official Language Implementation Committees are
constituted at all levels, where quarterly meetings
are conducted promptly and review of status of OL
implementation is effectuated. A Hindi inter-translator
system has been introduced in CBS through which pass
book / pass sheets could be generated in Hindi, including
generation of Deposit receipts and DDs. CBS Screens
(in Hindi) have been created and a facility to generate
reports in Hindi are now made available. Provision has
been made in ATM Screen to view the transactions in 11
Regional Languages. Standard greetings and messages
to customers are being sent through SMS in Hindi &
Regional Languages also. Customers can now opt to
receive SMS in their opted language.

An online package has been made live (in SAS portal)
for submission of OPR i.e., STR 18 by all branches and
administrative offices. Hindi Workshops and Unicode
trainings are being organized for staff. Existing manual
branch visit report by OL Officers has been digitalised.
Branch visits by OL Officers is helpful for branches to
face visit / inspection by Govt. Depts. and Parliamentary
Committees, etc., Hindi workshop and conference for
Official Language Officers are conducted annually to
ensure effective implementation of Hindi.

Our Bank's Head Office is the Convenor of Town Official
Language Implementation Committee (Banks) meetings
at Bengaluru. Our Bank is also the Convener of 21 TOLICs
at various Cities / Towns across the Country. Bank has
secured numerous Shields and Certificates Pan India,
awarded by various TOLIC committees for the best
implementation of OL. TOLIC (Bank) Bengaluru has been
adjudged best performing TOLIC in the country Further,
TOLIC (Bank) Bengaluru has also won the 1^st prize under
Southern Region for commendable performance in
implementing the OL policy of the Union.

Our Bank has secured prizes from Regional
Implementation Office for commendable performance
in implementation of Official Language during the year.

In order to accelerate OL implementation, Shields are
being awarded to Offices and Branches under 'Rajbhasha
Akshay Yojana'. 'Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana' has also
been conceptualized and put in place to motivate the
employees towards effective OL implementation.

Canara bank has been awarded with "Rajbhasha Sammaan"
Shield for outstanding performance in the field of Official
Language by Rajbhasha Academy, New Delhi.

Banking related news in Hindi under the title "Aaj Ke
Samachar" are included in Today's Tidings, a daily news
brief. 'HRD(e) light's, 'NRI Bulletin' & 'Staff Meeting
Literature' are being brought out in Hindi as well on a
monthly basis. Canara Jyoti, a quarterly Hindi house
magazine to showcase the literary talent of our staff
members in Hindi has received many accolades. Canara
Bank's in-house magazines 'Shreyas' and 'Canara Jyoti' has
been awarded the Global Brand Excellence Award by the
World Brand Congress on 20.02.2025 for the year 2023-24.

Regional Language Cells i.e., Kannada cell, Tamil cell,
Telugu cell, Marathi cell etc., are formed in Circle Offices
located in Region 'B' & 'C'. Regional Language Cell under
OL Section, HR Wing has been formed as the Nodal Cell
for coordinating the usage of Regional Languages. "Hindi
Mein Paricharcha", an innovative Discussion Programme
in Hindi on contemporary banking subjects is being
organized by all Administrative Units of the bank on a
quarterly basis.

Bank has established Hindi library at HO, COs & ROs for
motivating employees to read books in Hindi. A Digital
Library portal has also been initiated and made available
to all the employees.

VIGILANCE SETUP

The Vigilance administration in the Bank constitutes
Vigilance Wing at Head Office, Bengaluru, functioning
under the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), assisted by
an Additional Chief Vigilance Officer (ACVO) and two
vigilance units at Delhi and Mumbai, functioning under
two ACVOs. This apart, all the three ACVOs also undertake

The Vigilance Administration in the Bank extends to
the different verticals of the Bank, viz., Circle Offices
and Regional Offices, through the Vigilance Officers
posted at the Circles and Regions.

The said Vigilance set-up in the Bank ensures carrying
out of the three major Vigilance functions in the
Bank, viz., Preventive, Participative (Surveillance &
Detection) and Punitive Vigilance.

As a Preventive Vigilance measure, the Vigilance
set-up in the Bank ensure conduct of Surprise visits
by Circle Vigilance Officers to Branches, conduct
of Monthly Preventive Vigilance Meetings in the
branches, preparation and maintenance of agreed List
and Officers of Doubtful Integrity, Periodic review of
Sensitive Postings in Bank & timely rotation of officials
in sensitive posts, etc. Further, the Vigilance Wing at
Head Office, is publishing a Quarterly Magazine in
the name of "Canara Vigil" covering all the vigilance
related activities conducted in the Bank and a Monthly
Bulletin on Preventive Vigilance, for the benefit of
employees of the Bank.

During the financial year, the Vigilance Wing at Head
Office, has conducted Capacity Building Programmes
under the aegis of Central Vigilance Commission
(CVC) at Trivandrum and Bengaluru for the benefit of
the Chief Vigilance Officers & Vigilance Officers of
PSUs / PSBs. Further, the Wing also extended necessary
support for the said programme conducted by Kerala
Gramin Bank (one of the RRB sponsored by the Bank) at
Trivandrum, again under the aegis of Central Vigilance
Commission.

The Vigilance Wing at Head Office and the two Vigilance
Units at Delhi and Mumbai, respectively ensure timely
processing of various disciplinary matters referred by
the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) and Disciplinary
Authorities (DAs) and conveying of the decisions of the
CVO / ACVO in such matters. Also, complaints received
from various quarters including CVC / RBI / DFS / CBI,
are examined thoroughly and dealt appropriately in

During the financial year, the Wing as per the
directions of the Central Vigilance Commission
had observed, "Vigilance Awareness Week" from
28.10.2024 to 03.11.2024 with the theme, "Culture of
Integrity for Nation's Prosperity" and various activities
such as Walkathon, Quiz contest, Seminars, Essay
writing competition & several outreach programmes
were conducted during the week to create awareness
among the general public.

For monitoring the functions of Vigilance Officers
in the Circle Offices / Regional Offices, the Vigilance
Wing has developed an exclusive package, "Preventive
Vigilance Management System (PVMS)", where
the Branch visits by the Vigilance Officers, their
observations and rectification of observations are
followed up and the data on the same are generated
on a real time basis.

The Wing during the financial year has implemented
"Vigilance Risk Perception Index (VRPI)", for evaluating
level of compliance at Circles and Regions based on
various Vigilance Risk Parameters.

The Wing is continuously suggesting the Management
on possible improvements in the existing systems
& procedures by way of suggesting Systemic
Improvements. As many as 10 systemic improvements
suggested by the Wing has been implemented by the
Bank during the financial year 2024-25.

Implementation of Indian Accounting
Standards

As per RBI guidelines, the Bank is in the process of
implementing the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind
AS). A Project Steering Committee headed by Executive
Director has been formed to take the required steps on
a continuous basis for smooth convergence. RBI, vide
its communication ref: DBR.BP.BC.No.29/21.07.001/
2018-19 dated 22^nd March, 2019 has deferred
implementation of Ind AS for all Scheduled Commercial

Banks till further notice. Bank is submitting pro-forma
financial Statements to RBI on half-yearly basis as per the
guidelines of RBI.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Canara Bank, with an objective of offering 'One Stop
Banking' facilities for the customers, forayed into
diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries
during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as
a 'Financial Supermarket', with eight Domestic
Subsidiaries, five associates and one joint venture.
All the Domestic Subsidiaries / Associate / Joint Venture
of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during
the year 2024-25. CRMF Trustee Private Limited is yet
to commence it's operations. RBI has identified Canara
Group as a bank led Financial Conglomerate and Canara
Bank as the designated entity for the group.

CAN FIN HOMES LIMITED (CFHL):

M/s Can Fin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara
Bank is one of the premier housing finance entities in the
country. The bank holds 29.99% stake with the company.
The loans outstanding of the Company as at March 2025
were '38,217 Crore. The Company earned a Net Profit of
' 857.16 Crore as against '750.69 Crore in the previous
year, with y-o-y growth of 14.18%. Gross NPAs of the
Company was '333 Crore (0.87%) and Net NPA was
'174 Crore (0.46%) as on 31.03.2025. The Company has
provided an interim dividend of 300% and also declared
final dividend of 300% for FY 2024-25.

CANARA HSBC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED:

M/s Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd (CHLIC)
is a Life Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in
association with HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding
Limited and Punjab National Bank in the year 2007.
The JV commenced its business operations with
effect from 16.06.2008, with majority shareholding
of 51% by Canara Bank, followed by HSBC (26%) and
Punjab National Bank (23%). The Company recorded
net premium of '7,850.24 Crore during the year.

The Company registered Net Profit of '116.98 Crore for
FY 2024-25. The company has declared final dividend of
4% for the year 2024-25.

CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
LIMITED (CRAMC):

M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company
Limited is a joint venture (JV) of Canara Bank and
M/s Orix Corporation, Japan with Canara Bank holding
51% Stake. The Company is currently managing 25
Mutual Fund Schemes with a mix of equity, balanced and
debt schemes. The Company has registered a net profit
of '182.68 Crore and has provided an interim dividend of
10% and also declared final dividend of 15% for FY 2024-25.

CANARA BANK SECURITIES LIMITED (CBSL):

M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Bank. CBSL has taken over
the Depository participant services from Canara Bank
w.e.f. 01.04.2017. M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd. is
extending Demat Services (Depository Participant),
Online Trading, e-Insurance and distribution of Financial
products. The Company offers stock broking services
to both institutional and retail clients. The Company
has registered a net profit of '7.90 Crore for the year
2024-25. The Company has declared final dividend of
12.5% for FY 2024-25.

CANBANK FACTORS LIMITED (CFL):

M/s Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring subsidiary
of the Bank with 70% stake held by the Bank. During
2024-25, the Company had a total business turnover of
' 1,196.25 Crore, registering net profit of ' 2.72 Crore.

CANBANK VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED (CVCFL):

M/s Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Bank and the Trustee and
Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund Trust.
The company presently managing 3 funds including
Fund of Fund with present total AUM of '252.00 Crore.

The Company recorded a net profit of ' 0.28 Crore during
the year 2024-2025. The Company has provided interim
dividend of 400% for FY 2024-25.

CANBANK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED (CCSL):

M/s Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only
Software Company promoted by a Public Sector Bank
in the country, with a 69.14% shareholding by the Bank.
CCSL is mainly engaged in IT and Software development
services, BPO services, ATM / Any Time Payment services,
Training, Consultancy and R&T agent. The Company
has posted net profit of '14.98 Crore for FY 2024-25.
The Company has provided an interim dividend of 50%
FY 2024-25.

CANBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (CANFINA):

M/s Canbank Financial Services Limited is confining its
activities to legal matter arising out of past transactions
in securities and recovery of dues under decreed accounts.
Company has posted a profit of '21.75 Crore for the year
2024-25 by way of receipt of dividends, interest received
on Bank deposits and amount pertaining to pending
litigations. The Company has provided an interim
dividend of 36.67% for FY 2024-25.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY (HEFA):

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), is a not-
for-profit organization, set up by the Bank under a joint
venture share holder agreement with the Ministry of
Education (MoE), Government of India.

HEFA has been set up for developing the educational
infrastructure, including R&D infrastructure thereby
enabling the institutions to reach top rankings globally.
As on 31.03.2025, MoE has infused Capital of '4,812.50
Crore and Canara Bank has contributed '481.25 Crore
respectively. The total loans sanctioned till 31.03.2025
is '43,437.58 Crore and disbursement stood at
'22,600.83 Crore.

HEFA has disbursed ' 2,632.58 Crore of loans to different
institutions during FY 2024-25 and Bank has received
' 19.82 Crore of Management Fee from HEFA.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

As at March 2025, the Bank had four sponsored RRBs,
viz., Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (APGB) in Andhra
Pradesh, Kerala Gramin Bank (KeGB) in Kerala, Karnataka
Gramm Bank (KaGB) and Karnataka Vikas Grameena
Bank (KVGB) in Karnataka.

Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (APGB) operates in
10 districts of Andhra Pradesh with 551 branches and
98 ATMs. Total business of the Bank as at March 2025
is '50,757 Crore (Unaudited). (Deposits: '23,667 Crore
Advances: '27,090 Crore).

Kerala Gramin Bank (KeGB) operates in all 14
districts of Kerala with 634 branches & 269 ATMs.
The total business of the Bank as at March 2025 is
'54,989 Crore (Unaudited). (Deposits: '27,427 Crore,
Advances: '27,562 Crore).

Karnataka Gramin Bank (KaGB) operates in 22 districts
of Karnataka with 1122 branches & 172 ATMs.
The total business of the Bank as at March 2025 is
'66,137 Crore (Unaudited). (Deposits: '35,129 Crore,
Advances: '31,008 Crore).

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) operates in
9 districts of Karnataka with 629 branches & 50 ATMs.
The total business of the Bank as at March 2025 is
'38,514 Crore (Unaudited). (Deposits: '20,941 Crore,
Advances: '17,573 Crore).

Aggregate business of the RRBs increased to '2,10,395
Crore as at March 2025 comprising of Deposits of
'1,07,162 Crore and Advances of '1,03,233 Crore.
Through the Bank's infrastructure support, the RRBs are
extending facilities, like, ATM cum Debit Card services. The
sponsored RRBs are 100% CBS compliant and are ahead
of their peer RRBs under technology front by extending
IT based products, like Internet Banking, Mobile Banking,
RuPay Debit Card services, Account Aggregator and
also Aadhaar enabled services and remittance facilities
through NEFT / RTGS to their customers.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Our Bank remains committed to Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR), towards betterment of the
society at large through various activities like training
unemployed rural youth, scholarship to meritorious SC /
ST Girl students, renovation of schools and providing
of other infrastructural facilities to needy educational
institutes, providing primary health care, drinking water,
community development, empowerment of women,
environment protection, Swatch Bharat and other social
initiatives.

Major initiatives of the Canara Bank under CSR have
been the setting up of Trusts and Institutions which have
created an impact in serving the people and society at
large. Bank has also been partnering with like-minded
organizations for CSR activities in the area of livelihood
creation, education, health and environment and
participated in meaningful activities.

Under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Canara Bank
has undertaken various social initiatives and have spent
a total outlay of '9,181.78 lakhs. A few social initiatives
are outlined below.

S Education: Bank has taken up initiatives to promote
education and skill development in the country.
Our Bank has contributed towards providing
infrastructure to schools, books and school essentials
for students, setting up of Digital classrooms,
computer labs, libraries etc. especially in the rural
areas of our country.

S Canara Bank Dr.Ambedkar Vidya Jyothi Scholarship
Scheme to meritorious SC / ST Girl Students. During
FY 2024-25, 43290 students have been provided with
scholarships to the tune of '1,769.48 Lakhs.

S The details of major CSR projects under education
sector sanctioned in the financial year 2024-25 are
mentioned below:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Parivaar Education Society (Kolkata West Bengal)	Construction of 2nd floor of school Building in Village- Sandalpur, District- Dewas, MP	270.85
2.	Swami Vivekananda Cultural youth Centre - Viveka Smarka, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru, Karnataka	Construction of 600-seater covered amphitheatre	50.00
3.	FORTESS, Mumbai	Exhibits towards Information Age Museum (mobile museum) project	30.00
4.	City Central Library, South Zone, Jayanagar, Bengaluru	Purchase of bus to City Central Library, South Zone, Jayanagar, Bengaluru towards Mobile Library	30.00
5.	Karnataka Public School Siddaramanahundi, Mysore Taluk, Karnataka	Construction of Two class rooms for the students	29.50
6.	St. Paul Mission School, Kolkata	Providing 25 Smart Boards towards the Infrastructural development of Class rooms	30.00
7.	National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala	Providing vehicle for waste management, electric buggies and setting up of plastic to power plant office	30.00

S Health: Bank has undertaken various initiatives to
support the health sector including hospitals, health
centres, clinics, laboratories etc., The details of major

CSR projects under health sector sanctioned in the
financial year 2024-25 are mentioned helow:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF), Kerala	Emergency assistance for Kerala flood Relief	100.00
2	Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, Belgaum	Providing Ambulance (Hi tech)	39.05
3	Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan	Community health support	30.00
4	Vivekananda Polyclinic & Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow	Installation of 02 Ventilator & 11 Monitors	30.00
5	Sevabharathi Tamilnadu	To provide mobile medical Unit (MMU)	30.00
6	Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru	To provide 40 Syringe Pumps (Agilia SPMC)	30.00

v Poverty and Nutrition: Bank has undertaken various
initiatives to alleviate poverty and improve nutrition
in the country. Bank has taken initiatives to provide
food & nutrition to underprivileged people through
temples, orphanages, old age homes etc. Details
of Major CSR initiatives taken under Poverty and
Nutrition sector are given below:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Canara Bank Relief Welfare Society [CBRWS] Bengaluru	Construction of Home for Elders	200.00

2	M/s. Akshaya	Construction &	49.74
Â	Patra Foundation,	providing kitchen	Â
Â	Bengaluru	equipment's to Centralized	Â
Â	Â	Kitchen Project at Avalahalli	Â
Â	Â	for providing Mid-Day Meal to 5,000 school children on	Â
Â	Â	daily basis to be housed at	Â
Â	Â	Bengaluru city	Â

S Environmental Protection: Bank has undertaken
initiatives to protect the environment and promote
sustainability. Bank has implemented green
initiatives, such as installation of solar panels, solar
power plants, grids, water harvesting systems, bio
gas plants in Govt schools, Universities, Panchayats
etc. to promote environment protection. Details of
Major CSR initiatives taken under Environmental
Protection sector are given below:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve Conservation Foundation, Chandrapur, Maharashtra	Enhance the forest patrolling and conservation	10.00
2	Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML)	Beautification of Queen's Walkway, Kochi	10.00
3	Chhaya Animal Hospital, Managed by People for the Respect & Care of Animals, Aswathaberia, Chandaneswar, West Bengal	To install Roof Top Solar PV system	9.82

S Swachh Bharat: Bank has taken up initiatives to
support the Swachh Bharat Mission, and various
other activities have been supported under the
sector. The major CSR activities under Swachh Bharat
sector are mentioned below:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Bhopal Municipal Corporation	Providing Litter Picker Machine for effective waste management in the city	17.93
2	Davangere Smart City limited, Karnataka	Construction of Toilet facility and Pantry at Officers Club Smart City	10.00
3	Municipal Corporation, Perambalur City, Tamil Nadu	Providing four Battery Operated Vehicles for sanitation and solid waste management	10.00
4	Kothanur Lake Development Association, J P Nagar, Bengaluru	Providing shelters, bore- well, granite benches & refurbishing of public toilet	10.00

S Assistance to Divyangjan: Bank has taken various
initiatives to empower Divyangjan and some of the
major activities during the year are as under:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Canara Bank Relief welfare society	Assistance to Braille Resources Centre	25.00
2	Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu	Providing 05 Mobility Scooter	7.53
3	Boccia Sports Federation of India, New Delhi	Providing sports equipment's for the divyangjan	10.00

S Skill Development: The Bank has sponsored /
co-sponsored 67 RSETIs & RUDSETIs, 5 CBIITs,
3 ATIs and 4 joint ventures which have trained more
than 12.68 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a
settlement rate of 74%.

S Rural Development: Bank has taken up various
initiatives to support the Rural Areas. The major
activities are given below:

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Rural Water Supply Sub Division Bheemavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh	Providing RO micro water plant (25 Nos) in 25 Villages under 4 mandals (UNDI, Palakoderu, Akividu & Kalla	118.00
2	Akiveedu Nagar Panchayat, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh	Amenties to provide park at Akiveedu for the public especially Children, youth and old age people	50.00
3	Integrated Tribal Development Project, Kodagu District, Madikeri	To support Integrated Tribal Development Project, Kodagu District, Madikeri towards facilities like electrical & water storage system for 14 houses in Virajapet & Ponnampet Taluk of Kodagu District for the benefit of scheduled tribe families	25.00
4	M/s. Panduranga Charities, Govindapuram, Aduthurai, Tamil Nadu	Providing shelter for labours of Gosala to enhance their living condition	20.00

Sl. No.	Organisation Name	Purpose	Amount sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1	Anju Bobby Sports Foundation, Bangalore	Organizing the 4th Indian Open Jumps Competition at Anju Bobby Sports Foundation, Bangalore	25.00
2	Boccia Sports	Providing sports	Â
Â	Federation of India, New Delhi	equipment's	10.00

Total sector wise assistance under CSR activities for the
FY 2024-2025 is as under:

Sl No	Sector wise proposals under CSR	Amount Sanctioned [In Lakhs]
1.	Education	3757.62
2.	Sports	186.49
3.	Rural Development	484.76
4.	Environment Protection	118.74
5.	Swachh Bharat	83.19
6.	Health	843.48
7.	Divyangjan	33.45
8.	Poverty & Nutrition	620.28
9.	Other	1686.27
10.	Women Empowerment	92.34
11.	Skill development	6300.98
12.	Financial Literacy	734.73
Â	TOTAL	14942.332

AWARDS / ACCOLADES & ACHIEVEMENTS

S Canara Bank has received award with second top
runner-up in the top improvers category of the Ease
6.0 Banking Reform Citation Award 2024 on dated
March 17, 2025.

S Canara Bank has received The Golden Globe Tiger
Award for "Excellence in Training" initiated by World
HRD Congress held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on
08.05.2024.

S Canara Bank has received Green Warrior award for
Execution of Digital & Paperless documentation
in Gold Loans organized by the NeSL (National
e-Governance Services Limited) at IIM Bangalore on
19^th April 2024

S Canara Bank has received runner-up award under the
category "IT Risk & Cyber Security Initiatives" under
IBEX Awards 2025 on dated 13^th February 2025.

S Canara Bank In-House Magazine "Shreyas" and Hindi
Magazine "Canara Jyoti" won award under the Best
In-House Magazine category in the 32^nd Edition of
Global Brand Excellence Awards conducted by World
Brand Congress. The award ceremony was held on
20.02.2025 at Taj Lands' End, Mumbai.

S Canara Bank is proud to announce that it has been
conferred with the "PSU Data Quality Champion -
FY 25" and won the Award for overall Best Data
Quality amongst all Public Sector Banks in the
conference organized by TransUnion CIBIL at
Mumbai on 12/02/2025. The Award was accepted
on behalf of the Bank by DGM Shri R V R S Subbarao.

S Our Bank has received Silver Award for 'API Banking'
under BFSI Category at Skoch Award ceremony on
30^th November 2024 at New Delhi.

S Canara Bank has been awarded at the 18^th Global
communication conclave of Public relation Council
of India for Inhouse magazine "Shreyas" - bilingual
publications and "Canara Jyothi" - Hindi publication for
excellence in Communication on 9^th November 2024.

S Canara Bank has received "IBSi Global Fintech
Innovation Awards - Mule Detection using ML" at
the 6^th Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2024 on
22.11.2024 at Mumbai.

S The Indian Green Building Council felicitated Canara
Bank with IGBC Green Champion Award 2024 in the
category of leading Financial Sector with large-scale
adoption of Green Bank Branches during World GBC
on 14-16 November 2024 at the 22^nd Green Building
Congress 2024 in Bangalore.

S Canara Bank was conferred with the prestigious
Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar in region 'C' for the bank's
quarterly in-house magazine 'Canara Jyoti' by Hon'ble
Union Minister of Home Affairs & Cooperation
Shri. Amit Shah during the 4^th All India Official
Language Conference held on 14^th September 2024,
during Hindi Diwas celebrations.

S Canara Bank has received the third prize in Region
'C' for excellent official language implementation in
the 2-day seminar organized by the Department of
Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of
India on 22.08.2024 and 23.08.2024.

S Canara Bank has been awarded for 'Excellent Practices
and Adoption of ESG Initiatives' at the 2^nd ICC Emerging
Asia Banking Conclave 2024, organized by the Indian
Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on 23^rd August 2024.

S Canara Bank was awarded First Prize under category
of Best Lenders (both Public & Private sector)
for outstanding achievement under PM SVANidhi
2023-24.

S Canara Bank has been felicitated with the prestigious
"2^nd Rank" in Public Sector Banks under PM SVANidhi
'PRAISE" Awards 2023-24" in Karnataka State.

S Canara Bank has received Finnoviti Award for 'CANARA
Digital Rupee' application on 19^th June 2024.

CHANGE IN DIRECTORS, INCLUDING MANAGING DIRECTOR / WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR

SL NO.	NAME	DESIGNATION	DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF CESSATION
1.	Shri. R Kesavan	RBI Nominee Director	26.04.2019	04.08.2024
2.	Shri. Karunakara Shetty	Shareholder Director	30.11.2021	29.11.2024
3.	Ms Nalini Padmanabhan #	Part-Time Non-Official Director	21.12.2021	20.12.2024
4.	Shri. Dibakar Prasad Harichandan	Part-Time Non-Official Director	21.03.2022	20.03.2025
5.	Shri. Ashok Chandra	Executive Director	21.11.2022	15.01.2025

#Ms Nalini Padmanabhan has been re-nominated by Central Government as Part-Time Non-Official Director of the
Bank w.e.f 11.04.2025.

Board of Directors

(APPOINTMENT / CESSATION OF DIRECTORS DURING
THE YEAR 2024-25)

Cessations:

1. Ms. Nalini Padmanabhan, was appointed as
Part-Time Non-Official Director w.e.f. 21.12.2021, by the
Central Government under Clause (h) of Sub-Section
(3) and Sub section (3A) of Section 9 of the Banking
Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
Act, 1970 for a period of three years with effect from
the date of assumption of office or until further orders,
whichever is earlier. She was cessated on 20.12.2024.

2.    Shri. R Kesavan, was appointed as RBI Nominee
Director w.e.f. 26.04.2019, by the Central Government
under clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 9 of
the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer
of Undertakings) Act, 1970, to hold the post until
further orders. He was cessated on 04.08.2024.

3.    Shri. Dibakar Prasad Harichandan was appointed as
Part-Time Non-Official Director w.e.f. 21.03.2022,
by the Central Government under Clause (h) of
Sub-Section (3) and Sub section (3A) of Section 9 of
the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act, 1970 for a period of three years
with effect from the date of assumption of office
or until further orders, whichever is earlier. He was
cessated on 20.03.2025.

4.    Shri. Karunakara Shetty was elected as Shareholder
Director w.e.f 30.11.2021, under clause (i) of Sub
Section (3) of Section 9 of the Banking Companies
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act,
1970 / 1980, read with Sub clause (1) of Clause 3 of
the Nationalised Banks (Management Miscellaneous
Provisions) Scheme 1970 / 1980, Canara Bank
(Shares and Meetings) Regulations, 2000 for a period
of three years. He was cessated on 29.11.2024.

Appointments:

1.    Shri. Rohit Das was appointed as RBI Nominee
Director w.e.f. 05.08.2024, by the Central
Government under clause (c) of sub-section (3) of
Section 9 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and
Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 to hold the post
until further orders.

2.    Shri. Hemant Buch was elected as Shareholder
Director of the Bank w.e.f. 30.11.2024 u/s 9 (3) (i) of
the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act, 1970 for a period of 3 years. i.e.
upto 29.11.2027.

3.    Shri. S K Majumdar was appointed as Executive
Director w.e.f 24.03.2025, by the Central Government
under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 9 of
the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer
of Undertakings) Act, 1970 for a period of three
years, with effect from the date of assumption of

charge of the post or until further orders, whichever
is earlier.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for
the year ended March 31, 2025, confirm the following:

•    That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the
applicable accounting standards had been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material
departures.

•    That they had selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and
estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit
or loss of the Bank for the period.

•    That they had taken proper and sufficient care for
the maintenance of adequate accounting records
in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws
governing banks in India for safeguarding the assets
of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud
and other irregularities.

•    That they had prepared the annual accounts on a
going concern basis.

•    Internal financial controls followed by the Bank are
in accordance with guidelines and that such internal
financial controls are adequate and were operating
effectively.

•    The directors had devised proper systems to ensure
compliance with the provision of all applicable laws
and that such systems were adequate and operating
effectively.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT FOR
FINANCIAL YEAR 2024-25

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 24A of the
SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 & SEBI Circular CIR / CFD/
CMD1 / 27 / 2019 dated February 08, 2019, the Bank has
appointed Kedarnath & Karthik, Practicing Company
Secretaries (ICSI FRN: P2023KR098600) as the Secretarial

Auditor for the financial year 2024-25 and their report
addressed to the members of the Bank which forms part
of this Annual Report is attached as an annexure to the
Board's report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere
appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to
the shareholders for their support, to the Government
authorities and the Reserve Bank of India for their
valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who
completed their tenure during the financial year under
review, to the Bank's Correspondents in India and
abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all
the Staff Members for their full support in the pursuit of
organizational growth and excellence.

K. SATYANARAYANA RAJU

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

1

Also belongs to SC / ST / OBC / EWS / UR category.

Our Bank has nominated Executives in the rank of
CGM/GM as Chief Liaison Officers for SCs/STs/PwBDs/
Ex-servicemen and for OBCs / EWS respectively who
ensure compliance of various Government guidelines
pertaining to implementation of Reservation Policy in
the Bank. Our Bank has also set up a Reservation Cell
under the direct control of Chief Liaison Officers for
monitoring Reservation and other matters related to SC
/ ST / OBC/EWS / PwBDs / Ex-Servicemen employees.

2

The amount includes the reimbursement received
from MoRD towards previous year BPL training claims in
case of RSETIs & RUDSETI & other income which is also
spend in the FY 2024 - 25.

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Mar 31, 2024

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 55th Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2024 and Profit & Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.

A snapshot of Bank’s financial performance is given below:	Â	Â	(Rs. in Crore)
Particulars	Mar-23	Mar-24	Growth (%)
Global Business	2042001	2272968	11.31%
of which - Domestic Business	1912508	2123133	11.01%
Overseas Business	129493	149835	15.71%
Global Deposits	1179219	1312366	11.29%
of which - Domestic Deposits	1094746	1214951	10.98%
Overseas Deposits	84473	97415	15.32%
Domestic Deposits	1094746	1214951	10.98%
Current Account Deposits	47654	63949	34.19%
Savings Bank Deposits	318818	328378	3.00%
CASA Deposits	366472	392327	7.06%
Domestic CASA to Domestic Deposits (%)	33.48	32.29	--
Global Advances	862782	960602	11.34%
of which - Domestic Advances	817762	908182	11.06%
Overseas Advances	45020	52420	16.44%
Total Assets	1345732	1491541	10.83%
Net Interest Income (NII)	31435	36566	16.32%
Other Income	18762	18966	1.09%
of which - Fee Income	6814	7419	8.88%
Forex Income	2245	765	(65.92%)
Trading Gains	1893	1623	(14.26%)
Recovery from written-off accounts	5110	5963	16.69%
NII + Other Income	50197	55532	10.63%
Operating Expenses	22481	26119	16.17%
Operating Profit	27716	29413	6.13%
Provisions	13543	9708	(28.32%)
of which - Provisions for NPAs & Bad debts written-off	9737	9005	(7.52 %)
Profit Before Tax	14173	19705	39.03%
Provision for Tax	3569	5151	44.33%
Net Profit	10604	14554	37.25%

The global business of the Bank increased to '22,72,968 crore, up by 11.31% y-o-y, out of which domestic business grew by 11.01% y-o-y to '21,23,133 crore as at March 2024. Domestic CASA deposits stood at '3,92,327 crore with Savings Account of '3,28,378 crore and Current Account of '63,949 crore. Thus, domestic CASA ratio stood at 32.29% as at March 2024.

Bank took various steps in respect of monitoring, control and maintaining asset quality. The sustained efforts ofthe Bank has yielded results on the asset quality front which showed a commendable fall in Gross NPA by 112 bps to 4.23% and Net NPA to 1.27%, down by 46 bps. Further the provision coverage ratio has improved to 89.10% from 87.31% in the previous year. The healthy CRAR of 16.28%, highlights that the bank is well cushioned for an organic growth in the coming quarters. In FY 2023-24, operating profit of the Bank stood at '29,413 crore and net profit at '14,554 crore.

Dividend

The Board of Directors of the Bank has recommended a dividend of '16.10 per equity share (i.e. 161%) of face value of '10/- each to the Shareholders for the year 2023-24, subject to the approval of the Shareholders at the AGM.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

GLOBAL ECONOMY

The global economic landscape remained mixed in FY 2023-24, with concerns over recession in the first half being replaced by cautious optimism towards the end of second half with strong growth momentum observed in the United States and a number of large emerging economies including India. Inflationary pressures are easing across global economies, though remaining above target levels of Central Banks. However, the positive sentiments were countered by high political tensions in the Middle East, disruption in the Red Sea and supply cuts by OPEC+ countries.

On the balance, the outlook for the global economy remains cautiously balanced with persisting downside risks from continuing geo-political conflicts, adverse climate events and slower reduction in inflation rates in the last leg of disinflation - which could result in slower-than-expected reductions in policy interest rates. Taking note of these developments, IMF has revised upwards its growth projection for world economy by 10 basis points to 3.2% in its World Economic

Outlook - April 2024. The United Nations in its latest report on “World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2024” has also revised upwards the growth projection for the world economy to 2.7% in 2024 as compared to earlier projection of 2.4%.

INDIAN ECONOMY

Indian economy remained robust in FY 2023-24, supported by strong domestic demand conditions, robust public investments, sustained momentum in the manufacturing and services sectors, improving investment and business sentiments and healthy Corporate & Bank balance sheets. Promising outlook of Indian economy in 2024 has led to upward revision by major multilateral agencies like the IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations and the rating agencies. As per second advance estimate on national income, India's real GDP growth for FY 2023-24 is estimated at 7.6% as compared to 7.0% in FY 2022-23.

Sector wise the growth momentum remained robust in both manufacturing and services sectors with strong expansions in total sales and business activity. However, agricultural growth contracted in Q3FY24 due to adverse climate conditions.

Headline inflation eased to 4.85% in March 2024, helped by moderation in food prices and disinflation in the 'fuel and light' segment, while core inflation eased to 3.2%. RBI has projected headline inflation at 4.5% for FY 2024-25, with risks evenly balanced amid expectation of a normal monsoon.

OUTLOOK FOR 2024-25

Going forward, the domestic growth momentum is expected to continue in FY 2024-25, supported by improving rural demand and urban demand remaining buoyant, sustained momentum in manufacturing and services sector, positive prospects for investment activity owing to business optimism and robust Government capital expenditure. Further, the forecast of a normal monsoon bodes well for the agricultural sector. The external sector is expected to remain supported by improving outlook for global growth and trade. Considering the domestic and global macroeconomic factors, the RBI has projected real GDP growth at 7.0% for FY 2024-25.

On the inflation front, the inflation trajectory is likely to moderate gradually, though there is sustained upside risk from adverse weather conditions impacting food inflation and crude oil prices amidst continued geopolitical unrest. In Apr'24 meet of MPC, RBI has retained the projection of CPI inflation for FY 2024-25 at 4.5% with risks evenly balanced.

From credit growth perspective, the outlook remains positive in FY 2024-25, with favourable domestic macroeconomic conditions and healthy Corporate and Bank balance sheets.

The Bank will continue to focus on enhancing the low-cost deposits base by providing innovative and customized products and best-in-class customer services to all our customers. On the advances front, Bank focuses on a proper mix of retail, agriculture, MSME and corporate credit, with a view to achieve greater growth in business along with profitability. Strategic focus will also be on strengthening risk management framework with focus on compliance & proper implementation of systems and procedures.

The Bank takes adequate efforts for NPA management with ardent credit monitoring, containing fresh slippages and strengthening recovery efforts. The Bank will continue to strive for process and product improvements in view of evolving customers' and industry requirements. The Bank envisions to be the "Best Bank to Bank With" in the Banking sector, both in terms of optimum business growth and excellent customer service by leveraging technology and creating value for all stakeholders through inclusive growth.

CANARA BANK IN 2023-24

Canara Bank has recorded robust business growth in FY 2023-24 with record 37.25% y-o-y growth in net profit to '14,554 crore with thrust on optimal resource mobilization, robust fee income, expanding retail assets, including agriculture, housing and other retail segments, and improving asset quality

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

During FY 2023-24, the global business of the Bank stood at '22,72,968 crore with a growth of 11.31% y-o-y from '20,42,001 crore, with global deposits at '13,12,366 crore with a growth of 11.29% y-o-y and global advances at '9,60,602 crore with a growth rate of 11.34%.

A snapshot of business growth in FY 2023-24 (' in Crore)
Particulars	Mar-23	Mar-24	Growth (%) y-o-y
Global Deposits	1179219	1312366	11.29
of which -Domestic Deposits	1094746	1214951	10.98
Overseas Deposits	84473	97415	15.32
Domestic Deposits	1094746	1214951	10.98
Current Account Deposits	47654	63949	34.19
Savings Bank Deposits	318818	328378	3.00
CASA Deposits	366472	392327	7.06
Domestic CASA to Domestic Deposits (%)	33.48	32.29	--
Global Advances	862782	960602	11.34
of which -Domestic Advances	817762	908182	11.06
Overseas Advances	45020	52420	16.44
Total Assets	1345732	1491540	10.83

Deposits

Total Deposits grew by 11.29% y-o-y from '11,79,219 crore as on March 2023 to '13,12,366 crore as on March 2024. Domestic CASA deposits of the Bank are at '3,92,327 crore as on March 2024 with Savings deposits at '3,28,378 crore and Current deposits at '63,949 crore. The Bank's domestic CASA deposits share to domestic deposits stood at 32.29%. Total deposit clientele of the Bank stood at 11.17 crore as at 31st March 2024.

Advances

The Bank expanded its asset base in a well-diversified manner encompassing sectors such as Agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as well as keeping a focus on retail assets, including Housing, Education, and Vehicle loans.

Advances (Gross) of the Bank reached '9,60,602 crore as at March 2024. The RAM (Retail, Agriculture & allied activities, MSME) portfolio grew by 13.52% y-o-y to '5,41,489 crore as at March 2024 with retail advances recording a growth of 11.68% y-o-y to '1,56,414 crore, credit to Agriculture & allied activities recording a growth of 18.69% y-o-y to '2,53,206 crore and credit to MSMEs grew by 6.67% to '1,31,869 crore. Within RAM portfolio, Bank's gold loan portfolio increased to '1,51,641 crore with a y-o-y growth of 23.1%. During the year, digital documentation (eSign & eStamping) has been enabled for Gold loans in tie-up with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) and total 3,48,222 Gold loan documents have been digitally signed in FY 2023-24.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Operating profit of the Bank stood at '29,413 crore for FY 2023-24. Bank reported a Net Profit of '14,554 crore for FY 2023-24. Net Interest income of the Bank stood at '36,566 crore. NIM stood at 3.05% and Yield on Advances at 8.71%.

Key Financial Ratios (%)	Mar-23	Mar-24
Cost of Funds	4.03	5.00
Yield on Funds	6.42	7.54
Cost of Deposits	4.38	5.50
Yield on Advances	7.70	8.71
Net Interest Margin (NIM)	2.95	3.05
Return on Assets (RoA)	0.81	1.01
Return on Equity (RoE)	19.49	22.06
Cost to Income Ratio	44.79	47.03

Income and Expenditure Analysis:

Total income of the Bank stood at '1,27,654 Crore for the FY 2023-24, comprising '78,188 crore interest from advances, '22,673 crore interest from investments, '18,966 crore from non-interest income and '7827 crore from other interest income.

Operating performance of the Bank		(' in Crore)
Particulars	Mar-23	Mar-24
Interest Earned	84425	108688
Interest Expended	52989	72122
Net Interest Income (NII)	31435	36566
Other Income	18762	18966
of which - Fee Income	6814	7419
Forex Income	2245	765

Particulars	Mar-23	Mar-24
Trading Gains	1893	1623
Recovery from Written-off Account	5110	5963
Operating Income (NII + Other Income)	50197	55532
Operating Expenses	22481	26119
Employee Expenses	13744	16434
Other Operating Expenses	8737	9685
Operating Profit	27716	29413
Provisions	13543	9708
of which - Provisions for NPAs & Bad debts written-off	9737	9005
Provision for Standard Advances	336	231
Provision for Non -Performing Investment	2802	911
Other Provisions	667	(439)
Profit Before Tax	14173	19705
Provision for Tax	3569	5151
Net Profit	10604	14554

In line with the thrust areas for the Bank, non-interest income (Excl. Trading profit) is at '17,343 crore. Apart from trading profit, other major sources of non-interest income, like, service charges ('3417 crore), commission and exchange ('1412 crore), recovery from written-off accounts ('5963 crore) and Profit from exchange transaction ('765 crore) contributed to the non-interest income of the Bank. The share of non-interest income to total income stood at 14.86%.

Total expenditure of the Bank stood at '98,241 crore in FY 2023-24. Interest expenses of the Bank is at '72,122 crore. Operating expenses is at '26,119 crore, comprising staff cost of '16,434 crore and other operating expenses of '9685 crore.

The net interest income, the difference between interest paid and interest earned by the Bank stood at '36,566 crore.

Capital and Reserves:

Net worth of the Bank, as at March 2024 stood at '71,829 crore. While the total paid-up capital of the Bank stood at '1814.13 crore, the reserves and surplus stood at '76,084 crore (excl. Revaluation Reserve and FCTR).

Composition of Capital (' in Crore)	March 2023 Basel III	March 2024 Basel III
Risk Weighted Asset	567763	669257
CET I	65814	77529
CET I (%)	11.59	11.58
AT I	12422	15839
AT I (%)	2.19	2.37
Tier I Capital	78236	93368
CRAR (%) (Tier I)	13.78	13.95
Tier II Capital	16466	15599
CRAR (%) (Tier II)	2.90	2.33
Total Capital	94702	108967
CRAR (%)	16.68	16.28

Capital Adequacy Ratio, under Basel III was 16.28% as at March 2024 against the regulatory requirement of 11.50%, including capital conservation buffer of 2.50%. Within the capital adequacy ratio, CET I ratio was at 11.58% and Tier I capital ratio was at 13.95%.

During the Financial Year 2023-24, Bank has raised capital via Basel III compliant additional Tier I Bond amounting to '3403 crore. Government of India shareholding in the Bank is 62.93% as on 31.03.2024.

RETAIL LENDING OPERATIONS

For the FY 2023-24, Retail Lending as one of the thrust areas of the Bank had shown a considerable growth of 11.68% compared to FY 2022-23. The Core Retail Portfolio of the Bank increased to '1,56,414 Crore as on March 31, 2024 with Housing Loans at '93482 Crore and '17,251 Crore under Vehicle Loans. The share of Retail Loans stood at 17.22% as of March 31, 2024 of Domestic Advances ('908182 crore). The initiatives taken in the hassle-free credit delivery of Retail Portfolio resulted in the growth of 11.68% over the previous year.

(' in Crore)
Retail Segments	As at March
	2023	2024 (Audited)
1. Housing	84364	93482
2. Vehicle	15129	17251
3. Other Personal	25812	29954
4. Education	14746	15726
Core Retail Loans (1+2+3+4)	140051	156414

HOUSING LOAN

The Bank's Housing Loan Portfolio increased to '93,482 crore as at March 2024. The Bank has financed around 5.82 lakh home loans as at March 2024. During FY 2023-24, the Bank has disbursed housing loans worth '21,487 crore and sanctioned 75199 number of accounts amounting to '24,298 crore. Overall growth in housing loan portfolio is '9118 crores, growth of 10.81% compared to FY 2022-23.

Bank has focussed for maximising Project approvals and Builder tied-up for improving Direct sourcing of housing loan. Bank has also tied up with corporate DSAs to further strengthen housing loan sourcing.

VEHICLE LOAN

The Bank's vehicle loan portfolio increased to '17,251 crore as at March 2024. The Bank has financed around 3.45 lakh vehicles as at March 2024. During FY 2023-24, the Bank has disbursed Vehicle loans worth '7642 crore and sanctioned 86,492 number of accounts amounting to '7916 crores. Overall growth in vehicle loan portfolio is '2122 crore, growth of 14.03% compared to FY 2022-23.

The Bank has increased tie-up with Vehicle dealers and Vehicle manufacturers for increasing Vehicle Loan portfolio. The Bank has also Integrated Maruti Suzuki Smart Finance (MSSF) portal into our Lending Automation Processing System (LAPS) for offering Maruti Suzuki Four Wheeler finance to customers on Digital Platform.

EDUCATION LOAN

Over the years, the Bank has assisted substantial number of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The Bank's education loan portfolio increased to '15,726 crore as at March 2024. The Bank has financed around 3.66 lakh students as at March 2024. During FY 2023-24, the Bank has disbursed education loans worth '4412 crore and sanctioned 53638 number of accounts amounting to '6600 crore through online Vidya Lakshmi portal.

Among all Nationalized Banks, our Bank is in the forefront in extending education loans. Further, considering the huge thrust on skill development in recent years, "IBA Skill Loan Scheme" has been implemented to support skill development initiatives of Department of Financial Services (DFS).

The Bank has a special education loan scheme namely "Vidya Turant", collateral-free Education loans for the meritorious students who are admitted to premier institutes such as IITs, IIMs, ISB etc. up to a limit of '50 Lakh with concessional rate of Interest. A total of 203 top premier institutions in India are covered under the scheme.

Our Bank has integrated Jan Samarth (National) portal with our loan origination system as a part of DFS initiative for sourcing the credit subsidy linked education loan applications under Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS).

OTHER PERSONAL LOANS

The Bank's Other Personal Loan Portfolio increased to '29,954 crore as at March 2024. The Bank has financed around 6.75 lakh other personal loans as at March 2024. During FY 2023-24, the Bank has disbursed other personal loans worth '14189 crore and sanctioned 2.43 lakh number of accounts amounting to '14374 crores. Overall growth in this portfolio is '4142 crore, growth of 16.05% compared to FY 2022-23.

Bank has introduced two special personal loan schemes under Canara Budget i.e. Canara Budget Prime (Govt. Employees) and Canara Budget Delight (Private Sector Employees) which has supplemented the growth in Personal Loan segment. Bank has also permitted Special Packages for selected institutions to supplement our branches for sourcing Retail Loans.

PRIORITY SECTOR ADVANCES

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, micro, small and medium enterprises, education, housing, social infrastructure, renewable energy, micro credit, credit to weaker sections and specified minority communities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2024 reached '4,23,563 Crore and achieved 46.08% to Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 40% mandated norm.

Agriculture priority advances of the Bank as at March 2024 reached '2,49,688 Crore and achieved 22.71% to Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 18% mandated norm.

Priority Sector Advances data: (Amount ' in Crore)
Priority Sector Advances	As at March
	2023	2024
Total Priority Sector	382595	423563
Agriculture (Priority)	211562	249688

^ With a focus on credit delivery to Agriculture, the Bank's advances under agriculture portfolio increased by 18.69% to '2,53,206 Crore on Y-O-Y basis, covering over 1.34 crore farmers.

^ During FY 2023-24, the Bank's Agriculture Credit Disbursal was '2,48,128 Crore.

^ Advances to Small & Marginal Farmers achieved 16.08% to ANBC as against the mandatory Target of 10.00% (Net of PSLC-SF / MF sale) as at March 2024.

^ During the year 2023-24 Bank has issued 21.72 Lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), amounting to '32,665 Crore.

^ The credit outstanding under KCCs reached '44,384 Crore as at March 2024.

^ Advances to Micro Enterprises stood at '73,785 Crore achieving 9.92% to ANBC as against the mandatory Target of 7.5%.

^ Bank has earned '1557.31 Crore fee-based income by way of selling PSLCs (under SF/MF) to the tune of '80700 Crore during FY 2023-24 till March 2024.

^ The Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme, Stand-Up India, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).

^ As at March 2024, the outstanding advances under the following Government Schemes aggregated to '57,362 Crore, involving around 25.53 Lakh beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government Sponsored

Schemes:

(Accounts in actuals & Amount in ' crore)
Scheme	Mar-24
	Accounts	Amount
Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)	74269	3504
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)	354309	18206
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)	10015	283
Differential Rate of Interest	79118	68
Stand-Up India	9717	1493
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)	2025528	33808
Total	2552956	57362

^ Advances to DRI stood at '68 Crore, consisting of 0.79 Lakh beneficiaries, of which, advances by rural and semi-urban branches amounted to '51 Crore.

^ In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Bank's Advances to SCs/STs beneficiaries amounted to '22,028 Crore as at March 2024, covering 11.43 Lakh borrowers.

^ The advances to SCs / STs comprised 5.20% of total priority sector advances.

^ Advances to weaker sections reached '2,47,068 Crore, constituting 22.36% to ANBC against mandated norm of 12.00%.

Various components of advances to Weaker Sections

as at March 2024:

(Accounts in actuals & Amount in ' Crore)
Sector Name	Outstanding
	Accounts	Amount
Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers	12698378	200317
SC / ST Beneficiaries	1143154	22028
DRI Loan	79118	68
Self-Help Group	364324	18489
Joint Liability Group	70479	1566

^ As at March 2024, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to '63,957 Crore, accounting for 15.11% of the actual priority sector advances against the stipulated 15% norm.

MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMEs)

Advances to MSMEs increased to '1,31,869 crores as at March 2024, with a y-o-y growth of 6.67%. Credit to MSE segments increased to '1,12,823 crores, with a 6.99% y-o-y growth. Advances to Micro Enterprises recorded a growth of 10.27%.

V PM SVANidhi - This scheme has been introduced during July 2020 for all street vendors engaged in vending in urban areas as on or before 24.03.2020 as per identification criteria stipulated in scheme guidelines of MoHUA. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the implementation partner of the MoHUA. Under PM SVANidhi, the Bank sanctioned 617629 accounts amounting to '921 crores, since inception till 31.03.2024. Outstanding under the PM SVANidhi as on 31.03.2024 is '298 cr.

4 Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the Bank has disbursed an amount of '21985 crore against the Disbursement target of '21300 crore during FY 2023-24. Sanctions and disbursals under different categories of Mudra Yojana are as under:

Scheme	FY 2023-24 (' in Crore)
	No. of Accounts	Sanction Amount	Disburs ement Amount	Cumu lative Outsta nding Amount as on 31.03.2024
Shishu (<'50,000)	690157	1080	1074	1806
Kishore (Above '50,000 -'5 Lakhs)	335713	8625	8585	15218
Tarun (Above '5 Lakh to '10 Lakhs)	143453	12356	12326	16784
Total	1169323	22061	21985	33808

Major Highlights:

>    Under Stand-Up India scheme, Bank has sanctioned 18273 accounts under Women category of Stand-Up India scheme since inception till 31.03.2024 and has achieved 198% against the allotted target of 9208. Further, Bank Sanctioned 6768 accounts under SC / ST category against sanctioned target of 9208 since inception till 31.03.2024 i.e. 74% achievement under SC / ST category as on 31.03.2024 as against 64% achievement under SC / ST category as on 31.03.2023.

>    Bank including sponsored RRBs has achieved '35204 crore, (100.58%) against the mandatory Disbursement target of '35000 Crores under PMMY.

>    During FY 2023-24, under PMEGP the Bank sanctioned 15049 proposals amounting to '1722 crore, with Total Margin Money claimed stood at '538 crore, as against sanction of 14488 accounts, sanction amount of '1593 Crore and Margin Money claim of '356 Crore during FY 2022-23.

>    With respect to PSB Loans in 59 minutes, the Bank Sanctioned 37 accounts to the tune of '4.67 crore during FY 2023-24 as against sanction of 120 accounts and sanction amount of '20.98 Crore during FY 2022-23..

>    Under TReDS Platform, our Bank has discounted 33892 Bills amounting to '13031.31 Crore during FY 2023-24.

>    Bank has entered into co-lending Model II tie-up arrangement with M/s India Bulls Commercial Credit Limited, M/s Lendingkart Finance Limited and M/s Protium Finance Limited and has sanctioned loans to the tune of '724.38 Crore to MSMEs as on 31.03.2024. A digital co-lending platform is developed by M/s CredAvenue Pvt. Ltd., for on-boarding NBFCs under Co-Lending Model-II.

>    Bank has implemented 3 Government Sponsored MSME Schemes (PMMY, Stand-Up India and Weavers Mudra) under unified portal called National Portal (also known as Jansamarth Portal) - an initiative by DFS, Ministry of Finance.

>    Canara Bank has On-boarded on Account Aggregator network to facilitate exchange of information as Financial Information Provider (FIP) and Financial Information User (FIU) between the Bank/FIs.

DIGITAL BANKING &ALTERNATE DELIVERY CHANNELS

The Bank has 12,155 number of ATMs / Recyclers. The Average overall uptime of ATMs & Cash Recyclers during Q4 FY 2023-24 stood at 91.04%. The Bank's Debit Card base increased to 5.74 crore with y-o-y growth of 11.89% and Credit Card base reached to 8.64 lakh with y-o-y growth of 38.46% as on March 2024. The number of registered users under Mobile Banking reached 221.05 lakhs with y-o-y growth of 32.47% and that of Net Banking users increased to 266.47 lakhs as at March 2024, a y-o-y growth of 9.24%.

Total cumulative on-boarding under all Merchant channels has reached to 23.32 lakh and total cumulative Point of Sale (PoS) terminal deployment is at 78,248 as on March 2024. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) registration has reached 280.17 lakh as on March 2024 from 207.09 lakh as at March 2023, there by registering the Y-o-Y growth of 35.29%.

As part of our continued efforts towards enhancing our Digital Banking offerings, our Bank has launched Digital Currency in Mobile application by the name of "Canara Digital Rupee". Our Bank is the first Public Sector Bank (PSB) to launch Sound Box facility with Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) OR merchants. Also, our Bank has become the first Public Sector Bank to tie-up with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Bharat Bill Pay, to process cross- border inbound bill payments from Oman. Apart from this, 200 Application Programming Interface (APIs) have been made live in the new API gateway (APIGEE- API Gateway Enterprise Edition) and 41 clients are live. Bank has achieved Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) digital transaction target for FY 2023-24.

Major functionalities introduced in Debit & Credit Cards:

>    Enabling International Transactions features added to RuPay Credit and Debit Cards.

>    Introduction of premium variants under VISA Cards / Master Cards / RuPay Cards.

>    Credit Card Block Facility Through E-mail.

>    Centralised Issuance of Credit Cards (End-to-End) for pre-approved customers.

>    Launch of National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) Debit Card.

>    Bank had introduced Virtual Debit Card feature for existing customers in the ail Mobile Banking application.

Compliance of RBI guidelines for Cards during FY 2023-24:

>    Guest Check Out Tokenization facility implemented.

>    Enhancement of limits for e-Mandate on Recurring Card Transactions and Product Enhancement of SiHub (Standing Instruction Hub) Solution from '15,000/- to '1,00,000/- for certain MCC (Merchant Category Code).

Tie-up with Online Retailers for providing discounts to customers on using of Debit Card & Credit Card:

Bank had tied-up with BookMyShow, MakeMyTrip, GOIBIBO, ClearTrip, Flipkart, Zomato & Dunzo during FY 2023-24 for providing discounts to customers on use of Debit / Credit card for e-commerce transactions and in the process of more tie-ups in future. It helps to increase the customer delight & spends, enhance the per card spend, ensure activation of more number of cards with these offers and with higher spends, interchange earned will also increase.

Security measures taken for Card transaction security for avoiding online frauds:

As per RBI guidelines, for enhancing security of card transactions for Debit Card & Credit Card, enabling and disabling card for online and international transactions is enabled in all channels like Internet Banking (IB), Mobile Banking (MB), ATM and Branch channels. Enterprise Fraud Risk Management (EFRM) rules for mitigation of online frauds have been modified as per industry best practice.

Security features to arrest ATM frauds & Compliance of RBI guidelines:

>    Safety measures mandated by RBI (i.e. Terminal Security Solution, Anti-skimming Devices, EMV compliance) have been successfully implemented in all our operational ATMs within the timelines. (EMV: Europay, MasterCard and Visa)

>    Implementation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) to mitigate risk arising from Man in The Middle attack in ATM ecosystem is completed in ATMs & Cash Recyclers.

>    Local Area Network (LAN) / Power Cable connections are concealed and not accessible to public to avoid Cyber-attack on ATMs.

>    Cassette swap for Cash replenishment is under implementation in ATMs & Cash Recyclers.

>    All ATMs are migrated for centralized reconciliation.

>    Implemented Card-less Cash Withdrawal and One-time password (OTP) for cash withdrawal of above '10,000/-.

>    Bank is implementing Block Shaft to mitigate the possibility of a false plate being installed in the ATMs.

>    Bank has taken several measures to comply with the directives of RBI on Monitoring of Availability of Cash in ATMs and ensuring availability of cash at all times to avoid penalty

Major features added in Internet Banking in FY 2023-24:

>    Applying for locker facility has been enabled in the pre-login page of Internet Banking in addition to post-login.

>    Mutual Fund platform has been integrated in internet Banking to invest by Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) & Lumpsum modes.

>    Login challenge OTP over E-mail, SMS, Voice call has been implemented to increase security in Internet Banking Service.

>    Credit Score Monitoring facility in Internet Banking.

Major features added in Mobile Banking application

(CANARA ai1) in FY 2023-24:

>    FX4U Integration and FX4U Beneficiary Addition in Mobile Banking.

>    Non-Resident (External) (NRE) / Non-Resident (Ordinary) (NRO) account conversion Integration.

>    Free credit score through Mobile Banking.

>    Updating of account address using Digi-Locker.

>    Aadhaar enabled Mobile Banking activation.

>    Mutual Fund platform has been integrated in Mobile Banking to invest in SIP & Lumpsum modes.

>    ail app for Corporate customers.

>    Account Aggregator facility in Mobile Banking.

>    e-Gift Cards from wide range of service providers through Mobile Banking app.

>    Premium Payroll Accounts holders can avail Overdraft facility instantly without visiting the Branch.

>    Customers can now avail loan against their own eligible deposits using Canara ai1 Mobile Banking application.

>    Customers can open a Goal-based Recurring Deposit like creating a fund to purchase a House / Car and Children's education etc.

>    Adding new category of Super Senior citizen in Fixed Deposit section and new Term Deposit products to Super Senior citizens through mobile banking.

>    EMI conversion of Credit card transaction in Canara ai1 app.

>    Card layout Re-designing in Canara ai1.

>    Apply for Locker through Mobile Banking.

Major features added in UPI in FY 2023-24:

>    Credit Card on UPI on Mobile Banking super app "air’.

>    On-Boarding to UPI app through Aadhaar OTP.

>    Launch of UPI 123.

>    Interoperability of Unified Payments Interface's (UPI) Quick Response (OR) code with Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

>    Implementation of Unified Dispute Issue Resolution (UDIR) system for resolving customer disputes / pending status transactions pertaining to RuPay Credit Card through UPI (Issuer).

>    UPI Lite functionality in Canara ail Mobile banking app at acquirer side.

>    Implementation of UPI registration to NRIs using their international number presently to select countries identified by NPCI.

>    UPI - Pay Now Cross-Border Remittance Transaction (FOR): Implementing Foreign outward remittance transaction to Singapore through UPI.

>    UPI Lite on BHIM.

Major features added in CBDC Application in FY 2023-24:

>    Crediting the staff monthly allowances to CBDC wallet.

>    CBDC Auto load functionality.

Major features added in Digital Lending Platform in

FY 2023-24:

>    Pre-approved loan upto maximum '10.00 lakh to existing salary account holders through Digital Lending on online platform.

>    Term Loan against online opened term deposit to eligible existing customers through Digital Lending on online platform.

Major features added in ATM in FY 2023-24:

>    Migration of electronic Journal pulling services in ATMs from FSS and AGS to EPS.

Major features added in Merchant on-boarding in

FY 2023-24:

>    Credit Card Bill payment through Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and UPI.

>    Integration with Mswipe, Payswiff and Paytm for EMI conversion of Credit Card transactions on their PoS Terminals.

>    BHIM OR self on-boarding via SMS link shared.

ONGOING PROJECTS:

>    Launch of New Variants of Debit and Credit Card in FY 2024-25 viz. “CANARA VISA SIGNATURE" - Credit Card, “CANARA RUPAY

PLATINUM WOMEN" - Debit Card, “CANARA RUPAY PLATINUM MILLENNIAL" - Debit Card and “CANARA RUPAY PLATINUM SENIOR CITIZEN"-Debit Card.

>    On-boarding of new vendors for Pre-paid (Domestic & International) and FASTag.

>    Introduction of new functionalities such as online channel for issuance of Pre-paid cards, Dual interface cards, integration of products with Core Banking System (CBS), Canara ail and net banking, etc.

>    Customer on-boarding on the following new functionalities in Canara ail will be focused:

a.    UPI Lite:

•    We are providing pop-up banner on the user login for enabling.

• To improve the usage, auto top-up functionality will be implemented for UPI Lite.

b.    RuPay Credit Card on UPI

•    We are providing pop-up banner on the user's first login every day for enabling.

> Enabling UPI payment option for lifestyle category in Canara ail Mobile app.

>    EMI facility for UPI transactions using RuPay Credit Card as an issuer.

> Facility of Blocking / Un-blocking of RuPay Credit Card on UPI.

>    Option to set UPI daily transaction limit in Canara ail Mobile app and SAS.

>    Implementing single block-multiple debit mandate for secondary market use under UPI.

>    Enabling My Bill option under UPI tab in Canara ail app for UPI auto pay enabled bill (BBPS).

>    Integration of Online Ticket Booking for Train through IRCTC services in Mobile Banking application.

>    Integration of M/s TAGIC and BAGIC Motor Insurance Renewal Option in Mobile Banking application. (BAGIC: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited, TAGIC: TATA AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.)

> Integration of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in Mobile Banking.

>    Target Based Financial Planning Options to set Goal / targets - PFMS.

> IMPS UDIR. (Unified Dispute and Issue Resolution)

>    Implementation of Selection of Language option for Mobile Banking Registration.

>    Online conversion of NRE / NRO account to Resident Indian account and vice-versa.

>    Instant Overdraft (OD) facility to Jeevan Dhara Account holders.

>    PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) facility for large value transactions.

>    Activation and Deactivation of Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) services.

>    Buyer and Seller App through ONDC.

>    Display and download of Packing Credit in Rupee (PCRS) / Pre-Shipment Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC) pass sheet in IB.

>    Internet Banking facility for Minor Accounts.

>    Functionality to Close and Renew the OD opened through Digital Lending Platform (DLP) platform.

>    Integration of Online Dispute Redressal portal in IB for raising dispute for failed transactions.

>    Integration of Merchant OR code functionality in IB and corporate App.

>    Automation of Working Capital (WC) Limit Renewal upto '10 lakh.

>    Providing pre-approved loan in DLP for business purpose.

>    Terminal certification is in progress for Diebold DN200 and Hitachi all three variants of ATMs.

>    Procurement of 3000 passbook updation Kiosk Machines.

TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADATIONS:

>    SHG Dual Authentication enabled at BC Terminals: Our Bank became one of the top two banks to enable SHG Dual Authentication at BC terminals, enabling the SHG customers to initiate Cash deposit, Cash withdrawal and Fund transfer transactions.

>    Package for Mahila Samman Saving certificate

has been developed to facilitate Female Customers to open Mahila Samman Saving Account at all Canara Bank Branches and through Net Banking. Our Bank is the first Public Sector Bank to enable Mahila Samman Saving Certificate online through Net Banking.

>    Enabled Tax payments through various channels

like Internet Banking, Over the counter, Card Payments and UPI for different state treasuries like Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

>    Customer option for Rate regime has been introduced through which borrowers can switch over to a fixed rate from floating rate or vice versa during the tenor of the loan.

>    Gujarat International Financial Tec City (GIFT City) Branch at Ahmedabad, Gujarat has been inaugurated to facilitate customers with Forex Transactions, Money Market Deals and Security Investments other than various corporate services.

>    e-BRC Revamp Solution: This solution has been introduced to help facilitating exporter to generate e-BRC on Suo-moto basis going forward from DGFT Website.

>    Implementation of collection of SMS charges on actual basis, charges will be debited based on actual number of SMSs delivered.

>    Enabling of Floating Rate for Deposit Product

to facilitate Customers to opt for Floating Rate Interest in Term Deposit, for passing on the benefit of increasing Deposit rates.

> Functionality enabled to disburse the proceedings of Vehicle Loan directly to Vehicle Loan Dealers

through NEFT / RTGS to make disbursement more seamless and faster.

>    Introduction of Capturing of Disposable Instructions through ai1 app for Inward Forex Remittances for facilitating customers to add instructions for further processing of the received foreign payments as per their requirement through ai1 app.

>    Aadhaar Enabled Payment system at BC Channels has been fine-tuned and overall Technical Declines maintained well below 1%.

>    Sponsor E-mandate Facility: This has been introduced to facilitate Borrowers to lodge the mandate for loan payments and can be validated by using Aadhaar details through our Bank's Corporate Website.

>    Bulk Multiple Payment Functionality for TIN Portal: has been introduced to facilitate Corporate customers to do Tax payments in bulk directly through Canara Bank Tax Portal on behalf of their clients.

>    AEPS OFF US Cash Deposit has been enabled

which facilitates Customers to perform inter-bank cash deposit transactions through BC Terminals.

>    Integration of Our Bank payment system with TANGEDCO of Tamil Nadu for electricity bill payments for facilitating our customers as well as other bank customers to do bill payments using a 16-digit virtual account by NEFT / RTGS.

>    Payment processing of Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojna through SFTP has been enabled to provide an automated solution using secured mechanism for processing payments to National Health Agency.

>    Integration with National Marine Portal to

facilitate all the customers involved in the Marine Transport and logistics chain including trading partners and end-users to do Direct Bank Transfers, payment of bills and to top-up their port deposit account through Canara Bank Net Banking Option.

>    Aadhaar Based Payment for Central Sponsored Schemes and Central Sector Scheme has

been enabled through CSS portal to facilitate Central or State Government Bodies to disburse payments of different schemes directly to the beneficiaries' accounts linked with their Aadhaar number.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

As a part of financial inclusion drive, the Bank makes its products and services available to financially excluded and marginalized sections of the society. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been proactive in financial inclusion efforts, with key interventions, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive & intensive use of technology and advocacy of financial literacy.

>    Bank has made significant efforts to empower underserved communities through the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). We have opened 1.95 crore of PMJDY accounts. Additionally, we have been enrolled in schemes like PMJJBY (69.22 Lakh), PMSBY (220.61 lakh), and APY (30.31 lakh), further enhancing their financial security. Canara Bank's initiatives demonstrate their strong commitment to underserved communities, financial inclusion and socioeconomic empowerment.

>    Bank has opened 1.95 crore accounts under PMJDY, having total outstanding balance of '11655 Crore in those accounts with average balance of '5965 per account.

>    Bank has 13167 Business Correspondent locations out of which 5428 are SSA and 7739 are Non-SSA locations. (SSA: Sub-Service Area)

>    Bank formed 'Canara Financial Advisory Trust' managed by Managing Trustee and Deputy Managing Trustee to take care of the affairs of the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of the Bank as well as the FLCs promoted by the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by the Bank. The Bank has total 152 FLCs (115 FLCs sponsored by Canara Bank and 37 FLCs sponsored by RRBs) in districts & blocks level across the country, managed by the Counsellors and Asst. Counsellors. Counsellors should have sound knowledge of banking, law, finance, requisite communication and team building skills, etc. Individuals such as retired Bank officers, with domain knowledge in agriculture, ex-servicemen, etc. may be engaged as credit counsellors. The broad objective of the FLCs will be to provide free financial literacy/ education and credit counselling. During FY 2023-24, 23,817 FLC camps were conducted wherein 20,41,190 persons were educated and 1,15,651 persons were counselled.

>    As per RBI directions, 243 CFLs are running across 8 States and one Union Territory with funding from DEAF of RBI and FIF of NABARD collaboration with NGOs. Funding Agency is providing 90% of OPEX and 100% of CAPEX to NGOs for running CFLs smoothly to spread Financial education to financial excluded persons in remote areas.

>    During the year 2023-24, the bank settled 5078 death claims under the PMJJBY, totalling '101.56 crore, and 1,503 cases under PMSBY, amounting to '29.76 crore. Since its inception, the bank has settled 37,079 death claims under the PMJJBY scheme, totaling '741.58 crore, and 8,753 cases under PMSBY, amounting to '173.69 crore

Scheme Enrolments including Renewals as at

March 2024

(' In Lakhs)
Scheme Enrolments including Renewal	As at March 2024
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana(PMJJBY)	69.22
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY)	220.61
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Active Enrollment	30.31

Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the outstanding number of accounts as on 31st March 2024 is 248494 accounts. Number of fresh enrolments under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana during FY 2023-24 is 64560.

AADHAAR ENROLMENTS UPDATION CENTRES:

The Bank is a Registrar and Enrolment Agency for Aadhaar Enrolment. As per UIDAI guidelines, Bank has established 796 ASKs, comprising of 500 centres for the Bank and 296 centres for the 4 sponsored RRBs (KAGB 116, KGB 62, KVGB 63 & APGB 55).

EMPOWERING WOMEN:

Women Empowerment Section at Head Office and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at 24 Circle Offices and 176 Regional offices across the country are working relentlessly towards economic empowerment of women. These CEDWs have reached potential entrepreneurs, undertaken counselling, supported their training needs, provided finance and arranged marketing facilities. A total of 386 Programmes were organized by the CEDWs during FY 2023-24.

Lead Bank Responsibility:

As on 31.03.2024, our Bank has been assigned with:

>    State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) convenorship in two states i.e. Karnataka & Kerala and Union Territory Level Banker's Committee (UTLBC) convenorship in Lakshadweep.

>    Lead Bank Responsibility in 61 Districts across 8 States and 2 Union Territories viz. Andhra Pradesh (6), Bihar (1), Delhi (3), Haryana (3), Lakshadweep (1), Karnataka (15), Kerala (7), Tamil Nadu (7), Telangana (4) & Uttar Pradesh (14).

4. Other Measures for Welfare / Upliftment of SC /

ST /OBC

(i)    Reservation Cell has been setup at Head Office in accordance with the Govt. guidelines to monitor the welfare of SC / ST / OBC employees.

(ii)    Bank has appointed a Chief General Manager as Chief Liaison Officer for SC/STs and also a General Manager as Chief Liaison Officer for OBCs in compliance with the Govt. guidelines. Bank has also nominated Liaison Officers at all its Circle Offices of the Bank to look after the grievances and welfare of SC / ST / OBCs.

(iii)    Reservation Cell at Head Office is conducting the mandatory quarterly and half yearly meetings with the representatives of the majority SC / ST Welfare Association and OBC Welfare Association respectively with the Chief Executive of the Bank. Quarterly meetings with the majority SC / ST association are also conducted at Circles Offices of the Bank and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officers at Circles.

(iv)    An Internal Grievance Redressal Committee for SC / STs consisting of Senior Officials of the Bank including CLO has been formed at Head Office for redressal of employment / service grievances of SC / ST employees based on the recommendations of NCSC and NCST.

(v)    Bank is providing pre-promotion and prerecruitment trainings to SC / ST / OBCs in tune with the Govt. guidelines.

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS

The Bank has 4 overseas branches, viz., London (UK), New York (USA), Dubai International Financial Center - DIFC (UAE) and IBU GIFT CITY Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Besides the above 4 branches, the Bank has a Representative Office at Sharjah (UAE) and a wholly owned subsidiary; Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited at Dar Es Salam (Tanzania).

Total Business of the overseas branches aggregates to '149,835 Crore comprising of deposits to the tune of '97,415 Crore and advances to the tune of '52,420 Crore as at March 2024. Overseas business constituted 6.59% of the Bank's global business.

During the year, Bank has opened an International Banking Unit at GIFT CITY, Gandhinagar, Gujarat which is operational from 05.09.2023. Bank has also progressed towards divestment / winding up of Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary in Tanzania which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

ASSET QUALITY

Gross NPA of the Bank stood at '40605 crore, accounting for 4.23% of Gross Advances and Net NPA stood at '11823 crore, accounting for 1.27% of Net Advances as at March 2024. The cumulative Cash Recovery including Recovery in written-off accounts stood at '10038 crore and upgradation at '1035 crore during FY 2023-24. Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) stood at 89.10% as at March 2024. Bank has recovered '6718 crore under recovery in written-off accounts during FY 2023-24. Slippage during the year has been contained to '10457 crore.

During FY 2023-24, 2044 properties were sold amounting '1665 crore and 2822 accounts were settled / closed/ upgraded amounting to '1013 crore on account of initiating actions under the SARFAESI Act. The Bank conducted 7541 Recovery Meets during FY 2023-24 that has resulted in settlement of 360872 accounts covering book liability of '6390 Crore. Besides, the Bank took several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from overdue loan accounts. These include, conduct of Can Adalats at branch level, cluster Adalats at regional office level and Mega Adalats at Circle office level for one time settlements (OTS), Lok Adalats at district level, regular follow-up of overdue in loan

accounts through Call Centre, conduct of e-auctions for sale of seized assets and initiation of stringent recovery measures against wilful defaulters. As on March 2024, there were 1757 wilful defaulters with an outstanding amount of '16321 Crore.

As on 31.03.2024, 374 cases have been referred to NCLT under IBC for resolution, where our Bank is having exposure (book liability) of around '37683 crores. Out of the aforesaid cases, our Bank has initiated the resolution process by filing NCLT application in 87 cases involving book liability of '6833 crore. Out of total 374 NCLT referred cases, in 326 cases admitted by NCLT, our Bank's aggregate admitted claim amount is '50853 crore. In these cases referred to NCLT under IBC, our Bank is expecting substantial recovery during FY 2024-25 through resolution / liquidation. During FY 2023-24, Bank recovered '1476 Crore through cases referred to NCLT. Apart from the above, Bank has also formulated various special OTS Schemes for settlement of small value Agriculture / Education / Tractor and other Farm mechanization loan accounts.

As on March 2024, the outstanding Stressed Assets Portfolio (including restructured Standard Accounts) stood at '65194 Crore, accounting for 6.79% of Gross Advances.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Bank's Risk Management ensures identification, measurement, monitoring and mitigation of all pertinent risks and aligns its function for comprehensive solutions. It acts as decision-enabler for effective resource allocation based on the risk impact ranking and risk appetite. Strategic decisions are taken after careful consideration of risks and opportunities.

The guiding principles to manage risk in the Bank is compliance of regulatory and legal requirements and achieving balance between risk and return, while ensuring independence of risk and business functions.

Risk Management Policies are approved by the Board, duly encompassing business strategies, capital strength, risk appetite, laws & regulation in order to function efficiently and effectively in analyzing all pertinent and emerging risks.

Board of Directors is thehighest governing body and isduly assisted by the Risk Management Committee ofthe Board (RMCB) and various executive level risk management committees viz., Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC), Credit Risk Management Committee (CRMC), Market Risk Management Committee (MRMC), Operational Risk Management Committee (ORMC), Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO), Group Risk Management Committee (GRMC) etc. To meet the goal of making risk governance and culture more pervasive all across the Bank, local risk management committees are also formed at administrative units throughout the country with active involvement of field functionaries.

In order to institutionalize effective risk culture and governance functions, the Bank has also set-up Assurance Committee which comprises of Risk, Compliance & Inspection - bolstering collaboration across different lines of defense.

While the Bank follows standardized approach to measure its risks, it is actively pursuing in moving towards advanced approach to identify and measure all its material risks (credit, market and operational risk) under Pillar I of Basel III framework.

Bank has put in place Credit Policy and Credit Risk Management Policy which articulates Bank's approach to identify, measure, monitor & control / mitigate and actively manage Credit risk. Bank also has in place a robust system for internal rating (internally developed models) of the borrowers, appraisal of loan / credit proposals, credit approval process and credit monitoring. The entire process of the Loan review and monitoring is duly administered by the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing. Apart from this Bank's risk based pricing framework ensure adequate pricing of credit risk.

Market risk is managed through a well-defined Board approved Market Risk Management Policy and Integrated Treasury Policy that captures risk through limits / triggers. Mid Office of Risk Management Wing monitors the limits on a daily basis. A reporting framework has been put in place for effective and timely monitoring of market risk limits and triggers.

Operational Risk Management framework in the Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and strong operating procedures, involving corporate values, internal control culture, effective internal reporting and

contingency planning. The Bank has adopted policy for management of Operational Risk, which covers aspects, such as Operational Risk Management framework, Outsourcing Activities and Business Continuity Plan, Key Risk Indicators (KRI), Risk Control & SelfAssessment (RCSA) workshops to measure and manage Operational Risks.

The ALM strategy of the Bank strives to maintain adequate liquidity in the system while maintaining NIM at optimum level with given balance-sheet profile of the Bank. In the long run, the Bank aims to maximize shareholders' wealth by improving Return on Asset (RoA) and Return on Equity (RoE).

Bank deploys all standard tools viz., Structural Liquidity Statement (SLS), liquidity ratios, Basel defined stress liquidity ratios viz., Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) to measure and manage liquidity risk.

Interest Rate Sensitivity (IRS) Statements are used to measure repricing gaps of assets and liabilities and its consequent impact on Bank's earning (i.e., Earning at Risk) under different rate cycle movement. A long-term impact of change in market interest rate on shareholder's net-worth is measured through change in economic value of equity (AEVE) approach.

Different stress test scenarios are further used to evaluate the resilience of the Bank under severe liquidity run-off and adverse interest rate movement.

Based on the probable adverse movement of market variables - the Bank develops Contingency Funding Plan (CFP) with inbuilt trigger points and defined actionable across different business and admin units.

Based on the various reports on liquidity and interest rate and macroeconomic variables - the Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) of the Bank decides on the incremental asset & liability mix for the Bank along with required changes needed in rate of interest on various interest bearing assets & liabilities of the Bank's balance-sheet.

The Bank has put in place a Board approved Policy on Group Risk Management to assess, identify and monitor risks at consolidated group level. The Group Chief Risk Officer (GCRO) of the Bank is supervising the risk management activities of the Group Entities.

Bank also analyses other imminent risks like concentration, reputational, strategic, compliance, cyber security, country risk and other residual risks both qualitatively and / or quantitatively as part of its Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) under Pillar II of Basel III framework.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is one of the emerging concern areas for Banks. Envisaging the importance, Bank has initiated ESG related compliance & has formed a ESG Committee (GM / CGM level) & ESG Working Group (AGM / DGM level) for overall implementation of ESG practices and Board Level Sub Committee is overseeing the same. Bank has in place the Board approved ESG Policy - the Sustainability Framework and ESG Statement which is a synopsis of the Bank's commitment, initiatives & actions, built around its Founding Principles, in alignment with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Bank follows responsible and transparent approach while disclosing all relevant risks and mitigation plan to its stakeholders for meaningful insight into the functioning of the Bank.

Fully appreciable of the facts that the advance risk management practices are all about seamless data flow and its integrity, leveraged by technology for effective and timely management action - the Bank has embarked upon automation of its risk management system and processes.

COMPLIANCE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Bank is certified with ISO 27001:2013 for Data Centre, Near Data Centre, Disaster Recovery Site, Information Technology Wing and Technology Operations Wing.

Bank has undergone upgradation of ISO 27001:2013 certification to ISO 27001:2022 certification. Audit has been completed and Bank is certified with ISO 27001:2022. The certification is valid till 11/04/2026.

It is certified that the Information Security management system of the organization has been assessed and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 27001:2022 standard.

INTEGRATED TREASURY

Aggregate investments Domestic (net) of the Bank stood at '3,54,656.28 crore as at March 2024. Modified duration of the investment portfolio and Available for Sale (AFS) portfolio stood at 4.64 and 3.53 as at March 2024 respectively. The yield on investments stood at 6.91% as at 31st March 2024. The trading profit under domestic treasury operations during financial year is '1,121.04 crore on account of active churning of the investment portfolio.

The Bank continues to be an active player in Government securities market as a Primary Dealer. The total amount of bids submitted for underwriting was '2,89,495 crore out of which the underwriting commitment accepted by RBI was '1,42,803 crore. With regard to treasury bills under PD business as against minimum success ratio of 40% to be achieved in each half year, the Bank has achieved 41.72% during the first half and 51.85% for second half of Financial Year 2023-24.

On 12^th Sept 2023, RBI has issued new Master Direction-Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023 which is applicable from 1st April 2024. As on 31st March 2024 we have updated our systems and policies to comply the new directions w.e.f 1^st April 2024.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to '1,86,479 crore, comprising of '77,787 crore under exports, '42,489 crore under imports and '66,203 crore under remittances during the year ended March 2024.

OTHER SERVICES

Merchant Banking

During the Financial year 2023-24 Merchant Banking Division of the Bank:

> Handled 284 Equity Issues and 48 Debt Issues and Bank got float fund benefit for 4-5 days through ASBA. The Bank collected commission of '49,43,784 in respect of ASBA and Syndicate ASBA forms.

>    Under 54EC Capital Gain Bonds, Bank is getting 0.20% (up to Brokerage Annual collection of '125 Crore) and 0.22% (above Brokerage Annual collection of '125 Crore) of the amount mobilized (plus applicable GST) from February 2023 and floating fund for one day.

>    Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) and Power Finance Corporation(PFC) have entrusted the Bank to continue to act as "Arrangers and Collecting Bankers" for the Private Placement Capital Gain Bond Issues.

>    During the year, funds mobilized / Collected by our Bank are '926.89 Crore as collecting banker and '331.81 Crore as arranger. We have received an Arranger fee of '93.24 Lakh.

>    During the year, Section has prepared 1 valuation report of the companies and earned commission '3.25 Lakh.

>    We also initiated the work as arranger for AT1 Bonds, Tier II Bonds and NCDs. During the year we have earned '35.29 Lakh on account of arranger fees.

BANCASSURANCE AND MUTUAL FUNDS

The Bank has tied-up arrangements with life and non-life insurance segments under its 'Bancassurance' arm. During the year FY 2023-24, Bank earned a commission income of '310.01 crore from its joint venture, M/s Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. A commission income of '92.06 crore was earned under Non-Life (General Insurance & Health Insurance) business from its tie-up arrangements with all the three GI Partners namely - The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., M/s Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. and M/s TATA AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd. Under the Mutual Fund business, the Bank earned a commission of '41.93 crore from its joint venture, M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. Bank has also earned renewal / trail commission of '1.98 crore from E-Syndicate Insurance and Mutual Fund partners.

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

The Bank undertakes Government Business, comprising Direct and Indirect Tax collections, liasioning with various Government Departments (State / Central) for providing banking solutions as per their requirements, handling State Treasury Transactions, payment of Central Government and State Government Pensions, collection of contributions of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Public Provident Fund Scheme (PPF), Senior Citizens' Savings Scheme (SCSS), Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana scheme (SSY), National Pension Scheme (NPS), Kisan Vikas Patra Scheme (KVP), Mahila Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC), Floating Rate Savings Bonds (RBI Bonds) and issuing Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB).

Our Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Lakshadweep Administration and Kavaratti Administration. Futher more, our Bank is the Nodal Bank for administering the Education Loan interest subsidy schemes by Government of India.

During FY 2023-24, our Bank has mobilized 180 Central Nodal Account (CNA) accounts under Central Sector Scheme with an outstanding balance of '1497.11 crore and the total accounts under Single Nodal Account (SNA) was 317 with an outstanding balance of '13,049.80 crore as on 31st March 2024. Total outstanding balance under both CNA & SNA as on 31st March 2024 was '14,546.91 crore. Bank has also earned commission of '3.96 crore through 30,12,891 number of challans under TIN 2.0 (Tax Information Network 2.0).

GLOBAL TRADE PROCESSING CENTRE (GTPC)

The Bank has centralized its forex transactions as well as inland trade transactions under the Global Trade Processing Centre (GTPC), with an aim to ensure Ease of Doing Business and to improve efficiency in processing of domestic (trade) and forex transactions.

The Bank undertakes ‘foreign inward and outward remittances', ‘foreign cheque collection and foreign currency', 'imports & export transactions', trade credit, foreign bank guarantees, ‘Inland (Domestic) LC and Bank Guarantee including electronic Bank Guarantee

(e-BG)' and bill discounting activities under Global Trade Processing Centre (GTPC).

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network - Expanding Pan-India Presence

In a bid to expand the reach, the Bank added 211 domestic branches during the year. As at March 2024, the Bank had 9604 domestic branches, including Specialized Branches.

Composition of Branch Network
Category	No. of Branches		Opened during the year
	31.03.2023	31.03.2024
Metropolitan	1925	1843	30
Urban	1991	1907	31
Semi-urban	2742	2751	87
Rural	3048	3103	63
Overseas	3	4	1
Total Domestic Branches	9706	9604	211

Note: Domestic branches merged during the year: 313

The total Specialized Branches of the Bank stood at 620 as at March 2024.

HUMAN RESOURCES

PERSONNEL PROFILE

As at March 2024, the Bank had 82638 employees on its roll. The cadre-wise break-up of manpower for the last 3 years are as under:

Cadre	March 2022	March 2023	March 2024
Officer	50929	52241	52607
Clerk	23686	21509	19651
Sub Staff/ PTE	12304	11228	10380
Total	86919	84978	82638

Total staff strength of the Bank comprised of 64% Officers, 24% Clerks and 12% Sub Staff / PTE. The Women staff strength of the Bank was 26238 constituting 32% of the employees. The total number of ex-servicemen staff as at March 2024 stood at 5139. There were 2,465 Differently-abled persons (DAPs) on the rolls of the Bank.

RESERVATION POLICY

The Bank has been adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), as per the Government of India guidelines.

The representation of SCs / STs / OBCs / EWS / PwBD employees as on 31st March 2024 is as under:

Grade	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS	DAPs
Officer	9325	4196	16894	470	1438
Clerk	3605	1257	6269	120	726
Sub Staff/ PTE	4062	752	3010	-	301
Total	16992	6205	26173	590	2465

Our Bank has nominated Executives in the rank of GM/ CGM as Chief Liaison Officers for SCs / STs / PwBDs / Ex-servicemen and for OBCs/EWS respectively who ensure compliance of various Government guidelines pertaining to implementation of Reservation Policy in the Bank. Our Bank has also set up a Reservation Cell under the direct control of Chief Liaison Officers for monitoring Reservation and other matters related to SC / ST / OBC/ EWS / PwBDs / Ex-Servicemen employees.

RECRUITMENT

During the FY 2023-24, the Bank recruited 800 persons in various cadres. Out of which, 313 were women employees. The category wise representation is as under:

Total	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS	PwBDs
800	135	61	217	63	38

HR INITIATIVES

>    Project Aarohan - HR Transformation Project was initiated for reimagining and redesigning HR functions to align with Bank's strategic goals and objectives.

> Conducted Employee Engagement & Wellness survey for all employees.

> Developed manpower assessment tool, which assesses branch transaction volume on 47 parameters and is used to suggest required manpower for the branch.

>    Canara Samwaad is a new initiative, wherein our Executive Director shall interact with all the field team through VC, once in a month.

>    Psychometric Assessment with 360° Evaluation was introduced in Promotion process for all executives above Scale V.

>    Digitalized the process to obtain NOC for Visa/ Passport through HRMS package and made it live w.e.f 08.01.2024.

>    Introduction of Child Care Allowance - In terms of the facility, Female Employees & Single Male Employees (Parent) who are not availing creche facility shall be eligible for claiming Child Care allowance for maximum of 2 dependent children upto the age of 2 years. A consolidated amount of '2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand only) per month per child upto the age of 2 years shall be paid as Child Care Allowance.

>    Conducted Leadership Development Programme for Senior Management (CGMs, GMs, DGMs, RO Heads)

>    Scheme for rewarding employee for canvassing/ referring new business in thrust areas i.e. CASA & RAM.

>    Work Anniversary - Wishing / Congratulating Employees on their Work Anniversary.

>    Empanelment of Counsellors - To maintain healthy work-life balance and to find ways to deal with stress Bank has introduced scheme of empanelment of counsellors.

>    Monthly sessions on Work-Life balance for employees.

>    Canara Resume - Monthly Webinar Session for Employees joining post Maternity / Sabbatical Leave.

>    Introduced Mentoring concept for Women employees & weak performers.

>    Canara HRMS App was introduced with 75+ HRMS features. Additionally, Internet Access for HRMS was enabled for employees.

>    Introduction of online family Pension application submission / processing through HRMS package.

>    Issuance of Digital PPOs for Family Pensioners through e-mail.

>    SPF & Gratuity nomination can be applied through Canarites Mobile App.

>    Bio Data clearance for staff loans made through HRMS.

>    NOC for Staff Members for standing as Co-obligant/ Guarantor made through HRMS.

>    SPARK - High impact Sales Leadership Training Programme.

>    Know Your Circular (KYC) Quiz: KYC Quiz started for the employees for voluntary participation last year and has been made mandatory for the employees to get four marks in APAS this year.

>    Additional Conveyance allowance to Customer Relationship Officials.

>    Relief loan to Staff members affected due to cyclonic storm “MICHAUNG” and floods caused due to extreme rainfall in ten districts in the state of Tamil Nadu..

>    Introduced Pre-promotion training to Scale IV executives.

>    Circular Synopsis: The details of circulars issued in a day are being shared with the employees through e-mail on the subsequent day.

>    Collaborations: CIBM Manipal has also taken the Membership of Indian Society for Training & Development. Collaboration with SBI Foundation for the training of PwD (Visually Impaired and Speech and Hearing Impaired) employees has also been entered into.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT & TALENT MANAGEMENT

Human Resources are the most valued assets and success lies in developing, retaining and transforming them to act as strategic business partners. Treating people as resources, rewarding them equitably and integrating their goals with that of the organization through suitable HR policies are the present mantras to "Organizational Excellence". Also, with a fast changing banking landscape, skills and qualifications acquired need continued upgradation and there is need for employee training support at periodical intervals to keep them abreast of the latest developments. Accordingly, the HR functions of the Bank are getting tuned in this direction and are moving ahead to do this new transformational role.

Bank has adopted the new 52/26-week induction training module as recommended by the CVC for the newly recruited POs & SWOs respectively. In addition to this, mentoring concept is in place for the benefit of the newly recruited POs to help them to get acclimatized with Bank's culture, tradition and ethos.

Bank is conducting Advaita, a future ready Women Leadership Program - to enhance and empower women employees to take future leadership responsibilities and ensure gender equality and also Women Mentoring has been introduced to equalise leadership in the workplace for Women Employees.

Bank is imparting training in various functional areas to build and upgrade competencies. Through one Apex Centre of Excellence at CIBM Manipal and two Centres of Excellence at Bengaluru and Gurugram, supported by 25 Canara Learning & Development Centres established across the country, functional trainings are imparted to staff members in various cadres by drawing training calendars in consultation with Circle offices.

In order to acclimatize them with their new roles and responsibilities, Executive Development Programs (EDPs) are provided to Executives upon their promotion at institutes of repute like ASCI Hyderabad, MDI Gurugram. During FY 2023-24 around 524 executives have attended EDP & Customised Leadership Development Program was conducted for 360 Executives (CGMs, GMs, DGMs & RO Heads).91 Executives have undergone Mid-career Training programme. 28 Executives have undergone the RBI mandated Certificate program in IT & Cyber Security at IDRBT.

Bank is grooming its top leadership through the Financial Services Institution Bureau (FSIB) Flagship Leadership Development program. In addition to this, around 38 officials were given Foreign Training Programmes/ Workshops during FY 2023-24.

Conducted Competency Assessment and creating Individual Development Plans for all Executives in Scale 5 and above followed by one-on-one behavioral coaching with the institutes of repute.

Bank is providing focused training programme for the Business Outlet Heads so as to equip them well to focus on future challenges. (First Time CO / RO / MCB/LCB/RAH/ ACC/Branch Head). Further, Bank is constantly striving to build effective Management and Leadership traits among its Officers. In this regard, Bank is conducting Officers' Development Program (ODP) and Managerial Development Program (MDP) for promotee Officers and Managers respectively.

During the current FY, following training programmes were conducted covering effective management and Leadership Development Programmes:

—: o on Z	Programme Name	No. of Officers attended
1	Managerial Development Program (MDP)	1886
2	Officers' Development Program (ODP)	1206
3	Role and Responsibility - First Time Branch Head	828
4	1st Time Regional /MCB/LCB/ MSME Sulabh/RAH/LDMs/ACC & Hi-tech Agri Finance Branch Heads Training Programme	286

Bank has a e-Learning portal - "CanDLE" (Canara Digital Learning Experience) facilitating effective and continuous online learning for our employees for enhancing their knowledge and skills.

Bank has designed Regional Language Acclimatization Program to bridge the communication gap between the regional customers and the frontline staff of the bank,

making the customer relationship more effective and smoother. In this direction, introduced language learning modules for all the 11 Regional Languages in bank's eLearning Package.

CUSTOMER ORIENTATION

Bank has taken several initiatives to remain customer focused through provision of fast service, offering diversified products & services, responding to customers' queries in shortest possible time and redressal of customer complaints within the timelines stipulated.

S As per the instructions of IBA and RBI, Bank has adopted Customer Rights Policy in July 2015, which spells out the Rights of the Customers and also responsibilities of the Banker.

S To assess the quality of customer service rendered by the Branches and to get feedback an online "Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey" was conducted from 01.01.2024 to 31.03.2024 with 12 pre-definedquestionnaires. A total of 70,690 customer responses were collected. The responses under each parameter were rated on a scale of 1-5, 1 is very dissatisfied, 5 is Very Satisfied.

S Bank's overall services was rated as 3.46 out of 5.

S Quality of customer service at Branch was rated as 3.66 out of 5.

S Efficiency and ease of using our digital products was rated as 3.78 out of 5.

S Bank has implemented suggestions and customer feedback on customer service under Online Grievances Registration and Status Tracking System in Bank's Corporate website.

S Customers can provide their rating in Net Banking & mobile Banking.

S As per Damodaran Committee recommendations, Bank has appointed a Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO), who acts as an Internal Ombudsman of the Bank.

S In order to enhance customer convenience, Bank has popularized 24/7 Self Service Functions on IVRS (Missed Call facility) for various services like Balance

Enquiry, Mini Statement (last 5 transactions), Hot Listing of Cards etc.

S Bank introduced a New Toll free number for its customers - 1800 1030. The existing Toll-free Number 1800 425 0018 will be kept functional as a back-up for ensuring Business Continuity.

S Non toll free number for customers calling from abroad is [phone] & 080 6821 2121.

S Dedicated land line towards Mis-selling of Credit Cards is 080 2206 4222.

S Call Centres are functioning 24X7 & catering to customers in 17 regional languages, viz., Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Khasi, Konkani, Kashmiri, Urdu and Tulu, besides Hindi and English for redressal of grievances.

S Call Centres are providing 37 services in IVR through Bank's Toll-free number 1800 1030.

S Bank introduced WhatsApp Banking Channel through the mobile number 9076030001 and providing 29+ services in Hindi & English languages.

S Bank introduced Web Chatbot Banking Channel through Bank's Corporate Website and is providing 6 services in Hindi & English.

S Bank has revamped the Online Grievances Registration and Status Tracking System for customers to lodge their grievances in Bank's website www.canarabank.com under Canara Public Grievance Redressal System (CPGRS) Portal. The complaints received at the Call Centres of the Bank are also integrated with CPGRS package.

S The complaints received at helpdesk e-mail of the Bank are also integrated with CPGRS package.

S WhatsApp Banking user manual is also provided under Online Grievances Registration and Status Tracking System.

S The pre-defined Turnaround Time (TAT) for resolution of complaint at Branch Level is 6 days and on 7th day, the grievances are auto escalated to next higher authority.

S On redressal of grievance, an SMS with web link is pushed to the customer to submit his/her feedback regarding resolution.

S Bank has introduced 'VCIP - Video Based Customer Identification Process' for submission of Life Certificate by pensioners.

S Online re-KYC submission is made available to the customers ( If there is no change in KYC, Customer can give rekyc by i) Customer's E-mail ID / Mobile number registered with the Bank ii) ATM iii) Digital channels (such as Online Banking / Internet Banking, Mobile Banking) iv) Letter)

S Facility of filing Form 15G/15H through Net banking is enabled for the convenience of customers. Customers can also file Form 15G/15H through Bank's corporate Website.

S 7 Central Processing Centers are established at Bhubaneswar, Ernakulam, Manipal, Patna, Ranchi, Vijayawada & Vishakapatnam for CASA (Current Account & Savings Bank Account) account opening purposes.

S Our Bank is a partner in the PSB Alliance which has floated Door Step Banking Services (DSB).

S Our Bank has extended Doorstep Banking Services from 100 Centres to 1000 Centers covering our 3365 branches for the benefit of all the individual customers, including Senior Citizens & Differently abled persons. Customers can book many of the banking services by downloading the DSB Mobile App, or through DSB Website or Vendor's Call Centres.

S Bank offers 3 Door Step Banking Services per month absolutely free for customers aged above 75 years at all the select 1000 centers.

S Bank has Implemented QMS (Queue Management System) in selected high foot falls branches to improve customer service at branches. QMS provides the list of services offered, queries, instructions and relevant information to customers, automatic ticket dispenser, where the customer will get a voucher as per their required service and a voucher number will be issued.

S Bank has introduced an online death claim portal where nominee/legal heir of customer can lodge death claim.

S Bank has complied with the New Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2021 introduced by RBI. A copy of the new scheme, salient features and the contact details of the Principal Nodal Officer are displayed in our corporate website www.canarabank.com under the head Customer Service and also in Notice Board of the Branches.

INTERNAL OMBUDSMAN

In terms of the Reserve Bank of India guidelines, the Bank has appointed an Internal Ombudsman (IO) as an independent authority to review complaints that are partly or wholly rejected by the Bank. The IO submits periodical reports on her activities to the Customer Service Committee of the Board analyzing the pattern of complaints, for taking action to address the root cause of complaints. Changes where necessitated on the procedures / guidelines have also been carried out based on the IO's recommendations.

Reserve Bank of India has introduced new Integrated Ombudsman Scheme 2021 with effect from 12.11.2021.

Ms. Manorama K. N. has taken over as Internal Ombudsman with effect from 25.02.2022 on expiry of the term of the earlier IO.

INTERNAL CONTROL AND AUDIT

Risk-based Internal Audits (RBIA) numbering 7089 were conducted along with Information System audit (IS Audit) across branches / service units as per the program for onsite RBIA for the FY 2023-24. Monthly concurrent / continuous audits were conducted in branches / service units, of which 449 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent/continuous audit by Internal Auditors and 1441 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent audit by External Auditors, covering 70% of Advances and corresponding deposits of the total business of the Bank. 3883 branches were subjected to income / revenue audit on Quarterly basis.

1.    The Bank has been continuously going for upgradation of audit packages, duly revising the checklists to include latest developments and trends in the Bank. Further, new queries / checklist are added on a regular basis since 2014. Redundant / old queries / checklist points were removed and queries/ checklist is revamped.

2.    During the FY 2023-24, Dashboard facility (Tabular / Graphical) is enabled in Audit Package (Darpan) home screen of all users (Wing / ZI / CO / RO / Branch/ Inspecting Officer) providing complete information regarding audit status, queries / checklist position and spot rectification on real time basis.

3.    Spot Rectification Report is enabled in Audit Package with selection of date for different audit stages (commenced / concluded / closure) for all admin units (Wing / ZI / RO / CO).

4.    During the FY 2023-24, CPH Audit Package for SB & Current Account has been Revamped with complete automation of audit process.

5.    During the FY 2023-24, Audit packages of Regional Office & Circle Office including Management Audit has been revamped as per the new compendium.

6.    Bank has shown NIL tolerance on frauds. The branches where fraud has been detected or serious irregularities were observed, those branches are Re-risk rated as "High Risk" to have more control on such branches / units and subjected to concurrent audit for 6 months.

7.    To improve the effectiveness of Concurrent Audit, Bank has introduced a procedure of verification of the effective implementation of system of concurrent audit including verification of audit reports submitted by External Concurrent Auditors through Inspecting officials to ensure coverage of areas envisaged in the scope.

8.    Bank has introduced Concurrent / Continuous audit for V-CIP and Credit Cards.

9.    As per the directions of Regulator, Bank has conducted External Assessment of Internal Audit by external agency M/s PwC and implemented their suggestions.

RISK BASED SUPERVISION

The Bank was brought under Risk Based Supervision (RBS) regime by RBI, in lieu of Annual Financial Inspection (AFI) from FY 2013-14. Presently, the Bank has completed the 10th cycle of RBS. RBS framework is named as Supervisory Programme for Assessment of Risk and Capital (SPARC). Under SPARC, a detailed qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Bank's risks is made by RBI on an on-going basis through a combination of offsite analysis of the data and information furnished by the Bank as well as the findings of the on-site Inspection for supervisory Evaluation (ISE).

KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS (KYC) /AML / CFT

The Bank is committed to implement the KYC / AML/ CFT norms in its completeness and has zero tolerance towards non-compliance. To ensure this, the Bank has put robust systems and processes in place. Advisories issued by the regulators with respect to designated individuals / entities are scrupulously followed. Regular training is provided to staff members to increase their awareness on matters regarding KYC / AML / CFT.

IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Our Bank is ensuring compliance of Official Language Implementation as per Official Language Act 1963, Official Language Rules 1976, recommendations of Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, Annual programme of Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs and also as per the guidelines issued by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

OL Implementation encompasses teaching & training of Employees to learn and understand Hindi and its use in day to day banking activities. Employees who do not possess working knowledge in Hindi are nominated for Prabodh, Praveen and Banking Pragya examinations conducted by Central Hindi Training Institute, New Delhi and they are also incentivized on passing it. Incentives are also provided to employees for passing Parangat examination who aspire to obtain proficiency in Hindi. Bank provides cash incentives to motivate employees for obtaining Hindi Degrees like Graduation, Post Graduation, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Hindi and also for creative writing in Hindi whose literary work is recognized by institutes of repute.

Bank has made available forms in Bilingual in Region 'A' and Trilingual in 'B' & 'C' Region branch counters for the use of customers. Official Language Section, Human Resources Wing provides translation from English to Hindi and vice versa to meet the requirements of all the Wings in Head Office. Official Langauge Cells established at Circle Offices & Regional Offices are also providing the requisite translations in Hindi & English apart from ensuring implementation of OL in their respective areas.

Official Language Implementation Committees are constituted at all levels, where quarterly meetings are conducted promptly and review of status of OL implementation is effectuated. A Hindi inter-translator system has been introduced in CBS through which pass book / pass sheets could be generated in Hindi, including generation of Deposit receipts and DDs. CBS Screens (in Hindi) have been created and a facility to generate reports in Hindi are now made available. Provision has been made in ATM Screen to view the transactions in 11 Regional Languages. Standard greetings and messages to customers are being sent through SMS in Hindi & Regional Languages also. Customers can now opt to receive SMS in their opted language.

An online package has been made live (in SAS portal) for submission of OPR i.e., STR-18 by all branches and administrative offices. Hindi Workshops and Unicode trainings are being organized for staff. Existing manual branch visit report by OL Officers has been digitalised. Branch visits by OL Officers are helpful for branches to face visit / inspection by Govt. Depts. and Parliamentary Committees, etc. Hindi workshop and conference for Official Language Officers' are conducted annually to ensure effective implementation of Hindi.

Our Bank's Head Office is the Convenor of Town Official Language Implementation Committee (Banks) meetings at Bengaluru. Our Bank is also the Convener of 21 TOLICs at various Cities/Towns across the Country. Bank has secured numerous Shields and Certificates pan-India, awarded by various TOLIC committees for the best implementation of OL. TOLIC (Bank) Bengaluru has been adjudged best performing TOLIC in the country. Further, TOLIC (Bank) Bengaluru has also won the Ist prize under Southern Region for commendable performance in implementing the OL policy of the Union.

Our Bank has secured prizes from Regional Implementation Office for commendable performance in implementation of Official Language during the year. In order to accelerate OL implementation, Shields are being awarded to Offices and Branches under 'Rajbhasha Akshay Yojana'. 'Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana' has also been conceptualized and put in place to motivate the employees towards effective OL implementation.

Canara Bank has been awarded with "Rajbhasha Sammaan" Shield for outstanding performance in the field of Official Language by Rajbhasha Academy, New Delhi.

Banking related news in Hindi under the title "Aaj Ke Samachar" is included in Today's Tidings, a daily news brief. 'HRD (e)light's, 'NRI Bulletin' & 'Staff Meeting Literature' are being brought out in Hindi as well, on a monthly basis. 'Canara Jyoti', a quarterly Hindi House Magazine to showcase the literary talent of our staff members in Hindi has received many accolades. Canara Bank's in-house magazines 'Shreyas' and 'Canara Jyoti' has been awarded the Global Brand Excellence Award by the World Brand Congress for the year 2022-23.

Regional Language Cells i.e., Kannada Cell, Tamil Cell, Telugu Cell, Marathi Cell etc., are formed in Circle Offices located in Region 'B' & 'C'. Regional Language Cell under OL Section, HR Wing has been formed as the Nodal Cell for co-ordinating the usage of Regional Languages. "Hindi Mein Paricharcha", an innovative Discussion Programme in Hindi on contemporary banking subjects is being organized by all Administrative Units of the bank on a quarterly basis.

Bank has established Hindi library at HO, COs & ROs for motivating employees to read books in Hindi. A Digital Library portal has also been initiated and made available to all the employees.

VIGILANCE SETUP

Vigilance set up at Head Office level comprises of Chief Vigilance Officer, who is assisted by the Executives and staff of Vigilance Department at HO. The Chief Vigilance Officer is also assisted by Vigilance Officers at Regional Offices/Circles/HO/RRBs/other subsidiaries of the Bank in Vigilance administration. The Vigilance Management in the Bank under the supervision/ guidance of CVO administers various functions on preventive, participative, proactive and punitive aspects of vigilance with more emphasis on preventive vigilance measures to eliminate / minimise factors which provide opportunities for frauds, corruption and malpractices in the organization and also to take punitive action as a deterrent measure to check recurrence of such instances.

Vigilance Awareness Week was observed in our Bank from 16th August 2023 - 15th November 2023 with the theme, "PTSTCTC MT fester mU; Tl^" M    TTOfifiT it”’/ “Say no

to corruption; commit to the Nation”. All the Branches/ Offices have actively participated in conducting various activities such as administering Integrity Pledge, Seminars, Workshops, Customer Grievance Redressal Meetings, Awareness Walkathon, Awareness Sabhas in Gram Panchayats, Panel Discussions / Colloquium, Competitions in Schools / Colleges (viz. Essay Writing, Debate & Quiz Competitions) etc. to bring awareness in society about the ill-effects of Corruption. Social Media Platforms / FM Radio stations have been used to create awareness in General Public and popularize the Vigilance Awareness Week theme of the year. Various competitions were also organized in Circle Offices and Regional Offices

level for the Bank staff / general public. Moreover, 03-day online quiz and Essay Writing & Cartoon Drawing competitions were also conducted for employees of the Bank.

We have advised all the Learning & Development centres to have a session on "Preventive Vigilance" aspect to the newly recruited probationary officers during their induction-training programme.

To bridge the knowledge gap at the operational level, a compendium on Preventive Vigilance, Monthly Preventive Vigilance Series, Quarterly Vigilance Magazine "Canara Vigil" and case studies on Fraud & unethical practices by concerned wings (monthly basis) are made available in the CANNET for the benefit of all Canarites.

An exclusive in-house package - Preventive Vigilance Management System (PVMS) towards Online Reporting of Surprise Branch & Unit Visits of Vigilance Officers is introduced by Vigilance Wing, thereby Preventive Vigilance Exercise is automated. PVMS package is an edge forward in compliance with GHOSH Committee recommendations, an effective tool in stemming out the rot at the initial stage itself (Instantaneous / quick reporting of frauds).

Systemic improvements are periodically suggested based on the lapses observed while determining vigilance angle in respect of lACs.

Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards

As per RBI guidelines, the Bank is in the process of implementing the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS). A Project Steering Committee headed by Executive Director has been formed to take the required steps on a continuous basis for smooth convergence. RBI, vide its communication ref: DBR.BP.BC.No.29/ 21.07.001/2018-19 dated 22nd March,2019 has deferred implementation of Ind AS for all Scheduled Commercial Banks till further notice. Bank is submitting Pro-Forma Financial Statements to RBI on Half-yearly basis as per the guidelines of RBI.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Canara Bank, with an objective of offering 'One Stop Banking' facilities for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a 'Financial Supermarket', with seven domestic subsidiaries, one overseas subsidiary, five associates and one joint venture. All the Domestic Subsidiaries / Associate / Joint Venture of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the year 2023-24. RBI has identified Canara Group as a Bank-led Financial Conglomerate and Canara Bank as the designated entity for the group.

CANFIN HOMES LIMITED (CFHL):

M/s Canfin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. The Bank holds 29.99% stake with the company. The loans outstanding of the Company as at March 2024 were '34999 Crore. The Company earned a Net Profit of '750.70 crore as against '621.21 crore in the previous year, with y-o-y growth of 20.84%. Gross NPAs of the Company was '286 crore (0.82%) and Net NPA was '147 crore (0.42%) as on 31.03.2024. The Company has provided an interim dividend of 100% and also declared final dividend of 200% for FY 2023-24.

CANARA HSBC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED:

M/s Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd (CHLIC) is a Life Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in association with HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Punjab National Bank in the year 2007. The JV commenced its business operations with effect from 16.06.2008, with majority shareholding of 51% by Canara Bank, followed by HSBC (26%) and Punjab National Bank (23%). The Company recorded gross premium of '6932.6 crore during the year. The Company registered Net Profit of '113.30 crore for FY 2023-24. The company has provided an interim dividend of 2% and also declared final dividend of 2% for the year 2023-24.

CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED (CRAMC):

M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited is a joint venture (JV) of Canara Bank and M/s Orix Corporation, Japan with Canara Bank holding 51%

Stake. The Company is currently managing 24 Mutual Fund Schemes with a mix of equity, balanced and debt schemes. The Company registered a net profit of '124.75 crore and has provided an interim dividend of 25% and also declared final dividend of 50% for FY 2023-24.

CANARA BANK SECURITIES LIMITED (CBSL):

M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. CBSL has taken over the Depository participant services from Canara Bank w.e.f. 01.04.2017. M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd. is extending Demat Services (Depository Participant), Online Trading, e-Insurance and distribution of Financial products. The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients. The Company has registered a net profit of '10.06 crore for the year 2023-24.

CANBANK FACTORS LIMITED (CFL):

M/s Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring Subsidiary of the Bank with 70% stake held by the Bank. During 2023-24, the Company had a total business turnover of '2156.45 crore, registering net profit of '2.71 Crore.

CANBANK VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED (CVCFL):

M/s Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited is a wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Bank and the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund Trust. The company is presently managing 4 funds including Fund of Fund with present total AUM of '252.00 crore.

The Company recorded a net profit of '1.29 crore during the year 2023-2024. The company has provided interim dividend of 1000% for FY 2023-24.

CANBANK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED (CCSL):

M/s Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted by a Public Sector Bank in the country, with a 69.14% shareholding by the Bank. CCSL is mainly engaged in IT and Software development services, BPO services, ATM / Any Time Payment services, Training, Consultancy and R&T agent. The Company has posted net profit of '15.84 crore for FY 2023-24.

CANBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (CANFINA):

M/s Canbank Financial Services Limited is confining its activities to legal matter arising out of past transactions in securities and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. Company has posted a profit of '4.60 crore for the year 2023-24 by way of receipt of dividends, interest received on Bank deposits and amount pertaining to pending litigations. The Company has provided an interim dividend of 25% for FY 2023-24.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY (HEFA):

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), is a not-for-profit organization, set up by the Bank under a joint venture shareholder agreement with the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

HEFA has been set up for developing the educational infrastructure, including R&D infrastructure thereby enabling the institutions to reach top rankings globally. As on 31.03.2024, MoE has infused Capital of '4812.50 crore and Canara Bank has contributed '481.25 crore respectively. The total loans sanctioned till 31.03.2024 is '39719.75 crore and disbursement stood at '19968.26 crore.

HEFA has disbursed '3123.03 crore of loans to different institutions during FY 2023-24 and Bank has received '31.23 crore of Management Fee from HEFA.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

As at March 2024, the Bank had four sponsored RRBs, viz., Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (APGB) in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala Gramm Bank (KeGB) in Kerala, Karnataka Gramin Bank (KaGB) and Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) in Karnataka.

Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (APGB) operates in 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh with 551 branches and 98 ATMs. Total business of the Bank as at March 2024 is '46,345 Crore. (Deposits: '21,665 Crore Advances: '24,680* Crore). (*Aggregate Advances is inclusive of '2300 Crore IBPC).

Kerala Gramin Bank (KeGB) operates in all 14 districts of Kerala with 634 branches & 269 ATMs. The total business of the Bank as at March 2024 is '48,899 Crore. (Deposits: '24,510 Crore, Advances: '24,389* Crore). (*Aggregate Advances is inclusive of '650 Crore IBPC).

Karnataka Gramm Bank (KaGB) operates in 22 districts of Karnataka with 1122 branches & 172 ATMs. The total business of the Bank as at March 2024 is '63,697 Crore. (Deposits: '34,462 Crore, Advances: '29,235* Crore). (*Aggregate Advances is inclusive of '1275 Crore IBPC).

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) operates in 9 districts of Karnataka with 629 branches & 50 ATMs. The total business of the Bank as at March 2024 is '35,884 Crore. (Deposits: '19,856 Crore, Advances: '16,028* Crore). (*Aggregate Advances is inclusive of '500 Crore IBPC).

Through the Bank's infrastructure support, the RRBs are extending facilities, like, ATM-cum-Debit Card services. The sponsored RRBs are 100% CBS compliant and are ahead of their peer RRBs under technology front by extending IT-based products, like Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, RuPay Debit Card services, Account Aggregator and also Aadhaar-enabled services and remittance facilities through NEFT / RTGS to their customers.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Our Bank remains committed to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), towards betterment of the society at large through various activities like training unemployed rural youth, scholarship to meritorious SC/ ST Girl students, renovation of schools and providing of other infrastructural facilities to needy educational institutes, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women, environment protection, Swachh Bharat and other social initiatives. A few social initiatives are outlined below.

S Cumulatively, the Bank has sponsored / co-sponsored 74 training institutes, which have trained more than 12.44 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a settlement rate of 74%.

S The Bank has donated four ‘Retail Mobile Marketing Vans’ to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products.

S Canara Vidya Jyothi Scholarship scheme to

meritorious SC / ST Girl Students. During FY 202324, 17992 students have been benefitted, utilizing a total amount of '8.00 crore.

S Education: Bank has taken up initiatives to promote education and skill development in the country. Our Bank has contributed towards providing infrastructure to schools, books and school essentials for students, setting up of Digital classrooms, computer labs, libraries etc. especially in the rural areas of our country.

S Health: Bank has financed for providing Hi-tech ambulances in rural areas, providing basic healthcare facilities like hemodialysis unit in Androth Island of Lakshwadeep and supporting Cachar Cancer Hospital at Silchar, which provides free treatment for cancer patients. Bank has also supported Civil Hospitals and Government hospitals with ambulances, surgical equipments etc. and provided ICU ventilators, Ultrasound machines to Satya Sai Sarala Memorial Hospital to serve the downtrodden villagers in rural areas of Karnataka.

S Poverty and Nutrition: Bank has undertaken various initiatives to alleviate poverty and improve nutrition in the country. Bank has taken initiatives to provide food & nutrition to underprivileged people through temples, orphanages, old age homes etc.

S Environmental Protection: Bank has undertaken initiatives to protect the environment and promote sustainability. Bank has implemented green initiatives, such as installation of solar panels, solar power plants, grids, water harvesting systems, bio gas plants in Govt. Schools, Universities, Panchayats etc. to promote environment protection. Bank has also assisted in distribution of 40,000 coconut trees in the cyclone affected areas of Odisha.

S Swachh Bharat: Bank has taken up initiatives to support the Swachh Bharat Mission, such as building girls toilets in rural areas, providing water purifiers in schools etc. Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Bank has provided vehicles for garbage collectors and setting up of bio waste processing units & portable sewage water treatment units.

S Persons with Disabilities (PWD): Bank has taken initiatives to empower PWDs by financing Braille Resource Centres and by providing wheel chairs, foot abduction braces, assistive devices, transportation van to children with special needs.

S Rural Development: Bank has undertaken initiatives to promote rural development and security by strengthening of Kotwal Cadre through activation of 200 Local Service Centers by providing Pre Fabrication Rooms and Furniture under CSR activity. Bank has set up training institutes like Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) to provide self-employment training and credit to rural entrepreneurs.

S Sports initiatives were undertaken this year for implementation of District level sports through all Circle Offices and Regional Offices pan-India.

S During the FY 2023-24, under the Sustainable Development & Corporate Social Responsibility (SD &CSR) initiatives of the Bank, the Bank has spent to the tune of '70.09 Crore on various sectors like Skill Development, Financial Inclusion, Women Empowerment Activities, Education, Environment Protection, Health, Poverty & Nutrition, Persons with Disability, Rural Development, Swachh Bharat, Sports & other Sectors.

Visits by Standing Committee

During the year 2023-24, following Standing Committees conducted Study visits and reviewed the Bank's performance: Committee on Finance; Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs; Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports; Committee on Petroleum, Natural Gas; Committee on Subordinate Legislation; Committee on Information and Communication Technology Management;

Committee on Estates; Committee on Government Assurances; Committee on Petitions; Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj; Committee on Empowerment of Women; Parliamentary Committee on SC / ST; Public Accounts Committee; Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment and Committee on Industry.

AWARDS / ACCOLADES & ACHIEVEMENTS

S Canara Bank has been conferred with Best Data Quality Index (DQI) award for achieving Best Data Quality among Public Sector Banks for the FY 2023-24 by the Credit Information Company -M/s TransUnion CIBIL.

S Canara Bank was conferred with the "Data Excellence" award for the FY 2023-24 by the Credit Information Company M/s CRIF.

S Canara Institute of Bank Management has been awarded National BFSI Awards for Leadership & Business Excellence under the categories of "Best Training & Development Practices in Banking Sector" and "Best Use of Technology in Training -Banking Sector".

S CIBM Manipal Campus has been certified Green Campus by Indian Green Building Council, a part of the Confederation of Indian Industry.

S Canara Bank has received accolades at the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Excellency awards during International Inclusion Alliance Conference 2024.

S Canara Bank has been conferred Global Brand Excellence award for Best Bi-lingual In-House Magazine "Shreyas" by World Brand Congress in February 2024.

S Canara Bank has been conferred with IT Banking technology awards under the Larger PSBs & PVBs Banks category for "Best Fintech & DPI adoption-Runner Up", "Best Financial Inclusion-Runner Up", "Best Digital Engagement - Special mention" for FY 2022-23 by IBA.

S Canara Bank has received "Best Cyber Security implementation award" at an event Organized by EnQube.

S Central Vigilance Commission has ranked Canara Bank as No. 1 among the comity of Public Sector Banks, in the area of "Best Practices in Vigilance Administration.

S Canara Bank has received Inclusive Finance India award 2023 under Priority sector lending by Bank (Public sector) presented by Access Development services and HSBC India.

S The Indian Green Building Council felicitated Canara Bank as IGBC Founding member during Green Building Congress held in November 2023.

S Canara Bank has been adjudged outstanding Performer in Large Public Sector Banks category under Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme.

S Bank has received accolades from NPCI for making live "Dual Auth. Transaction for AePS".

S Canara Bank is honoured with the prestigious Emerging Asia Banking Awards in multiple categories, organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce viz. winner in 'Best Performance on Growth' category, runner up in 'Best Bank in India' category, second runner up in 'Best Performance on Profitability', second runner up in 'Best Performance on Asset Quality' and second runner up in 'Best Performance in Risk Management'.

S Canara Bank has received the APY Annual award for achieving the set targets under APY during FY 2022-23 at "APY Annual Felicitation Programme" in June 2023.

S Canara Bank has received the "Rajbhasha Sopan Samman" by the Center for Indian Language and Culture for the year 2023 for the best performance in the field of official language implementation.

CHANGE IN DIRECTORS, INCLUDING MANAGING DIRECTOR / WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Date of Appointment	Date of Cessation
1	Shri Brij Mohan Sharma	Executive Director	19.05.2021	30.06.2023
2.	Shri Suchindra Misra	GOI Nominee Director	14.06.2016	25.10.2023
3.	Shri dra Kumar	Executive Director	09.10.2023	08.10.2026
4.	Shri Parshant Kumar Goyal	GOI Nominee Director	25.10.2023	Until Further Orders

Board of Directors

(APPOINTMENT / CESSATION OF DIRECTORS DURING

THE YEAR 2023-24)

Cessations:

1.    Shri Brij Mohan Sharma was appointed as Executive Director w.e.f. 19.05.2021,by the Central Government u/s 9 (3) (a) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, up to the date of his attaining the age of superannuation (i.e.30.06.2023), or until further orders, whichever is earlier. He was superannuated on 30.06.2023.

2.    Shri Suchindra Misra was appointed as GOI Nominee Director w.e.f. 14.06.2016, by the Central Government u/s 9 (3) (b) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 with effect from the date of assumption of office or until further orders, whichever is earlier. He was cessated on 25.10.2023.

Appointments:

1.    Shri dra Kumar was appointed as Executive Director w.e.f. 09.10.2023, by the Central Government u/s 9 (3) (a) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 for a period of three years with effect from the date of assumption of office or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

2.    Shri Parshant Kumar Goyal was appointed as GOI

Nominee Director w.e.f. 25.10.2023, by the Central Government u/s 9 (3) (b) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 with effect from the date of assumption of office or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for

the year ended March 31, 2024, confirm the following:

•    That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

•    That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bank for the period.

•    That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing Banks in India for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

•    That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

•    Internal financial controls followed by the Bank are in accordance with guidelines and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

•    The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provision of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2023-24

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 24A of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 & SEBI Circular CIR/CFD/CMD1/27/2019 dated February 08, 2019, the Bank has appointed S. KEDARNATH & ASSOCIATES, Practicing Company Secretary (CP No. 4422) as the Secretarial Auditor for 2023-24 and their report addressed to the members of the Bank which forms part of this Annual Report is attached as an annexure to the Board's report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government authorities and the Reserve Bank of India for their valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to the Bank's Correspondents in India and abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all the Staff Members for their full support in the pursuit of organizational growth and excellence.

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Mar 31, 2021

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 52^nd Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31^st March, 2021 and Profit & Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2021.

A snapshot of Bank’s financial performance is given below:    (Rs. in Crore)

Particulars	Mar-20*	Mar-21
Global Deposits	625351	1010875
of which - Domestic Deposits	601664	963306
Overseas Deposits	23687	47569
Domestic Deposits	601664	963306
Current Account Deposits	26458	49131
Savings Bank Deposits	169749	281525
CASA Deposits	196207	330656
Domestic CASA to Domestic Deposits (%)	32.59	34.33
Global Advances	451223	675155
of which - Domestic Advances	426684	652558
Overseas Advances	24539	22597
Total Assets	723875	1153675
Net Interest Income (NII)	13124	24062
Other Income	7813	15285
of which - Fee Income	2685	5243
Forex Income	1115	1882
Trading Gains	758	3316
Recovery from written off accounts	1470	3032
NII + Other Income	20937	39347
Operating Expenses	11577	19338
Operating Profit	9360	20009
Provisions	11596	17452
of which - Provisions for NPAs & Bad debts written off	10655	14168
Profit Before Tax	(1756)	3708
Provision for Tax	480	1150
Net Profit	(2236)	2558

Figures are related to standalone Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period, hence not comparable with post amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

The global business of the Bank increased to '1686030 crore, with specific thrust on domestic business which grew to '1615864 crore as at March 2021. Domestic CASA deposits surged to '330656 crore with Savings Account deposits of '281525 crore and Current Account deposits of '49131 crore. Thus, domestic CASA improved to 34.33% as at March 2021.

Bank took various steps in respect of monitoring, control and maintaining asset quality. As on 31^st March 2021, the Gross NPA of the Bank is at 8.93% and Net NPA is at 3.82%. Cumulative Cash recovery including recovery in written off accounts stood at '10918 crore. Further the provision coverage ratio has improved to 79.68% compared to last year. The healthy CRAR of 13.18% highlights that the Bank is well cushioned for an organic growth in the coming quarters. In FY 2020-21, operating profit of the Bank stood at '20009 crore and net profit at '2558 crore.

Dividend

Bank is not eligible to pay dividend for the Financial Year 2020-21 on account of not meeting the eligibility criteria as stipulated by RBI for this purpose.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

GLOBAL ECONOMY

Global economic output is recovering from the collapse triggered by COVID-19, although it will remain below pre-pandemic trends for a prolonged period. The pandemic has exacerbated the risks associated with a decade-long wave of global debt accumulation. It is also likely to steepen the long-expected slowdown in potential growth over the next decade.

As per the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the world economy is expected to grow by 6% y-o-y in 2021 Calendar Year and moderate to 4.4% y-o-y in 2022 after contracting by 3.3% y-o-y in 2020 on account of economic disruptions ensued from onset of the pandemic. The global growth projection is on the back of fiscal stimulus in few large economies, wider rollout of vaccination, particularly in the second half of 2021 Calendar year and continued adaptation of economic activity to subdued mobility.

The strength of the recovery is projected to vary significantly across countries, depending on access to medical interventions, effectiveness of policy support, exposure to cross-country spill-overs, and structural characteristics entering the crisis.

INDIAN ECONOMY

The domestic economy contracted by 7.3% in FY 2020-21 due to the unprecedented disruption in economic activity of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. The nationwide lockdown and consequent standstill in business activities led to two consequent contractions in GDP growth rate in H1FY21. Growth momentum started picking up from 02FY21 onwards on the back of supportive fiscal & monetary policies and gradual easing of lockdown norms. However, as the second wave of the pandemic has again effected India, local lockdowns were in place in most of the states which is expected to slow down the recovery momentum in FY 2021-22. Keeping this in view, RBI has downgraded its growth projection for FY 2021-22 to 9.5% in its latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) statement from 10.5% as projected earlier.

The impact of the pandemic was disproportional across different sectors of the economy. While agricultural sector remained resilient in the face of the pandemic, services sector, being contact intensive was severely impacted. Manufacturing and construction sectors showed modest improvement in H2FY21 on the back of Government policy thrust on infrastructure development.

According to RBI's quarterly statistics on Deposits and Credit of SCBs, the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) credit growth (y-o-y) has decelerated to 5.6% in March 2021 as compared to 6.4% a year earlier, and aggregate deposits growth (y-o-y) accelerated to 12.3% in March 2021 from 9.5% a year ago.

However, the economic impact of the second wave is expected to be less severe as compared to the nationwide lockdown last year as lockdowns are localised in nature and there is acceleration in production and roll out of vaccination across the country. Rural demand is likely to remain resilient in view of good harvest and the prospects of a near normal monsoon forecast for 2021 by the India Meteorological Department. Services sector, being contact intensive, may remain subdued till broader normalisation of economic activities in the country. Industrial sector is expected to pick up pace with consumption demand gaining pace, particularly in H2FY22.

Going forward, GDP growth is expected to pick up pace with acceleration in vaccination drive, strengthening of healthcare infrastructure with support from a strengthening external demand in the global economy. Economic growth momentum is expected to strengthen in the second half of FY 2021-22 with recovery in economic activity becoming broader based across the different sectors of the economy, provided Covid spread is under check.

KEY POLICY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Since the onset of the pandemic from March 2020 onwards, RBI and Central Govt. of India have acted swiftly through a number of conventional and unconventional policy measures to contain the impact of the pandemic and ensuring financial stability, sufficient systemic liquidity and flow of credit to priority sectors of the economy.

RBI has reduced the policy repo rate by 115 bps to 4.00% since the start of the lockdown in 2020 and reduction in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) requirements by 100 bps to 3.0% of Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) which has now been restored to its pre-pandemic level of 4% of NDTL, effective May 22, 2021. Other measures are increase in marginal standing facility (MSF) borrowing from 2% of statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) to 3% and Open Market Operations (OMOs) including long term repo operations (LTROs), on-tap TLTROs aimed at specific sectors, Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) and postponement of implementation of prudential norms such as the capital conservation buffer (CCB) and the net stable funding ratio (NSFR), along with easing of liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirement.

In view of the need to support viable MSME entities on account of the fallout of COVID-19, the scheme of one-time restructuring of loans to MSMEs without an asset classification downgrade, was extended where the borrower's account was a 'standard asset' as on March 1, 2020 and the aggregate exposure of banks and NBFCs was not more than '25 crore. The restructuring had to be implemented by March 31, 2021, subject to certain conditions. The resolution framework 2.0 was introduced in recent monetary policy with enhancement of limit from '25 crore to '50 crore, subject to certain conditions.

Keeping in view the emerging economic conditions in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic, the central Bank has announced additional measures in its unscheduled special announcement on 5^th May 2021 including term liquidity facility of '50,000 crore to ease access to emergency health services, Special Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) for Small Finance Banks (SFBs) and exemption to banks for extending credit to MSME borrowers and relaxation in resolution framework for COVID related stressed assets of individuals, small businesses and MSMEs. Further, in its June 2021 meeting of MPC, RBI has announced on-tap liquidity window of '15,000 crore for contact intensive services sector and a special liquidity facility of '16,000 crore to SIDBI.

FY 2020-21 also witnessed expansionary fiscal policy of the Central Government like '20 lakh crore Aatmanirbhar Bharat yojana, special package for MSME and agricultural sector and moratorium on loan instalments from 1^st March 2020 to 31^st August 2020 to reduce stress on borrowers. The Union Budget for FY 2021-22 as announced on 1^st February, 2021 has given a thrust on infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture, housing and the rural economy. Major budget outlays have been provided for infrastructure development with allocation of '5.54 lakh crore, '2.23 lakh crore for development of health infrastructure, '20000 crore for recapitalisation of PSBs, '15700 crore for MSMEs and income tax deductions for affordable housing projects along with many other initiatives to support economy.

STEPS TAKEN BY THE BANK AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Banking sector in India underwent a paradigm shift in FY 2020-21, in terms of operating models in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. Banks had to swiftly recalibrate their business processes to the pandemic protocols and restrictions to provide uninterrupted service to the customers while ensuring safety of both customers and employees.

Canara Bank as a responsible organization discharged the duties duly following the Covid-19 guidelines by taking required measures and taking it as utmost priority to safeguard the health of the customers as well as the employees.

In this regard, quick response teams and help desks have been setup at HO / CO / RO level, staggered working hours / rotation / work from home is being practiced as a part of Business continuity plan, immediate assistance of '1 lakh in case of hospitalization where cashless facility not available and interest free loan up to one month gross salary to meet medical expenses incurred, over and above the permissible insurance limit is being provided.

Bank is also arranging vaccination camps and quarantine facilities in tie-up with various hotels for the safety and proper medical care of the employees.

Digital channels have been used effectively to make the banking services available to the customers and services of Business Correspondents was stepped up along with doorstep banking services.

The Bank ensured that all its alternate delivery channels work uninterrupted. Further, foreseeing the depth of pandemic crisis, the Bank has taken all precautionary initiatives to ensure continuity in operations. The Bank has a Disaster Recovery site which is capable of handling the CBS and other functions of the Bank. In case of closure of Data Centre due to any unforeseen reasons, Bank will function from the Disaster Recovery Site.

The details of the financial impact of the pandemic are provided in the Notes on Account Section. As per the detailing, going forward, there would not be any significant impact on the Bank's financials.

OUTLOOK FOR 2021-22

Given the slowdown in economic recovery process in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic, the growth outlook is subdued for the near term and stable for the medium term. The economic growth momentum is expected to pick up in the H2FY22 with easing of localised lockdown norm across the states, expected broader normalization of economic activities and with wider rollout of vaccination process. The fiscal and monetary policy support will remain growth supportive in the coming year. The credit growth is expected to pick up in tandem with economic recovery.

The banking sector continues to serve as the backbone of the economy ensuring smooth recovery path. To strive for better performance in the coming years, the Bank gives thrust on shoring up of CASA while consciously reducing the reliance on bulk deposits. The Bank focuses on balanced advance portfolio with proper mix of retail, agriculture, MSME and corporate credit. The Bank has provided hundred per cent guaranteed MSME lending to give unrelenting support to this segment in tandem with government guidelines. The Bank takes adequate efforts for NPA management with ardent credit monitoring, contain fresh slippages and strengthen recovery efforts.

The Bank will continue to strive for process and product improvements in view of changing requirements and circumstances. In the coming years, the Bank looks forward for leveraging amalgamation benefits for maximizing the efficiency and productivity.

CANARA BANK IN 2020-21

Canara Bank has remained resilient through the challenging times of the pandemic and has recorded good performance across all business parameters for the financial year ending March 2021. The Bank has achieved record 45% q-o-q growth in net profit to '1010 crore in 04FY21 and '2558 crore for the full FY 2020-21. The Bank has achieved robust growth in its major thrust areas, viz. balanced growth, optimal resource mobilization, robust fee income, expanding retail assets, including Agriculture, Housing and other retail segments, and improving asset quality.

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

During FY 2020-21, the global business of the Bank stood at '1686030 crore with global deposits at '1010875 crore and global advances at '675155 crore.

A snapshot of business growth in FY 2020-21

(' in Crore’

Particulars    Mar-20*    Mar-21

Global Deposits    625351    1010875

of which - Domestic

601664    963306

Deposits

Overseas Deposits    23687    47569

Domestic Deposits    601664    963306

Current Account Deposits    26458    49131

Savings Bank Deposits    169749    281525

CASA Deposits    196207    330656

Domestic CASA to Domestic    „„ „„

32.59    34.33

Deposits (%)

Global Advances    451223    675155

of which - Domestic

426684    652558

Advances

Overseas Advances    24539    22597

Total Assets    723875    1153675

*Figures are related to standalone Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period, hence not comparable with post amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

 

Deposits

Total Deposits stood at '1010875 crore as on March 2021. Domestic CASA deposits of the Bank is at '330656 crore as on March 2021 with Savings deposits at '281525 crore and Current deposits at '49131 crore. The Bank's domestic CASA deposits share to domestic deposits stood at 34.33%.

The focus on premier CASA products, like, Canara Galaxy, Canara Privilege, Canara Payroll, SB Powerplus and NRI accounts were given to improve the average balances under CASA. Total deposit clientele of the Bank stood at 10.41 crore as at 31^st March, 2021.

Advances

The Bank expanded its asset base in a well-diversified manner encompassing sectors such as Agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as well as keeping a focus on other retail assets, including Housing, Education, and Vehicle loans.

Advances (Gross) of the Bank reached '675155 crore as at March 2021. The number of borrowal clientele stood at 1.01 crore as at March 2021. Total business of the Bank increased to '1686030 crore for the year ended March 2021.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Operating profit of the Bank stood at '20009 crore for FY 2020-21. Bank reported a net Profit of '2558 crore for FY 2020-21. Net Interest income of the Bank stood at '24062 crore. NIM stood at 2.75% and Yield on Advances at 7.73%.

Key Financial Ratios (%)	Mar-20*	Mar-21
Cost of Funds	5.12	4.09
Yield on Funds	6.99	6.26
Cost of Deposits	5.57	4.52
Yield on Advances	8.18	7.73
Net Interest Margin (NIM)	2.29	2.75
Return on Assets (RoA)	(0.32)	0.23
Return on Equity (RoE)	(8.05)	6.71
Cost to Income Ratio	55.30	49.15

*Figures relating to standalone / consolidated Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period are not comparable with post-amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

Income and Expenditure Analysis

During the year, total income is at '84525 crore, comprising '50405 crore interest from advances, '16859 crore interest from investments, '15285 crore from non-interest income and '1976 crore from other interest income.

Operating performance of the Bank    (' in Crore)

Key Financial Ratios (%)	Mar-20*	Mar-21
Interest Earned	48935	69240
Interest Expended	35811	45178
Net Interest Income (NII)	13124	24062
Other Income	7813	15285
of which - Fee Income	2685	5243
Forex Income	1115	1882
Trading Gains	758	3316
Recovery from Written Off Account	1470	3032
Operating Income (NII + Other Income)	20937	39347
Operating Expenses	11577	19338
Employee Expenses	7134	12690
Other Operating Expenses	4443	6648
Operating Profit	9360	20009
Provisions	11596	17451
of which - Provisions for NPAs & Bad debts written off	10655	14167
Provision for Standard Advances	379	1
Provision for Depreciation on Investment	(278)	427
Provision for Income Tax	480	1150
Other Provisions	359	1706
Profit Before Tax	(1756)	3708
Provision for Tax	480	1150
Net Profit	(2236)	2558

*Figures relating to standalone / consolidated Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period are not comparable with post-amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

In line with the thrust areas for the Bank, non-interest income (Excl. Trading profit) is at '11969 crore. Apart from trading profit, other major sources of non-interest income, like, service charges ('2806 crore), commission and exchange ('1146 crore), recovery from written off accounts ('3032 crore) and profit from exchange transaction ('1882 crore) contributed to the non-interest income of the Bank. The share of non-interest income to total income stood at 18.08%.

Total expenditure of the Bank stood at '64516 crore in FY 2020-21. Interest expenses of the Bank is at '45178 crore. Operating expenses is at '19338 crore, comprising staff cost of '12690 crore and other operating expenses of '6648 crore.

Due to the decrease in interest rates, the Bank's cost of deposits is at 4.52%. The net interest income, the difference between interest paid and interest earned by the Bank, is at '24062 crore.

Capital and Reserves

Networth of the Bank, as at March 2021 stood at '39814.26 crore. While the total paid-up capital of the Bank stood at '1646.74 crore, the reserves and surplus at '57238.19 crore.

Composition of Capital March 2020* March 2021 (' in Crore)    Basel III    Basel III

Risk Weighted Asset    360906    530012

CETI    33881    45624

CET I (%)    9.39%    8.61%

AT I    2648    7813

AT I (%)    0.73%    1.47%

Tier I Capital    36529    53437

CRAR (%) (Tier I)    10.12%    10.08%

Tier II Capital    12727    16407

CRAR (%) (Tier II)    3.53%    3.10%

Total Capital    49257    69844

CRAR (%)    13.65%    13.18%

*Figures relating to standalone / consolidated Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period are not comparable with post-amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

Capital Adequacy Ratio, under Basel III was 13.18% as at March 2021 against the regulatory requirement of 10.875%, including capital conservation buffer of 1.875%. Within the capital adequacy ratio, CET I ratio was at 8.61% and Tier I capital ratio was at 10.08%.

During the Financial Year 2020-21, Bank has raised capital via Basel III compliant additional Tier 1 Bond amounting to '2936.10 crore and equity through QIP of '2000 crore and thereby Government of India shareholding in the Bank is 69.33% as on 31.03.2021.

RETAIL LENDING OPERATIONS

In line with the thrust areas set for the year, the Bank's retail lending operations recorded good performance. The retail portfolio of the Bank increased to '115312 crore as on 31^st March. 2021. The share of retail loans stood at 17.67% as of 31^st March, 2021 of domestic advances ('652558 crore). This was possible as the Bank constantly strives to provide seamless credit delivery to customers in a hassle free manner.

(' in Crore)
Retail Segments	As at March
	2020*	2021
1. Housing	39611	64326
2. Vehicle	10446	13713
3. Other Personal	20320	24834
4. Education	9423	12439
Core Retail Loans (1+2+3+4)	79800	115312

*Figures relating to standalone / consolidated Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period are not comparable with post-amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

Education Loans

Over the years, the Bank has assisted substantial number of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The Bank's education loan portfolio increased to '12439 crore as at March 2021. The Bank has financed around 3.70 lakh students as at March 2021. During FY 2020-21, the Bank has disbursed education loans worth '1639 crore.

Among all Nationalized Banks, our Bank is in the forefront in extending education loans. Further, considering the huge thrust on skill development in recent years, "IBA Skill Loan Scheme" has been implemented to support skill development initiatives of Department of Financial Services (DFS).

The Bank has a special education loan scheme namely "Vidya Turant", Collateral free Education loans for the meritorious students who are admitted to premier institutes such as IITs, IIMs, ISB etc up to a limit of '40 Lacs with concessional rate of Interest, Bridge Loan Scheme namely "Vidya Sahay" to assist the needy and meritorious students who are in need of the down payment to be made to the CET / Counselling Authorities at the time of selection / counselling and "Vidya Shakthi", education loan scheme for the PWD category of students including expenses for specially designed equipment's for differently abled persons with concessional interest rate.

PRIORITY SECTOR ADVANCES

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, micro, small and medium enterprises, education, housing, social infrastructure, renewable energy, microcredit, credit to weaker sections and specified minority communities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2021 reached '304803 crore and achieved 44.14% to Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 40% mandated norm.

Priority Sector    (' in Crore)

Priority Sector Advances	As at March
	2020*	2021
Total Priority Sector	203029	304803
Agriculture	97043	155990

*Figures relating to standalone / consolidated Canara Bank financial results for pre-amalgamation period are not comparable with post-amalgamation financial results for the year ended 31^st March, 2021.

With a focus on credit delivery to Agriculture, the Bank's advances under agriculture portfolio was '155990 crore, covering over 1 crore farmers. Under agriculture lending, the Bank achieved 18.56% to ANBC against 18% mandated norm. During FY 2020-21, the Bank's agriculture credit disbursal is at '136978 crore.

Advances to Small & Marginal Farmers achieved 11.23% to ANBC as against the mandatory Target of 8% (Net of PSLC-SF/MF sale) as at March 2021.

During the year, the Bank issued 17.25 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), amounting to '27480 crore. The credit outstanding under KCCs was at '38994 crore as at March 2021. 16.28 lakh Kisan RuPay Cards were issued against eligible accounts of 16.88 lakh, with an achievement of 96.44%.

Advances to Micro Enterprises (Priority) stood at '53791 crore achieving 9.25% to ANBC as against the mandatory Target of 7.5%.

The Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme, Stand Up India, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).

As at March 2021, the outstanding advances under the following Government Schemes, aggregated to '28998 crore, involving around 20.85 lakh beneficiaries. Performance under various Government Sponsored Schemes:

(' in Crore)
Scheme	Mar-21
	Accounts	Amount
Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)	37324	1672
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)	135495	3432
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)	17517	197
Differential Rate of Interest	111783	96
Stand Up India	6336	1176
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)	1776195	22425
Total	2084650	28998

Advances to DRI stood at '96 crore, consisting of 1.12 lakh beneficiaries, of which, advances by rural and semi-urban branches amounted to '75 crore. In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Bank's advances to SCs / STs beneficiaries amounted to '14175 crore as at March 2021, covering 8.28 lakh borrowers. The advances to SCs / STs comprised 4.65% of total priority sector advances. Advances to weaker sections reached '150737 crore, constituting 17.66% to ANBC against mandated norm of 10%.

Various components of advances to Weaker Sections as at March 2021:

(' in Crore)
Sector	Outstanding
	Accounts	Amount
Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers	8368878	113328
Artisans, Village and Cottage Industries	421150	11540
SC / ST Beneficiaries	828404	14175
DRI Loan	111783	96
Self Help Group	343290	10156
Joint Liability Group	68064	1442

As at March 2021, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to '51773 crore, accounting for 17.04% of the actual priority sector advances against the stipulated 15% norm.

MICRO SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMEs)

Advances to MSMEs increased to '108334 crore as at March 2021, Credit to M&SE segments rose to '94822 crore. In order to increase credit flow to this segment and in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in FY 2020-21, the Bank has launched various need based schemes and products catering to the needs of the specific segments such as:

V GECL Schemes (GECL 1.0 & GECL 2.0) - To existing Business Enterprises / MSMEs / PMMY Customers to build up current assets and to meet operational liabilities and restart the business as per communication received from M/s NCGTC Ltd from time to time.

S CGSSD - CGSSD (Credit Guarantee Scheme for Subordinate Debt) has been launched on 31.07.2020 to provide guarantee coverage for the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Subordinate Debt to provide Sub-Debt support in respect of restructuring of MSMEs. The scheme is valid till 30.09.2021.

S PM SVANidhi- This scheme has been introduced during July 2020 for all street vendors engaged in vending in urban areas as on or before 24.03.2020 as per identification criteria stipulated in scheme guidelines of MoHUA. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the implementation partner of the MoHUA.

S Based on RBI Notification RBI/2020-21/17 DOR. No.BP.BC.4/21.04.048/2020-21 dated 06-08-2020, Wing has extended an OTR Scheme to MSME loans under standard asset category as at 01.03.2020 with exposure up to '25 crore, to be implemented by

31.03.2021.

S PRSF (Partial Risk Sharing Facility) - This scheme has been approved for implementation vide orders of the Board dated 01.12.2020 to finance the eligible MSEs towards execution of energy efficient projects, in line with the PRSF scheme of SIDBI.

Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the Bank sanctioned an amount of '13210.29 crore against the target of '12800 crore during FY 2020-21. Sanctions and disbursals under different categories of Mudra Yojana are as under:

Category	As on 31.03.2021 (' in Crore)
	No. of Accounts	Sanction Amount	Disbur sement Amount	Out standing Amount
Shishu (<50,000)	722608	1486.91	1479.12	1034.53
Kishore (Above 50,000 -5 Lakhs)	272283	6041.41	5994.12	4901.41
Tarun (Above 5 Lakhs to 10 Lakhs)	68645	5681.97	5644.15	4515.38
Total	1063536	13210.29	13117.39	10451.32

Major Highlights

>    Under stand up India, the Bank Sanctioned 4196 accounts to the tune of '929 crore.

> During FY 2020-21, under PMEGP the Bank sanctioned 7985 proposals amounting to '750 crore, with total margin money claimed stood at '281 crore.

>    With respect to PSB Loans in 59 minutes, the Bank is one of the top performers on this portal with 31014 in-principal sanctions since the inception till

31.03.2021.

>    Under PM Svanidhi, the Bank sanctioned 159682 accounts amounting to '159.68 crore.

> Under RBI Onetime Restructuring Scheme-III (Accounts restructured under RBI Circular dated 06.08.2020) 45540 accounts have been restructured amounting to '1799 crore till 31.03.2021.

>    GECL SCHEME

1)    Under ECLGS 1.0, 475420 sanctions amounting to '9973 crore were made & 451332 accounts amounting to '9577 crore disbursed till

31.03.2021.

2)    Under ECLGS 2.0, 98 sanctions were made amounting to '921 crore & 98 accounts were disbursed amounting to '806 crore till

31.03.2021.

>    CCS-19 (Canara Credit Support to Covid-19 Affected Customers) Scheme - Bank has made 78372 disbursements of '2011 crore till 31.03.2021.

>    Under TReDS Platform, our Bank has discounted 2966 Bills amounting to '653.16 crore during FY 2020-21.

DIGITAL BANKING &ALTERNATE DELIVERY CHANNELS

The Bank has 13452 number of ATMs as on March

2021. The Bank's EMV debit card base is at 4.08 crore.

The e-transaction ratio stood at 88.73% as at March 2021.

The number of registered users under Mobile Banking

is at 81.25 lakhs and Net Banking registered users is at

1.61 crore as at March 2021.

During COVID19 we ensured more than 91% uptime of ATMs. We made publicity at Social media platforms and through our ATM screens, sensitizing customers to bank from home and go digital. Posters highlighting Mobile Banking features were displayed at ATM lobbies. SMS was sent to active customers, promoting to use ATMs/ Mobile Banking / Internet Banking and other available Digital modes.

Security features to arrest ATM frauds

>    Safety measures mandated by RBI (i.e. Terminal Security Solution, Anti-skimming Devices, EMV compliance) have been successfully implemented in all our operational ATM's within the timelines.

>    All ATMs are migrated for centralised reconciliation.

>    Implemented Card less Cash Withdrawal and OTP for cash withdrawal above '10,000/-.

Security measures taken for Card transaction security for avoiding online frauds

As per RBI guideline, Enhancing Security of Card transactions for Debit Card & Credit Card, enabling and disabling card for online and international transactions is enabled in all channels like Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, ATM and branch channel.

New functionalities introduced in Mobile Banking App “CANDI” during 2020-21

>    Payment through default IFS Code (Default IFSC will come while making payment through MB).

>    Self-account payment inside Mobile Banking through other account.

>    Flight / Bus tickets booking, Donations and other lifestyle payments.

New functionalities introduced in Internet Banking during 2020-21

>    Opening of DEMAT A/c & Trading account.

>    Digilocker facility.

>    Forex transactions for retail customers.

Important initiatives taken by the Bank to improve customer service at various levels

>    Canara Un-secured Personal Loan - Bank has introduced end to end digital lending platform for extending online unsecured personal loan facility for existing customers. Customers can avail loans upto '1 Lakh using this online facility. The platform facilitates the Digital Stamping, execution and signing of document.

>    Canara Shishu Mudra Loan - Bank has implemented Online Shishu Mudra loan facility as part of its Digital lending initiative. Customers can avail loans upto '50,000 using this online platform.

>    Online Partial withdrawal of Fixed Deposit - Our

customers had been provided with a facility to open / close fixed deposits online. As an additional functionality, we have recently enabled online partial redemption facility for the deposit accounts opened.

>    Introduction of Public Provident Fund (PPF) services-

PPF services such as Account Opening, Subscription etc. were introduced under Internet Banking and Mobile Banking for the benefit of our customers.

>    Introduction of Sukanya Samriddhi services -

Facilities such as Account Opening, Subscription etc. related to SSA have been integrated in our Internet and Mobile Banking channels.

>    Introduction of Senior Citizen savings scheme services of GOI online through OMNI Channel platform - to cater specifically to the needs of Senior Citizen.

>    Online application for Kisan Vikas Patra(KVP) account enabled in Omni Channel.

>    Online Facility to apply for Gold loan at branches was introduced. This facilitates customers to initiate a gold loan application process with all details such as ornament details / land details etc. and letting them know the eligible amount. Customers could then walk into the branch to pledge the gold for the branch officials to complete the loan processing.

>    Online application facility for KCC Loan and KCC renewal - has also been facilitated similar to gold loan application process.

>    Online application facility for Credit Card - The

functionality was introduced to facilitate customers to apply for credit card via online channels.

>    Foreign outward remittance services - Via integration of CPCFT in corporate Internet Banking, forex services have been enabled for our Corporate Internet Banking customers.

>    Introduction of Lead Management System and integration with Internet & Mobile Banking Channels. The integration has facilitated customers as well as non-customers to register their interests in any of the products of the Bank. The LMS system of the Bank is integrated with the Bank's marketing wing/ call centre as well as branch network. Customers can schedule a call back for details of the product as well as assistance.

>    CPPS (Central Positive Pay System) was enabled in our Internet & Mobile Banking channels. The facility enables customers to submit required details of their cheques issued via online channels without visiting the Branch.

> Integration of Doorstep Banking services with Internet & Mobile Banking channels.

>    Online application and policy issuance facility were introduced for Personal accident cover, Online application for Home Insurance, Online application for Health insurance and Online application for Travel insurance.

>    Digilocker facility has been integrated in the Bank's Internet & Mobile Banking Channels.

>    NACH mandate cancellation facility via Internet & Mobile Banking channels has been enabled.

>    De-mat & Online Trading Account Opening has been enabled through Omni Channel Net Banking.

>    Opening of e-Insurance account with NSDL has been enabled through OMNI Channel.

>    As part of Bank's endeavor to secure the card transactions for its customers, following Card Management services has been enabled through Mobile as well as OMNI Channel solution.

S Credit / Debit / Pre-paid Card management through Net Banking and Mobile Banking platform

S Limit Management for Debit / Credit / Pre-paid Cards for POS / ATM / E-commerce transactions

S Switching on / off the usage of Credit / Debit / Pre-paid Card

S Switching on / off NFC features for Credit / Debit Card

S Temporary or permanent blocking of card

S Switching On / Off the International usage of the card

S Generation of Card PIN through Mobile and Net Banking

S Digital Calendar - Bank has integrated Digital Calendar for its customers through Website, Mobile Banking and Internet Banking Platforms. This calendar provides List of Holidays for specific state / territory.

>    In-app Notification

S Now the Customers can get notification about various information through Mobile Banking Application.

S Promotional messages can be delivered through In-App Notification features.

S Debit / Credit Messages can also be delivered through this facility.

>    BMTC UPI OR Scan Pay - This facility has been made available for BMTC buses running in Bangalore City. Using this facility customers can pay for Bus fares through UPI based system.

>    AP-GSWS (Gram Sachivalaya Ward Sachivalaya) 30 Govt bill payment

S This service is specifically implemented for Andhra Pradesh State Government using UPI based dynamic OR facility.

S Using these services 30 Government Department Bills can be paid by the customers.

>    Cardless cash withdrawal through ATM facilitating Customers to withdraw Cash without using any card in all ATMs of Canara Bank. When customer makes a request in Mobile Banking platform for cardless withdrawal, using the secured authentication mechanism, the cash can be withdrawn at Canara Bank ATMs without using any Card.

>    Canara Video KYC

>    Canara Bank has implemented Canara DiYA functionality for online account opening process using Aadhaar based authentication. The account opened through Diya is non-CDD (Customer Due Diligence) To make the account of customers fully complied with KYC norms, Bank has launched Video KYC facility.

>    Online Debit Card Request facilitating Customers to place the request for Personalized debit card request through online portal.

>    Marketing officers can visit Customers' Home / office address to open instant accounts through TAB Banking.

>    Online update of PAN & Communication Address:

Facilitating customers to update their PAN / Communication Address via Internet and Mobile Banking. Prior to successful updation, the system verifies and matches the details provided by customer with the issuing authority.

>    The new services have been added in Bank's Tab based Financial Inclusion Solution like Cheque Status Enquiry, Stop Payment of cheque, PPF module, Sukanya Samridhi Yojana, Pass Book Updation, E-KYC Account opening, IMPS transactions and Loan Remittance functionality.

Document Management System

Our Bank has embarked upon the Document Management System (DMS) project to digitalize the various Banking operations. DMS includes digitalization of documents including work-low automation, centralized storage, Content Management system and secure accessing of documents, solution to physical storage management etc.

DMS, with work-flow automation, provides solution to various facets related to creation, storage, indexing and retrieving of digital files. Key benefits of DMS are Centralization and Management of Documents, Increased Operational Efficiency, Reduced physical Storage Space, Enhanced Security, Go green initiative and reduced paper usage.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

As a part of financial inclusion drive, the Bank makes its products and services available to financially excluded and marginalized sections of the society. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been proactive in financial inclusion efforts, with key interventions, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive & intensive use of technology and advocacy of financial literacy.

S The Bank has 1123 Financial Inclusion (FI) Branches under branch model and also engaged 9129 Business Correspondent Agents (BCAs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model.

S Bank formed 'Canara Financial Advisory Trust' to take care of the affairs of the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of the Bank as well as the FLCs promoted by the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by the Bank. The Bank has 152 FLCs in districts & blocks level across the country, managed by the Counsellors (retired bankers).

S Bank opened 138.47 lakh accounts under PMJDY.

S Covered all allotted 10049 villages comprising of 3962 allotted SSAs and 3371 Urban wards by opening of 1123 brick & mortar branches and engaging 5267 Business Correspondent Agents (Bank Mitras) at remaining locations.

S Under social security schemes launched by the Government of India during the year, following enrolments have been made under PMJJBY & PMSBY.

Scheme Enrolments including Renewals as at March 2021

(In Lakhs)

Scheme Enrolments including Renewal	As at March 2021
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)	53.00
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)	144.17
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)	24.63

S Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the outstanding number of accounts as on 31^st March 2021 is 104296 accounts.

AADHAAR Enrolments Updation Centres

The Bank is a Registrar and Enrolment Agency for Aadhaar Enrolment. As per UIDAI guidelines, the Bank have to establish ASKs at 10% of the Bank branch premises. Accordingly, Bank has established 1494 ASKs, comprising of 1201 centres for the Bank and 293 centres for the 4 sponsored RRBs (KAGB 116, KGB 62, KVGB 62 & APGB 53).

Empowering Women

Women Empowerment Section at Head office and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at 24 Circle Offices and 176 Regional offices across the country are working relentlessly towards economic empowerment of women. These CEDWs have reached potential    entrepreneurs, undertaken counselling,

supported their training needs, provided finance and arranged marketing facilities. A total of 486 Programmes were organized by the CEDWs during FY 2020-21.

Lead Bank Responsibility

As on 31.03.2021, Our Bank has been assigned with:

•    State Level Banker's Committee (SLBC) Convenorship in two states i.e. Karnataka and Kerala and Union Territory Level Banker's Committee (UTLBC) Convenorship in Lakshadweep.

•    Lead    Bank responsibility in 60 districts

across 8 states and 2 Union Territories viz. Andhra Pradesh (5), Bihar (1), Delhi (3), Haryana (3), Lakshadweep (1), Karnataka (15), Kerala (7), Tamil Nadu (7), Telangana (4) & Uttar Pradesh (14) comes under 14 Circles of the Bank.

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS

The Bank has 4 overseas branches, viz., London (U.K), Hong Kong, New York (U.S.A) and Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai (UAE). Besides the above 4 overseas branches, the Bank has a Representative Office at Sharjah (UAE), Canara Bank (Tanzania) Ltd., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary at Dar-es Salaam in Tanzania and Commercial Indo Bank LLC, a Joint Venture with State Bank of India in Moscow, Russia.

Total business of the overseas branches aggregated to '70,166 crore comprising of Deposits of '47,569 crore and Advances of '22,597 crore as at the end of the financial year 2021. Overseas Business constituted 4.16% of the Bank's global business. As per the rationalisation plan for overseas branches, Bank has closed Johannesburg Branch in South Africa during the Financial Year. During the Financial Year, Bank has decided to divest its stake in CIBL to SBI, the majority stake holder and close its operations in Hong Kong.

ASSET QUALITY

Gross NPA of the Bank is at 8.93% ('60288 crore) and Net NPA is at 3.82% ('24442 crore) as at March 2021. The cumulative Cash Recovery including Recovery in written off accounts during FY 2020-21 was at '10918 crore. Upgradation for FY 2020-21 was at '2407 crore. Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) is at 79.68% as at March 2021. Slippage has been contained during the year to '17885 crore.

During FY 2020-21, 1596 properties were sold amounting '1021.63 crore and 2927 accounts were settled / closed / upgraded amounting '826.76 crore on account of initiating actions under the SARFAESI Act. The Bank conducted 1152 Recovery Meets during FY 2020-21 that has resulted in recovery of '4501 crore. In FY 2020-21, 212023 cases were settled, covering an OTS amount of '7730 crore. In FY 2020-21, 11030 cases were referred to Lok Adalat, out of which, 2264 cases were settled, covering an amount of '31.13 crore. Besides, the Bank took several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from overdue loan accounts. These include, conduct of Can Adalats at branch level, cluster adalats at Regional level and mega adalats at Circle level for one time settlements (OTS), Lok Adalats at district level, regular follow-up of overdue in loan accounts through Call Centre, conduct of e-auctions for sale of seized assets and initiation of stringent recovery measures against Wilful Defaulters. As on March 2021, there were 971 wilful defaulters with an outstanding amount of '11272 crore.

The Bank has initiated resolution process in respect of 390 Cases by referring to NCLT / filing our claim as at 31.03.2021 and is expecting substantial recovery through resolution during FY 2021-22. In FY 2020-21, recoveries amounting to '2360.94 crore were done in NCLT referred accounts. The Bank has also formulated various special OTS Schemes for settlement of small value NPAs in agriculture NPA, Education loans, tractor loans and other farm mechanisation, etc.

As on March 2021, the outstanding stressed assets portfolio (including restructured standard accounts) of the Bank stood at '66887 crore, accounting for 9.91% of gross advances.

RISK MANAGEMENT

BASEL III Capital Adequacy Framework and Future Strategies

An independent Risk Management Wing at the Head Office is functioning as a nodal centre for overall implementation of various risk management initiatives across the Bank. Risk Management Sections are functioning at all 24 Circle Offices of the Bank as an extended arms of the Risk Management Wing. The Bank has in place risk management policies across geographies and across all risks encompassing the entire gamut of risk profile. These include policies on Credit Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Asset Liability Management and Group Risk Management. The Bank has in place an Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) under Pillar 2 of Basel III norms complying with SREP guidelines. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic and overseas operations of the Bank, Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures, Sponsored Entities and Associates. Stress testing exercise is also performed by the Bank to ascertain the potential risks faced by the Bank. The ICAAP document is reviewed and approved by the Risk Management Committee of the Board and the Board of Directors. The Bank has a Board Level Sub-Committee for Capital Planning Process. The Committee articulates macroeconomic scenarios vis-a-vis capital requirements of the Bank, in tune with business strategies. The Committee ensures maintenance of appropriate level of Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) and evaluates various options for raising the capital.

Adoption of Advanced Approaches under Basel III

In an endeavour to move towards Advanced Approaches under Basel III for computation of capital for Credit, Market and Operational Risks, the Bank had engaged

the services of a Consultant for implementation of Enterprise-wide Integrated Risk Management solution for itself and the Group Entities, so as to build requisite risk management framework. As a pre-requisite for the implementation of Enterprise wide Integrated Risk Management architecture, the Bank has procured a Risk Solution that would enable it to meet requirements of Advanced Measurement Approaches. The Bank has submitted Letters of Intent to RBI for adoption of Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approach for calculation of capital charge for Credit Risk, Internal Models Approach for calculation of capital charge for Market Risk and Advanced Measurement Approach for calculation of capital charge for Operational Risk.

Preparedness for Basel III

The final guidelines on Basel III Capital Regulations became effective from 1^st April, 2013. As per RBI guidelines, the transitional period for full implementation of Basel III Capital regulations are extended up to 01.10.2021. The banks in India need to maintain a minimum Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital of 5.50%, Tier 1 capital of 7.00%, total capital of 9.00% and Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB) of 2.50% from 01.10.2021 onwards. The banks also have to maintain a minimum Tier 1 Leverage Ratio of 3.50% as a credible supplementary measure to the risk based capital requirements. The Bank endeavors to remain adequately capitalized. The Bank has adequate headroom to raise capital from the market, including recapitalization support from the Government of India. Going forward, the Bank's capital requirement shall be met by injecting fresh equity capital, retention of profits, optimization of business levels, proactive capital planning and management.

Credit Risk Management

The Credit Risk management process outlines the principles, standards and approach for credit risk management at the Bank. Systems, procedures, controls and measures are in place to actively manage the credit risks, optimize resources and protect the Bank against adverse credit situations. In order to comprehensively address the issues and concerns of the Credit Risk, the Bank has put in place a comprehensive Credit Risk Management Policy. A robust system for Internal rating (on internally developed models) of the borrowers, appraisal of loan / credit proposals, including seeking adequate information for appraising the viability of the proposal and creditworthiness of the applicant for

sanctioning credit limits, well defined credit approval process and authorization matrix, standards for collateral management, credit monitoring, restructuring of advances, MSME and Off Balance Sheet Exposures, is followed. Risk Acceptance, Risk Measurement, Prudential Exposure Norms, Organizational Structure, Strategies and Operational Process are in place. In order to address the credit risk at portfolio level and the issue of concentration risk, the Policy prescribes fixation of various exposure ceilings. Risk Based Pricing is in tune with the Risk profile of the borrower to generate returns to achieve targeted RoA and NIM.

The Bank has a Loan Review Mechanism for constantly evaluating the overall performance of the borrowal accounts and for bringing about qualitative improvements in credit administration, monitoring and credit audit. The entire process of the Loan review and monitoring is duly administered by the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing.

Market Risk Management

The Market Risk framework of the Bank aims at restricting loss from all types of market risk loss events and also to establish limit structure and triggers for various market risk factors. Exposure limits, such as, Stop Loss Limits on Trading Book, Intraday and Overnight Limit for various Currency Positions, Dealer-wise Limits, Aggregate Gap Limit, Limits on Money Market Operations, Modified Duration Limits for investment portfolio and VaR Limits are fixed to act as risk mitigants / triggers. Mid Office of Risk Management Wing monitors these limits, along with other triggers, on a daily basis. A reporting framework has been put in place for effective and timely monitoring of market risk limits and triggers.

Operational Risk Management

Operational Risk Management framework in the Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and strong operating procedures, involving corporate values, internal control culture, effective internal reporting and contingency planning. The Bank has adopted polices for management of Operational Risk, which covers various aspects, such as, Operational Risk Management Structure, Outsourcing Activities and Business Continuity Plan. At present, the Bank is in the process of migration

Basic Indicator Approach (BIA). The Bank has already put in place Incident Management module for timely reporting of incidents, Review of Key Risk Indicators (KRI), Conducting of Risk Control & Self Assessment (RCSA) workshops and Scenario Analysis workshops to compute capital charge for Operational Risk.

Asset Liability Management

Within the policy framework, the Board of the Bank has set up Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO), which is entrusted, inter alia, with the role of management of assets and liabilities including the funding strategies and its composition, product pricing, stress test and contingency action plan among others.

The Bank has implemented the RBI guidelines with respect to Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) with effect from 01.01.2015. LCR of the Bank is being maintained above the stipulated regulatory requirement on an ongoing basis.

Group Risk

The Bank has various Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Sponsored Entities, which are engaged in diversified activities. As the Bank has considerable stake in these Group Entities, Bank has put in place a Group Risk Management Policy to identify and manage risk in intra Group transactions and exposures to raise the standard of Corporate Governance by reducing and avoiding conflicts of interest between the Group Entities and also to ensure 'Arms Length Principle' among Entities, with regard to business parameters. The Group Chief Risk Officer (GCRO) of the Bank is supervising the risk management activities of the Group Entities.

COMPLIANCE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Bank has been certified with ISO: 27001:2013 for Data Centre, Disaster Recovery centre and Department of Information Technology Wing and the certification is valid from 11/04/2020 for a period of 3 years. It is certified that the Information Security management system of the organization has been assessed and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 27001:2013 standard.

INTEGRATED TREASURY

Aggregate investments (net) of the Bank stood at '258698 crore as at March 2021. While modified duration of the investments portfolio stood at 4.89 as at March 2021, the modified duration of the Available for Sale (AFS) portfolio is at 1.30 as at March 2021. The yield on investments stood at 6.74% as at 31^st March 2021. The trading profit under domestic treasury operations during the year increased to '3316 crore on account of active churning of the investment portfolio along with active participation in OMOs. The Bank continues to be an active player in the Government Securities Market as a Primary Dealer (PD).

The total amount of bids submitted for underwriting was '209767 crore, of which, the underwriting commitment accepted by the RBI was '108166 crore. With regard to Treasury Bills under PD business, as against the minimum success ratio of 40% to be achieved in each half year, the Bank has a success ratio of 83.10% for the first half year ended September 2020 and 86.45% for the second half year ended March 2021.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to '164437 crore, comprising of '72601 crore under exports, '34089 crore under imports and '57747 crore under remittances during the year ended March 2021.

OTHER SERVICES

Merchant Banking

During the year the Bank's Merchant Banking Division handled 1128 issues (public / rights / debt) as cumulative under Bankers to an Issue. During the year FY 2020-21, Section has handled 88 Equity Issues and 18 Debt Issues and Bank got float fund benefit of '3702.34 crore for 4-7 days through ASBA with number of applications 507330. The amount collected as commission ('10/- per application plus 0.35% on allotted amount) is '37.84 Lakhs during the year 2020-21.

> Under Capital Gain Bonds, Bank is getting 0.12% Commission + applicable GST on the amount so mobilized and floating fund for one day.

Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Indian Railway

Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) have entrusted the Bank to continue to act as " Arrangers and Collecting Bankers" for the Private Placement Capital Gain Bond Issues

During 2020-21, funds mobilized / Collected by our Bank are '559.59 crore as collecting banker and '50.00 crore as arranger. We have received an Arranger fee of '11.40 Lakhs. Section is providing share valuations as per request of the companies. During the year FY 2020-21, Section has prepared 2 valuation reports and earned commission '5.00 Lakhs. We also initiated the work of arranger for AT1 Bonds. In this process, our Bank has invested '250.00 crore in Bank of India AT1 Bonds and we are entitled to get '1.00 crore on account of Arranger fee.

Bancassurance and Mutual Funds

The Bank has tied-up arrangements with life and non-life insurance segments under its 'Bancassurance' arm. During the year FY 2020-21, Bank earned a commission income of '187.91 crore from its joint venture, M/s Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. Under the Mutual Fund business, the Bank earned a commission of '30.43 crore from its joint venture, M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. A commission income of '63.82 crore was earned under Non-Life (General Insurance & Health Insurance) business from its tie-up arrangements with all the three GI Partners M/s Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd, M/s TATA AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd and M/s The New India Assurance Co. Ltd & Standalone Health insurance partner M/s HDFC Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd (Erstwhile AMHI) for marketing their Health insurance products. In Social Security Schemes (SSS), Bank has earned commission of '18.20 crore under PMJJBY & '3.06 crore under PMSBY. Bank has also earned renewal / trail commission from E-Syndicate Insurance and Mutual Fund partner of '0.98 crore.

Government Business

The Bank undertakes Government Business, comprising Direct and Indirect Tax collections, payment of Central Government and State Government Pensions, Handling of Postal Transactions and State Government Treasury Transactions, Public Provident Fund Scheme and Senior Citizens' Saving Scheme, issuing Sovereign Gold Bonds and Sukanya Samridhi Scheme. These products

contributed to improvement of CASA and earned a fee income of '167.20 crore during FY 2020-21.

The Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Lakshadweep Administration and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), New Delhi. The Bank was implementing the National Pension System for Unorganised Sectors under Swavalamban Scheme since FY 2012-13. The Government of India has launched Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in place of Swavalamban with a view to providing defined pension to unorganised sector. The Bank could mobilise 590992 accounts under APY during the FY 2020-21.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network-Expanding Pan India Presence

In a bid to expand the reach, the Bank added 130 domestic branches during the year. As at March 2021, the Bank had 10416 domestic branches, including Specialized Branches.

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Category	No. of Branches		Opened during the year
	31.03.2020	31.03.2021
Metropolitan	1273	2113	52
Urban	1226	2094	60
Semi-urban	2004	3140	18
Rural	1826	3069	0
Overseas	5	4	0
Total domestic Branches	6329	10416	130

Note: 105 domestic branches were merged / closed during the year.

1 Overseas branch was merged / closed during the year.

The total Specialized Branches of the Bank stood at 414 as at March 2021.

MANPOWER PROFILE

As at March 2021, the Bank had 88213 employees on its roll. The cadre-wise break-up of manpower is as follows:

Cadre	March 2020*	March 2021
Officer	32596	48912
Clerk	18353	26427
Sub Staff**	7683	12874
Total	58632	88213

*Figures relating to standalone / consolidated Canara Bank for pre-amalgamation period;

“includes Part Time Employees (PTEs)

Total staff strength of the Bank comprised of 55.44% Officers, 29.96% Clerks and 14.6% Sub Staff. The Women staff strength of the Bank was 27,401, constituting 31.06% of the employees. The total number of ex-servicemen staff as at March 2021 stood at 5,372.

There were 2,412 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, EWS & Persons with Disabilities

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Persons with Disabilities, EWS as per the Government of India guidelines.

The representation of SCs / STs / OBCs / EWS / DAPs employees as at March 2021 was as under:

Grade	SCs	STs	OBCs	EWS	PWDs
Officer	8663	3923	14229	63	1228
Clerk	4987	1681	7848	35	837
Sub Staff*	4780	895	3597	-	347
Total	18430	6499	25674	98	2412

*includes Part Time Employees (PTEs)

Reservation Cell is functioning in the Bank to Implement and monitor the Reservations and other provisions related to SC / ST / OBC / PWD / Ex-Servicemen & EWS employees. Further Bank has nominated Executives in the rank of GMs as Chief Liaison Officer

for SC / ST / Ex-Servicemen / PWD and also for EWS, OBC employees respectively, who ensure compliance of various Govt. Guidelines pertaining to Reservations.

RECRUITMENT

During the FY 2020-21 the Bank recruited 1548 persons in various cadres, out of which 241 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 108 to Scheduled Tribes (STs), 416 belonged to Other Backward (OBC), 76 to EWS category, 32 Ex-servicemen and 55 PWD in various cadres and 590 were women employees.

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD) ACTIVITIES

•    Bank introduced submission of life certificates by our ex-employee pensioners enabled through JEEVAN PRAMAAN portal.

•    Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) for the FY 2020-21 has been disbursed.

•    Term Insurance Cover for all employees (20 Months of their Gross Salary subject to a minimum of '20 lakhs to Officer employees, '15 lakhs to Clerical employees and '10 lakhs for Subordinate employees)

•    The e-Learning portal of our Bank, named "CanDLE" (Canara Digital Learning Experience) was launched. The objective of the project has been to provide an effective online learning facility for our employees for enhancing their knowledge and skills.

•    The Bank has in place a robust training set-up with the Apex Centre of Excellence at Manipal & 26 Learning & Development (LDCs) across the country. In addition to this, around 3200 employees have been trained at external institutes of repute like IIMs, IDRBT-Hyderabad, TISS-Mumbai, NIBM-Pune, SIBSTC-Bangalore, CRISIL-Mumbai, ASCI (Hyderabad), IIBF and CAB (RBI)-Pune.

•    Bank has focused on the thrust areas like Credit Management, Risk Management, Forex in addition to the regular Orientation / Induction Programs for direct recruit Probationary Officers, Agriculture Extension Officers and Specialist Officers.

Batches of senior executives are also undergoing the flagship Leadership program coordinated by Bank's

Board Bureau. Bank has also adopted the uniform 52 / 26 week training structure for the newly recruited probationary officers / SWOs.

•    Executives, on promotion are sent for 05 days Leadership / Executive Development Programs at institutes like IIMs, ASCI Hyderabad, TISS Mumbai etc.

•    A Training Advisory Committee headed by the MD & CEO monitors and streamlines the training functions of the Bank. A shift has been made from offline classroom trainings to webinars. Our training vertical has successfully conducted about 850 programs through webinars, where around 40000 employees have participated. 3178 Employees were trained at external institutes of repute.

CUSTOMER ORIENTATION

Several initiatives were taken to remain customer focused through provision of fast service, offering diversified products & services, responding to customers' queries in shortest possible time and redressal of customer complaints within the timelines stipulated.

•    As per the instructions of IBA and RBI, the Bank has adopted Customer Rights Policy as advised by the RBI since July 2015, which spells out the Rights of the Customers and also responsibilities of the Banker.

•    To assess the quality of customer service rendered by the branches and to get the feedback online, "Annual Survey of Depositor Satisfaction" was conducted from 04/12/2020 to 31/12/2020 with 15 predefined questionnaire.

•    As per the Damodaran Committee recommendations, the Bank has appointed a Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO), who acts as an Internal Ombudsman of the Bank.

•    In order to enhance customer convenience, Bank has popularized 24/7 Self Service Functions on IVRS (Missed Call facility) for various services like Balance Enquiry, Mini Statement (last 5 transactions), Hot Listing of Cards etc.

•    The following Toll Free numbers are available for customers to contact within India - 1800 425 0018, 1800 103 0018 / 1800 208 3333 & 1800 3011 3333

•    The Non Toll free number for customers calling from abroad (Outside India) is [phone].

•    Call Centre is catering to customers in 9 regional languages, viz., Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali and Panjabi besides Hindi and English for redressal of grievances.

•    The Bank has implemented online grievance redressal facility for customers to lodge their grievances under the portal Canara Public Grievance Redressal System (CPGRS). The complaints received at the Branches & Call Centres of the Bank are also integrated with the CPGRS package. Once Customer lodges a complaint he receives a ticket number by which he can track the status of complaint and upon satisfactory redressal customer receives an SMS / email notification that his complaint is resolved / redressed and provision is enabled for the customer to submit his feedback.

•    The predefined Turn Around Time (TAT) for resolution of complaint at Branch Level is 6 days and on 7th day the grievances are auto escalated to next higher authority.

•    On closure of grievance a SMS with web link is pushed to the customers to submit his / her feedback regarding resolution.

•    Our Bank has brought out an SMS based Customer Service Feedback mechanism to measure customer satisfaction levels at branches. This feedback mechanism is used to gauge the customer service levels over the counters and helps in proving insights for rewarding our customer service champions and also taking remedial actions, wherever required.

•    Bank has introduced 'Jeevan Praman' online portal for submitting Life certificate for pensioners. Facility for filing Form 15G / 15H through Net Banking is enabled for the convenience of customers.

•    6 Central Processing Centers are established at Bhubaneswar, Ernakulam. Manipal, Patna, Ranchi & Vijayawada for CASA (Current Account & Savings Bank Account) account opening purposes.

•    Our Bank is also a partner in the PSB Alliance which has floated Door Step Banking (DSB). Door Step Banking is popularized in 100 identified centers pan India for the benefit of all the customers including Senior Citizens & Differently abled persons. The services are provided through outside vendors through Universal Touch points i.e., Mobile App, Website & Call centers.

•    There are 11 services provided through Door Step Banking, They are Pick up of Negotiable instruments (cheques / drafts / Pay orders, etc), request Account statement, Pick up of new cheque book requisition slip, Delivery of non-personalized cheque books, draft, pay orders, term deposit receipts / acknowledgement etc, Acceptance of 15G, 15H forms, Acceptance of IT challan / Government Business / GST, TDS / Form 16 Certificate issuance, Delivery of Prepaid instrument/ Gift card, Issuing Standing Instructions, Submission of Digital Life Certificate and Cash Withdrawal,

INTERNAL OMBUDSMAN

In terms of the Reserve Bank of India guidelines, the Bank has appointed an Internal Ombudsman (IO) as an independent authority to review complaints that are partly or wholly rejected by the Bank. The IO submits periodical reports on his activities to the Customer Service Committee of the Board analyzing the pattern of complaints, for taking action to address the root cause of complaints. Changes where necessitated on the procedures / guidelines have also been carried out based on the IO's recommendations. During the year, the Bank has conducted Outreach Programmes under the auspices of Reserve Bank of India to create awareness on the Banking Ombudsman scheme at various locations.

INTERNAL CONTROL AND AUDIT

Risk based Internal Audits (RBIA) numbering 7390 were conducted along with Information System audit (IS Audit) across branches / service units as per the program for onsite RBIA for the FY 2020-21. Concurrent / continuous audits were conducted in 2210 branches / service units, of which 635 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent / continuous audit by Internal Auditors and 1575 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent audit by External Auditors, covering 70% of Advances and 50% of Deposits of the total business of the Bank. 948 branches were subjected to income / revenue audit on quarterly basis.

•    As part of strengthening the audit process, policy has been revised to grade the branches / service units under three scales - LOW / MODERATE & HIGH in RBIA as against the existing four scale rating of LOW, NORMAL, MODERATE and HIGH.

•    The Bank has been continuously going for upgradation of audit packages, duly revising the checklists to include latest developments and trends in the Bank. Further, the Concurrent Audit System version upgradation was effected duly revising the checklist in line with the RBI directions. Integration of Concurrent Audit package for conducting Concurrent Audit was introduced with effect from 01.07.2021 and Concurrent Audit of all branches of amalgamated entity is enabled in the Darpan Package. RBIA / other Audit packages were integrated after amalgamation of eSyndicate branches.

•    Bank has shown NIL tolerance on frauds and in that process the Inspection / Audit policy of the Bank has been revised and accordingly the branches where fraud has been detected or serious irregularities were observed, the gradation was reassigned as "High Risk" to have more control on such branches / units.

•    Off Site Monitoring of the transactions carried out in 10378 branches were reviewed under 26 parameters during 2020-2021 covering Deposits, Loans, GL transactions, Staff Transactions, newly opened accounts, premature closure of Deposits, reactivation of dormant accounts and LCs and Guarantees etc. for ascertaining any suspicious or dubious transactions. During the review of transactions, deviations which attract analysis from AML angle found were referred to the AML Cell of the Bank for further action.

•    During the period FY 2020-2021 OTM section also reviewed issues like Business variations during quarter ends, Accounts transferred and re transferred, Accounts opened and closed in short duration.

•    Now the transactions are being assigned to Regional Offices instead of branches for verification of the transactions and for submission of replies. Such replies are reviewed at Circle Offices concerned and are being closed.

•    Inspection Wing is conducting Investigations independently on complaints emanated from VIPs, CVC, Statutory Bodies and NPA accounts of '10 lakhs & above where irregularities / lapses are observed. During the year 2020-21, Inspection Wing

has completed 145 Investigations and submitted the reports to the concerned authorities for logical conclusion.

RISK BASED SUPERVISION

The Bank was brought under Risk Based Supervision (RBS) regime by RBI, in lieu of Annual Financial Inspection (AFI) from FY 2014-15. Presently, the Bank has completed the 7^th cycle of RBS. RBS framework is named as Supervisory Programme for Assessment of Risk and Capital (SPARC). Under SPARC, a detailed qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Bank's risks is made by RBI on an on-going basis through a combination of offsite analysis of the data and information furnished by the Bank as well as the findings of the on-site Inspection for supervisory Evaluation (ISE).

Know Your Customers (KYC) /AML / CFT

The Bank is committed to implement the KYC / AML / CFT norms in its completeness and has zero tolerance towards non-compliance. To ensure this, the Bank has put robust systems and processes in place. Advisories issued by the regulators with respect to designated individuals / entities are scrupulously followed. Regular training is provided to staff members to increase their awareness on matters regarding KYC / AML / CFT.

Central Processing Hubs (CPHs)

Bank has implemented Centralized opening of CASA accounts through 6 CPHs (Centralized Processing Hubs) located at Ernakulam, Bhubaneswar, Manipal, Patna, Ranchi and Vijayawada with effect from 01/10/2020.

The main objectives of the centralization of CASA accounts system is to implement backend account opening process for the Bank Pan India with all relevant details at one go complying with all regulatory requirements in addition to providing quick and excellent service, implement and follow the best practice code in the industry, eliminate the physical movement of the application forms, minimize the Turn Around Time (TAT) for account opening, minimize the manual intervention in the present procedure, maximize utilization of the resources to increase the productivity and focus on Digital penetration and alternate channels.

IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The Bank has attained many milestones in Implementation of Official Language Hindi and won prizes at various levels during the year under review. As at March 2021, more than 86% of employees possess working knowledge in Hindi. All these employees who possess working knowledge in Hindi have been trained in functional Hindi through Hindi workshops. During the year under review, Bank has conducted 217 such workshops.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in the Official Language, Hindi version of the Core Banking Solution (CBS) of our Bank has been made live during the year. At the same time the Bank has furthered the use of Unicode package for word processing by training the employees for use of more and more Hindi through Unicode standard and the Bank has made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transaction in 08 Regional languages. Apart from Hindi and English, transaction slips can be obtained in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi from our ATMs. Apart from this, an online package has been made live during the year for submission of quarterly report on progressive use of Hindi, i.e. STR-18.

Official Language Implementation Committees have been constituted at all levels i.e., Head Office, Circle Offices, ROs and in all the branches of the Bank for reviewing progress made in use of Hindi. A quarterly meeting of the committee is being conducted promptly. Our Bank is the convener for the Town Official Language Implementation Committee at Agra, Bhagpat, Etah, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Hatharas, Kasganj, Meerut, Ananthapuram, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kannur, Karwar, Kamareddy, Ongole, Sangareddy, Udupi, Vijaypura and Thiruvananthapuram and the half yearly meetings are being conducted promptly.

In order to make Hindi as business language, Bank has released a slogan "ftS mirVi oT Ut®, WMT XTut Of x^l®” on 01 September 2020 during Inaugural function of Hindi Month 2020. As an innovative measure to popularize Banking in Hindi, a programme named "Hindi

Mein Paricharcha" (Discussion programme in Hindi) on contemporary Banking subjects was conducted in all four quarters at all Administrative Office level, staff members of all cadres participated actively and the programme was opined as very useful and educative. Hindi house magazine Canara Jyoti is being published regularly.

Notable Initiatives in Regional Languages

Apart from Hindi and English, importance is being given to all regional languages in the respective regions.

A few initiatives in this regard are as under:

S In accordance with OL rules, importance is being given to Regional languages along with Hindi in B and C regions, mostly letters received in Regional Language are being replied in that Regional Language.

S In order to motivate staff members regarding rendering customer service in regional language the Bank has released a slogan "Be vocal for local: - Learning Local Language is a skill to win over the hearts of local people" along with various initiatives.

S Forms used by the customers like account opening form, withdrawals slips, pay-in slips, application for NEFT / RTGS etc. are made available in trilingual - i.e. respective regional language, Hindi and English, and can be indented through package.

S As per the Official Language Rules all the name boards, informatory boards are displayed in Regional Language also.

S Banners are displayed and Publicity Materials are made available in Regional Languages.

S Bank Advertisements and Notices in regional newspapers are being published in concerned regional Languages.

S Communications with regard to issue of notices for recovery of loans etc. are being sent in Regional Languages.

VIGILANCE SETUP

Vigilance set up at Head Office level comprises of Chief Vigilance Officer, who is assisted by the Executives and staff of Vigilance Department at HO. The Chief Vigilance Officer is also assisted by Vigilance Officers at Circles/ HO / RRBs / other subsidiaries of the Bank in Vigilance administration. The Vigilance Management in the Bank under the supervision / guidance of CVO administers various functions on preventive, participative, proactive and punitive aspects of vigilance with more emphasis on preventive vigilance measures to eliminate / minimise factors which provide opportunities for frauds, corruption and malpractices in the organization and also to take punitive action as a deterrent measure to check recurrence of such instances.

'Vigilance Awareness Week' was observed in our Bank from 27^th October, 2020 to 2^nd November, 2020, with the theme "Satark Bharat, Samridhi Bharat (Vigilant India-Prosperous India) "and all the Branches / Offices have actively participated in conducting various activities such as administering Integrity Pledge, Seminars, Workshops, Customer Grievance Redressal Meetings, Awareness Sabhas in Gram Panchayats, Panel Discussions, Competitions in Schools / Colleges (viz. Essay Writing, Debate & Quiz Competitions) etc to bring awareness in Society about the ill effects of Corruption. Online training sessions were conducted for employees of the Bank regarding disciplinary matters, procurements and corporate governance.

Important case studies with the modus-operandi of the fraud, in cases where frauds are observed, is uploaded in CANNET for the benefit of employees to enable them to be more vigilant in day-to-day functions.

Systemic improvements are periodically suggested based on the lapses observed while determining vigilance angle in respect of lACs.

To bridge the knowledge gap at the operational level a "Compendium on Preventive Vigilance" was brought out during the occasion and is available in CANNET for the benefit of all Canarites.

IMPLEMENTATION OF INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

As per RBI guidelines, the Bank is in the process of implementing the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS). A Project Steering Committee headed by Executive Director has been formed to take the required steps on a continuous basis for smooth convergence. RBI, vide its communication ref: DBR.BP.BC. No.29/21.07.001/2018-19 dated 22^nd March,2019 has deferred implementation of Ind AS for all Scheduled Commercial Banks till further notice. Bank is submitting Pro-Forma Financial Statements to RBI for every quarter as per the guidelines of RBI.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Canara Bank, with an objective of offering 'One Stop Banking' facilities for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a 'Financial Supermarket', with eight Domestic Subsidiaries, one Associate Company and one Joint Venture in diversified fields. All the Domestic Subsidiaries / Associate / Joint Venture of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the year 2020-21.

CANFIN HOMES LIMITED (CFHL)

M/s Canfin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. The bank holds 29.99% stake with the company. The loans outstanding of the Company as at March 2021 were '22105 crore. The Company earned a Net Profit of '456.06 crore for current financial year. Gross NPAs of the Company was '201.91 crore (0.91%) and Net NPA was '134.33 crore (0.61%) as on 31.03.2021. The Company proposed 100% dividend for the year 2020-21.

CANARA HSBC ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

M/s Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Ltd (CHOICE) is a Life Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in association with HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Oriental Bank of Commerce in the year 2007. The JV commenced its business operations with effect from 16.06.2008, with majority shareholding of 51% by Canara Bank, followed by HSBC (26%) and Punjab National Bank (e-OBC) (23%).

The Company recorded gross premium of '5026.4 crore during the year. The Company achieved Net Profit of '94.60 crore for for FY 2020-21.

CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED (CRAMC)

M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited is a joint venture (JV) with M/s Robeco Group NV with the Bank's holding of 51% Stake. This JV was formed in 2007 divesting 49% Stake held by the Bank in M/s Can Bank Mutual Fund in favour of M/s Robeco Group NV. The Company is currently managing 24 Mutual Fund Schemes with a mix of equity, balanced and debt schemes. The core AuM of the company has reached to the level of '27415 crore as on 31.03.2021 The Company has declared a net profit of '36.29 crore and has also declared a dividend of 200% for the current financial year.

CANARA BANK SECURITIES LIMITED (CBSL)

M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. CBSL has taken over the Depository participant services from Canara Bank w.e.f. 01.04.2017. M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd is extending Online Trading Facility to DP clients. The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients. Company has launched opening of Instant Demat Cum Trading Accounts for Canara Bank Customers directly through online mode (digital KYC) "CAN-INSTIGO-DIY". The Company has registered a Net Profit of '14.92 crore and has declared a dividend of 35.00% for the year 2020-21.

CANBANK FACTORS LIMITED (CFL)

M/s Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring Subsidiary of the Bank with 70% stake held by the Bank. During 2020-21, the Company had a total business turnover of '1469.98 crore and has made a Net Profit of '2.55 crore for the current year.

CANBANK VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED (CVCFL)

M/s Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited is a wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Bank and the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund Trust. The company has managed 5 funds so far with total Asset under Management of '552.78 crore. CVCFL has been appointed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to manage the Electronic Development Fund (EDF) with a corpus of '2206 crore.

Another new fund named as "Empower India Fund" is setup with a target corpus of '500 crore with green shoe option of '150 crore. The initial closing is done and available for investment. The Company recorded a Net Profit of '3.10 crore during the year 2020-2021 and has declared dividend of 500%.

CANBANK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED (CCSL)

M/s Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted by a Public Sector Bank in the country, with a 69.14% shareholding by the Bank. CCSL is mainly engaged in IT and Software development services, BPO services, ATM / Any Time Payment services, Training, Consultancy and R&T agent. The Company has posted a Net Profit of '3.40 crore for FY 2020-21.

CANBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (CANFINA)

M/s Canbank Financial Services Limited is confining its activities to legal matter arising out of past transactions in securities and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. Company has posted a Net Profit of '1.27 crore for the year 2020-21 by way of receipt of dividends.

SYNDBANK SERVICES LIMITED (SBSL)

M/s SyndBank Services Limited iswholly ownedSubsidiary of e-Syndicate Bank was incorporated under Companies Act 1956 on 25.01.2006. At present, the company is not undertaking any activity and is only pursuing arbitration process against vendor M/s. CMS Info Systems Ltd. for the misappropriation case amounting to '2.05 crore in the High Court of Karnataka as per the directions of the Company's Board. Company has posted a Net Profit of '1.19 crore for FY 2020-21 and has declared dividend of '1 crore during the FY for the first time.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY (HEFA)

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), is a not-for profit organization, set up by the Bank under a joint venture share holder agreement with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

HEFA has been set up for developing the educational infrastructure, including R&D infrastructure thereby enabling the institutions to reach top rankings globally. MHRD extended the scope of existing mandate of HEFA equity base and range of institutions to be financed. As on 31.03.2021, MHRD has infused Capital of '4812.50 crore and Canara Bank has contributed '481.25 crore respectively. The total loans sanctioned as on 31.03.2021 is '31413.8 crore and disbursed is '11308.06 crore. HEFA has disbursed '3678 crore of loans to different institutions during FY 2020-21 and Bank has received '36.78 crore of Management Fee.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

As at March 2021, the Bank had four sponsored RRBs, viz., Kerala Gramm Bank (KeGB) in Kerala, Karnataka Gramm Bank (KaGB) and Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) in Karnataka and Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (APGB) in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (APGB) operates in 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh with 552 branches and 109 ATMs. Total business of the Bank as at March 2021 is '36640 crore. (Deposits: '18431 crore Advances: '18208 crore).

Kerala Gramin Bank (KeGB) operates in all 14 districts of Kerala with 634 branches & 320 ATMs. The total business of the Bank as at March 2021 is '38607 crore. (Deposits: '20150 crore, Advances: '18457 crore).

Karnataka Gramin Bank (KaGB) operates in 21 districts of Karnataka with 1134 branches & 236 ATMs. The total business of the Bank as at March 2021 is '55865 crore. (Deposits: '31068 crore, Advances: '24797 crore).

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) operates in 9 districts of Karnataka with 629 branches & 76 ATMs. The total business of the Bank as at March 2021 is '27818 crore. (Deposits: '16100 crore, Advances: '11718 crore).

Aggregate business of the RRBs increased to '1,58,930 crore as at March 2021 with a y-o-y growth of 9.45% comprising Deposits of '85,749 crore and Advances '73,181 crore. Through the Bank's infrastructure support, the RRBs are extending facilities, like, ATM cum Debit Card services and installed 741 ATMs / Cash Dispenser as at March 2021. The sponsored RRBs are 100% CBS compliant and are ahead of their peer RRBs under technology front by extending IT based products, like Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, RuPay Debit Card services and also Aadhaar enabled services and remittance facilities through NEFT / RTGS to their customers. The RRBs have put in place Cheque truncation system and e-KYC technology.

Following the founding principles and century old tradition, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities like training unemployed rural youth, scholarship to meritorious SC / ST Girl students, repair of schools and providing of other infrastructural facilities to needy educational institutes, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women, environment protection, swatch Bharat and other social initiatives. A few social initiatives are outlined below.

S Cumulatively, the Bank has sponsored / co-sponsored 78 training institutes, which have trained more than 10.93 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a settlement rate of 73%.

S The Bank has donated 4 hi-tech, custom- built, solar powered 'Retail Mobile Marketing Van' to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products.

S Canara Vidya Jyothi Scholarship scheme to meritorious SC / ST Girl Students. During FY 2020-21, 7606 students have been benefitted utilizing a total amount of '2.89 crore.

S Financial assistance for combating poverty & malnutrition to persons with disability (PWD), homeless and people effected by floods & Pandemic COVID-19 for supporting to lead a better life.

S During the difficulties of COVID-19 situation, the Bank has taken efforts to ensure that the difficulties faced by the general public are redressed to the maximum extent possible.

S Providing of Food Packets, Groceries, Medical Kits, Distribution of Blankets, Ambulance van are among the few activities that were being organized.

S Under CSR the Circles have also organized various activities as mentioned above.

S Bank has also assisted Differentially abled people by providing Wheel Chairs, Tricycles, Walking Sticks etc.

S Bank also provided financial support for the welfare of Ex-servicemen.

S Families of COVID-19 victims were identified and they were provided with financial assistance.

S During the FY 2020-21, under the Sustainable & Development Corporate Social Responsibility (SD&CSR) initiatives of the Bank, the Bank has spent to the tune of '24.71 crore to various sectors like Skill Development, Financial Inclusion, Women Empowerment activities, Education, Environment Protection, Health, Poverty & Nutrition, Person with Disability, Rural Development, Swachh Bharat, & Sports & other Sectors.

Visits by Parliamentary Committee

During the year 2020-21, Standing Committee on Urban

Development (2020-21) and National Commission for

Backward Classes, conducted Study Visits and reviewed

our Bank's performance.

AWARDS / ACCOLADES & ACHIEVEMENTS

S In IBA's 16th Annual Banking Technology Awards, Canara Bank received Joint Runner-up award for Best Payment Initiatives.

S Canara Bank received Finnoviti 2021 award for Integration of Govt Scheme Demat Trading Insurance.

S Public Relations Council of India has given bronze award for our in-house Magazine Shreyas under House Journal - Print (English) category.

S In 59^th ABCI Annual Awards, Canara Bank's in-house Magazine "Canara Jyothi" has received awards under "Indian Language Publication" and "special column (language)" categories.

S Canara Bank has received "Award of par Excellence" in APY Big Believers 3.0 (ABB) organised by PFRDA.

S Canara Bank has received "Exemplary Award" from PFRDA for achievement under Atal Pension Yojana "Old Age Financial Freedom Fighters".

S Canara Bank has received "Certificate of Excellence -Amazing Achievers of APY" from PFRDA.

Change in Director, including Managing Director / Whole-time Director during the year 2020-21

Sl No.	Name Designation	Designation	Date of Appointment	Date of Cessation
1	Shri T N Manoharan	Chairman	14.08.2018	13.08.2020
2.	Shri S Krishnan	Executive Director	01.04.2020	03.09.2020
3.	Shri Matam Venkata Rao	Executive Director	09.10.2017	28.02.2021
4.	Shri Debashish Mukherjee	Executive Director	19.02.2018	10.02.2021 Extended further till 10.02.2023
5.	Shri K Satyanarayana Raju	Executive Director	10.03.2021	09.03.2024

Board of Directors

(Appointment / Cessation of Directors during the year 2020-21)

Appointments

Shri K Satyanarayana Raju was appointed as Executive Director w.e.f 10.03.2021, by the Central Government u/s 9 (3) (a) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)Act, 1970 until further.

Cessations

Shri T N Manoharan ceased to be Chairman w.e.f.

13.08.2020    upon completion of tenure.

Shri S Krishnan ceased to be Executive Director w.e.f.

03.09.2020    upon elevation to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Punjab & Sind Bank.

Shri Matam Venkata Rao ceased to be Executive Director w.e.f. 28.02.2021 upon elevation to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Central Bank of India.

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2021, confirm the following:

•    That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

•    That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bank for the period.

•    That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing banks in India for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

•    That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

•    Internal financial controls followed by the Bank are in accordance with guidelines and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

•    The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provision of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2020-21

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 24A of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 & SEBI Circular CIR/CFD/ CMD1/27/2020 dated February 08, 2020, the Bank has appointed Mr. S. VISWANATHAN Practicing Company Secretary (CP No. 5284) as the Secretarial Auditor for 2020-21 and their report addressed to the members of the Bank which forms part of this Annual Report is attached as an annexure to the Board's report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government authorities and the Reserve Bank of India for their valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to the Bank's Correspondents in India and abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all the Staff Members for their full support in the pursuit of organizational growth and excellence.

L V PRABHAKAR

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

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Mar 31, 2019

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 50^th Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31^st March, 2019 and Profit & Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2019.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION:

Holistic Approach to Financial Inclusion

With the basic objective of bringing the large unserved population under the banking mainstream, the Bank is striving towards a more inclusive growth by making financial products and services available to financially excluded and marginalized sections of the society in particular. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been actively pursuing the agenda of Financial Inclusion, with key interventions, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive & intensive use of technology and through advocacy of financial literacy.

The Bank has 903 Financial Inclusion (FI) Branches under branch model and also engaged 2459 Business Correspondent Agents (BCAs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model. In addition, 471 Ultra Small Branches (USBs) are also operational in the Bank.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY):

PMJDY is the initiative from Government of India for comprehensive financial inclusion of the population of India, particularly aiming at covering the households hitherto excluded from the purview of banking and empowering them with benefits and facilities provided by the banking industry. Accounts opened under PMJDY are issued with Rupay Debit card, accidental Insurance coverage to the extent of Rs.2 lakh, life insurance cover of Rs.30,000/- (for accounts opened upto 31.01.2015) and overdraft upto Rs.10000/- after six months of satisfactory dealing. The Bank was allotted 3962 Sub Service Area (SSAs) and 3371 Urban Wards for implementation of PMJDY.

Performance highlights under PMJDY:

- Opened 72.80 lakh accounts under PMJDY and mobilized a CASA deposit of Rs.2450.68 crore.

- Covered all allotted 10049 villages comprising of 3962 allotted SSAs and 3371 Urban wards by opening of 903 brick & mortar branches and engaging 2459 Business Correspondent Agents (Bank Mitras) at remaining locations. Hand-held devices enabled for accepting RuPay Cards are provided to Bank Mitras for facilitating payments, The Bank has issued 42.89 lakh Rupay Debit Cards to all eligible account holders. Bank Mitras have done 141.87 lakh transactions, amounting to Rs.3132 crore during the year.

- Zero balance accounts under PMJDY have been brought down to 11.67%.

- Provided overdraft facilities upto Rs.10,000/- to all eligible PMJDY account holders. 1.10 lakh PMJDY accounts holders have been provided with overdraft facility, amounting to Rs.13.51 crore during the year. So far the Bank has provided PMJDY overdraft facilities to 7.32 lakh account holders to the extent of Rs.111.49 crore.

Social Security Schemes:

Under various social security schemes launched by the Government of India during the year, following enrolments have been made.

Scheme Wise Enrolments As at March 2019
Scheme	Enrolments as at March 2019
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)	26.69 lakh
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)	75.28 lakh
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)	75.28 lakh

Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the Bank has mobilized 17383 accounts

Apart from the above, the bank has also made significant progress in the Financial Inclusion related activities during the year as under:

Business canvassed in the FI Branches:

FI branches have garnered business of Rs.21410 crore, which includes CASA deposits of 5627 crore, constituting 26.28% of total deposits. Average business per FI branch stood at Rs.23.74 crore.

Position of Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) Accounts:

The Bank has opened 8.83 lakh BSBD accounts during the year 2018-19, taking the tally of BSBD accounts as at March 2019 to 175.32 lakh, with an outstanding deposit of Rs.5427 crore.

Formation & Credit Linking SHGs:

Financing to Self Help Groups has played pivotal role for poverty alleviation and financial inclusion of the rural poor. The Bank has formed 11026 SHGs and credit linked 89237 SHGs with an outlay of Rs.2889 crore during the year. The outstanding SHG accounts were more than 1.49 lakhs, with an outstanding amount at Rs.3796 crores.

Farmers’ Clubs:

The Bank has adopted the concept of forming Farmers’ Clubs, which is an association of progressive farmers, who have volunteered to disseminate the principles of development through credit and also inculcate better repayment ethics and promote people’s participation. During the year, the Bank has formed 737 Farmers Clubs.

Micro Finance Branches:

The Bank has opened 18 Micro Finance Branches in the urban centres. These branches mobilized a total business of Rs.679.38 crore as at March 2019.

Financial Literacy Centres:

Formed ‘Canara Financial Advisory Trust’ to take care of the affairs of the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of the Bank as well as the FLCs promoted by the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by the Bank. Pan India, the Bank has 72 FLCs in 26 lead districts and 46 blocks across the country, managed by the Counsellors (retired bankers).

Financial Literacy Initiatives:

- Financial Literacy Centres have educated 21.05 lakh persons during the year and 84.68 Lakh persons since inception.

- Special training is being provided to Branch Managers for conducting financial literacy programmes at their branches and in their service area.

- Conducted 65 financial literacy camps under Financial Inclusion Fund Scheme from the NABARD.

AADHAAR

Seva Kendras:

The Bank is a Registrar and Enrolment Agency for Aadhaar Enrolment. The Bank has established 740 Aadhaar Seva Kendras inside 10% of the bank branch premises, comprising of 613 centres for the bank and 127 centres for the 2 sponsored RRBs (PKGB 65 & KGB 62), duly complying with the UIDAI guidelines.

AADHAAR

Seeding:

93% of operative SB accounts and 88% of PMJDY accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar Number. Further the bank is in the process of seeding all remaining operative SB and PMJDY accounts with Aadhaar number through close monitoring to achieve the target of 100%.

AADHAAR

Authentication:

Demographic authentication of accounts with UIDAI has been done successfully for nearly 200 lakh accounts. For the remaining accounts e-KYC biometric and OTP utility has been enabled in the SAS package for branches. In web portal, the Bank has provided a link for the internet banking customer to authenticate on their own. In ATM, authentication status checking facility has been provided for the customers.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Setting Examples in CSR Activities

Following the founding principles and century old tradition, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities like training unemployed rural youth, scholarship to meritorious SC / ST Girl students, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women and other social initiatives.

Rural Development:

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT), has established 31 exclusive training institutes, including 23 Rural SelfEmployment Training Institutes (RSETIs), 5 Institutes of Information Technology and 3 Artisan Training Institutes to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them to take up self employment activities. During 2018-19, these Institutes trained 20,728 candidates, taking the tally to 3.38 lakh unemployed youth since inception, with an impressive settlement rate of 75%.

The Bank has co-sponsored another 27 Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institutes (RUDSETIs) across 17 States, for training of rural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. During 2018-19, these Institutes trained 22,068 candidates, taking the tally to 4.69 lakh unemployed youth, with a settlement rate of 73%. The Bank has also co-sponsored Bankers Institute for Rural and Entrepreneurship Development (BIRED) at Hyderabad, Telangana and Canara Bank Deshpande RSETI at Haliyal, Karnataka Farmers Resource Centre (KFRC) at Bagalkot and Bharat Ratna Shri M Visvesvaraya Training Institute at Bengaluru, Karnataka. Cumulatively, the Bank has sponsored / co-sponsored 62 training institutes, which have trained more than 8 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a settlement rate of 74%. The Bank has donated 4 hi-tech, custom built, solar powered ‘Retail Mobile Marketing Van’ to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products.

The major thrust areas are skill development for employment /self employment through Institutional set up, Health care initiatives in co-ordination with reputed Hospitals, promoting Education through direct and indirect support through smart classes, construction of toilets for girl students, providing computers and other infrastructural support, direct financial help to students with scholarship facilities, a helping hand to Persons with Disabilities etc.

Environment Protection

The Bank has undertaken an ambitious project of providing Solar Street Lights and Tree Guards at Dehra Village, Panipat, Haryana. Tree Plantation Project initiated through National Institute of Oceanography, Chennai, Tamilnadu. The Bank has also actively participated in Government of India, Swachh Bharat activities during the year 2018-19.

Health care for the Underprivileged

Hi-tech Ambulance was provided to M/s Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardio Vascular Sciences & Research, Bengaluru for their unit at Mysore under the CSR initiatives of the Bank. The Bank has also provided Medical Equipment to Rural Development Trust, Ananthpur, Kurnool, AP. An Ambulance Van was donated to the District Administration, Wayanad, Kerala, mainly for the use of Scheduled Tribe & underprivileged Cancer patients of the District Cancer Centre, Nalloornad, Wayanad. M/s Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, (RGCB Trivandrum, Kerala, has been provided 2 Vans for transportation of patients in critical conditions & movement of laboratory technologists in case of exigencies. Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines and Incinerators were installed in eleven Govt. Schools at Siliguri, Sikkim, for the benefit of underprivileged girl students of the Govt. schools of Sikkim. The Bank also assisted M/s Swiss Emmaaus Leprosy Relief Work India, Chennai, Tamilnadu for reconstructive surgery of leprosy patients.

Direct and Indirect support to Education

Education being one of the prime sectors of CSR and a vital part of personality development, the Bank apart from its own initiatives, has assisted various educational institutions for better facilities and for spreading the coverage of education.

Canara Vidya Jyothi Scholarship scheme to meritorious SC/ST Girl Students:

Scholarship were provided for meritorious girl students from 5^th to 10^th standard, studying in Government and Government aided schools for the sixth successive year and 9160 students have been benefitted utilizing a total amount of Rs.3.48 Crores during 2018-19. 46610 girl students have been benefitted amounting to Rs.17.86 Crores under the scheme since inception.

Under CSR initiative, the Bank has assisted St.Paul’s Mission School, Kolkata, West Bengal for renovation of Class room to Library cum audio visual room and E-learning facilities were provided in three Government Schools in association with M/s Centenary Charitable Trust, Chennai Tamil Nadu. The Bank has provided infrastructural facilities like Class Rooms, Hall & Toilets to Shri Durgaparameswari Proudashala, Shakatapuram, Koppa, Karnataka. The Bank has provided Desks, Benches and other furniture to the Govt. Model Higher Primary School, Nagashetty Halli, Bengaluru; Govt. Primary School, Vidya ranyapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka; the Govt. School, Thevaram, Madurai, Tamilnadu; Govt. School Kuttichal, Trivandrum and Utility items to Govt. High School Dehra Village, Hariyana. The Bank assisted promotion programme for Green Protocol initiatives for School Students in Varkala, Kerala.

Financial assistance to combat Poverty & Nutrition

The Bank has given financial assistance to M/s Adamya Chethana, for procuring Automatic Roti Making Machine at Jodhpur under “Rajasthan Kitchen for School Children” as a part of mid-day meal programme. The Bank has provided Food, Clothes and other essential items to relief camps in flood affected areas of Kerala through our CO/ROs. The Bank has provided essential items to M/s Sanmati Bal Niketan, Pune, Maharastra.

For supporting persons with disability to lead a better life

A number of programmes in association with likeminded agencies were taken up. In connection with this, the Bank has provided essential items for imparting vocational training to visually impaired persons; Wheel chair to disabled students; Refrigerator to Pratibha Ashram Orphanage home on the eve of Independence Day Celebrations; Blankets to Old age home; School bags, Books to mentally challenged children; 4 brail watches to blind poor persons in Mumbai, Maharastra. etc. The Bank has provided Refrigerator to the Roman & Catherine Lobo School for Visually impaired, Mangaluru, Karnataka. The Bank assisted M/s Snehadeep Trust to sponsor of Bags to blind participants, Bengaluru, Karnataka; contributed to Asha Niketan High School for Deaf, Bhopal on Golden Jubilee Celebration of the School. The Bank has assisted Ekadasha, School for Mentally Retarded Children, Chennai, Tamilnadu, and assisted M/s Umang Bal Vikash, Patna, to procure Audio Visual Instrument for the disabled students. The Bank has also provided financial assistance for Tour & Camp for Differently abled Children at Kollam, Kerala.

Visits by Parliamentary Committees

During the year 2018-19, Parliamentary Committees relating to Government Assurances, Subordinate Legislation, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Social Justice and Empowerment, Welfare of OBCs, SCs & STs visited the Bank.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Branch Network Expanding Pan India Presence

In a bid to expand the reach, the bank added 32 domestic branches and converted 84 Retail Asset Hubs as general branches during the year. As at March 2019 the Bank had 6316 branches, including Specialized Branches and 6 overseas branches.

Composition of Branch Network

Category	No. of Branches		Opened during the year
	31.03.2018	31.03.2019
Metropolitan	1242	1282	6
Urban	1162	1204	5
Semi-urban	1991	2003	9
Rural	1809	1821	12
Overseas	8	6	0
Total Branches	6212	6316	32

Note: 10 domestic branches were merged / closed during the year.

2 Overseas branches were merged / closed during the year.

The total Specialized Branches of the Bank stood at 287 as at March 2019.

Specialized Branches	31.03.2019
AF (Hi-Tech) Branches (AFB)	8
Asset Recovery Management Brs (ARMB)	20
Br. For Physically Challenged Persons	1
Capital Market Branches (CMB)	1
Government Business Branch (GBB)	6
IF Branches (IFB)	3
Mahila Banking Branches (MBB)	2
Micro Finance Branch (MFB)	17
NRI Branches (NRIB)	9
Overseas Branches (OB)	11
Prime Corporate Branches (PCB)	12
Savings Branches (SSB)	0
SME Branches (SME)	166
Stock Exchange Branches(SEB)	2
Mid Corporate Branches (MCB)	24
Digital Banking Branches (DBB)	4
Aquaculture Finance Branches (ACF)	1
TOTAL	287

PROGRESS IN DIGITAL BANKING & ALTERNATE DELIVERY CHANNELS:

The bank has 8851 number of ATMs as on March 2019. The Bank’s EMV debit card base is at 2.82 crore. Besides the above, 182 hi-tech E-lounges were operational in select branches, with facilities like ATM, Cash Deposit Kiosk with voice guided system, Cheque Deposit Kiosk, Self Printing Passbook Kiosk, Internet Banking Terminal, Online Trading Terminal and Corporate Website Access. Interactive Video Conference System was also configured at select e-Lounges.

As a result of such alternate delivery channels adopted by the Bank, the e-transaction ratio increased to 79.42% as at March 2019 compared to last year’s 76.50%. The number of registered users under new version of Mobile Banking is at 21.86 lakhs and Net Banking users increased to 61.87 lakhs as at March 2019. Digital Branch - CANDI, was opened at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi & Mumbai with fully automated facilities and robotic assistance for customers to open accounts and do transactions themselves.

New functionalities introduced in Mobile Banking during FY 2018-19:

- New version of Mobile Banking app with better User Interface is released with additional features like integration of Bharat Bill Payment system, UPI App etc.

New functionalities introduced in Internet Banking during FY 2018-19:

- Introduction of Debit card services such as

- Request for New Debit card

- Enable / disable - International Debit Card & set ATM Limit

- Creation, Modification & Cancellation of Standing Instructions

- OLTS integrated to apply for Housing / Education / Vehicle & MSME loans

- Aadhaar Seeding / Authentication

- Self-registration for CANDIGITAL app.

- Preprinted login password kit for Retail and corporate customers.

- Introduced option to set multiple transaction limits for retail users / corporate customers within the maximum limits.

- Single Beneficiary list introduced for NEFT / IMPS & RTGS transactions

- Re-Print / Download TD receipt

- Income Projection for Deposits

- Display of applicable interest, maturity details, ROI, liquidation details etc., at the time of prematre closure.

New applications released apart from Mobile & Internet Banking functionalities during FY 2018-19

- Canara DiYA (Digitally Your Account) - Instant savings account opening facility for the branches & customers through multiple channels such as SAS Package (Walk in customers), Website of the Bank, Mobile app (Android & iOS). All the services like Debit Card, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, UPI, E-Pass sheet are activated instantly. Full KYC is to be ensured within one year.

- One Time Settlement (OTS) Package is introduced for customers to apply for OTS and branches to follow-up & monitoring of OTS accounts.

- Online Web portal for customers to request for replacement of Magnetic stripe card with EMV chip card.

- NPS All Citizen Model - National Pension System for All Citizen portal has been enabled for the public to apply for PRAN under New Pension Scheme.

- Canara Fee Collect - Online Fee collection portal for Institutions is introduced.

New functionalities introduced in ATM during FY 2018-19:

- First bank to introduce EMV compliance for Security and Risk Mitigation measures for card transactions implemented in our ATM SWITCH.

- A Unique Option “Aadhaar Seeding / Authentication” is introduced in our ATMs.

- Implemented Rupay EMV Dual Interface Issuer Application through National Common Mobility Card (NCMC).

- Credit Card Services at Switch level implemented for Canara Saathi app - for customers to Block / Unblock, Hotlist and Green Pin generation.

- As a fraud prevention measure SMS is sent to cardholders when wrong pin is used in ATM / POS.

New functionalities introduced in Government Business & Financial Inclusion during FY 2018-19:

- New Packages for handling Government Business -

Pension, Kisan Vikas Patra, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Gold Monetization Scheme, PPF, OLTAS & RBI - Relief Bond modules are released for branches / offices.

- Sukanya Samrudhi account transfer functionality for inter-branch and interbank and post office enabled.

- Sukanya Samrudhi Application - Introduced facility for online payment of subscription using Internet Banking credentials.

- Online subscription of Sovereign Gold Bond in-house package released.

- E-payment of direct tax with maker-checker functionality for corporate customers through Internet banking enabled.

- Tax Payment using Debit Card - enables our customers to make Tax payment using Debit Card. - AADHAAR Seeding / Authentication - through ATM / Bank’s Corporate Website & Branches with Virtual ID, Token ID and Limited KYC functionality and Mobile Banking/ Internet Banking enabled.

- Fixed Point BC solution - Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), RuPay card and Third party deposit transactions along with Balance enquiry and Mini statement released.

Compliance to International Standards:

The Bank has fully implemented the recommendations of the RBI Working Group (Chairman, Shri G Gopalakrishna) on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds.

Manpower Profile:

As at March 2019, the Bank had 58350 employees on its roll. The cadre-wise break-up of manpower is as follows:

Cadre	March 2018	March 2019
Officer	28739	29882
Clerk	21551	19951
Sub-staff*	8565	8517
Total	58855	58350

*includes Part Time Employees (PTEs)

Total staff strength of the Bank was comprised of 51% Officers, 34% Clerks and 15% Sub Staff. The Women staff strength of the Bank was 17,796, constituting 30% of the employees. The total number of ex-service men staff as at March 2019 stood at 4,547. There were 1483 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank. During the year, the Bank recruited 2724 persons in various cadres, out of which 462 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 214 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories.

419 ex-servicemen were recruited in various cadres during the year. 765 women employees were recruited and 977 women were promoted under various cadres during the year.

Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribess

As at March 2019, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes together constituted 27% of the total staff strength of the Bank. The composition of SCs/STs employees as at March 2019 was as under:

Cadre	Scheduled Castes	Scheduled Tribes
Officer	5335	2322
Clerk	3736	1285
Substaff	2517	489
Total	11588	4096

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government of India guidelines.

a. Reservation Policy is implemented through the mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the Bank has switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

b. The Bank has been extending Reservation / Relaxations / Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotions to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government guidelines.

c. Pre-recruitment & Pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In the Advertisements inviting application from the eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical Cadre, a specific reference is being made with regard to imparting of pre-recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-SM. Pre-recruitment training for Officer Cadre is provided to candidates belonging to SC / ST & Minority Communities. Such of those candidates who opt for pre-recruitment training are given training to prepare themselves for written test as well as interview. The duration of the training is for a week. Study materials, notebook, stationeries are provided free of cost to all the participants.

d. The Bank has set up SC / ST Cells at the Head Office and also at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and proper implementation of other aspects of Reservation Policy.

e. Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy. Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC / ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer / Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted & appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register. In addition to the above, the representatives of majority Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Employees’ Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters are maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officer.

f. The Board of Directors of the Bank also review the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Policy, half yearly and yearly.

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD) ACTIVITIES

The HR policies of the Bank have been revisited to suit the changing banking scenario. HR initiatives like ‘Soft skill training programme’ for bringing attitudinal change among frontline staff and Executives grooming through reputed institutes and other significant HR tools, like, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and fostering collective excellence. Various Corporate Communications were brought out to boost the morale of the employees and educate them in various facets of banking. The Bank has in place an exhaustive training process that cover Internal Training, External Training, In Company Training and Foreign Training. Internally, the Bank has STC at Bengaluru and 25 Regional Staff Training Colleges (RSTCs) across the country. During the year, the Bank has provided training to its employees, covering a wide range of functional areas, including Credit Orientation, Marketing Skills, and Induction Programme for Officers, Agriculture Extension Officers and Specialist Officers.

The Bank has designed and implemented several new training programmes, including credit management and decision making skills, credit appraisal programme for Branch Managers and workshop on recovery aspects for Executives. Under a novel programme, viz., Talent Bank Scheme, a talent pool was formulated, comprising Officers from Scale I to Scale IV, who are willing to take up challenging assignments in the identified critical or specialized areas. Intensive Credit Management Programme is being conducted in 2 phases. This is an in-depth and exhaustive programme on credit matters evolved by Staff Training College, for Officers in Scale I - III, to build specialization in credit. Intensive Training Programme on Credit over the years has built a talent pool of over 1000 Officers.

Further, the Bank’s quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce continued through focused and need based training at various institutes of repute, like, IIMs, XLRI-Jamshedpur, IDRBT-Hyderabad, JNIBF Hyderabad, NIBM-Pune, SIBSTC-Bangalore, CAFRAL and CAB (RBI)-Pune etc. Customized programmes are also organized to develop expertise in certain niche areas, like, Credit, Risk Management, Treasury Operations, HR, forex and IT. Specialized trainings to the Senior Management Level and Top Management Level Executives were conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the skill level of its Officials through training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.

A governing body for the training setup, headed by the Managing Director & CEO has been established to monitor and streamline the training policies of the Bank. A scheme for Training as Incentive to Top Performers has been formulated, and was incorporated as a part of Banks Training Policy whereby, top performing officers are sent for training at External institutes of repute.

Changes brought about in the organizational set up during 2018-19:

The Bank follows four-tier structure with 21 Circle Offices and 118 Regional Offices as controlling and monitoring offices between the Head Office and Branches.

Earlier, the Bank had launched ‘Project Shikhar’ aimed at rejuvenating the Bank by focusing on various themes, like, better branch layout & customer service for customer delight, quality service delivery & reduction in service time, focus on digital banking by promoting transactions on self-service machines and alternate channels, inculcating sales culture and focus on business, particularly CASA and Non-Interest Income growth. In the journey of transformation of branches, number of ‘Shikhar Branches’ rose to 1547, with 240 branches under 5 Star and 122 under 4 Star categories as at March 2019.

Marketing and Publicity:

The Marketing Vertical has played a significant role in improving the CASA share, retail business, fee income from the Associate Parties business, wallet maximization and propagating the multifarious technological products and services for the benefit of the customers.

The Bank further strengthened the marketing vertical during the year by inducting specialized personnel into the setup, overseen by the dedicated Marketing Executives. The Marketing set up has taken initiatives in cross selling and up selling of Bank’s products by launching several campaigns during the year. The Marketing Team actively organized and participated in various activities such as “Financial Expos”, “CASA Campaigns”, “Retail Expos”, “Help Our Customer Day”, “Health Camps”, “Insurance Days”, “NFO Campaigns” etc. throughout the year to improve visibility of the Bank, extend reach, serve customers and enhance business.

The Marketing Wing organized Marketing Conclaves to direct, encourage & motivate the Marketing Setup during the year 2018-19. In order to encourage and motivate all the Staff of the Bank to participate in sourcing & recording of business leads for the Bank, the Marketing Vertical launched a Lead Management System “iLead”.

The Bank has a healthy following on Social Media platforms Twitter and Youtube. Canara Bank was the First PSU Bank to start an active Twitter Handle in India and the Bank’s handle @canarabanktweet is currently ranked 4th amongst PSBs. It has evolved as a service delivery & grievance redressal channel for customers / non customers. Canara Bank official YouTube channel / canara bank official was launched during FY 2017-18 and within a short span of 9 months became the No.1 amongst PSU Banks.

Customer Orientation:

Several initiatives were taken to remain customer focused through providing fast service, bringing in diversified products & services, responding to customers’ queries and redressal of customer complaints. The ‘Code of Commitment to Customers’ issued by Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI) and ‘Revised Citizen’s Charter’ of Indian Banks Association (IBA) are made available in the Bank’s homepage of the website <www.canarabank.com>. As per the instructions of IBA and RBI, the Bank has adopted Customer Rights Policy as advised by the RBI since July 2015, which spells out the Rights of the Customers and also responsibilities of the Banker. To assess the quality of customer service rendered by the branches and to get the feedback, an online and offline Customer satisfaction Survey was conducted. As per regulatory requirements, the Bank has appointed an Internal Ombudsman for the Bank. Customers’ Fortnight was conducted from 16.11.2018 to 30.11.2018, inviting suggestions from customers. In order to enhance customer focus, ‘Project Shikhar - Branch Transformation’ is being implemented since April 2014 wherein various customer centric initiatives like Welcome Desk, Queue Management System (QMS), Single Window Operation and allocation of larger space for ‘Customer Waiting Area’ etc., along with self-service kiosks are put in place. In order to enhance customer convenience / experience, Bank has popularized Missed Call Facility through Canara Swipe, BHIM-Empower, Internet and Mobile Banking, Canara e-info book, Canara mServe, Canara Geo locate and Canara Easy Cash facilities. Besides, the existing Call Center with single point contact Toll free number 1800 425 0018 was converted into a fully outsourced model by name “Call Canara” and is functioning to cater to customers in 9 regional languages, viz., Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya Telugu, Guajarati, Punjabi, and Bengali besides Hindi and English for redressal of grievances. Many interfaces were provided at the call center to enable the agents to resolves first handed simple and routine query without necessitating the need for escalating the branches and other offices. The Bank has implemented online grievance redressal facility of customers in the website for lodging grievances online under the portal Canara Public Grievance Redressal System (CPGRS). The complaints received at the Call Centre of the Bank were also integrated with the CPGRS package. During the year, the Call Centre registered 11200 grievances in CPGRS and all grievances were redressed as per prescribed time norms. Centralized Pension Processing Centre has been established exclusively for handling pensions and resolving pension related grievances. 41 Central Processing Centers are established at selected places for account opening purposes.

The Bank has framed a policy on Customer Protection for limiting liability of customers in unauthorized Electronic Banking Transactions (EBT) in tune with the RBI guidelines. Recognizing the fact that customer protection and financial Inclusion are the two crucial pillars of financial stability and considering the recent surge in customer grievances relating to unauthorized Electronic Banking Transactions (EBT) resulting in erroneous debits to customer accounts / cards, customers are required to report to Bank immediately on knowing the occurrence of the unauthorized EBT. Further, the branches have the obligation to educate the customers to protect themselves from electronic banking and payments related frauds through various channels.

Feedback / suggestions received from customers during quarterly standing committee meeting on customer services were diligently taken up by the Bank, thereby providing more amenities / products for the benefit of customers.

Systems and Procedures:

Risk based Internal Audit (RBIA) was conducted in 5235 branches / service units programmed for onsite RBIA during the year. Information Security audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent / continuous audit was conducted in 973 branches / service units, of which 361 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent / continuous audit by Internal Auditors and 612 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent audit by External Auditors, covering 70% of Advances and 50% of Deposits of the total business of the Bank. 1473 branches were subjected to income / revenue audit on quarterly basis. As part of strengthening the audit process, branches / service units were graded under Four scales - LOW / NORMAL / MODERATE & HIGH in RBIA. The Bank has already implemented computerized audit through Web Based Audit Package called, ‘DARPAN’, for RBIA of branches, and through other Web Based packages for Concurrent Audit, Income Audit, KYC & AML Audit, Snap audit (for Normal and Moderate Risk rated branches), RO Audit, Circle Audit, Wing Audit, Application Audit and Information System Audit.

Bank has taken a strict policy of nil tolerance on frauds and accordingly the Inspection / Audit policy of the bank has been revised to re-risk rate branches which were witness to fraud; Serious irregularities; etc. as “High Risk”.

Further, Bank has taken various strategic measures for improvement of audit framework of the Bank like rationalisation of mandays for audits; stringent time norms for closure of audit reports; placing of relevant reports / Significant audit findings at periodical intervals before Audit Committee of Executives / Audit Committee of the Board / Board of Directors; introduction of new concepts like Daily Dash Board, interactive sessions with Inspectorates, Inspection Helpdesk; release of exhaustive Compendium of guidelines for audit, Handbook on functioning of Inspectorates; due importance for detection & recovery of income leakage, reduction of overdue Inspection reports, timely submission of reports / returns.

Risk Based Supervision:

The Bank is brought under Risk Based Supervision (RBS) regime by RBI, in lieu of Annual Financial Inspection (AFI) from FY2014-15. Presently, the Bank has completed the 5th cycle of RBS. RBS framework is named as Supervisory Programme for Assessment of Risk and Capital (SPARC). Under SPARC, a detailed qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Bank’s risks is made by the RBI on an on-going basis through a combination of offsite and onsite Risk Discovery Process (RDY).

Know Your Customers (KYC) / AML / CFT:

The Bank has undertaken various measures for the effective implementation of guidelines on Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

Some of the major developments and initiatives taken were as under:

- AML / CFT Centralized unit has filed 1404 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) During 2018-19.

- AML / CFT centralized unit is exclusively processing and monitoring of AML/SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) alerts.

- New in-house-AML package was inaugurated on 02.08.2018 with various efficiency features.

- System checks and enhancements implemented for Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) alerts.

- The centralized unit has attended Specified Bank Notes (SBN) related queries from RBI SBN facility extended to NRIs / people out of India during demonetization period.

- KYC Cell functions as the custodian and one point contact for RBI and Central Registry of Securitization Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) for all CKYC matters.

- Implemented CKYC project on 30.10.2017

- The Bank has issued 58,19,736 CKYC IDs to its Customers, out of 85,56,842 accounts opened since 01.01.2017.

Vigilance Setup

Vigilance Wing of the Bank is headed by the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO). The CVO is assisted by the Vigilance Officers stationed at all Circles, RRBs and the Bank’s Subsidiaries. Vigilance Management in the Bank includes preventive, participative and punitive functions.

‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ was observed in the Bank from 29^th October 2018 (Monday) to 3^rd November 2018 (Saturday), with the theme “Eradicate Corruption – Build a New India and all the Branches / Offices have actively participated in conducting various activities such as Seminars, Workshops, Customer Grievance Redress Meetings, Awareness Sabhas in Gram Panchayats, Panel Discussions, Competitions in Schools / Colleges (viz. Essay Writing, Debate & Quiz Competitions) & Walkathon / Marathons etc to bring awareness in the society about the ill effects of corruption.

Vigilance Awareness Week celebrations commenced with the Integrity Pledge by all the Executives & Employees of HO on 29.10.2018 at 11.00 am in Hindi, English & Kannada languages. Messages received from the Hon’ble President of India, Hon’ble Vice President of India and the Central Vigilance Commission were read out. During the function, Vigilance Wing in-house quarterly Magazine ‘Canara Vigil’ was released by the dignitaries.

During the year 2018, Vigilance Officers Conference was conducted on 23.07.2018 at Head Office, Bangalore. Vigilance Officers from 21 Circle Offices, Inspection Wing, RRBs & FMS Wing were present. CVO of the Bank & GM-HR addressed the participants. Ms. Roopa, SP, CBI/ ACB, Bangalore and Mr. Vivekanandaswamy, IOP, CBI/ ACB, Bangalore were guest speakers to the programme.

Further, Vigilance Wing has conducted Workshops on ‘Vigilance Administration’ for Investigating Officers, Presenting Officers, Inquiring Authorities & Disciplinary Authorities on 07.09.2018, 16.10.2018 & 22.10.2018 at Kolkata, Head Office & Chennai respectively. Officials from Central Vigilance Commission have participated in the Workshop and addressed the participants.

Security Arrangements:

Out of 6310 branches, and 106 currency chests in 21 Circles / 118 regional offices, the Branch security profile is as follows: High Risk Branches - 44, Normal Risk Branches -1678 and Low Risk Branches: 4588. These Branches & Currency Chests were periodically visited by Security Officers as per statutory guidelines. All the sensitive currency chests were visited by the Chief Security Officer during the year. The following measures were initiated based on the instruction from RBI, IBA & State Police Authorities:

a) All branches, Currency Chests & ATMs have been provided with CCTV cameras & DVR.

b) 873 ATMs (Pan India) and 9 mobile ATMs have been provided with private security guards based on the threat perception and directions from police authority.

c) Notwithstanding the fact that security personnel are “constantly committed” to security duties, the bank is geared up to meet all the challenges.

The security set up is regularly upgrading the security apparatus and issuing suitable instructions, advisories and guidelines to all branches from time to time, including focusing on fire safety measures and minimizing damages. 36 Security Officers have undergone basic training on Disaster Management at NIDM New Delhi during 2018-19.

Right to Information:

Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, an exclusive Right to Information Act outfit is functioning to provide information and bring transparency. During June 2016, Department of Personnel Training, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has come out with a web based online RTI portal to enable the citizens to make online applications / appeals. This web based package has been extended to the Public Sector Banks with effect from 20th July 2016. To comply with the RTI guidelines and to cater to the needs, the Bank has nominated a Nodal Officer at Head Office and a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and a First Appellate Authority (FAA) for all Regional Offices, Circle Offices and Head Office. Apart from this, the Bank has designated all the branch / unit heads as Assistant Public Information Officer (APIOs) to receive and forward the RTI applications, 1^st appeal and to forward the same to the concerned CPIOs and also to assist the CPIOs whenever requested. Presently, there are 140 PIOs and 140 Appellate Authorities.

During the year 2018-19, the Bank received 7519 RTI applications, 936 Appeals & 100 Second appeals as against 3634 RTI applications, 871 Appeals & 9 Second appeals during the previous year, 2017-18.

Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards:

As per RBI guidelines, the Bank is in the process of implementing the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS). A Project Steering Committee headed by Executive Director has been formed to take the required steps on a continuous basis for smooth convergence. RBI, vide its communication ref : DBR.BP.BC.No.29/ 21.07.001/2018-19 dated 22^nd March,2019 has deferred implementation of Ind AS for all Scheduled Commercial Banks till further notice. Bank is submitting Pro-Forma Financial Statements to RBI for every quarter as per the guidelines of RBI.

Implementation of Official Language:

The Bank made noteworthy progress under the implementation of official language and won many prizes at various levels during the year under review.

As at March 2019, around 86% of employees have obtained working knowledge in Hindi and the Bank has notified 4767 Branches under Rule 10(4) of OL Rules 1976. All the employees of the Bank possessing working knowledge of Hindi have been trained in functional Hindi through Hindi workshops. During the year under review, Bank has conducted 336 refresher training programmes for such employees.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in the Official Language, the Bank has furthered the use of Unicode package for word processing and also made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transaction in 10 Indian languages. Apart from Hindi and English, transaction slips can be obtained in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi and Marathi from our ATMs (Transactions done in concerned language). Tele banking facility has also been provided in Hindi and English and other 6 major regional languages. The Bank’s corporate website is bilingual. The Bank is also giving SMSs in Hindi to all its customers on special occasions.

The Bank’s bilingual address booklet CANPATHA is made available to all its branches and offices in electronic form. Hindi option is provided in Mobile Banking, E-Infobook and the Bank’s internet Banking portal. To encourage effective implementation of Official Language in the Bank, 381 prizes were given to Circles, Regional offices, Branches, RSTCs and Sections of Head Office & Circle Offices under the award scheme formulated by the Bank, viz., Canara Bank Rajbhasha Akshay Yojana and 80 employees were awarded under Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana. Bank has also conducted Annual “All India Hindi Essay Competition” for its employees and cash prizes were given to prize winners. Half Yearly Hindi journal “Canarajyoti” - 21^st & 22^nd issues were brought out during the year. Canarajyoti was brought out to encourage original writing in Hindi. This publication contains articles on banking related subjects as well as Poetry, Short Stories, Travelogues written in Hindi by employees of our Bank. During the year, Canarajyoti was awarded Gold and Bronze Prize by ABCI under Indian Language category & features (language) category. The 36^th All India Conference of OL Officers of the Bank was held at Head Office, Bengaluru on 21^st and 22^nd Feb 2019. During the year, the Third Sub Committee of Parliamentary Committee on Official Languages had inspected our Joshimath Branch (Delhi CO), Ooty Branch (Chennai CO), Guwahati Circle Office and Tuttukudi Regional Office. The committee lauded the efforts put in by the Bank in the field of Official Language implementation. The Bank is convening the Town Official Language Implementation Committees of Etah, Agra, Hatharas, Coimbatore, Ramnagaram, Bengaluru (Rural), Chitradurga, Chikkaballapur and Thiruvananthapuram. Official Language Implementation Committees are constituted in all the branches of the Bank as per the government guidelines to propagate the progressive use of Hindi.

Promotion of Sports:

Canara Bank has always been encouraging and supporting sports and has contributed generously to sporting activities all over the country by sponsoring tournaments, providing scholarships to talented sports personalities. A Sports Council at Head Office was setup in the year 1982 to monitor and encourage sports activities in the Bank.

The Bank is presently having teams in 6 disciplines.

Category	Gender	Members
Athletics	Women	5
Ball Badminton	Men	3
Cricket	Men	14
Hockey	Men	17
Shuttle Badminton	Men	1
Table Tennis	Men & Women	2

International Sportspersons in the Bank’s fold are Shri B K Venkatesh Prasad & Shri Sunil B Joshi (Cricket), Smt M K Asha, Smt Suma Gopalakrishna (Athletics), & Smt H M Jyothi (Present International Athlete), Shri P Shanmugam, Shri Bharath Kumar Chhetri (Captain Indian Hockey Team, London Olympics-2012) & Shri K M Somanna (Senior-Hockey), Shri K P Dinesh (Junior-Hockey), Shri D Guruprasad, Shri Vineet Manual (Shuttle Badminton). Some of the above sportspersons still don the Bank colours while representing the Bank in tournaments / competitions at the State / National level.

The Bank’s Hockey Team was Runners-up in the 8th Hockey India Senior National B Division Championships at Imphal, Manipur during 2018, and also in the Field Marshal Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament at Bangalore. The Cricket Team of the Bank was the Winnersinthefollowing championships: (1)TheKarnataka State Group II Division, (2) I League Championships, and (3) 25^th International Paradip Memorial Tournament at Odisha. Further the team was runners up in the All India Pooja Cricket Tournament at Kochi. Apart from the teams at the Head Office, the Bank is also encouraging sports at the Circle levels by allotting annual budget for sports activities and also by organising sports competition for employees, the activities of which are duly monitored by the Circle Sports Councils.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Canara Bank, with an objective of offering ‘One Stop Banking’ facilities for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a ‘Financial Supermarket’, with ten Subsidiaries / Sponsored entities/ Joint Ventures in diversified fields. All the Subsidiaries / Sponsored entities / Joint Ventures of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the year 2018-19.

CANFIN HOMES LIMITED (CFHL):

M/s Canfin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. The bank holds 30% stake with the company.

The loans outstanding of the Company as at March 2019 was Rs.18396 crore. The Company earned a profit after tax of Rs.296.74 crore as against Rs.286.19 crore in the previous year, with y-o-y growth of 3.69%. Gross NPAs of the Company was Rs.113.51 crore and Net NPA was Rs.79.47 crore as on 31.03.2019. 100% dividend for the year 2018-19 has been proposed by the Company.

CANARA BANK SECURITIES LIMITED (CBSL):

M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients.

Online Trading Counter for retail customers is its flagship product and has diversified into Currency Derivatives and has a clientele base of 55503. The Company has posted a profit after tax of Rs.9.71 crore and declared a dividend of 15% for the year 2018-19. CBSL has taken over the Depository Participant operations from Canara Bank with effect from 01.04.2017.

CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED (CRAMC):

M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited is a joint venture (JV) with M/s Robeco Groep N V with the bank holding 51% Stake. This JV was formed in 2007 divesting 49% Stake held by the bank in M/s Can Bank Mutual Fund in favour of M/s Robeco Groep N V. Total Assets under Management (AUM) was at Rs.15516 crore with investor base of 9.92 lakhs as at March 2019. The Company is currently managing 29 Mutual Fund Schemes, including Gold Exchange Traded Fund. The Company has posted a net profit of Rs.24.61 crore and declared a dividend of 11% for the year 2018-19.

CANBANK FACTORS LIMITED (CFL):

M/s Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring subsidiary of the Bank with 70% stake held by the Bank. During 2018-19, the Company had a total business turnover of Rs.1702 crore. The Company incurred a profit of Rs.2.72 crore after making provisions amounting to Rs.11.39 crore for the doubtful debts for the year 2018-2019.

CANARA HSBC ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (CHIOCe):

M/s Canara HSBC Oriental Bank Of Commerce Life Insurance Company Ltd (CHIOCe) is a Life Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in association with HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Oriental Bank of Commerce in the year 2007. The JV commenced its business operations with effect from 16.06.2008, with majority shareholding of 51% by Canara Bank, followed by HSBC (26%) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (23%). The Company recorded new business premium of Rs.1367 crore and gross premium of Rs.3491 crore during the year. The Company has 4,62,403 in-force policies as on 31.03.2019. The Company achieved a statutory profit of Rs.165 crore for 2018-19.

CANBANK VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED (CVCFL):

M/s Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited is the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. The company has managed 5 funds so far with total Asset under Management (AUM) of Rs.552.78 crore. The latest fund is the Emerging India Growth Fund with a corpus of Rs.435.86 crore. CVCFL has been appointed by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to manage the Electronic Development Fund (EDF) with a corpus of Rs.2206 crore, with Rs.2200 crore from Government of India, Rs.5 crore from Canara Bank and Rs.1 crore from CVCFL. Another new fund named as “Empower India Fund” is being setup with a target corpus of Rs.650 crore. The Company recorded a profit after tax of Rs.4.50 crore and has proposed to pay a dividend of 1000% for the year 2017-18.

CANBANK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED (CCSL):

M/s Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted by a Public Sector Bank in the country, with a 69.14% shareholding by the Bank. CCSL is primarily engaged in IT and software development services, BPO services, ATM / Any Time Payment services, Training, Consultancy and R&T agent. The Company has posted a profit after tax of Rs.3.01 crore and proposed a 30% dividend for 2018-19.

CANBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (CANFINA):

M/s Canbank Financial Services Limited is confining its activities to legal matter arising out of past transactions in securities and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. The Company received extension of time limit from the RBI for further period of three more years up to 31.01.2020 for disposing off its assets.

COMMERCIAL INDO BANK LLC (CIBL):

M/s Commercial Indo Bank LLC, a joint venture of Canara Bank and State Bank of India has been operational since April 2014 in Moscow, Russia. The company incurred net loss after tax of US$ -1.82 million during the year.

CANARA BANK (TANZANIA) LIMITED:

M/s Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited is wholly owned Subsidiary of the Bank at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, registered in Tanzania on 02.11.2015 and obtained a banking license from the Bank of Tanzania on 05.05.2016. The subsidiary commenced its business operations from 09.05.2016. The company earned a profit after tax of $0.43 million.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs):

As at March 2019, the Bank had two sponsored RRBs, viz., Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) in Kerala and Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) in Karnataka.

Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) operates in all the 14 districts of Kerala State with 633 branches and 320 ATMs. The total business of the KGB was Rs.34778 crores as at March 2019, comprising a total Deposits of Rs.16881 crore and Advances of Rs.17897 crores. Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) operates in 11 districts of Eastern Karnataka with 661 branches & 279 ATMs. The total business of the PKGB was Rs.30745 crores as at March 2019 with total Deposits of Rs.15917 crores and Advances of Rs.14828 crores.

Aggregate business of both the RRBs increased to Rs.65523 crores as at March 2019 with a y-o-y growth of 11.28% comprising Deposits of Rs.32798 crores and Advances Rs.32725 crores. Through the Bank’s infrastructure support, the RRBs are extending facilities, like, ATM cum Debit Card services and installed 599 ATMs / Cash Dispensers (320 by KGB, 279 by PKGB) as at March 2019. The sponsored RRBs are 100% CBS compliant and are ahead of their peer RRBs under technology front by extending IT based products, like Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, RuPay Debit Card services and also Aadhaar enabled services and remittance facilities through NEFT / RTGS to their customers. The RRBs have put in place Cheque truncation system and e-KYC technology.

Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) had received IBA award 2018 for best financial inclusion initiatives. KGB has been awarded 6th ASSOCHAM SMEs excellence award 2018 under Micro lending category. KGB has also bagged Leadership capital award instituted by PFRDA for best performance in enrolling members under APY. KGB has been awarded the Best Bank Award for “Rural Development” by Kerala State Bankers Forum. For excellent performance under CTS, KGB has been awarded National Payments ExcellenceAward.In addition to this KGB also bagged IBA Banking technology award 2019, SKOCH award for DIGI KGB & FI@School.

Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) has received National Award from Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) for Best performance in SHG Linkage for 2017-18 among RRBs (Southern Region). PKGB has received NPCI Special Jury Award for outstanding performance in Issuance of Rupay Debit Cards. PKGB has also received National Award from PFRDA as Best Performing RRB in India under APY for the year 2017-18. Bank has also received many awards by PFRDA under various categories.

The Bank’s sponsored RRBs were the first amongst RRBs to implement e-KYC technology and Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS). Together, these RRBs had done 13.22 lakh enrolments under the Social Security Schemes.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY (HEFA):

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a not-for profit organisation, is set up by the bank under a joint venture share holder agreement with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. This agency was set up to leverage funds from the market and supplement them with donations and CSR funds to finance improvement of infrastructure in India’s Premier Higher education institutions viz., IIT, IIIT, IISER, etc to make them world class. HEFA is set up for developing the educational infrastructure, particularly R&D infrastructure thereby enabling the institutions to reach top rankings globally. This agency has an initial authorized capital of Rs.2000 Crore which is proposed to be contributed in the ratio of Rs.1000 Crore by MHRD, Rs.100 Crore by Canara Bank and Rs.900 Cr. from other Corporates. The paid up equity of HEFA as on date is Rs.300 Crore of which Rs.250 Crore by MHRD and Rs.50 Crore by Canara bank.

HEFA has so far approved projects to the tune of Rs.2,015 Crore for 7 institutions of which Rs.85 Crore has been disbursed. HEFA also has proposals to the tune of Rs.9818 Crore from 16 institutions and the appraisal process is underway.

AWARDS / ACCOLADES & ACHIEVEMENTS:

In recognition of the varied initiatives, the Bank was conferred with the following awards during the year 2018-19.

- Secured Chamber of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) awards for best bank for promotional schemes (Large category).

- Received runner up CIMSME award for best MSME bank (Large category) and financially inclusive bank (Large category).

- Secured PFRDA’s best performing PSB award in APY performance and the splendid seven awards for the APY campaign

- Secured 1^st position in Digital Score Card among all PSBs published by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) as on 31.12.2018.

- Achieved 106.04% of pro-rata target of 48 Crores Digital Transactions by MeitY. (The Bank was allocated 64 Crores Digital Transactions for FY 201819 by MeitY)

- Post introduction of BHIM OR in August 2018, the enrolment crossed 3,70,179 Merchants as of MarRs.19.

- Enrolled 97,725 Merchants under BHIM Aadhaar PoS as of MarRs.19.

- Number of Merchants enrolled has increased to 5,31,156 as of MarRs.19 from 3,83,092 in MarRs.18 registering a substantial increase under all seven Digital Payment Platforms.

- Secured eight awards in the Collateral Awards Category during 13th Global Communication Conclave; out of which 3 Gold for Television Commercials, Advertising Corporate Campaign RADIO and Advertising Corporate Campaign Television.

- Bagged four awards from the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) under its Social Banking Excellence Awards 2018.

- Bagged 1st Runner up award for Credit-off take under EASE Banking Reforms.

- Conferred Best Performing Bank for in house model in terms of Aadhaar Generation and Update through our Aadhaar Seva Kendra among the Banks by UIDAI.

VARIOUS POLICIES OF THE BANK

There is a system of implementing well-defined policies and procedures in the Bank. During the year, concerted efforts were made to streamline the policies and procedures of the Bank in the light of regulatory requirements of the RBI, the directions of the Government of India and the emergent requirements of the Bank in the present day context. Accordingly, there has been a sharper focus on policies relating to, among others, Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Asset Liability Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Group Risk Management, Country Risk, Counterparty Bank Risk, Corporate Governance, Disclosures, Collateral Management, Stress Testing, Compliance Functions, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Lines, Outsourcing and ICAAP, KYC, AML, Recovery and Investments.

CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Year 2018-19 saw the following changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

Changes in the Bank’s Board of Directors during the year 2018-19

Sl. No.	Name Designation	Designation	Date of Appointment	Date of Cessation
1	Shri Rakesh Sharma	Managing Director & CEO	11.09.2015	31.07.2018
2	Smt P. V. Bharathi	Executive Director	15.06.2016	31.01.2019
3	Ms A . Manimekhalai	Executive Director	11.02.2019	10.02.2022

As per Government ofIndia notification dated 13.08.2018, Shri. T N Manoharan has been re-nominated as Part Time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Canara Bank for a term of two years with effect from 14.08.2018 and extended his appointment as non-executive Chairman of the Bank’s Board.

Changes in the Bank’s Board of Directors after March 2019

Sl. No.	Name Designation	Designation	Date of Appointment
1	Shri. R.A. Sankara Narayanan	Managing Director & CEO	15.04.2019
2	Shri. R. Kesava n	RBI Nominee	26.04.2019

Brief Profile of the newly appointed Directors of the Board of the Bank during 2018-19

Ms. A. Manimekhalai is a Master of Business Administration (Marketing) degree holder from Bangalore University and also has CAIIB qualification. She joined Vijaya Bank as Officer in 1988 and has three decades of all round banking experience as Branch Head, Regional Head and functional head of various Departments at Corporate Office.

As General Manager of Vijaya Bank, she has headed the Bangalore North Region of the Bank. She had wide cross-functional experience at Corporate Office with responsibility for policy making, strategic planning, setting organizational goals & growth strategies, action plans, compliance with regulatory guidelines, driving business growth, performance reviews, internal control, liaison with regulatory authorities, and various other functions.

She was instrumental in driving business growth and effective NPA management, conceptualization, design and launch ofvarious retail Assets and Liabilities products, design and launch of Marketing campaigns, implementation of Risk Based Supervision (RBS) system in Vijaya Bank, transition from manual Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) regime to total computerised online system, significantly enhancing the integrity, reliability, speed and adherence to regulatory requirements, Implementation of computerized, online Concurrent Audit system, Significant contribution for improvement of compliance culture, due diligence, supervision, oversight and monitoring mechanism across the bank.

Ms. A. Manimekhalai has taken charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank on 11.02.2019.

Brief Profile of the newly appointed Directors of the Board of the Bank after March 2019

Shri R.A. Sankara Narayanan is a post-graduate in Public Administration with MBA in Finance, CAIIB, Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management (PGDPM), Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM), Diploma in Treasury, Investment and Risk Management (DTIRM), DCP, BRM.

He joined Bank of India (BoI) as a Direct Recruit Officer in the year 1983 and headed various Branches, Zones, and National Banking Groups across India and many other Departments in Corporate Office including Treasury, Retail, and International Banking with Overseas assignments at Tokyo and Singapore. He has rich experience and exposures in all segments of Banking including Treasury, International Banking, Corporate Credit, Risk Management, Compliances, Retail, Marketing, Recovery, Human Resources.

As Executive Director of BoI from May 2015, he was responsible for Treasury, Corporate Credit, Recovery, Risk Management, Compliance apart from International Banking, Retail, HR, IT, Planning, Finance etc.

He has represented BoI in various Boards - including P.T. Bank of lndia Indonesia Tbk, Bank of India- Tanzania, Commonwealth Finance Corporation Ltd (CFCL-Hongkong), BOI New Zealand Ltd, BOI Shareholding, SUD Life Insurance. He was Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Vijaya Bank from 01.09.2017 till 31.03.2019.

He has taken charge as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Canara Bank on 15.04.2019.

Shri. R Kesavan joined RBI in the year 1993 as a Direct Recruit Officer in Grade “B”. He has served various departments with core and specialized functions relating to currency management, banking and non-banking supervision and a stint with the Bank’s Zonal Training Centre at New Delhi. Before taking over as Principal, RBSC, he supervised the entire supervisory domain in RBI, Chennai which included banking, non-banking and co-operative bank supervision, foreign exchange department and customer education and customer protection cell. During his 7 year tenure with banking supervision at Central office of RBI, he served as the Senior Supervisory Manager of State Bank of India during 2015 & 2016. He was also associated as RBI nominee on ICAI’s Audit and Assurance Standards Board for two years.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2019, confirm the following:

- That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

- That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bank for the period.

- That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing banks in India for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

- That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

- Internal financial controls followed by the Bank are in accordance with guidelines and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

- The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provision of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19:

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 24A of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 & SEBI Circular CIR / CFD/ CMDl / 27 / 2019 dated February 08, 2019, the Bank has appointed Mr. S. VISWANATHAN Practicing Company Secretary (COP 5284) as the Secretarial Auditor for FY 2018-19 and their report addressed to the members of the Bank which forms part of this Annual Report is attached as an annexure to the Board’s report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government authorities and the Reserve Bank ofIndia for their valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to the Bank’s Correspondents in India and abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all the Staff Members for their full support in the pursuit of organizational growth and excellence.

R A SANKARA NARAYANAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

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Mar 31, 2018

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 49^th Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31^st March, 2018 and Profit & Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Operating profit of the Bank increased to Rs.9548 crore compared to Rs.8914 crore last year. Due to increase in provisions and contingencies on account of stressed loan book, the Bank reported a net loss of Rs.4222 crore for 2017-18 compared to a net profit of Rs.1122 crore during last year. Net Interest income of the bank increased by 23.21% to Rs.12163 Crore compared to Rs.9872 crore generated during last year.

Key Financial Ratios (%)	March 2017	March 2018
Cost of Funds	5.65	5.17
Yield on Funds	7.42	7.34
Cost of Deposits	6.25	5.60
Yield on Advances	8.99	8.12
Yield on Investments	7.75	7.63
Net Interest Margin (NIM)	2.23	2.42
Return on Assets (RoA)	0.20	(0.75)
Return on Equity (RoE)	4.15	(16.74)
Cost to Income Ratio	48.85	50.03

NIM improved to 2.42% against the last year’s 2.23% and Cost of Deposit reduced to 5.60% from 6.25% a year ago.

Income and Expenditure Analysis:

During the year, total income stood at Rs.48195 crore, comprising Rs.29096 crore interest from loans and advances, Rs.10412 crore interest from investments, Rs.6943 crore from non-interest income and Rs.1744 crore from other income.

In line with the thrust areas for the Bank, non-interest income (Excl. Trading profit) registered a growth of 9.80% to Rs.5020 compared to Rs.4572 crore during last year. Apart from trading profit, other major sources of non-interest income, like, service charges (Rs.2195 crore), commission and exchange (Rs.1200 crore), recovery from written off accounts (Rs.936 crore) and Profit from exchange transaction (Rs.538 Crore) contributed to the non-interest income of the Bank. The share of non-interest income to total income stood at 14.41% from last year level of 15.43%.

Total expenditure of the Bank came down by 3.45% y.o.y to Rs.38647 crore from Rs.40028 crore incurred during last year. Interest expenses of the Bank declined by 7.70% to Rs.29089 crore. Operating expenses increased by 12.28% to Rs.9558 crore, comprising staff cost of Rs.5444 crore and other operating expenses of Rs.4114 crore. Due to downward movement in the interest rates, the Bank’s cost of deposits reduced by 65 bps to 5.60% from from the last year’s 6.25%.

The net interest income, the difference between interest paid and interest earned by the Bank, increased by 23.21% to Rs.12163 crore compared to the last years Rs.9872 crore.

Capital and Reserves:

Net worth of the Bank, as at March 2018 stood at Rs.23086 crore compared to Rs.26914 crore as at March 2017. While the total paid-up capital of the Bank stood at Rs.733 crore, the reserves and surplus increased to Rs.34872 crore.

(Amt. Rs. Crore)

Composition of Capital	March 2017 Basel III	March 2018 Basel III
Risk Weighted Assets	338999	351698
CET I	30226	33455
CET I (%)	8.92	9.51
AT I	2896	2769
AT I (%)	0.85	0.79
Tier I Capital	33122	36224
CRAR (%)(Tier I)	9.77	10.30

Tier II Capital	10472	10280
CRAR (%)(Tier II)	3.09	2.92
Total Capital	43594	46504
CRAR(%)	12.86	13.22

Capital Adequacy Ratio, under Basel III, improved to 13.22% as at March 2018 against the regulatory requirement of 10.875%, including capital conservation buffer of 1.875%. Within the capital adequacy ratio, CET I ratio was at 9.51% and Tier I capital ratio was at 10.30%.

The Bank is comfortable in the capital front. Government has infused a capital of Rs.4865 crore in FY18, thereby Government shareholding in the Bank has increased to 72.55% from 66.30% a year back. Adequate headroom is available to raise capital in order to support the business growth momentum.

BUSINESS GROWTH

Deposits:

Total Deposits increased to Rs.524772 crore as at March 2018 compared to Rs.495275 crore a year ago, with a y.o.y growth of 5.96%.

Current and Saving (CASA) deposits of the Bank increased by 11.54% y-o-y to Rs.167035 crore as at March 2018. The Bank’s CASA deposits share to domestic deposits improved to 34.28% from the last year’s 32.85%. Savings deposits grew by 11.70% to Rs.142051 crore. Current deposits grew by 10.64% to Rs.24984 crore. The focus on premier CASA products, like, Canara Galaxy, Canara Privilege, SB Powerplus and NRI accounts was given to improve the average balances under CASA.

Pursuing a strategy of expanding deposit clientele, the Bank added 42 lakhs deposit clientele accounts during the year, taking the total number of deposit accounts to 7.39 crore.

Advances (net):

The Bank expanded its asset base to a well diversified one comprising of the productive segments of the economy, like, Agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and other productive sectors in addition to Retail assets, including Housing, Education, and Vehicle loan segments.

As against the 10.3% growth in advances of the Industry as a whole, advances (Net) of the Bank grew by 11.61% to reach Rs.381703 crore as at March 2018 compared to Rs.342009 crore a year ago.

The number of borrowal clientele accounts increased to 88 lakhs as at March 2018.

Total business of the Bank increased to Rs.906475 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 8.26% compared to Rs.837284 crore in the previous year.

During the year, the Bank’s total clientele base increased by 48 lakhs to 8.27 crore from the last year’s level of 7.79 crore.

RETAIL LENDING OPERATIONS:

In line with the thrust areas set for the year, the Bank’s retail lending operations recorded good y-o-y growth.

(Amt. Rs. Crore)

Retail Segments	As at March		Y.O.Y Growth
	2017	2018	Quantum	(%)
1. Housing	32285	40075	7790	24.13
1.1 Housing (Direct)	24337	28308	3971	16.32
1.2 Housing (Indirect)	7948	11767	3819	48.05
2. Vehicle	5140	6739	1599	31.11
3. Other Personal	13835	21601	7766	56.13
4. Education	7651	8438	787	10.29
Total Retail Loans(1 2 3 4)	58910	76853	17943	30.46

The outstanding retail loans portfolio grew by 30.46% y-o-y to Rs.76853 crore as at March 2018. The disbursals under various retail lending schemes amounted to Rs.52229 crore. The outstanding housing loan portfolio rose to Rs.40075 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 24.13% and accounted for 52.15% of the total retail lending portfolio. Vehicle loans and other personal loans increased by 31.11% and 56.13% y-o-y respectively.

Education Loans:

Over the years, the Bank has assisted substantial number of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The Bank’s education loan portfolio increased to Rs.8438 crore. The Bank has financed around 2.99 lakh students as at March 2018. The Bank is performing consistently well with progressive growth in education loan segment. During 2017-18, the Bank has disbursed education loans worth Rs.1452 crore.

1000 institutions rated as ‘A’ grade by NAAC have been mapped for providing education loans to students of these institutes. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for sanction of education loans for students pursuing vocational courses in affiliated institutes of NSDC throughout the country. An MOU has also been signed with The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi for extending education loans. Tie-up arrangements are made with M/s BIOCON Ltd, M/s Bosch Ltd, M/s Bombay Stock Exchange Institute, and M/s Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd., to encourage vocational education loans.

Government of India has set-up a fully IT-based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor scholarships as well as Educational Loan Schemes, through Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram to ensure that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds. A Vidya Lakshmi portal <www.vidyalakshmi.co.in> has been made live on 15.08.2015. The students can apply online for Education Loan from any bank. The Bank has also in place ‘Vidya Turant’, an online instant loan sanction facility to students and ‘Vidya Sahay’, a bridge loan scheme for making down payment for Common Entrance Test (CET), at the time of selection and counselling.

The Bank has been designated as the Nodal Bank for administering subsidy schemes of Government of India, which includes Central Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans (CSIS), National Rural Livelihood Mission(NRLM), Padho Pardesh subsidy scheme to provide Interest Subsidy on Education Loans for overseas studies pursued by students belonging to notified minority communities and Dr.Ambedkar Central Sector Scheme Of Interest Subsidy On Educational Loan for Overseas Studies for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) & Economically Backward Classes (EBCs).

Several initiatives were undertaken by the Bank to expand retail credit. During the year the Bank popularized its Online Instant in-Principle Sanction for Housing Loan and Car Loan platform, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, Housing cum Solar Loans and also Housing Loans to High Net worth Individuals (HNIs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Agriculturists. Nationwide launching of Campaigns, conduct of Expos, offering competitive interest rates, tie-up with reputed Builders, Car Dealers, introduction of Direct Selling Agents etc., have helped the Bank in expanding its retail loan portfolio.

Five new Retail Asset Hubs were opened, taking total number of RAHs to 83 across major centers in the country. The Bank also implemented several tech-based initiatives like missed call facility for retail lending Schemes, informing due dates and amount of EMIs for housing loans and introduction of web-based lead generation system.

INTEGRATED TREASURY

Aggregate investments (net) of the Bank stood at Rs.144054 crore as at March 2018. While modified duration of the investments portfolio stood at 4.99 as at March 2018, the modified duration of the Available for Sale (AFS) portfolio has increased to 4.44 as at March 2018 from 4.02 as at March 2017. The yield on investments works out to 7.63% as at 31^st March 2018 as compared to 7.75% as at 31st March 2017 due to sale of securities and profit booking during the period. The trading profit under domestic treasury operations during the year decreased to Rs.1923 crore from Rs.2982 crore in March 2017 due to volatile market conditions and increased yield.

The Bank continues to be an active player in the Government Securities Market as a Primary Dealer (PD). The total amount of bids submitted for underwriting was Rs.46723 crore, of which, the underwriting commitment accepted by the RBI was Rs.19609 crore. With regard to Treasury Bills under PD business, as against the minimum success ratio of 40% to be achieved in each half year, the Bank has a success ratio of 47.94% for the first half year ended September 2017 and 43.28% for the second half year ended March 2018.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to Rs.261469 crore, comprising of Rs.95317 crore under exports, Rs.54619 crore under imports and Rs.111533 crore under remittances during the year ended March 2018.

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

The Bank has 8 overseas branches, viz., London and Leicester (U.K), Hong Kong, Shanghai (China), Manama (Bahrain), Johannesburg (South Africa), New York (U.S.A) and Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai (UAE). Besides the above 8 overseas branches, the Bank has a Representative Office at Sharjah (UAE), Canara Bank (Tanzania) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Commercial Indo Bank LLC, a joint venture bank with State Bank of India in Moscow, Russia. Total business of the overseas branches aggregated to Rs.67962 crore comprising of deposits of Rs.38778 crore and advances of Rs.29184 crore as at the end of the financial year. Overseas Business constituted 7.5% of the Bank’s total business.

As per the directives of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, the Bank has drawn a plan for rationalisation of overseas branches. The Bank has proposed to close/merge its four overseas branches at Leicester (U.K), Shanghai (China), Manama (Bahrain) and Johannesburg (South Africa) and to divest its stake in the Joint Venture at Moscow (Russia).

The Bank’s international operations are well supported by a wide network of 394 Correspondent Banks, spread across 79 countries and the Bank’s overseas branches/ offices. Rupee Drawing Arrangements have been made with 36 Exchange Houses and 25 overseas banks for channelizing the remittances of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). The Bank is managing two Exchange Houses viz., M/s Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai and M/s Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar under Secondment and Management Agreements respectively.

‘Remit Money’, a web-based speed remittance product has been extended to 36 Exchange Houses and also to the Bank’s 4 overseas branches, viz., London, Shanghai and Hong Kong and Canara Bank (Tanzania) Ltd. To facilitate instant and hassle free remittances to the beneficiaries of the Bank in India, ‘Flashremit’/’Instant Remitmoney’, an instant credit facility is being offered in association with M/s. UAE Exchange, Abu Dhabi, UAE, M/s. Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai, M/s. Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar, M/s GCC Exchange, Dubai, M/s Al Ahalia Money Exchange, Abudhabi, UAE, M/s. Al Ansari Exchange LLC, UAE and M/s Index Exchange, UAE.

OTHER SERVICES

During the year the Bank’s Merchant Banking Division has handled, as arrangers, private placements of Capital Gains Bond Issues of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC). The amount mobilized in respect of these issues Capital Gains Bonds Issue of NHAI and REC during the year was Rs.135.10 crore.

As a Collecting Banker, the Bank was involved in two Private Placement Issues, collecting an amount of Rs.1387.48 crore. Further, the bank has handled 236 Public and Debt Issues under Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) and the amount blocked therein was Rs.2873.08 crore. Three specialized assignments of ‘Fair Valuation of Equity’ were also handled by the Division during the year.

The Syndication Group handled projects, involving project cost of Rs.3838 crore during the year, with a total debt size of Rs.3159 crore. The Group generated a fee-based income of Rs.2.98 crore during the year. The funds were arranged for projects in various segments like Infrastructure (Railway Freight Corridor, Hospital, Educational Institution) and Commercial Real Estate.

The Bank has tie-up arrangements in both life and non-life insurance segments under its ‘Bancassurance’ arm. During the year, the Bank earned a commission income of Rs.76.6 crore from its joint venture, viz.,

M/s Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. Under the Mutual Fund business, the Bank earned a commission of Rs.26.9 crore from its joint venture, viz., M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. A commission income of Rs.26.9 crore was earned under Non-Life (General) Insurance business from its tie-up arrangements with M/s Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd, M/s TATA AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd, M/s The New India Assurance Co. Ltd and M/s United India Insurance Company Ltd. The Bank also earned a commission income of Rs.20.8 crore from its tie-up agreement with M/s Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd for marketing their health insurance products. The Bank also has Corporate Agency Agreement with M/s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India for marketing export policies through its branches across India.

In order to give further impetus on offering a variety of products and enhance service quality under General Insurance, Bank has entered into a Corporate Agency tie-up with M/s The New India Assurance Co. Ltd and M/s TATA AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd w.e.f 08.06.2017 and 17.07.2017 respectively. The bank has terminated its partnership with M/s United India Insurance Co. Ltd w.e.f 24.06.2017 during the year.

Under Cards Business, the Bank took several initiatives to expand its card base. As at March 2018, total number of Debit Cards increased to 4.30 crore and Credit Cards base rose to 2.23 lakhs.

The Bank offers its ‘Depository Services’ through 32 centres spread across the country. Through these centres, the Bank is extending Online Trading Facility to DP clients of its own broking subsidiary M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd., Mumbai. In order to have better synergy of operations and efficient delivery of services, the DP activity has been hived off to M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd., with effect from 01.04.2017.

Executor, Trustee and Taxation Services outfit of the Bank provides services like Debenture/Security Trusteeship, Will and Executorships, Trusteeship, Personal Tax Assistance and Power of Attorney Services.

The Bank undertakes Government Business, comprising Direct and Indirect Tax collections, payment of Central Government and State Government Pensions, Handling of Postal Transactions and State Government Treasury Transactions, Public Provident Fund Scheme and Senior Citizens’ Saving Scheme and distributing Inflation Indexed Bonds of RBI, issuing Sovereign Gold Bonds, Sukanya Samridhi Scheme, accepting deposits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) and accepting tax under the Scheme. These products contributed to improvement of CASA and also earned a fee income of Rs.110.28 crore during year.

The Bank provides several online payment services, viz., e-payment of Sales Tax/ Commercial Tax in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Odisha, Punjab, West Bengal and Delhi, Virtual Treasury Package in Maharashtra, e-payment of Taxes to Transport Department in Tamil Nadu, Collection of Property Tax for the Corporation of Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Bengaluru in Karnataka, Online opening of PPF Accounts and e-Stamping project in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Archaeological Survey of India and Unique Identification Authority of India (UI DAI), New Delhi. The Bank was implementing the National Pension System for Unorganised Sectors under Swavalamban Scheme since 2012-13. The Government of India has launched Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in place of Swavalamban with a view to provide defined pension to unorganised sector. The Bank could mobilise 4,28,051 accounts under APY as at March 2018.

Goods & Services Tax (GST) (as an agency bank) has been successfully implemented in all of our bank branches since July 01st, 2017.

Agricultural Innovation Centre (AIC) outfit of the Bank handled 113 assignments. Out of, 105 assignments were cleared, which consists of 93 appraisals, 3 vetting and 9 viability studies. The total outlay of the assignments worked out to a term loan component of Rs.723.73 crores and the Bank earned a fee income of Rs.5.91 crores during the year.

ASSET QUALITY

The withdrawal of special dispensation provided for restructuring portfolio resulted in substantial slippages. The consequent stress in the asset quality at the industry level, the Gross Non Performing Assets (GNPAs) to Gross Advances ratio increased to 11.84% as at March 2018 compared to 9.63% as at March 2017. GNPA as on March 31, 2018 stood at Rs.47468 crore compared to Rs.34202 crore in the previous year. With a Net NPA of Rs.28542 crore as on 31st March 2018, the Net NPA ratio was at 7.48% from 6.33% in March 2017.

Cash Recovery during 2017-18 aggregated to Rs.6458 crore compared to Rs.4162 crore in the last year. Recovery from written off accounts stood at Rs.1625 crore as on March 2018 as against Rs.705 crore during the corresponding period of the previous year. Recovery from loss assets during 2017-18 reached Rs.565 crore. During the year, an amount of Rs.943 crore was upgraded from NPA to Performing Assets.

During the year, recoveries amounting to Rs.701 crore were made on account of initiating actions under the SARFAESI Act. The Bank conducted 7661 recovery meets, which resulted in a recovery of Rs.615 crore. During the year 14362 cases were referred to Lok Adalat, out of which, 6229 cases were settled, covering an amount of Rs.22 crore. Besides, the Bank took several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from overdue loan accounts. These include, conduct of Can Adalats at branch level, cluster adalats at Regional level and mega adalats at Circle level for one time settlements (OTS), Lok Adalats at district level, regular follow-up of overdue in loan accounts through Call Centre, conduct of e-auctions for sale of seized assets and initiation of stringent recovery measures against Wilful Defaulters. As on March 2018, there were 491 wilful defaulters with an outstanding amount of Rs.4759 crore.

The Bank has initiated resolution process in respect of 111 Cases by referring to NCLT / filing our claim as at 31.03.2018 and is expecting substantial recovery through resolution during 2018-19.

The Bank also formulated a special Scheme for settlement of small NPAs (upto Rs.10 lakh), with a special focus on Education/ Agricultural / MSME Loans. In the Educational Loan Sector, two Special OTS schemes were launched with liberal terms and additional concessions for accounts with sanctioned limits up to Rs.4 lakh and for accounts with sanctioned limits above Rs.4 lakh and up to Rs.7.50 lakh. Special Schemes for small value agricultural loans with limit up to Rs.5 lakh and repeatedly restructured due to natural calamities and MSME loans up to Rs.1 crore were launched to provide relief to the affected borrowers.

As on March 2018, the outstanding stressed assets portfolio (including restructured standard accounts) of the Bank stood at Rs.51188 crore, accounting for 12.77% of gross advances.

Risk Management:

BASEL III Capital Adequacy Framework and Future Strategies

An independent Risk Management Wing at the Head Office is functioning as a nodal centre for overall implementation of various risk management initiatives across the Bank. Risk Management Sections are functioning at all 21 Circle Offices of the Bank as an extended arms of the Risk Management Wing.

The Bank has in place risk management policies across geographies and across all risks encompassing the entire gamut of risk profile. These include policies on Credit Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Asset Liability Management and Group Risk Management.

The Bank has in place an Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) under Pillar 2 ofBasel III norms. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic and overseas operations of the Bank, the Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures, Sponsored Entities and Associates. Stress testing exercise is also performed by the Bank to ascertain the potential risks faced by the Bank. The ICAAP document is reviewed and approved by the Risk Management Committee of the Board and the Board of Directors.

The Bank has a Board Level Sub-Committee for Capital Planning Process. The Committee articulates macroeconomic scenarios vis-a-vis capital requirements of the Bank, in tune with business strategies. The Committee ensures maintenance of appropriate level of Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) and evaluates various options for raising the capital.

Adoption of Advanced Approaches under Basel III:

In an endeavour to move towards Advanced Approaches under Basel III for computation of capital for Credit, Market and Operational Risks, the Bank has engaged the services of a Consultant for implementation of Enterprise-wide Integrated Risk Management solution for itself and the Group Entities, so as to build requisite risk management framework.

As a pre-requisite for the implementation of Enterprise-wide Integrated Risk Management architecture, the Bank has procured a Risk Solution that would enable it to meet requirements of Advanced Measurement Approaches.

The Bank has submitted Letters of Intent to RBI for adoption of Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approach for calculation of capital charge for Credit Risk, Internal Models Approach for calculation of capital charge for Market Risk and Advanced Measurement Approach for calculation of capital charge for Operational Risk.

Preparedness for Basel III:

The final guidelines on Basel III Capital Regulations became effective from 1st April, 2013. As per RBI guidelines, the transitional period for full implementation of Basel III Capital regulations is extended up to 31.03.2019. The banks in India need to maintain a minimum Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital of 5.50%, Tier 1 capital of 7.00%, total capital of 9.00% and Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB) of 2.50% at the end of March 2019. The banks also have to maintain a minimum Tier 1 Leverage Ratio of 4.50% during parallel run as a credible supplementary measure to the risk based capital requirements.

The Bank endeavours to remain adequately capitalized and has drawn plans to meet the capital requirements stipulated by the RBI in transitory phase. The Bank has adequate headroom to raise capital from the market, including recapitalization support from the Government of India. Going forward, the Bank’s capital requirement shall be met by injecting fresh equity capital, retention of profits, optimization of business levels, proactive capital planning and management.

Credit Risk Management:

The Credit Risk management process outlines the principles, standards and approach for credit risk management at the Bank. Systems, procedures, controls and measures are in place to actively manage the credit risks, optimize resources and protect the Bank against adverse credit situations. In order to comprehensively address the issues and concerns of the Credit Risk, the Bank has put in place a comprehensive Credit Risk Management Policy.

A robust system for appraisal of loan/credit proposals, including seeking adequate information for appraising the viability of the proposal and creditworthiness of the applicant for sanctioning credit limits, well defined credit approval process and authorization matrix, standards for collateral management, credit monitoring, restructuring of advances, MSME and Off Balance Sheet Exposures, is followed.

Risk Acceptance, Risk Measurement, Prudential Exposure Norms, Organizational Structure, Strategies and Operational Process are in place. In order to address the credit risk at portfolio level and the issue of concentration risk, the Policy prescribes fixation of various exposure ceilings. Risk Based Pricing is in tune with the Risk profile of the borrower to generate returns to achieve targetted RoA and NIM

The Bank has a Loan Review Mechanism for constantly evaluating the overall performance of the borrowal accounts and for bringing about qualitative improvements in credit administration, monitoring and credit audit. The entire process of the Loan review and monitoring is duly administered by the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing.

Market Risk Management:

The Market Risk framework of the Bank aims at restricting loss from all types of market risk loss events and also to establish limit structure and triggers for various market risk factors.

Exposure limits, such as, Stop Loss Limits on Trading Book, Intraday and Overnight Limit for various Currency Positions, Dealer-wise Limits, Aggregate Gap Limit, Limits on Money Market Operations, Modified Duration Limits for investment portfolio and VaR Limits are fixed to act as risk mitigants/ triggers. Mid Office of Risk Management Wing monitors these limits, along with other triggers, on a daily basis. A reporting framework has been put in place for effective and timely monitoring of market risk limits and triggers.

Operational Risk Management:

Operational Risk Management framework in the Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and strong operating procedures, involving corporate values, internal control culture, effective internal reporting and contingency planning.

The Bank has adopted polices for management of Operational Risk, which covers various aspects, such as, Operational Risk Management Structure, Outsourcing Activities and Business Continuity Plan.

At present, the Bank is in the process of migration to Advanced Approach of Basel III framework from the Basic Indicator Approach (BIA). The Bank has already put in place Incident Management module for timely reporting of incidents, Review of Key Risk Indicators (KRI), Conducting of Risk Control & Self Assessment (RCSA) workshops and Scenario Analysis workshops to compute capital charge for Operational Risk.

Asset Liability Management:

The ALM Policy of the Bank seeks to strike appropriate balance in the maturity and re-pricing profile of assets and liabilities, so as to reduce liquidity risk and manage interest rate risk. Within the policy framework, the Board of the Bank has set up Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO), which is entrusted, inter alia, with the role of management of assets and liabilities including the funding strategies and its composition, product pricing, stress test and contingency action plan among others. A balanced ALM structure helps to sustain the spreads, profitability and long-term viability of the Bank.

The Bank has implemented the RBI guidelines with respect to Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) with effect from 01.01.2015. Bank has been computing LCR on a daily basis w.e.f 01.01.2017. As on 31.03.2018, LCR of the Bank is above the stipulated regulatory minimum of 90%.

Group Risk:

The Bank has various Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Sponsored Entities, which are engaged in diversified activities. As the Bank has considerable stake in these Group Entities, Bank has put in place a Group Risk Management Policy to identify and manage risk in intra Group transactions and exposures to raise the standard of Corporate Governance by reducing and avoiding conflicts of interest between the Group Entities and also to ensure ‘Arms Length Principle’ among Entities, with regard to business parameters. The Group Chief Risk Officer (GCRO) of the Bank is supervising the risk management activities of the Group Entities.

NATIONAL PRIORITIES

Priority Sector Advances:

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, micro and small enterprises, education, housing, microcredit, credit to weaker sections and specified minority communities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2018 reached Rs.185626 crore, recording a y-o-y growth of 15.82% and achieved 51.69% to Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 40% mandated norm.

(Amt. Rs. Crore)

Priority Sector Advances	As at March		Growth
	2017	2018	Amount	%
Total Priority Sector	160269	185626	25357	15.82
Agriculture	74079	84012	9933	13.41

With a focus on credit delivery to Agriculture, the Bank’s advances under agriculture portfolio increased by 13.41% to Rs.84012 crore, covering over 60 lakh farmers. Under agriculture lending, the Bank achieved 22.17% to ANBC against 18% mandated norm. During 2017-18, the Bank’s agriculture credit disbursal increased to Rs.67902 crore compared to Rs.58691 crore in the previous year.

The Bank undertook special campaigns for extending Crop Loans facility to all farmers.

During the year, the Bank issued 7.48 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), amounting to Rs.11939 crore. The credit outstanding under KCCs was at Rs.16450 crore as at March 2018. 7.61 lakh Kisan RuPay Cards were issued against eligible accounts of 7.70 lakh, with an achievement of 98.78%.

The Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY), and Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme.

As at March 2018, the outstanding advances under the following Government Schemes, aggregated to Rs.1276 crore, involving around 1.71 lakh beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government Sponsored Schemes:

(Amt. Rs. Crore)

Scheme	MARCH 2018
	Accounts	Amount
Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)	14924	539
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)	22983	548
National Urban Livelihood	3250	27
Mission (NULM)
Differential Rate of Interest (DRI)	124473	112
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)	5687	50
Total	171317	1276

Advances to DRI stood at Rs.112 crore, consisting of 1.24 lakh beneficiaries, of which, advances by rural and semi-urban branches amounted to Rs.88 crore.

In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Bank’s advances to SCs/STs beneficiaries amounted to Rs.7991 crore as at March 2018, covering 5.31 lakh borrowers. The advances to SCs/STs comprised 4.30% of total priority sector advances.

Advances to weaker sections reached Rs.49865 crore, constituting 12.80% to ANBC against mandated norm of 10%.

Various components of advances to Weaker Sections as at March 2018:

(Amt. Rs. Crore)

Sectors	Outstanding
	Accounts	Amount
Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers	4095215	43777
Artisans, Village and Cottage Industries	39557	737
SC/ST Beneficiaries	531200	7991
DRI Loans	124473	112
SJSRY Beneficiaries	5687	50
Self Help Group	133582	3359
Joint Liability Group	36300	754

As at March 2018, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to Rs.30821 crore, accounting for 16.58% of the total priority sector advances against the stipulated 15% norm.

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NLRM/ Aajeevika):

Under the Scheme Aajeevika, National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011, with an aim to reduce poverty by enabling the poor household to access gainful self employment and skilled wage employment opportunity, resulting in a sustainable livelihood. The main objectives of the Scheme includes providing interest subvention to Women SHGs (WSHGs) from rural areas who avail loans up to Rs.3 lakhs at 7% per annum and to provide an additional subvention of 3% if WSHGs repay in time, thereby reducing the effective rate of interest to 4%. In the first phase, the focus was on 150 most backward districts.

The RBI vide their Circular FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.13/09.01 .03/2016-17 dated 25/08/2016 & FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC. No.17/09.01.03/2017-18 dated 18.10.2017 has intimated that Interest subvention scheme on credit to Women SHG during 2016-17 for all Commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks will be implemented in 100 more districts along with the existing 150 districts. All WSHGs (Women SHGs) promoted by NRLM, NGOs, Central or State Government, NABARD under WSHG Programme which are linked with the banks are eligible for benefits under the Scheme. Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has designated Canara Bank as nodal bank for handling claims of banks. The Bank has developed a web portal, which enables all member banks to upload their claims.

(Amt. in Rs. Crore)

Interest Subvention Claims made by all Member Banks
Financial Year	No of Accounts	Amount
2013-14	361231	266
2014-15	500829	304
2015-16	568304	365
2016-17	29020	394
2017-18	will be available on 30th June 2018 only.

Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Lending:

Advances to MSMEs increased to Rs.82098 crore as at March 2018, with a y-o-y growth of 10.49%. Credit to M&SE segments rose to Rs.65760 crore, with a 22.19% growth against mandated norm of 20%.The number of Micro Enterprises accounts recorded a growth of 3.60%.

Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the Bank disbursed an amount of Rs.7435 crore against the target of Rs.6900 crore during 2017-18. Sanctions and disbursals under different schemes of Mudra Yojana are as under:

Category	As on 31.03.2018 (Amt. in Rs. Crore)
	No. of Accounts	Sanction Amount	Disbursement Amount	Outstanding Amount
Shishu (	267394	992	985	873
Kishore (Above Rs.50,0005 Lakhs)	212343	4002	3868	3666
Tarun (Above Rs.5 Lakhs to Rs.10Lakhs)	34032	2672	2582	2503
Total	513769	7666	7435	7042

During the year, the Bank has taken following initiatives to increase flow of credit to MSME sector and also to bring about continued awareness about the steps taken.

- 167 SME Specialised Branches are functioning throughout India for faster processing of credit proposals. Besides 167 SME Specialized Branches, 52 SME Sulabhs (Specialised SME Loan Processing Centres) are also functioning across the country.

- To extend financial assistance to micro and small enterprises without offering any collateral security and with relaxed lending terms, some segment specific schemes have been launched / continued, such as, MSME Sahay, Mudra Canara Atithi, Doctors’ Choice (improved version), MSE SMART, MSME CAP, MSME Vahan, MSE Vijeta and Canara Contractors’ Scheme, Canara CARAVAN, and MSME Expo..

- To increase the Bank’s exposure to specific clusters and activities, new area/cluster specific schemes have been launched / continued, such as, Canara Textiles, catering to the Textile Sector, Special Scheme for lending to units engaged in Manufacturing of Ceramics and Vitrified Tiles and Weavers Mudra Scheme in lieu of Weavers Credit Card.

- Bank has on boarded into TReDS Platform through RXIL to garner business of Bill Discounting of MSEs through online portal.

- Mega Credit camps are conducted to create awareness and pool sources for increased credit flow to MSME sector.

- Summits were arranged for Start-up Entrepreneurs involving functionaries from different Government Departments and local industrial bodies/ organizations for necessary inputs and guidance for successful entrepreneurship.

- Micro Enterprises Business Centres were established at Circle Offices for handholding Micro Enterprises.

- The Bank has an exclusive website www.canaramsme.com for easy access and understanding of MSME initiatives.

- The online submission of MSME applications and tracking thereof by the customers are facilitated and used extensively by the MSME clientele.

- Entrepreneur Development Centre at Head Office have been catering to the needs of budding entrepreneurs by way of assimilation of information regarding the challenges and opportunities under MSME, conducting seminars, training initiatives, interaction with the concerned organizations and propagation of the same through regular bulletins.

- An exclusive set up established at Head office has been looking into the aspects of monitoring, slippage management and handholding in times of stress by way of rehabilitation and restructuring of MSME units as per Government guidelines.

- Single Point Contact MSME Relationship officers are named in all the 167 SME Specialised Branches to closely liaise with the Top 20 borrower accounts of the Branch and cater to all their requirements on a real time basis.

- Bank has conducted Special lending camps in the UNIDO clusters for sourcing new Proposals and to ensure increased lending to MSME sector.

The Bank is the nodal agency for Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) of Ministry of MSME, Government of India, for technology upgradation of Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs). During 2017-18, subsidy amount received from the Ministry under the Scheme was Rs.27.44 crore and the same has been utilized fully during the financial year.

Empowering Women:

Women Empowerment Section at Head office and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at 21 Circle Offices and 118 Regional offices across the country are working relentlessly towards economic empowerment of women. These CEDWs have reached potential entrepreneurs, undertook counseling, supported their training needs, provided finance and arranged marketing facilities. A total of 342 Programmes were organized by the CEDWs during 2017-18.

These centres have also assisted in the formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) & Credit Linkages. Rural Self Employment Training Institute set up at Harohalli, Karnataka to provide EDP/skill training to women in various vocations has trained 21,090 women since inception, out of which 638 women have been trained during 2017-18. Through 65 Training Institutes supported by the Bank, 4.32 lakh women have been trained in Self Employment ventures since inception, of which 27,410 have been trained during 2017-18. Apart from establishing two exclusive Mahila Banking Branches, the Bank has equipped over 80 branches with all women employees to give focused attention to women clientele. 18 Micro finance branches are also engaged in supporting the financial needs of Micro & Small Women entrepreneurs & SHG members. 29.99 lakh women have been assisted with a credit outstanding to the tune of Rs.51069 crore as at March 2018 and achieved 15.87% to ANBC as against RBI’s requirement of 5%.

Several concessions have been provided to women borrowers that include relaxation in eligibility norms and 0.50% interest concession on educational loans to girl students. 0.05% interest concession on the Card Rates under Housing Loan to Woman and Vehicle Loan (Personal vehicle) to women. “MSE Vijeta”, an exclusive loan scheme for women entrepreneurs for loans upto Rs.2 Crore under Micro & small Enterprises and Canara Mahila Savings Scheme, a special Savings Bank deposit product, with many concessions have been devised for women.

During the year, 3 successful “Women Entrepreneurs” were given cash awards on the occasion of International Women’s Day under Canara Bank Best Woman Entrepreneur Awards (CBWEA) 2016-17. Under marketing support, the Bank has provided five unique custom built, high tech, solar powered mobile sales vans “Canara Vahini” with computerized billing and card swiping facility to enable women entrepreneurs and SHGs to exhibit or market their products at Bengaluru and Shivamogga (Karnataka) and Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), and Thrissur (Kerala).

Lead Bank Responsibility :

The Bank has Lead Bank Responsibility in 31 Districts in the country, viz., 8 in Karnataka, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 5 in Kerala, 5 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in Delhi, 2 in Telangana and 1 in Bihar. The Bank is the Convenor of the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) in Kerala.

Financial Inclusion:

A Holistic Approach to Financial Inclusion

With the basic objective of bringing the large unserved population under the banking mainstream, the Bank is striving towards a more inclusive growth by making financial products and services available to financially excluded and marginalized sections of the society in particular. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been actively pursuing the agenda of Financial Inclusion (FI), with the key interventions, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive & intensive use of technology and through advocacy of financial literacy.

The Bank has 893 Financial Inclusion (FI) Branches under branch model and also engaged 2459 Business Correspondent Agents (BCAs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model. In addition, 470 Ultra Small Branches (USBs) are also operational in the Bank.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY):

PMJDY is the initiative from Government of India for comprehensive financial inclusion of the population of India, particularly aiming at covering the households hitherto excluded from the purview of banking and empowering them with benefits and facilities provided by the banking industry. Accounts opened under PMJDY are issued with Rupay Debit card, accidental Insurance coverage to the extent of Rs.1 lakh, life insurance cover of Rs.30,000/-(for accounts opened upto 31.01.2015) and overdraft upto Rs.5000/- after six months of satisfactory dealing. The Bank was allotted 3962 Sub Service Area (SSAs) and 3371 Urban Wards for implementation of PMJDY.

Performance highlights under PMJDY:

- Opened 67.53 lakh accounts under PMJDY and mobilized a CASA deposit of Rs.2058 crore.

- Covered all allotted 10049 villages comprising of 3962 allotted SSAs and 3371 Urban wards by opening of 893 brick & mortar branches and engaging 2459 Business Correspondent Agents (Bank Mitras) at remaining locations.

- Hand-held devices are provided to Bank Mitras for facilitating payments, which are enabled for accepting Rupay Cards. The Bank has issued 42.41 lakh Rupay Debit Cards to all eligible account holders. Bank Mitras have done 122.19 lakh transactions, amounting to Rs.2328 crore during the year.

- Zero balance accounts under PMJDY have been brought down to 11.49%.

- Established a Toll Free number 1800 425 11222 for PMJDY as a part of grievances redressal mechanism and popularized through publication in National Dailies.

- Provided overdraft facilities upto Rs.5000/- to all eligible PMJDY account holders. 1.60 lakh PMJDY accounts holders have been provided with overdraft facility, amounting to Rs.20.48 crore during the year. So far the Bank has provided PMJDY overdraft facilities to 6.14 lakh account holders to the extent of Rs.92.55 crore.

Social Security Schemes:

Under various social security schemes launched by the Government of India during the year, following enrolments have been made.

Scheme Enrolments	As at March 2018
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima	38.38 lakhs
Yojana (PMSBY)
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti	13.63 lakhs
Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)	4.28 lakhs

Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the Bank has mobilized 13679 accounts.

Apart from the above, the bank has also made significant progress in the Financial Inclusion related activities during the year as under:

Business canvassed in the FI Branches:

FI branches have garnered business of Rs.18397 crore, which includes CASA deposits of Rs.4935 crore, constituting 26.82% of total deposits. Average business per FI branch stood at Rs.20.67 crore.

Position of Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) Accounts:

The Bank has opened 7.67 lakh BSBD accounts during the year 2017-18, taking the tally of BSBD accounts as at March 2018 to 169.88 lakh, with an outstanding deposit of Rs.4892 crore.

Formation & Credit Linking SHGs:

Financing to Self Help Groups has played pivotal role for poverty alleviation and financial inclusion of the rural poor. The Bank has formed 39705 SHGs and credit linked to the extent to Rs.1991 crore to 44439 SHGs during the year. The outstanding SHG accounts were more than 1.30 lakhs, with an outstanding amount at Rs.3359 crore.

Farmers’ Clubs:

The Bank has adopted a concept of forming Farmers’ Clubs, which is an association of progressive farmers, who have volunteered to disseminate the principles of development through credit and also inculcate better repayment ethics and promote people’s participation. During the year, the Bank has formed 1002 farmers clubs.

Micro Finance Branches:

The Bank has opened 18 Micro Finance Branches in the urban centres. These branches mobilized a total business of Rs.686.86 crore as at March 2018.

Financial Literacy Centres:

Formed ‘Canara Financial Advisory Trust’ to take care of the affairs of the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of the Bank as well as the FLCs promoted by the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by the Bank. Pan India, the Bank has 72 FLCs in 26 lead districts and 46 blocks across the country, managed by the Counsellors (retired bankers).

Financial Literacy Initiatives:

- Financial Literacy Centres have educated 18.63 lakh persons during the year and 63.63 Lakh persons since inception.

- Engaged Financial Literacy Coordinators to monitor and motivate Bank Mitras to involve themselves in Financial Literacy in a big way in their sub-service areas and encourage people to do more transactions.

- Trained Bank Mitras through Indian Institute of Banking & Finance and Infrastructure Leasing & Finance Services (IL&FS). They were also provided with extensive training on Banking and Technology aspects by the Bank and the Corporate BCs.

- Special training was given to Branch Managers for conducting financial literacy programmes at their branches and in their service area.

- Conducted 507 financial literacy camps under Financial Inclusion Fund Scheme from the NABARD.

AADHAAR Enrolments Updation Centres:

The Bank is a Registrar and Enrolment Agency for Aadhaar Enrolment. As per UIDAI guidelines, the Bank has to establish 740 centres inside 10% of the bank branch premises, comprising of 613 centres for the bank and 127 centres for the 2 sponsored RRBs (PKGB 65 & KGB 62). Total of 735 Aadhaar Enrolments Updation Centres as on 31.03.2018, comprising of 608 centre for Canara bank and 127 centres of RRBs was established.

AADHAAR Seeding:

Present position in respect of Aadhaar Seeding in CASA accounts is 85.49%. As regards PMJDY accounts, the position is 84.53%. Due to latest Govt notification, the timeline is extended beyond 31.03.2018 till disposal of the writ petition pending at Supreme Court. Close monitoring for ensuring 100% Aadhaar Seeding is under active follow up.

AADHAAR Authentication:

Demographic authentication of accounts with UIDAI has been done successfully for nearly 200 lakh accounts. For the remaining accounts e-KYC biometric and OTP utility has been enabled in the SAS package for branches. In web portal, the Bank has provided a link for the internet banking customer to authenticate on their own. In ATM, authentication status checking facility has been provided for the customers.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Setting Examples in CSR Activities

Following the founding principles and century old tradition, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities, like, training unemployed rural youth, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women and other social initiatives.

Rural Development:

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT), has established 34 exclusive training institutes, including 26 Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs), 5 Institutes of Information Technology and 3 Artisan Training Institutes to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them to take up self employment activities. During 2017-18, these Institutes trained 23,123 candidates, taking the tally to 3.07 lakh unemployed youth since inception, with an impressive settlement rate of 76%.

The Bank has co-sponsored another 27 Rural Development and SelfEmploymentTraining Institutes (RUDSETIs) across 17 States, engaged in training of rural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. During 2017-18, these Institutes trained 24,074 candidates, taking the tally to 4.47 lakh unemployed youth, with a settlement rate of 73%. The Bank has also co-sponsored Bankers Institute for Rural and Entrepreneurship Development (BIRED) at Hyderabad, Telangana and Canara Bank Deshpande RSETI at Haliyal, Karnataka Farmers Resource Centre (KFRC) at Bagalkot and Bharat Ratna Shri M Visvesvaraya Training Institute at Bengaluru, Karnataka. Cumulatively, the Bank has sponsored/ co-sponsored 65 training institutes, which have trained more than 7 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a settlement rate of 74%. The Bank has donated 5 hi-tech, custom built, solar powered ‘Retail Mobile Marketing Van’ to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products. During the year, the Bank undertook a number of activities for the benefit of the communities as part of CSR.

The Bank has undertaken an ambitious project of providing De-fluoridation - RO plants for pure drinking water facility in fluoride affected villages of Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts, Karnataka. Pure (RO) Drinking water plants have been installed in 156 villages of Kolar District & made operational during the year 2017-18.

The major thrust areas are skill development for employment /self employment through Institutional set up, Health care initiatives in co-ordination with reputed Hospitals, promoting Education through direct and indirect support through smart classes, construction of toilets for girl students, providing computers and other infrastructural support, direct financial help to students with scholarship facilities, a helping hand to Persons with Disabilities etc.

Environment Protection:

The Bank has undertaken an ambitious project of providing RO water plant for pure drinking water to Sree Sreekanteshwara Swamy Temple Trust, Nanjangud, Mysore. The Bank has also actively participated in Government of India, Swacch Bharat activities during the year 2017-18.

Health care for the Underprivileged:

2D Echocardiography Colour Doppler Systems are provided freely for the treatment of underprivileged in M/s Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore. The Bank has also provided Auto haematology analyzer to Arogya Kendra (Primary Health Centre), Gollahalli, Bangalore. E-Rickshaw was donated for transporting patients from one place to another in hospital campus at ICMR- NIRTH Jabalpur, Bhopal. The Bank has sponsored Diesel generator set at super speciality Eye care unit “Vivekananda Netralaya” established by Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, at Dehradun. Canara Bank Relief and Welfare Society, Bangalore were given assistance by the bank towards purchase of medical equipments for Sevakshethra Hospital.

Direct and Indirect support to Education

Education being one of the prime sectors of CSR and a vital part of personality development the Bank, apart from its own initiatives, has assisted various educational institutions for spreading the coverage of education.

Canara Vidya Jyothi Scholarship scheme to meritorious SC/ST Girl Students

The scholarship was provided for those studying in Government and Government aided schools for the fifth successive year and 10,518 students have been benefitted utilizing a total amount of Rs.3.99 crore.

The Bank has provided computer table and other furniture to M/s Bijuala Rama Reddy Charitable Trust, Hyderabad for ZPH School. The Bank has assisted M/s Sasya Shamala Education Society, Hospete, for the purchase of school furniture and construction of toilets in the school. The Bank has also given Computer systems with accessories to M/s Guru Siddeshwara Education Society, Hosadurga.

Financial assistance to combat Poverty & Child Development

The Bank has given financial assistance to the Academy of Magical Sciences, Trivandrum for construction of House to street magicians. “Stree Adhyapan Mandir Harijan Ashram”, Ahmedabad was given personal lockers to facilitate inmates (SC/ST) to keep their belongings.

For supporting persons with disability to lead a better life, a number of programmes in association with likeminded agencies were taken up. In connection with this, the Bank assisted M/s Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), an artificial limbs manufacturing NGO at Jaipur, for distributing tricycle and artificial limbs and partnered with M/s Banyan, Chennai for a Rural Mental Health Programme (RMHP). The Bank also distributed motorized tricycle to seven physically challenged persons in Ganj Basoda, Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh and constructed Braille centre at Canara Bank Relief and Welfare Society, Bangalore

Visits by Parliamentary Committees

During the year 2017-18, Parliamentary Committees relating to Subordinate Legislation, Industries, Commerce, Social Justice and Empowerment, Welfare of OBCs, SCs & STs visited the Bank.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network

Expanding Pan India Presence

In a bid to expand the reach, the bank added 132 domestic branches during the year. As at March 2018 the Bank had 6212 branches, including Specialized Branches and 8 overseas branches.

Composition of Branch Network

Category	No. of Branches		Opened during the year
	31.03.2017	31.03.2018
Metropolitan	1228	1242	17
Urban	1138	1162	24
Semi-urban	1936	1990	55
Rural	1773	1810	36
Overseas	8	8	--
Total Branches	6083	6212	132

Note: 3 branches were merged/closed during the year.

The Bank added 4 Specialized Branches during the year, taking the total tally under the Specialized Branches to 289 as at March 2018.

Categories of Specialized Branches	31.03.2018
SME	167
Mid Corporate	25
Micro Finance	18
Asset Recovery Management	20
Prime Corporate	12
Overseas	11
Agri-Finance	9
NRI	9
Savings	1
Industrial Finance	3
Stock Exchange	2
Capital Market	1
Mahila Banking	2
Branch for Physically Challenged	1
Specialized Govt Business Branch	6
Digital Banking Branch	2
Total	289

Progress in Digital Banking & Alternate Delivery Channels

The bank has 9395 number of ATMs as on March 2018. The Bank’s debit card base rose to 4.30 crore compared to 3.30 crore as at March 2017. Besides the above, 174 hi-tech E-lounges were also operational in select branches, with facilities like ATM, Cash Deposit Kiosk with voice guided system, Cheque Deposit Kiosk, Self Printing Passbook Kiosk, Internet Banking Terminal, Online Trading Terminal and Corporate Website Access. Interactive Video Conference System was also configured at select e-Lounges.

As a result of such alternate delivery channels adopted by the Bank, the e-transaction ratio increased to 76.5% as at March 2018 compared to last year’s 64.97%. The number of registered Mobile Banking users increased to 90.8 lakhs and Net Banking users increased to 48 lakhs as at March 2018.

Digital Branch -CANDI, opened at Bangalore and Chennai with fully automated facilities and robotic assistance for customers to open accounts and do transactions themselves.

Customer-friendly InfoTech Initiatives

Besides bringing improvement in the Mobile Banking and Net Banking features, during the year, the Bank introduced and improved upon several Apps, Tech-products/services for the convenience of the customers.

- Canara DiYA (Digitally Your Account) - A mobile app to instantly apply online for opening new Savings account.

- BHIM Canara Empower - Unified Payments Interface (UPI), a single platform for accessing multiple bank accounts.

- Canmobile - Official mobile banking application of the bank which facilitates fund transfer, IMPS, etc.

- Canara e-Infobook - A mobile app to view e-passbook (transactions details), balance inquiry, A/C summary, Cheque Status, Credit Card info, etc.

- Canara mServe - A mobile app to Switch ON/OFF and Hotlist their Debit and Credit Cards. It also allows setting safe limit for ATM/POS transactions for Debit cards to prevent fraudulent transactions.

- Canara Swipe - all missed call solutions in a single mobile Application.

- Canara OTP - A mobile app which authenticates Internet banking transactions with OTP generated using this app instead of SMS OTP, even when you are out of mobile network coverage area.

- Canara Rewardz - A mobile app to redeem the reward points in Credit Card.

- Canara GeoLocate - A mobile Application which enables a GPS based search for locating Branch / ATMs/E-Lounges of Canara Bank.

- BHIM Aadhaar Pay - App for accepting payments for the sale of goods/services.

- Canara Cart - Customers can manage all mobile apps of Canara Bank under this single mobile app.

- Green Pin - Enables the customers themselves to generate Debit Card PIN at the time of issuance of card and also if PIN is forgotten.

- Customers can directly scan Bharat OR 4.0 of merchants with their EMPOWER application and pay directly with their Master/ Visa/ Rupay Cards.

- First Bank to introduce unique option “Aadhaar Status” in our ATM using which our card holders can ascertain the status of Aadhaar linking to their account.

- Facility to add/modify and delete nominee enabled through net banking facility

- Implemented Cheque Book indent through SMS

- https://canarabank.gaadi.com provides car models; on-road price & approximate EMI and instant online loan application can be submitted.

- Submission of 15G/H enabled through net banking.

- DIGITAL MITRA, a dedicated staff identified at each branch for helping customers downloading / registration / usage of new digital platforms.

- Implemented Social Security Schemes of Govt. of India, PMJDY OD Automation facility for eligible PMJDY customers for availing OD facility through ATMs. Introduced facility for online account opening under Atal Pension Yojana (APY). Subscription to the Social Security Schemes through ATM, SMS and Internet Banking enabled.

- Enabled Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojana Deposit Scheme - 2016 and tax payment through Net Banking and Branches for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana scheme.

- Web Portals under education loan interest subsidy released for Central Scheme for Interest Subsidy (CSIS), Ministry of HRD, GoI, Dr. Ambedkar Central Sector Scheme of Interest Subsidy (ACSIS), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and Padho Pardesh, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

- Report suspicious transaction through CPGRS web portal, SMS “SUSPECT” to 56161, call centers and branches for blocking accounts in case of unauthorized electronic Banking transaction.

- New module for handling Pension Processing & Payment (CPPC) launched to enable timely disbursement of Pension and arrears.

- Canara DigiSign (Digital Signature using eSign Aadhaar OTP facility) released.

- Online Self Registration of Internet Banking for Proprietorship Accounts enabled and online Savings Bank and PPF account opening introduced.

- Recycler functionality for Accepting & Dispensation of cash implemented.

- OTP based Aadhaar seeding and Authentication through Canara Bank’s website using Internet Banking login enabled.

- Aadhaar Number made as one of the key authentication factors to Unlock/Activate/Reset Password for Retail Net Banking customers.

- Enabled Toggling (On/Off) option in Internet Banking for Financial Transactions.

- IMPS limit enhanced from Rs.50,000 to Rs.2,00,000 per customer per day.

- For Corporate customers, Maker-Checker functionality enabled for tax payment through internet banking

- A number of Debit / Credit / prepaid cards launched like Canara Bank RuPay Debit Card, Canara Club Card - Debit, Canara Secured Credit Card, Canara Elite Debit Card, Platinum Rupay Card and EMV Chip Cards.

- Mobile Banking Registration through ATMs (Interoperability through NFS) has been introduced.

To enhance digital transactions, in line with the initiatives of the Government of India, the Bank is on-boarding merchants for increasing usage of Debit and Credit Card payments, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), BHIM App, Bharat OR Code and Aadhaar-enabled Payment Systems (AEPS). The Bank is in the process of implementing more digital initiatives for customer convenience and better service.

Compliance to International Standards:

The Bank has fully implemented the recommendations of the RBI Working Group (Chairman, Shri G Gopalakrishna) on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds.

Manpower Profile:

As at March 2018, the Bank had 58855 employees on its roll. The cadre-wise break-up of manpower is as follows:

Cadre	March 2017	March 2018
Officers	26127	28739
Clerks	20549	21551
Sub-Staff 1	9041	8565
Total	55717	58855

* Includes Part Time Employees (PTEs)

Total staff strength of the Bank was comprised of 49% Officers, 37% Clerks and 15% Sub Staff. The Women staff strength of the Bank was 17,803, constituting 30% of the employees. The total number of ex-service men staff as at March 2018 stood at 4,244. There were 1450 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

During the year, the Bank recruited 6404 persons in various cadres, out of which 1039 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 456 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories. 601 ex-servicemen were recruited in various cadres during the year. 1877 women employees were recruited and 995 were promoted under various cadres during the year.

Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

As at March 2018, the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes together constituted 27% of the total staff strength of the Bank. The composition of SCs/STs employees as at March 2018 was as under:

Cadre	Scheduled Castes	Scheduled Tribes
Officers	5135	2209
Clerks	4039	1371
Sub-Staff	2562	472
Total	11736	4052

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government of India guidelines.

(a) Reservation Policy is implemented through the mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the Bank has switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

(b) The Bank has been extending Reservation/ Relaxations/Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotions to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government guidelines.

(c) Pre-recruitment & Pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In the Advertisement inviting application from the eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical Cadre, a specific reference is made with regard to imparting of pre-recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-SM. Pre-recruitment training for Officer Cadre is provided to candidates belonging to SC / ST & Minority Communities. Such of those candidates who opt for pre-recruitment training are given training to prepare themselves for written test as well as interview. The duration of the training is for a week. Study materials, note book, stationeries are provided free of cost to all the participants.

(d) The Bank has set up SC/ST Cells at the Head Office and also at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and proper implementation of other aspects of Reservation Policy.

(e) Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy.

Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC/ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer/Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted & appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register.

In addition to the above, the representatives of majority Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Employees’ Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters are maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officer.

(f) The Board of Directors of the Bank also review the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Policy, half yearly and yearly.

Human Resource Development (HRD) activities:

The HR policies of the Bank have been revisited to suit the changing banking scenario. HR initiatives, like, ‘Soft skill training programme’ for bringing attitudinal change among frontline staff and Executives grooming through reputed institutes and other significant HR tools, like, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and fostering collective excellence. Various Corporate Communications were brought out to boost the morale of the employees and educate them in various facets of banking.

A high sensitization training programme christened “UTTHAN” was conducted by the Staff Training College (STC), Bengaluru. This training programme was aimed at empowering large number of young employees who have been recently recruited and also other senior employees by sensitizing them regarding Bank’s culture, ethos, sense of belongingness, ownership and concern for customers with a view to achieving the corporate objectives towards growth of the organization. The Bank has in place an exhaustive training process that cover Internal Training, External Training, In Company Training and Foreign Training. Internally, the Bank has STC at Bengaluru and 25 Regional Staff Training Colleges (RSTCs) across the country.

During the year, the Bank has provided training to its employees, covering a wide range of functional areas, including Credit Orientation, Marketing Skills, and Induction Programme for Officers, Agriculture Extension Officers and Specialist Officers. The Bank has designed and implemented several new training programmes, including credit management and decision making skills, credit appraisal programme for Branch Managers and workshop on recovery aspects for Executives.

Under a novel programme, viz., Talent Bank Scheme, a talent pool was formulated, comprising Officers from Scale I to Scale IV, who are willing to take up challenging assignments in the identified critical or specialized areas. 1096 Officials have been selected under the Scheme.

Intensive Credit Management Programme is being conducted in 2 phases. This is an in-depth and exhaustive programme on credit matters evolved by Staff Training College, for Officers in Scale I - III, to build specialization in credit. Intensive Training Programme on Credit over the years has built a talent pool of over 1000 Officers.

Further, the Bank’s quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce continued through focused and need based training at various institutes of repute, like, IIMs, XLRI-Jamshedpur, IDRBT-Hyderabad, JNIBF Hyderabad, NIBM-Pune, SIBSTC-Bangalore, CAFRAL and CAB (RBI)-Pune etc. Customized programmes are also organized to develop expertise in certain niche areas, like, Credit, Risk Management, Treasury Operations, HR, forex and IT.

Specialized trainings to the Senior Management Level and Top Management Level Executives were conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the skill level of its Officials through training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigour and enthusiasm. A governing body for the training setup, headed by the Managing Director & CEO has been established to monitor and streamline the training policies of the Bank.

A scheme for Training as Incentive to Top Performers has been formulated, and was incorporated as a part of Banks Training Policy whereby, top performing officers are sent for training at External institutes of repute and also for training programmes abroad.

Changes brought about in the organizational set up during 2017-18:

The bank follows four-tier structure with 21 circle Offices and 118 Regional Offices as controling and monitoring offices between the Head Office and Branches.

Earlier, the Bank had launched ‘Project Shikhar’ aimed at rejuvenating the Bank by focusing on various themes, like, better branch layout & customer service for customer delight, quality service delivery & reduction in service time, focus on digital banking by promoting transactions on self service machines and alternate channels, inculcating sales culture and focus on business, particularly CASA and fee income growth. In the journey of transformation of branches, number of ‘Shikhar Branches’ rose to 1548, with 264 branches under star 5 and 89 under star 4 categories as at March 2018.

Marketing and Publicity:

The Marketing Vertical has played a significant role in improving the CASA share, retail business, fee income from the Associate Parties business, wallet maximization and propagating the multifarious technological products and services for the benefit of the customers.

The Bank further strengthened marketing vertical during the year by inducting specialized personnel into the setup, with the support of Marketing Sections in all Circle Offices, overseen by the dedicated Marketing Executives and lead management system. Marketing set up has taken initiatives in cross selling and up selling of Bank’s products by launching several campaigns during the year. The Marketing Team actively organized and participated in various activities such as “Financial Expos”, “CASA Campaigns”, “Retail Expos”, “Help Our Customer Day”, “Health Camps”, “Insurance Days”, “NFO Campaigns” etc. throughout the year to improve visibility of the Bank, extend reach, serve customers and enhance business.

The Marketing Wing organized Marketing Conclaves to direct, encourage & motivate the Marketing Setup during the year 2017-18.

In order to encourage and motivate all the Staff of the Bank to participate in sourcing & recording of business leads for the Bank, the Marketing Vertical launched a Lead Management System “iLead”.

The Bank has a healthy following on Social Media platforms Twitter and Youtube. Canara Bank was the First PSU Bank to start an active Twitter Handle in India and the Bank’s handle @canarabanktweet is currently ranked 4th amongst PSBs. It has evolved as a service delivery & grievance redressal channel for customers/ non-customers. Canara Bank official YouTube channel /canarabankofficial was launched during FY 2017-18 and within a short span of 9 months became the No. 1 amongst PSU Banks.

Customer Orientation:

Several initiatives were taken to remain customer focused through providing fast service, bringing in diversified products & services, responding to customers’ queries and redressal of customer complaints. The ‘Code of Commitment to Customers’ issued by Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI) and ‘Revised Citizen’s Charter’ of Indian Banks Association (IBA) are made available in the Bank’s homepage of the website <www.canarabank.com>. As per the instructions of IBA and RBI, the Bank has adopted Customer Rights Policy as advised by the RBI since July 2015, which spells out the Rights of the Customers and also responsibilities of the Banker. To assess the quality of customer service rendered by the branches and to get the feedback, Grievance Redressal - At Canara Bank we love to listen and a ‘Customer Satisfaction Survey Form’made available in the Bank’s homepage of its website. As per the Damodaran Committee recommendations, the Bank has appointed a Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO), who acts as an Internal Ombudsman of the Bank. Customers’ fortnight was conducted from 16.11.2017 to 30.11.2017, inviting suggestions from customers.

In order to enhance customer focus, ‘Project Shikhar -Branch Transformation’ is being implemented since April 2014 where in various customer centric initiatives like Welcome Desk, Queue Management System (QMS), Single Window Operation and allocation of larger space for ‘Customer Waiting Area’ etc., along with self-service kiosks (Can express area) are put in place. In order to enhance customer convenience / experience, Bank has popularized Missed Call Facility through Canara Swipe, BHIM-Empower, Internet and Mobile Banking, Canara e-info book, Canara mServe, Canara Geo locate and Canara Easy Cash facilities. Besides, Call Center with single point contact Toll free number 18004250018 is functioning to cater to customers in 6 regional languages, viz., Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya and Telugu, besides Hindi and English for redressal of grievances.

The Bank has implemented online grievance redressal facility of customers in the website for lodging grievances online under the portal Canara Public Grievance Redressal System (CPGRS). The complaints received at the Call Centre of the Bank were also integrated with the CPGRS package. During the year, the Call Centre registered 8537 grievances in CPGRS and all grievances were redressed as per prescribed time norms. Centralized Pension Processing Cell has been established exclusively for handling pensions and resolving pension related grievances. 41 Central Processing Centers are established at selected places for account opening purposes.

The Bank has framed a policy on Customer Protection for limiting liability of customers in unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions (EBT) in tune with the RBI guidelines. Recognising the fact that customer protection and financial Inclusion are the two crucial pillars of financial stability and considering the recent surge in customer grievances relating to unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions (EBT) resulting in erroneous debits to customer accounts/cards, customers are required to report to Bank immediately on knowing the occurrence of the unauthorized EBT. Further, the branches have the obligation to educate the customers to protect themselves from electronic banking and payments related frauds through various channels.

During the year, training sessions for customer awareness meeting were conducted at Mumbai and Chennai in association with Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI).

Systems and Procedures:

Risk based Internal Audit (RBIA) was conducted in 4852 branches / units programmed for onsite RBIA during the year. Information Security audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent/continuous audit was conducted in 1100 branches/service units, of which 300 branches / units were subjected to concurrent/continuous audit by Internal Auditors and 800 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent audit by External Auditors, covering 70% of the total business of the Bank. 2208 branches were subjected to income/revenue audit, which included branches identified for income audit on quarterly basis.

As part of strengthening the audit process, Branches/ Units were graded under Four scales - LOW / NORMAL / MODERATE & HIGH in RBIA with effect from 1st April 2017 against the earlier 3 scales ie, LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH

The Bank has already implemented computerized audit through Web Based Audit Package called, ‘DARPAN’, for RBIA of branches. The scope of such DARPAN is extended for Concurrent Audit, RO Audit, Circle Audit, IS Audit, KYC Audit etc., during the year. In case of branches which were witness to frauds, suitable provisions have been made in RBIA to re-rate the risk gradation and reducing their rating to either “High” or “a notch Lower” (higher risk grade).

During the year, Bank’s Inspection Wing has undertaken the Audit of SWIFT messages pertaining to LoUs/LoCs in all the designated branches and found them satisfactory. Bank is now focusing on rationalization of audit process and mandays in pursuit of further toughening of the risk based audit process.

Risk Based Supervision:

The Bank is brought under Risk Based Supervision (RBS) regime by RBI, in lieu of Annual Financial Inspection (AFI) from FY2014-15. Presently, the Bank has completed the 4th cycle of RBS. RBS framework is named as Supervisory Programme for Assessment of Risk and Capital (SPARC). Under SPARC, a detailed qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Bank’s risks is made by the RBI on an on-going basis through a combination of offsite and onsite Risk Discovery Process (RDY).

Know Your Customers (KYC)/AML/CFT:

The Bank undertook various measures for the effective implementation of guidelines on Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

Some of the major achievements and initiatives taken were as under:

- AML/CFT centralized unit is exclusively processing and monitoring of AML/SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) alerts.

- System checks/enhancements are put in place to ensure compliance to guidelines on KYC/AML/CFT.

- System checks and enhancements implemented for Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) alerts.

- Circle MLROs have been entrusted to audit 10% of alerts dropped by Circle AMLOs and escalate suspicious transactions to HO.

- HO case managers entrusted to audit 10% of remaining 90% of alerts dropped by Circles.

- Two AML/CFT/KYC sensitization programmes were conducted on 17.11.2017 at Bengaluru and on 04.12.2017 at Gurugram

- Branch/Circle/Regional Office staff members were sensitized by way of issuance of guidelines and periodical training.

- Unit has attended SBN related queries from RBI (SBN facility extended to NRIs/people outside during demonetization period

- AML/CFT Centralized unit has filed 3960 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) during 2017-18 out of which 1406 STRs on account of Shell Companies.

- New AML in-house Package has been developed in co ordination with DIT New Products Group. UAT is completed on 01.02.2018 and package is under parallel run with old package.

- KYC Cell has been designated as one point contact for RBI, Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) etc for all KYC matters.

- KYC Cell has registered with CERSAI / Central KYC reporting.

- CKYC Project was implemented on 30.10.2017 on a pilot basis and all branches across the Country brought under CKYC by 27.11.2017.

- 11,45,499 KYC IDs have been issued to our Customers since 30.10.2017 out of 19,20,767 Accounts opened.

Vigilance Setup:

The Vigilance Wing of the Bank is headed by a Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO). The CVO is assisted by the Vigilance Officers stationed at Head Office, all Circle Offices, RRBs and subsidiaries of the Bank. The objectives of the Vigilance Wing are to ensure that discipline and development, go in tandem and help the Bank to reach greater heights. With an objective to ensure free, fair and healthy environment for all-round growth of the organization, the Vigilance Management in the Bank comprised preventive, participative and punitive functions. These goals are pursued and promoted through various means and channels.

As a part of the Vigilance Awareness campaign, the Bank has observed ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ from 30th October 2017 to 4th November 2017 as per the directives of Central Vigilance Commission. Various programmes were conducted throughout the country with the support of Circle offices and branches to spread awareness regarding observance of Vigilance Week and its importance. Programmes, like, debates, impromptu speeches and quizzes were organized at 89 schools and colleges highlighting the theme “My Vision - Corruption Free India” across the country.

On this occasion, a talk on the theme was organized on 4th November 2017 during the valedictory function held at Head Office of the Bank at Bangalore. Hon’ble Mr. Justice N Kumar, Former Judge, High Court of Karnataka was the Chief Guest and he addressed staff & executives of the Bank at Head Office. During the function, the in-house quarterly Magazine of the

Vigilance Wing, ‘Canara Vigil’ (July-September 2017), was released by the dignitaries and prizes were distributed to the winners of Quiz Competition.

During the year, Vigilance Wing has conducted Workshops for Investigating Officers, Presenting Officers, Inquiring Authorities & Disciplinary Authorities on 15.09.2017, 21.09.2017 to 22.09.2017, 09.02.2018 & 16.02.2018 at Head Office, RSTC Gurgaon & Patna respectively. Officials from Central Vigilance Commission and RBI have participated in the Workshop and addressed the participants.

Security Arrangements:

Out of 6204 branches, and 105 currency chests in 21 Circles / 118 regional offices, the Branch security profile is as follows: High Risk Branches - 45, Normal Risk Branches :1678 and Low Risk Branches: 4481. These Branches & Currency Chests were periodically visited by Security Officers as per statutory guidelines. All the sensitive currency chests were visited by the Chief Security Officer during the year.

The following measures were initiated based on the instruction from RBI, IBA & State Police Authorities:

a) All branches, Currency Chests & ATMs have been provided with CCTV cameras & DVR.

b) 977 ATMs (Pan India) and 9 mobile ATMs have been provided with private security guards based on the threat perception and directions from police authority.

c) Notwithstanding that security personnel are “constantly committed” to security duties, the bank is geared up to meet all the challenges.

The security set up is regularly upgrading the security apparatus and issuing suitable instructions, advisories and guidelines to all branches from time to time, including focusing on fire safety measures and minimising damages.

Right to Information:

Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, an exclusive Right to Information Act outfit is functioning to provide information and bring transparency. During June 2016, Department of Personnel Training, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has come out with a web based online RTI portal to enable the citizens to make online applications/appeals. This web based package has been given to the Public Sector Banks with effect from 20th July 2016. To comply with the RTI guidelines and to cater to the needs, the Bank has nominated a Nodal Officer at Head Office and a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and a First Appellate Authority (FAA) for all Regional Offices, Circle Offices and Head Office. Apart from this, the Bank has designated all the branch / unit heads as Assistant Public Information Officer (APIOs) to receive and forward the RTI applications, 1st appeal and to forward the same to the concerned CPIOs and also to assist the CPIOs whenever requested. Presently, there are 140 PIOs and 140 Appellate Authorities. During the year 2017-18, the Bank received 3634 RTI applications, 871 Appeals & 9 Second appeals as against 3918 RTI applications, 905 First Appeals and 37 Second Appeals during the previous year, as per the provisions of RTI Act, 2005.

Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards:

As per RBI guidelines, the Bank is in the process of implementing the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS). A Project Steering Committee and an International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Cell have been formed to take the required steps on a continuous basis for smooth convergence. The Bank has appointed M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP as the consultant for assisting the Bank in smooth implementation of Indian Accounting Standards. The pro-forma financial Statements for the half year ended 30.09.2016 and Quarter ended 30.06.2017 has been submitted to RBI within the due prescribed date. RBI has deffered its implementation by one year.

Implementation of Official Language:

The Bank made noteworthy progress under the implementation of official language and won many prizes at various levels during the year under review.

As at March 2018, around 98% of employees have obtained working knowledge in Hindi and the Bank has notified 3501 Branches under Rule 10(4) of OL Rules 1976. All the employees of the Bank possessing working knowledge of Hindi have been trained in functional Hindi through Hindi workshops. During the year under review, Bank has conducted 263 refresher training programmes for such employees.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in the Official Language, the Bank has furthered the use of Unicode package for word processing and also made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transaction in 10 Indian languages. Apart from Hindi and English, transaction slips can be obtained in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi and Marathi from our ATMs (Transactions done in concerned language). Tele banking facility has also been provided in Hindi and English and other 6 major regional languages. The Bank’s corporate website is bilingual. The Bank is also giving SMSs in Hindi to all its customers on special occasions.

Bank has provided Hindi option in Core Banking System. Our Bank’s bilingual address booklet CANPATHA is made available to all our branches and offices in electronic form. Hindi option is provided in Mobile Banking, E-Infobook and the Bank’s internet Banking portal.

To encourage effective implementation of Official Language in the Bank, 385 prizes were given to Circles, Regional offices, Branches, RSTCs and Sections of Head Office & Circle Offices under the award Scheme formulated by the Bank, viz., Canara Bank Rajbhasha Akshay Yojana and 90 employees were awarded under Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana. Bank has also conducted Annual “All India Hindi Essay Competition” for its employees and cash prizes were given to prize winners.

Half Yearly Hindi journal “Canarajyoti” - 18th & 19th issues were brought out during the year. The 19th issue was released by our MD&CEO Sri Rakesh Sharma during Hindi Day Celebration 2017 at Head Office, Bangalore & 18th issue was released by Prof. V R Jagannathan, Linguistic Expert & Rtd. Professor, IGNOU. Canarajyoti was brought out to encourage original writing in Hindi. This publication contains articles on banking related subjects as well as Poetry, Short Stories, Travelogues written in Hindi by employees of our Bank. During the year, Canarajyoti awarded Silver Prize by ABCI under Indian Language category.

The 35th All India Conference of OL Officers of the Bank was held at RSTC, Gurgaon on 22nd and 23rd Feb 2018.

During the year, theThird Sub Committee ofParliamentary Committee on Official Languages had inspected our Banikhet Branch (Chandigarh CO) and Tirupati Regional Office. The committee lauded the efforts put in by the Bank in the field of Official Language implementation. The Bank is convening the Town Official Language Implementation Committees of Agra, Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram. Official Language Implementation Committees are constituted in all the branches of the Bank as per the Govt. guidelines to propagate the progressive use of Hindi.

Promotion of Sports:

Canara Bank has always been encouraging and supporting sports and has contributed generously to sporting activities all over the country by sponsoring tournaments, providing scholarships to talented sports personalities. A Sports Council at Head Office was setup in the year 1982 to monitor and encourage sports activities in the Bank.

The Bank is presently having teams in 6 disciplines.

Athletics	Women	4 Members
Ball Badminton	Men	3 Members
Cricket	Men	16 Members
Hockey	Men	13 Members
Shuttle Badminton	Men	2 Members
Table Tennis	Men & Women	3 Members

International Sportspersons in the Bank fold are Shri B K Venkatesh Prasad & Shri Sunil B Joshi (Cricket), Smt M K Asha, Smt Suma Gopalakrishna (Athletics), & Smt H M Jyothi (Present International Athlete), Shri P Shanmugam, Shri Bharath Kumar Chhetri (Captain Indian Hockey Team, London Olympics-2012) & Shri K M Somanna (Senior-Hockey), Shri K P Dinesh (Junior-Hockey), Shri D Guruprasad, Shri Vineet Manual (Shuttle Badminton). Some of the above sportspersons still don the Bank colours while representing the Bank in tournaments/competitions at the State/National level.

The Bank’s Hockey Team was Runners up in the 8th Hockey India Senior National B Division Championships at Imphal, Manipur during Jan 2018, and also in the Field Marshal Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament at Bangalore. The Cricket Team of the Bank was the Winners in the following championships: (1) The Karnataka State Group II Division, (2) I League Championships, and (3) 25th International Pradip Memorial Tournament at Odisha. Further the team was runners up in the All India Pooja Cricket Tournament at Cochin.

Apart from the teams at the Head Office, the Bank is also encouraging sports at the Circle levels by allotting annual budget for sports activities and also by organising sports competition for employees which are duly monitored by the Circle Sports Councils.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Canara Bank, with an objective of offering ‘One Stop Banking’ facilities for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a ‘Financial Supermarket’, with ten Subsidiaries/Sponsored entities/ Joint Ventures in diversified fields. All the Subsidiaries/ Sponsored entities/ Joint Ventures of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the year 2017-18.

CANFIN HOMES LIMITED (CFHL):

M/s Canfin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. The bank holds 30% stake with the company. The loans outstanding of the Company as at March 2018 was Rs.15743 crore. The Company earned a profit after tax of Rs.301.77 crore as against Rs.235.26 crore in the previous year, with y.o.y growth of 28.27%. Gross NPAs of the Company was Rs.67.49 crore and Net NPA was Rs.31.62 crore as on 31.03.2018. 100% dividend for the year 2017-18 has been proposed by the Company.

CANARA BANK SECURITIES LIMITED (CBSL):

M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients. Online Trading Counter for retail customers is its flagship product and has diversified into Currency Derivatives and has a clientele base of 46,876. The Company has posted a profit after tax of Rs.9.54 crore and declared a dividend of 15% for the year 2017-18. CBSL has taken over the Depository Participant operations from Canara Bank with effect from 01.04.2017.

CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED (CRAMC):

M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited is a joint venture (JV) with M/s Robeco Groep N V with the bank holding 51% Stake. This JV was formed in 2007 divesting 49% Stake held by the bank in M/s Can Bank Mutual Fund in favour of M/s Robeco Groep N V. Total Assets under Management (AUM) was at Rs.12532 crore with investor base of 8.31 lakhs as at March 2018. The Company is currently managing 29 Mutual Fund Schemes, including Gold Exchange Traded Fund. The Company has posted a net profit of Rs.22.70 crore and declared a dividend of 10% for the year 2017-18.

CANBANK FACTORS LIMITED (CFL):

M/s Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring Subsidiary of the Bank with 70% stake held by the Bank. During 2017-18, the Company had a total business turnover of Rs.1640 crore. The Company incurred a loss of Rs.50.66 crore due to making provisions amounting to Rs.65.25 crore for the doubtful debts for the year 2017-18.

CANARA HSBC ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (CHIOCe):

M/s Canara HSBC Oriental Bank Of Commerce Life Insurance Company Ltd (CHIOCe) is a Life Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in association with HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Oriental Bank of Commerce in the year 2007. The JV commenced its business operations with effect from 16.06.2008, with majority shareholding of 51% by Canara Bank, followed by HSBC (26%) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (23%). The Company recorded new business premium of Rs.1184 crore and gross premium of Rs.2781 crore during the year. The Company has 2,30,590 in-force policies as on 31.03.2018. The Company achieved a statutory profit of Rs.168 crore for 2017-18.

CANBANK VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED (CVCFL):

M/s Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited is the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund and a wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Bank. The company has managed 5 funds so far with total Asset under Management of Rs.552.78 crore. The latest fund is the Emerging India Growth Fund with a corpus of Rs.435.86 crore. CVCFL has been appointed by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to manage the Electronic Development Fund (EDF) with a corpus of Rs.2206 crore, with Rs.2200 crore from Government of India, Rs.5 crore from Canara Bank and Rs.1 crore from CVCFL. Another new fund named as “Empower India Fund” is being setup with a target corpus of Rs.650 crore. The Company recorded a profit after tax of Rs.4.93 crore and has proposed to pay a dividend of 1000% for the year 2017-18.

CANBANK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED (CCSL):

M/s Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted by a Public Sector Bank in the country, with a 69.14% shareholding by the Bank. CCSL is primarily engaged in IT and Software development services, BPO services, ATM / Any Time Payment services, Training, Consultancy and R&T agent. The Company has posted a profit after tax of Rs.4.02 crore and proposed a 30% dividend for 2017-18.

CANBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (CANFINA):

M/s Canbank Financial Services Limited is confining its activities to legal matter arising out of past transactions in securities and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. The Company received extension of time limit from the RBI for further period of three more years up to 31.01.2020 for disposing off its assets.

COMMERCIAL INDO BANK LLC (CIBL):

M/s Commercial Indo Bank LLC, a joint venture of Canara Bank and State Bank of India has been operational since April 2014 in Moscow, Russia. The company incurred net loss after tax of US$ 5.42 million during the year.

CANARA BANK (TANZANIA) LIMITED:

M/s Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited is wholly owned Subsidiary of the Bank at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, registered in Tanzania on 02.11.2015 and obtained a banking license from the Bank of Tanzania on 05.05.2016. The subsidiary commenced its business operations from 09.05.2016. The company earned a profit after tax of $0.26 million.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBS)

As at March 2018, the Bank had two sponsored RRBs, viz., Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) in Kerala and Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) in Karnataka.

Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) operates in all the 14 districts of Kerala State with 630 branches and 322 ATMs. The total business of the KGB was Rs.29648 crore as at March 2018, comprising a total Deposits of Rs.15338 crore and Advances of Rs.14310 crore. Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) operates in 11 districts of Eastern Karnataka with 655 branches & 279 ATMs. The total business of the PKGB was Rs.29228 crores as at March 2018 with total Deposits of Rs.16147 crore and Advances of Rs.13081 crore.

Aggregate business of both the RRBs increased to Rs.58876 crore as at March 2018 with a y.o.y growth of 4.06% comprising Deposits of Rs.31485 crore and Advances Rs.27391 crore. Through the Bank’s infrastructure support, the RRBs are extending facilities, like, ATM cum Debit Card services and installed 601 ATMs/Cash Dispensers (322 by KGB, 279 by PKGB) as at March 2018. The sponsored RRBs are 100% CBS compliant and are ahead of their peer RRBs under technology front by extending IT based products, like Mobile Banking, RuPay Debit Card services and also Aadhaar enabled services and remittance facilities through NEFT/RTGS to their customers. The RRBs have put in place Cheque truncation system and e-KYC technology.

Kerala Gramin Bank had received Banking Excellence Award-2017 for contribution towards rural development of Kerala by State Forum of Bankers Club Kerala (SFBCK). KGB has been adjudged as the overall best social bank during Assocham India’s Social Banking Excellence award 2017. KGB has been adjudged as the second best performing bank in Kerala for the efforts taken in promoting the CLSS under PMAY (Urban). KGB’s case study on ‘FIGITAL INCLUSION’appeared on ‘GOVERNANCE NOW’s’ INDIA FINANCIAL INCLUSION CASE BOOK. The case study was about KGB’s Vattavada Branch in Idukki. KGB has coined a new term ‘FIGITAL INCLUSION’ which stands for Financial Cum Digital Inclusion.

Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank has been conferred two First Prizes from NABARD for outstanding performance under SHG and JLG Linkage for the years 2016-17, ASSOCHAM Social Banking Award-Winner Among RRBs and Co-operative Banks in the country under Priority Sector Lending to categories other than Agriculture and Runner - Agriculture Banking, SKOCH Order of Merit for Financial inclusion through Insurance, SKOCH Inclusive Insurance Gold Award for Financial Inclusion through Insurance, National Award from Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India under National Rural Livelihood Mission for Best Performance in SHG Linkage for 2017-18 among RRBs (Southern Region) , Secured “A” Grade in NABARD Audit during the year, Bank secured “Above Average” rating with a total score of 81 and 2nd highest ranking in the BCSBI Survey of RRBs.

The Bank’s sponsored RRBs were the first amongst RRBs to implement e-KYC technology and Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS). Together, these RRBs had done 11.10 lakh enrolments under the Social Security Schemes.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY [HEFA]:

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a not-for-profit organisation, is set up by the bank under a joint venture share holder agreement with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. This agency was set up to leverage funds from the market and supplement them with donations and CSR funds to finance improvement of infrastructure in India’s Premier Higher education institutions viz., IIT, IIIT, IISER, etc to make them world class. HEFA is set up for developing the educational infrastructure, particularly R&D infrastructure thereby enabling the institutions to reach top rankings globally. This agency has an initial authorized capital of Rs.2000 Crore which is proposed to be contributed in the ratio of Rs.1000 Crore by MHRD, Rs.100 Crore by Canara Bank and Rs.900 Cr. from other Corporates. The paid up equity of HEFA as on date is Rs.300 Crore of which Rs.250 Crore by MHRD and Rs.50 Crore by Canara bank.

HEFAhas so far approved projects to the tune ofRs.2,015Crore for 7 institutions of which Rs.85 Crore has been disbursed. HEFA also has proposals to the tune of Rs.9818 Crore from 16 institutions and the appraisal process is underway.

AWARDS / ACCOLADES

In recognition ofthe varied initiatives, the Bank was conferred with the following awards during the year 2017-18:

- Received Master card Innovation Award for Canara International Prepaid card under prepaid segment.

- “Rupay Special” award for being the highest Rupay card issuing bank by NPCI.

- VISA Award on crossing a key milestone on issuance of 1.35 crore VISA debit card.

- Bagged FINNOVITI award for Innovation for CANDI Branch.

- ASSOCHAM Social Banking Excellence Awards 2017 for Government Sponsored Schemes and Runner-up for Agriculture Banking in the Large Bank Class.

- Golden Peacock Award 2017 for Corporate Social Responsibility from Institute of Directors, New Delhi.

- Skoch Technologies Growth 2017 for “CANDI”, digital branch.

- ’Excellent Customer Service Award’ at the 5th SME Excellence 2017 by ASSOCHAM.

- “Best CIO of the Year” by Computer Society of India for “CANDI” an ambitious digital banking project of the Bank in the “IT Innovation & Excellence Awards2017”

- Skoch Smart Security awards 2017 for “SIEM” tool.

- Dun and Bradstreet Award for 2016-17 adjudging as Best Public Sector Bank -Priority Sector Lending Bank. Consecutively third time (2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17) Bank has been receiving this Award.

- Certificate of Excellence for exemplary leadership in promoting RSETIs and Certificate of Excellence for RUDSETI for FY15 & FY16.

- Best Strategy in HR & Training Excellence - Platinum awards in 7th Annual Greentech - HR Award-2017.

- Gold Award for in-house Magazine, “Shreyas”, Special Column (English) Silver for Photography and features (Hindi) by the Association of Business Communications of India 2017.

- Excellence in Branding & Marketing award for in-house Magazine.

VARIOUS POLICIES OF THE BANK

There is a system of implementing well-defined policies and procedures in the Bank. During the year, concerted efforts were made to streamline the policies and procedures of the Bank in the light of regulatory requirements of the RBI, the directions of the Government of India and the emergent requirements of the Bank in the present day context. Accordingly, there has been a sharper focus on policies relating to, among others, Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Asset Liability Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Group Risk Management, Country Risk, Counterparty Bank Risk, Corporate Governance, Disclosures, Collateral Management, Stress Testing, Compliance Functions, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Lines, Outsourcing and ICAAP, KYC, AML, Recovery and Investments.

CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Year 2017-18 saw the following changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank. Changes in the Bank’s Board of Directors during the year 2017-18

Name of the Director	Designation	Date of Appointment	Date of Cessation
Shri Harideesh Kumar B	Executive Director	11.03.2015	31.05.2017
Shri Dinabandhu Mohapatra	Executive Director	22.01.2016	05.05.2017
Shri Mahadev Nagendra Rao	Shareholder Director	27.07.2016	01.03.2018
Shri Matam Venkata Rao	Executive Director	09.10.2017	Tenure on the Board ending on 08.10.2020
Smt. Debashish Mukherjee	Executive Director	19.02.2018	Tenure on the Board ending on 18.02.2021

Brief Profile of the newly appointed Directors of the Board of the Bank during 2017-18

1. Shri Matam Venkata Rao is a Post Graduate in Agriculture from Sri Venkateshwara Agriculture College, Tirupati, A.P. He joined Allahabad Bank as Agricultural Field Officer (AFO) in 1988 and has worked in various capacities and in different geographical areas of the country. As General Manager of Allahabad Bank, he has headed Bank’s Verticals like Corporate Credit, Debt Restructuring and Retail Banking. He was instrumental in launching a transformative project in Allahabad Bank to bring focus on Asset centric banking. He is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

Mr. M V Rao has taken charge as Executive Director of the Bank on 9th October, 2017.

2. Mr. Debashish Mukherjee, new Executive Director of our Bank, is an MBA in Finance from the University of Kolkata. He started his banking career with Punjab National Bank as a Financial Analyst in Scale II in 1994.

He joined United Bank of India as an Assistant General Manager (Credit) in the year 2006. He worked in various capacities at Regional Offices, headed Corporate Finance Branch at Kolkata and was Regional Manager of Bihar Region. He got elevated as General Manager in 2012. He has vast experience in Corporate Credit and worked as GM (Credit) for more than 5 years. He worked as GM (Recovery & Credit Monitoring) thereafter. He is an avid reader and has travelled extensively.

Mr. Debashish Mukherjee, has taken charge as Executive Director of the Bank on 19^th February 2018.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2018, confirm the following:

- That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

- That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bank for the period.

- That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing banks in India for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

- That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government authorities and the Reserve Bank of India for their valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to the Bank’s Correspondents in India and abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all the Staff Members for their full support in the pursuit of organizational growth and excellence.

RAKESH SHARMA

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

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Mar 31, 2017

DIRECTORS’ REPORT: 2016-17

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 48th Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2017 and Profit & Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2017.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

I. Economic Environment

Indian economy continues to remain as an economic bright spot, despite some growth moderation during 2016-17. As per the provisional estimates released by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), India''s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 7.1% y-o-y in 2016-17 compared to 8.0% in the previous year (under the new base year 2011-12). Agriculture and allied activities grew by 4.9% during the year compared to a growth of 0.7% in last year. Mining & quarrying sector grew by 1.8% against a growth of 10.5% last year. Manufacturing sector grew by 7.9% compared to a growth of 10.8% last year. Electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services sector grew by 7.2% compared to 5.0% last year. Construction sector grew by 1.7% compared to 5.0% last year. Trade, Hotels, Transport, communication & services related to broadcasting sector grew lower by 7.8% compared to 10.5% growth in the previous year. Financial, insurance, real estate & professional services sector grew by 5.7% compared to 10.8% last year. Public administration, defense & other services sector grew higher by 11.3% compared to 6.9% in the last year.

The inflation rate remained well under control and remained within the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) comfort level. The retail inflation rate measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) came down to 3.89% in March 2017 compared to 4.83% in March 2016. However, Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose to 5.29% in March 2017 against a decline of 1.09% in March 2016. The divergence between WPI and CPI is expected to narrow under new base year series 2011-12.

Both exports and imports have picked up later during second half of the financial year 2016-17 as against a decline in the previous year. As per the provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), total exports rose to US $274.65 billion compared to US $262.29 billion in the last year. Total imports stood at $380.37 billion against US $381.01 billion in the previous year. Trade gap, during the year, was lower at US $105.72 billion compared to US $118.72 billion last year. The pickup in exports was fuelled by rise in global orders for engineering goods, ready-made garments and petroleum products. Current Account Deficit (CAD) stood at 0.7% of GDP from 1.1% GDP in the last year.

Economic Environment in Karnataka

As per the Economic Survey of Karnataka, the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) grew lower by 6.9% during 2016-17 compared to 7.3% in the last year, in line with the national economy. Nevertheless, as an economically developed State in India, Karnataka contributes 7% to the country''s GDP.

Canara Bank, owing its origin to the State, is continuing its key position in the State. The Bank has been playing a leading role in the State through its 984 branches and 2,483 ATMs, spread across the State. The State contributes about 19.5% to total domestic business of the Bank. The total business of the Bank in the State stood at Rs,15,0401 crore, comprising Rs,90,949 crore under deposits and Rs,59,452 crore under advances as at March 2017, with a credit to deposit (C-D) ratio of 65.37%.

II. MONETARY AND BANKING DEVELOPMENTS

Growth in key monetary aggregates and money supply in 2016-17 reflected the changing liquidity conditions arising from domestic and global financial environment. The monetary policy stance during the year was primarily to contain inflation and manage liquidity.

Money supply (M3) growth, which was 10% at the beginning of the financial year, moderated to 7.3% by end-March 2017 due to demonetization of the high denomination currencies notes of Rs,1000 and Rs,500 (called specified bank notes- SBNs) in November 2016. Such notes, valued at Rs,15.4 lakh crore constituted 86.9% of the value of total currency in circulation. Money supply has improved since then with the progressive re-monetization by the RBI.

Aggregate deposits of the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) grew higher at 11.8% y.o.y compared to 9.9% growth in the previous year, backed by huge cash deposits in banks that came post demonetization.

The surge in deposits in the banking sector has created large surplus liquidity conditions post-demonization. On the other side, SCBs'' credit growth came down to a multi-decades low of 5.1% y.o.y against a growth of 11.3% in the last year. Consequently, SCBs'' C-D ratio stood at 72.91% as on March 31, 2017 compared to 77.72% as on March 18, 2016.

Even though there was some moderation in the incremental addition of NPAs, asset quality of the banking sector continued to be under stress during the year, affecting their profits and profitability.

The year 2016-17 saw the following changes in the key policy measures as announced by the RBI.

- Repo rate decreased by 50 basis points (bps) to 6.25% and reverse repo rate stood at 5.75%, the same level as of last year.

- Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate and Bank Rate were aligned 50 bps above the repo rate at 6.75%.

- Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) was kept unchanged at 4% of Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) during the year.

- Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) was decreased by 75 basis points to 20.50% during the year.

Changes in Repo Rate and MSF Rate during the year

Effective Since	Repo Rate (%)	Reverse Repo rate (%)	Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) (%) of NDTL	Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) (%)	MSF Rate (%)
April 02, 2016	6.75	5.75	4.00	21.25	7.75
April 05, 2016	6.50	6.00	4.00	21.25	7.00
July 09, 2016	6.50	6.00	4.00	21.00	7.00
October 01, 2016	6.50	6.00	4.00	20.75	7.00
October 04, 2016	6.25	5.75	4.00	20.75	6.75
January, 07, 2017	6.25	5.75	4.00	20.50	6.75

RBI made the following major policy announcements / supervisory review / changes during the year.

- As part of the Asset Quality Review (AOR), the deadline for banks to clean up their balance sheets stood at end-March 2017.

- A Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) constituted with the amendment of the RBI Act, 1934 by the Finance Act, 2016 for maintaining price stability, while keeping in mind the objective of growth. The MPC has been given the task of fixing the benchmark policy rate or repo rate required to contain inflation within the specified target level of 4% with upper tolerance level of 6% and lower level of 2%, as notified in the Gazette of India Extraordinary on 6th June 2016.

- Notified the withdrawal of Legal Tender Status for ''500 and ''1000 in line with the Government of India Notification No. 2652 dated November 8, 2016.

- Issued ''500 banknotes with inset letter ''E'' in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series and ''2000 banknotes with inset letter ''R'', with both bearing the signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India.

- Issued guidelines on ''Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets''(S4A) in order to further strengthen the lenders'' ability to deal with stressed assets. The Scheme envisages determination of the sustainable debt level for a stressed borrower, and bifurcation of the outstanding debt into sustainable debt and equity/quasi-equity instruments, which are expected to provide upside to the lenders when the borrower turns around.

- In its financial stability report, the RBI, as per the macro stress test, projected the Gross NPA ratio to increase from 9.1% in September 2016 to 9.8% by March 2017 and further to 10.1% by March 2018. If the macroeconomic conditions deteriorate, the GNPA ratio may increase further under such consequential stress scenarios. Iron & Steel, Construction, Power and Engineering are the high risk sectors that contribute to high NPAs for the banking industry.

- Issued guidelines for sale of stressed assets to Non - Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Financial Institutions (FIs) in addition of securitization companies or reconstruction companies.

- Advised banks to set aside more funds against their exposure to sectors that are sitting on piles of debt viz., telecom, iron and steel and power sectors.

- Reviewed the extant guidelines on ownership in private sector banks which envisaged diversified shareholding in private sector banks by a single entity / corporate entity / group of related entities.

- Announced a package of measures for the development of fixed income and currency markets for further market development, enhance participation, facilitate greater market liquidity and improve communication.

- Established an Inter-disciplinary Standing Committee on Cyber Security to, inter alia, review the threats inherent in the existing/emerging technology; study adoption of various security standards/protocols; interface with stakeholders; and suggest appropriate policy interventions to strengthen cyber security and resilience.

- Issued Draft Circular on rationalization of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for Debit Card Transactions.

- Made it mandatory for banks to allow customers to register their mobile numbers through any ATM. In addition, banks have also been asked to make available mobile registration through internet banking.

- Set up a panel to decide on what exactly qualifies as a bank branch, a move aimed to provide more flexibility to banks as new technology enables them to extend most services without the trappings of a traditional branch.

- Issued the Master Circular on amalgamation of private sector banks, 2016 comprising of applicability, scope and statutory provisos for the banks to amalgamate.

- Issued draft guidelines on Investment Advisory services offered by banks and as per the draft, banks desirous of offering these services may do so either through a separate subsidiary set up for the purpose or one of the existing subsidiaries after ensuring that there is an arm''s length relationship between the bank and the subsidiary.

- In lines with the Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards, Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools and LCR Disclosure Standards, banks were permitted to reckon government securities held by them up to another 1% of their NDTL under FALLCR within the mandatory SLR requirement as level 1 HQLA for the purpose of computing their LCR. The total carve-out from SLR available to banks would be 11% of their NDTL.

- As part of the Framework for Revitalizing Distressed Assets in the Economy, RBI amended certain guidelines relating to sale of non-performing assets (NPAs) by banks to Securitization Companies (SCs)/ Reconstruction Companies (RCs).

- Put in place the operating guidelines for small finance banks and payment banks in line with the BASEL standards Minimum capital requirement for a payment as well as small finance bank is fixed at 15%.

- In a significant move on consolidation of banks, Government of India approved 1/4/2017 as the record date for the merger of State Bank of India (SBI) with five of its associate banks, viz., State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Travancore (SBT), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) and State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and also Bharatiya Mahila Bank.

OUTLOOK FOR 2017-18

As per the World Economic Outlook, April 2017, by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), world output (global economy) growth has been projected to improve from 3.1% in 2016 to 3.5% in 2017, with positive growth emanating from Advanced Economies and Emerging Market and Developing Economies. The global trade volume has been projected to expand from 2.2% in 2016 to 3.8% in 2017. Further, the Indian Economy is projected to expand from 6.8% in 2016 to 7.2% in 2017. However, there are uncertainties revolving the protectionism stance, volatile global commodity prices and its ramifications, which may affect growth.

RBI, in its second bi-monthly policy review, has projected that India''s economy, as measured by Gross Value Added (GVA), would grow by 7.3% for 2017-18, with risks evenly balanced. The headline inflation has been projected in the range of 2-3.5% in the first half of the 2017-18 and in the range of 3.5-4.5% in the second half of 2017-18. The improved outlook is backed by several favorable domestic factors like the increased pace of demonetization and gradually improving economic activities in cash-intensive retail trade, hotels and restaurants, transportation and unorganized segments.

Structural reforms and initiatives undertaken by the Government of India and RBI are expected to positively impact growth in 2017-18. The transmission of past policy rate reductions into banks'' lending rates will also help encourage both consumption and investment demand in the economy. Likely roll-out of the Goods & Services Tax (GST) from July, 01, 2017, will establish a common market and the abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will boost investors'' confidence and bring in efficiency gains. The enabling amendments and policy initiatives undertaken the Government of India to address resolution of the stressed assets, like, institution of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and empowering RBI to issue directions to a bank or banks to initiate resolution process under the Banking Ordinance, amending Banking Regulation Act, 1949, under Section 35 AA and Section 35 AB are expected to yield positive results and revitalize the banks.

Canara Bank performed better during the year in sync with its major thrust areas, viz., increasing retail deposits (including CASA), retail credit, fee income, containing NPA, recovery & up gradation and improving operational financial ratios, such as, Net Interest Margin (NIM), Return on Assets (RoA), Return on Equity (RoE) and Cost-to-Income Ratio.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

During the year, the Bank posted improved performance on profitability and operational financial ratios. While total income was sustained at the previous year''s level, the Bank could substantially reduce its expenditure over last year, resulting in enhanced operating profit. Operating profit of the Bank increased by 24.72% to Rs,8914 crore compared to Rs,7147 crore last year. The Bank posted a net profit of Rs,1122 crore for 2016-17 compared to a net loss of Rs,2813 crore last year.

Key Financial Ratios (%)	March 2016	March 2017
Cost of Funds	6.31	5.59
Yield on Funds	8.11	7.35
Cost of Deposits	6.94	6.25
Yield on Advances	9.71	8.99
Yield on Investments	7.92	7.75
Net Interest Margin (NIM)	2.19	2.23
Return on Assets (RoA)	(0.52)	0.20
Return on Equity (RoE)	(10.69)	4.15
Cost to Income Ratio	50.65	48.85

While RoA and RoE increased to 0.20% and 4.15% respectively compared to negative levels in the last year, NIM improved to 2.23% against 2.19% last year and Cost to Income ratio reduced to 48.85% from 50.65% a year ago.

Income and Expenditure Analysis

During the year, total income increased to Rs,48942 crore, comprising Rs,29586 crore interest from loans and advances, Rs,10711 crore interest from investments, Rs,7554 crore from non-interest income and Rs,1091 crore from other income.

In line with the thrust areas for the Bank, non-interest income registered a robust increase of 54.95% to Rs,7554 compared to Rs,4875 crore recorded during last year. Excluding treasury trading profit of Rs,2982 crore, non-interest income rose by 17.68% to Rs,4572 crore. Apart from trading profit, other major sources of non-interest income, like, profit from exchange transactions (Rs,971 crore), recovery from written off accounts (Rs,489 crore), Government business (Rs,93 crore), banc assurance (Rs,87 crore) and service charges (Rs,1144 crore) contributed to the non-interest income of the Bank. The share of non-interest income to total income increased to 15.43% from last year level of 9.97%.

Total expenditure of the Bank came down by 4.13% y.o.y to Rs,40028 crore from Rs,41751 crore, including interest expenses, which declined by 8.01% to Rs,31516 crore. Operating expenses increased 13.62% to Rs,8512 crore, comprising staff cost of Rs,4915 crore and other operating expenses of Rs,3597 crore. Due to downward movement in the interest rates, the BankRs,s cost of deposits reduced by 69 bps to 6.25% from 6.94% during last year.

The net interest income, the difference between interest paid and interest earned by the Bank, increased to Rs,9872 crore compared to Rs,9763 crore last year.

Capital and Reserves

Net worth of the Bank, as at March 2017 increased to Rs,26914 crore compared to Rs,25911 crore as at March 2016. While the total paid-up capital of the Bank stood at Rs,597 crore, the reserves and surplus increased to Rs,33088 crore.

(Amt. Rs, Crore)

Composition of Capital	March 2016 Basel III	March 2017 Basel III
Risk Weighted Assets	333869	338999
CET I	27308	30226
CET I (%)	8.18	8.92
AT I	2064	2896
AT I (%)	0.62	0.85
Tier I Capital	29372	33122
CRAR (%) (Tier I)	8.80	9.77
Tier II Capital	7633	10472
CRAR (%) (Tier II)	2.28	3.09
Total Capital	37005	43594
CRAR (%)	11.08	12.86

Capital Adequacy Ratio, under Basel III, improved to 12.86% as at March 2017 against the regulatory requirement of 10.25%, including capital conservation buffer of 1.25%. Within the capital adequacy ratio, CET I ratio was at 8.92% and Tier I capital ratio was at 9.77%.

During 2016-17 the Bank raised Rs,5124 crore capital, comprising equity capital of Rs,1124 crore from the Rights Issue and Rs,1000 crore additional Tier I capital and Rs,3000 crore Tier II capital by issuing Basel III compliant Tier I and Tier II bonds.

The Bank is comfortable in the capital front. Given Government of India''s shareholding in the Bank at 66.30%, adequate headroom is available to raise capital in order to support the business growth momentum.

Deposits

Total Deposits increased Rs,495275 crore as at March 2017 compared to Rs,479792 crore a year ago, with a y.o.y. growth of 3.23%.

Current and Savings Bank (CASA) deposits of the Bank increased by 21.21% y-o-y to Rs,149749 crore as at March 2017. The Bank''s CASA deposits to domestic deposits improved to 32.85% from 27.38% last year. Savings deposits grew by 22.61% to Rs,127168 crore. Current deposits grew by 13.89% to Rs,22581 crore. A major portion of the accretion in CASA deposits had come with cash deposits of demonetized currencies of Rs,1000 and Rs,500 notes. Besides above, the focus on premier CASA products, like, Canara Galaxy, Canara Privilege, SB Power plus and NRI accounts was given to improve the average balances under CASA.

Pursuing a strategy of expanding deposit clientele, the Bank added 53 lakhs deposit clientele accounts during the year, taking the total number of deposit accounts to 6.97 crore.

Advances (net)

The Bank expanded its asset base to a well diversified one comprising of the productive segments of the economy, like, Agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and other productive sectors in addition to the Retail assets, including Housing, Education, Vehicle loan segments.

In line with the banking sector credit growth, advances (Net) of the Bank grew by 5.33% to reach Rs,342009 crore as at March 2017 compared to Rs,324715 crore a year ago.

The number of borrowal clientele accounts increased to 82 lakhs as at March 2017.

Total business of the Bank increased to Rs,837284 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 4.07% compared to Rs,804506 crore in the previous year.

During the year, the Bank’s total clientele accounts increased by 54 lakhs to 7.79 crore from 7.25 crore last year.

In line with the thrust areas set for the year, the Bank''s retail lending operations recorded good y-o-y growth.

(Amt. Rs, Crore)

Outstanding retail loans portfolio grew by 8.95% y-o-y to Rs,58910 crore as at March 2017. The disbursals under various retail lending schemes amounted to Rs,34283 crore. The outstanding housing loan portfolio rose to Rs,32285 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 4.23% and accounted for 54.80% of the total retail lending portfolio. The Bank''s Vehicle loans and other personal loans increased by 19.34% and 14.82% y-o-y respectively.

Education Loans

Over the years, the Bank has assisted lakhs

of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The Bank''s education loan portfolio increased to Rs,7651 crore. The Bank has financed around 2.99 lakh students as at March 2017. The Bank is performing consistently well with progressive growth in education loan segment. During 2016-17, the Bank has disbursed education loans worth Rs,855.43 crore.

1000 institutions rated as ''A'' grade by NAAC have been mapped for providing education loans to students of these institutes. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with M/s National Skill Development Corporation (M/s NSDC) for sanction of vocation education loans for students pursuing vocational courses in affiliated Institutes of NSDC throughout the country. MOU has also been signed with M/s The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi for extending education loans. Tie-up arrangements are made with M/s BIOCON Ltd, M/s Bosch Ltd and M/s Bombay Stock Exchange Institute, M/s.Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd., to encourage vocation education loans.

Government of India has set-up a fully IT-based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor Scholarship as well as Educational Loan Schemes, through Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram to ensure that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds. A Vidya Lakshmi portal <www.vidyalakshmi.co.in> has been made live on 15.08.2015. The students can apply online for Education Loan from any bank. The Bank has also in place ''Vidya Turant'', an online instant loan sanction facility to students and ''Vidya Sahay'', a bridge loan scheme for making down payment for Common Entrance Test (CET), at the time of selection and counseling.

The Bank has been designated as the Nodal Bank for administering subsidy schemes of Government of India, which includes Central Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans (CSIS), National Rural Livelihood Mission(NRLM), Padho Pardesh subsidy scheme to provide Interest Subsidy on Education Loans for overseas studies pursued by students belonging to notified minority communities and Dr. Ambedkar Central Sector Scheme Of Interest Subsidy On Educational Loan for Overseas Studies for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) & Economically Backward Classes (EBCs).

Several initiatives were undertaken by the Bank to expand retail credit. During the year the Bank popularized its Online Instant in-Principle Sanction for Housing Loan and Car Loan platform, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, Housing cum Solar Loans and also Housing Loans to High Net worth Individuals (HNIs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Agriculturists. Nationwide launching of Campaigns, conduct of Expos, offering competitive interest rates, tie-ups with reputed Builders, Car Dealers, introduction of Direct Selling Agents etc., have helped the Bank in expanding its retail loan portfolio.

Sixteen new Retail Asset Hubs were opened, taking total number of RAHs to 81 across major centres in the country. The Bank also implemented several tech-based initiatives like missed call facility for retail lending Schemes, informing due dates and amount of EMIs for housing loans and introduction of web-based lead generation system.

INTEGRATED TREASURY

Aggregate investments (net) of the Bank stood at Rs,150266 crore as at March 2017. While modified duration of the investments portfolio stood at 5.10 as at March 2017, the modified duration of the Available for Sale (AFS) portfolio reduced to 4.02 from 4.45 in the last year. The trading profit under domestic treasury operations for the year increased to Rs,2982 crore as against Rs,990 crore in 2015-16. Following demonetization of the high value currency notes of Rs,500 and Rs,1000, the bond markets witnessed sharp fall in the yields due to excess system liquidity. The yield on investments declined to 7.75% as at March 2017 compared 7.92% a year ago, due to sale of securities and profit booking during the year.

The Bank continues to be an active player in the Government Securities Market as a Primary Dealer (PD). The total amount of bids submitted for underwriting was Rs,57,483 crore, of which, the underwriting commitment accepted by the RBI was Rs,19,172 crore. With regard to Treasury Bills under PD business, as against the minimum success ratio of 40% to be achieved in each half year, the Bank has a success ratio of 55.42% for the first half year ended September 2016 and 67.96% for the second half year ended March 2017.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to Rs,235425 crore, comprising of Rs,107525 crore under exports, Rs,65047 crore under imports and Rs,62853 crore under remittances during the year ended March 2017.

The Bank has 8 overseas branches, viz., London and Leicester (U.K), Hong Kong, Shanghai (China), Manama (Bahrain), Johannesburg (South Africa), New York (U.S.A) and Dubai International Financial Centre(DIFC), Dubai (UAE). Besides the above 8 overseas branches, the Bank has a Representative Office at Sharjah (UAE), Canara Bank (Tanzania) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Commercial Indo Bank LLC, a joint venture bank with State Bank of India in Moscow, Russia. The Bank''s wholly owned subsidiary at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania opened on 9th May 2016. Overseas business of the Bank crossed US $10 billion mark, constituting over 8% of the Bank''s total business as at March 2017. Total overseas business stood at Rs,68408 crore, comprising deposits of Rs,40666 crore and advances of Rs,27742 crore.

The Bank''s international operations are well supported by a wide network of 394 Correspondent Banks, spread across 80 countries and the Bank''s overseas branches and offices. Rupee Drawing Arrangement has been made with 36 Exchange Houses and 25 overseas banks for channelizing the remittances of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). The Bank has been managing two Exchange Houses viz., Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai and Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar under Secondment and Management Agreements respectively.

''Remit Money'', a web-based speed remittance product has been extended to 36 Exchange Houses and also to the Bank''s 4 overseas branches, viz., London, Shanghai and Hong Kong and Canara Bank (Tanzania) Ltd. To facilitate instant and hassle free remittances to the beneficiaries of Canara Bank in India, the ''Flashremit'', an instant credit facility in association with M/s. UAE Exchange, Abu Dhabi, UAE and ''Instant Remitmoney'' an instant credit facility with M/s. Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai, M/s. Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar and M/s. Al Ansari Exchange LLC, UAE, continued during the year.

OTHER SERVICES

The Bank''s Merchant Banking Division handled Private Placement Capital Gain Bond Issues of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) as Arrangers. The amount mobilized in respect of Capital Gain Bonds Issue of NHAI and REC during the year was ''87.19 crore.

The Bank acted as Collecting Banker for two Private Placement Issues and one Rights Issue, involving an amount of Rs,1998.30 crore. The number of Public and Debt Issues handled under Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) was 128 and the amount blocked was Rs,3018.02 crore. Two specialized assignments of ''Fair Valuation of EquityRs, were also handled by the Division during the year.

The Syndication Group handled projects, involving project cost of Rs,3691 crore during the year, with a total debt size of Rs,2030 crore. The Group earned a commission of Rs,3.40 crore during the year. The funds were arranged for projects in various segments, like, Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Hospital, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Coal Based Power Generation, Textiles, Education Institution, Freight Corridor etc.

The Bank has tie-up arrangements in both life and non-life insurance segments under its ''Bancassurance'' arm. During the year, the Bank earned a commission income of Rs,38.3 crore from its joint venture, viz., M/s Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. Under the Mutual Fund business, the Bank earned a commission of Rs,14 crore from its joint venture, viz., M/s Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. A commission income of Rs,18.6 crore was earned under Non-Life (General) Insurance business from its tie-up arrangements with M/s United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIICL) and M/s Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd. The Bank also earned a commission income of Rs,15.8 crore from its tie-up agreement with M/s Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd for marketing their health insurance products. The Bank also has Corporate Agency Agreement with M/s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India for marketing export policies through its branches across India.

To give impetus to general insurance business and also offer innovative and new products at competitive prices to customers, Bank entered into corporate agency partnership with M/s Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd., as the second general insurance partner under the new IRDAI open architecture regulations. This partnership was launched on 26.11.2016 at Bengaluru.

Under Cards Business, the Bank took several initiatives to expand its card base. As at March 2017, total number of Debit Cards increased to 3.31 crore and Credit Cards base rose to 2.15 lakhs. The Bank earned a profit of Rs,13 crore from its card operation during the year.

The Bank offers its ''Depository Services'' from 47 DP Service Centres spread across 34 locations in the country. Through these Centres, the Bank is extending Online Trading Facility to DP clients from its own broking subsidiary M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd., Mumbai. In order to have better synergy of operations and efficient delivery of services, its DP activity has been hived off to M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd., with effect from 01.04.2017.

Executor, Trustee and Taxation Services outfit of the Bank provides services like Debenture / Security Trusteeship, Will and Executorships, Trusteeship, Personal Tax Assistance and Power of Attorney Services. During the year, it generated a fee based income of Rs,1.10 crore from the above services and availed Central Value Added Taxes (CENVAT) credit of Rs,106.80 crore during the year.

The Bank handles Government Business, comprising Direct and Indirect Tax collections, payment of Central Government and State Government Pensions, Handling of Postal Transactions and State Government Treasury Transactions, Public Provident Fund Scheme and Senior Citizens'' Saving Scheme and issue of Inflation Indexed Bonds of RBI, issuing Sovereign Gold Bonds, Sukanya Samridhi Scheme, accepting deposits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) and accepting tax under the Scheme. These products contributed to improvement of CASA and also earned a fee income of Rs,93.31 crore during year.

The Bank provides several online payment services, viz., E-payment of Sales Tax / Commercial Tax in Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Odisha, Punjab, West Bengal and Delhi, Virtual Treasury Package in Maharashtra, E-payment of Taxes to Transport Department in Tamilnadu, Collection of Property Tax for the Corporation of Chennai in Tamilnadu and Bengaluru in Karnataka, Online opening of PPF Accounts and E- Stamping project in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.

The Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Archaeological Survey of India and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), New Delhi. The Bank implemented the National Pension System for Unorganized Sectors under Swavalamban Scheme during 2012-13. The Government of India has launched Atal Pension Yojana Scheme in place of Swavalamban with a view to provide defined pension to unorganized sector. The Bank could mobilise 1,05,232 accounts as at March 2017.

Agricultural Innovation Centre (AIC) outfit of the Bank handled 111 assignments. These 111 assignments consisted of 95 appraisals, 9 vetting, 6 viability studies and 1 project formulation. The total outlay of the assignments worked out to a term loan component of Rs,1011 crore and the Bank earned a fee income of Rs,4.76 crore during the year.

ASSET QUALITY

The Bank performed reasonably well in asset quality, despite continued stress at the industry level. The Bank was able to contain its Gross Non Performing Assets (NPAs) to gross advances ratio below 10% at 9.63% as at March 2017 compared to 9.40% as at March 2016. Gross Non Performing Assets (NPAs) as on March 31, 2017 stood at Rs,34202 crore compared to Rs,31638 crore in the previous year. With a Net NPAs of Rs,21649 crore, the net NPA ratio has come down to 6.33% from 6.42% a year ago.

Cash Recovery during 2016-17 aggregated to Rs,5042 crore compared to Rs,4758 crore in the last year. Recovery from written off accounts stood at Rs,705 crore of which, recovery from loss assets was Rs,352 crore. During the year, an amount of Rs,2265 crore was upgraded as against Rs,1460 crore in the previous year.

During the year, recovery amounting to Rs,541 crore was made on account of initiating action under SARFAESI Act. The Bank conducted 5513 recovery meets, which resulted in a recovery of Rs,404 crore. During the year 12515 cases were referred to Lokadalat, out of which, 6596 cases were settled, covering an amount of Rs,59 crore. Besides, the Bank took several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from overdue loan accounts. These include, identification of stressed accounts for restructuring/rephasing in time, conduct of Canadalats at branch level, cluster Adalats at Regional levels and mega adalats at Circle levels for one time settlements (OTS), Lokadalats at district levels, regular follow-up of overdues in loan accounts through Call Centre, conduct of e-auctions for sale of seized assets and initiation of stringent recovery measures against Wilful Defaulters. As at March 2017, there were 471 wilful defaulters, with an outstanding amount of Rs,3640 crore.

The Bank also formulated a Special Scheme for settlement of small NPAs (up to Rs,10 lakh), with a special focus on Education / Agricultural / MSME Loans. In the Educational Loan Sector, two Special OTS schemes were launched with liberal terms and additional concession for accounts with sanctioned limits up to Rs,4 lakh and for accounts with sanctioned limits above Rs,4 lakh and up to Rs,7.50 lakh. Special Scheme for small value agricultural loans with limit up to Rs,5 lakh and repeatedly restructured due to natural calamities and MSME loans up to Rs,1 crore launched to provide relief to the affected borrowers.

As at March 2017, the outstanding stressed assets portfolio (including restructured standard accounts) of the Bank stood at Rs,44581 crore, accounting for 12.55% of gross advances.

Risk Management

BASEL III Capital Adequacy Framework and Future Strategies

An independent Risk Management Wing at the Head Office is functioning as a nodal centre for overall implementation of various risk management initiatives across the Bank. Risk Management Sections are functioning at all 21 Circle Offices of the Bank as an extended arm of the Risk Management Wing.

The Bank has in place risk management policies across geographies and across all risks encompassing the entire gamut of risk profile. These include policies on Credit Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Asset Liability Management and Group Risk Management.

The Bank has in place an Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) under Pillar 2 of Basel III norms. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic and overseas operations of the Bank, the Subsidiaries,

Joint Ventures, Sponsored Entities and Associates. Stress testing exercise is also performed by the Bank to ascertain the potential risks faced by the Bank. The ICAAP document is reviewed and approved by the Risk Management Committee of the Board and the Board of Directors.

The Bank has a Board Level Sub-Committee for Capital Planning Process. The Committee articulates macroeconomic scenarios vis-a-vis capital requirements of the Bank, in tune with business strategies. The Committee ensures maintenance of appropriate level of Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) and evaluates various options for raising the capital.

Adoption of Advanced Approaches

In an Endeavour to move towards Advanced Approaches under Basel III for computation of capital for Credit, Market and Operational Risk, the Bank has engaged the services of a Consultant for implementation of Enterprise-wide Integrated Risk Management solution for itself and the Group Entities, so as to build requisite risk management framework.

As a pre-requisite for the implementation of Enterprise-wide Integrated Risk Management architecture, the Bank has procured a Risk Solution that would enable it to meet requirements of Advanced Measurement Approaches.

The Bank has submitted Letters of Intent to RBI for adoption of Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approach for calculation of capital charge for Credit Risk, Internal Models Approach for calculation of capital charge for Market Risk and Advanced Measurement Approach for calculation of capital charge for Operational Risk.

Preparedness for Basel III

The final guidelines on Basel III Capital Regulations became effective from 1st April, 2013. As per RBI guidelines, the transitional period for full implementation of Basel III Capital regulations is extended up to 31.03.2019. The banks in India need to maintain a minimum Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital of 5.50%, Tier 1 capital of 7.00%, total capital of 9.00% and Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB) of 2.50% at the end of March 2019. The banks also have to maintain a minimum Tier 1 Leverage Ratio of 4.50% during parallel run from 1st January, 2013 to 1st January, 2017, as a credible supplementary measure to the risk based capital requirements.

The Bank endeavors to remain adequately capitalized and has drawn plans to meet the capital requirements stipulated by RBI in transitory phase. The Bank has adequate headroom to raise capital from the market, including recapitalization support from the Government of India. Moving ahead, the Bank''s capital requirement shall be met by injecting fresh equity capital, retention of profit, optimization of business levers, proactive capital planning and management.

Credit Risk Management

The Credit Risk Management process outlines the principles, standards and approach for credit risk management at the Bank. Systems, procedures, controls and measures are in place to actively manage the credit risks, optimize resources and protect the Bank against adverse credit situations. In order to comprehensively address the issues and concerns of the Credit Risk, the Bank has put in place a comprehensive Credit Risk Management Policy.

A robust system for appraisal of loan/credit proposals, including seeking adequate information for appraising the viability of the proposal and creditworthiness of the applicant for sanctioning credit limits, well defined credit approval process and authorization matrix, standards for collateral management, credit monitoring, restructuring of advances, MSME and Off Balance Sheet Exposures.

Risk Acceptance, Risk Measurement, Prudential Exposure Norms, Organizational Structure, Strategies and Operational Process are in place. In order to address the credit risk at portfolio level and the issue of concentration risk, the Policy prescribes fixation of various exposure ceilings. Risk Based Pricing is in tune with the Risk profile of the borrower to generate returns to achieve target RoA and NIM.

The Bank has a Loan Review Mechanism for constantly evaluating the overall performance of the borrowal accounts and for bringing about qualitative improvements in credit administration, monitoring and credit audit. The entire process of the Loan review and monitoring is dully administered by the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing.

Market Risk Management

The Market Risk framework of the Bank aims at restricting loss from all types of market risk loss events and also to establish limit structure and triggers for various market risk factors.

Exposure limits, such as, Stop Loss Limits on Trading Book, Intraday and Overnight Limit for various Currency Positions, Dealer-wise Limits, Aggregate Gap Limit, Limits on Money Market Operations, Modified Duration Limits for investment portfolio and VaR Limits are fixed to act as risk mitigants/triggers. Mid Office of Risk Management Wing monitors these limits, along with other triggers, on a daily basis. A reporting framework has been put in place for effective and timely monitoring of market risk limits and triggers.

Operational Risk Management

Operational Risk Management framework in the Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and strong operating procedures, involving corporate values, internal control culture, effective internal reporting and contingency planning.

The Bank has adopted polices for management of Operational Risk, which covers various aspects, such as, Operational Risk Management Structure, Outsourcing Activities and Business Continuity Plan.

At present, the Bank is in the process of migration to Advanced Approaches of Basel III framework from Basic Indicator Approach (BIA). The Bank has initiated process and activities for implementation of Advanced Approaches and to put in place Incident Management, Key Risk Indicators (KRI), Risk Control & Self Assessment (RCSA) and Scenario Analysis to compute capital charge for Operational Risk.

Asset Liability Management

The ALM Policy of the Bank seeks to strike appropriate balance in the maturity and re-pricing profile of assets and liabilities, so as to reduce liquidity risk and manage interest rate risk. Within the policy framework, the Board of the Bank has set up Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO), which is entrusted, inter alia, with the role of management of assets and liabilities including the funding strategies and its composition, product pricing, stress test and contingency action plan among others. A balanced ALM structure helps to sustain the spreads, profitability and long-term viability of the Bank.

The Bank has implemented the RBI guidelines with respect to Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) with effect from 01.01.2015. As on 31.03.2017, LCR of the Bank is above the stipulated regulatory minimum of 80%.

Group Risk

The Bank has various Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Sponsored Entities, which are engaged in diversified activities. As the Bank has considerable stake in these Group Entities, Bank has put in place a Group Risk Management Policy to identify and manage risk in intra Group transactions and exposures to raise the standard of Corporate Governance by reducing and avoiding conflicts of interest between the Group Entities and also to ensure ''Arms Length Principle'' among Entities, with regard to business parameters. Presently, the Bank has introduced a Group Chief Risk Officer (GCRO) to supervise the risk management activities of the Group Entities.

NATIONAL PRIORITIES Priority Sector Advances

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, micro and small enterprises, education, housing, microcredit, credit to weaker sections and specified minority communities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2017 reached Rs,160269 crore, recording a y-o-y growth of 10.11% and achieved 46.05% to Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) against 40% mandated norm.

(Amt. Rs, Crore)

Priority Sector Advances	As at March		Growth
	2016	2017	Amount	%
Total Priority Sector	145558	160269	14711	10.11
Agriculture	67176	74079	6903	10.28

With a focus on credit delivery to Agriculture, the Bank''s advances under agriculture portfolio increased by 10.28% to Rs,74079 crore, covering over 60 lakh farmers. Under agriculture lending, the Bank achieved 19.45% to ANBC against 18% mandated norm. During 2016-17, the Bank''s agriculture credit disbursal increased to Rs,58691 crore compared to Rs,57018 crore in the previous year.

The Bank undertook special campaigns for extending Crop Loans facility to all farmers.

During the year, the Bank issued 6.50 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), amounting to Rs,10017 crore. The credit outstanding under KCCs was at Rs,14305 crore as at March 2017. 7.41 lakh Kisan RuPay Cards were issued against eligible accounts of 7.44 lakh, with an achievement of 99.60%.

The Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister''s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY), and Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme.

As at March 2017, the outstanding advances under the following Government Schemes, aggregated to ''999 crore, involving around 1.92 lakh beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government Sponsored Schemes

(Amt. Rs, Crore)

Scheme	MARCH 2017
	Accounts	Amount
Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)	13895	483
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)	13625	284
National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM)	2367	21
Differential Rate of Interest (DRI)	153186	141
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)	8547	70
Total	191620	999

Advances to DRI stood at Rs,141 crore, consisting of 1.53 lakh beneficiaries, of which, advances by rural and semi-urban branches amounted to Rs,112 crore.

In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Bank''s advances to SCs/STs beneficiaries amounted to Rs,7354 crore as at March 2017, covering 5.45 lakh borrowers. The advances to SCs/STs comprised 4.59% of total priority sector advances.

Advances to weaker sections reached Rs,45106 crore, constituting 11.07% to ANBC against mandated norm of 10%.

Various components of advances to Weaker Sections as at March 2017

(Amt. Rs, Crore)

Sectors	Outstanding
	Accounts	Amount
Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers	3894735	39550
Artisans, Village and Cottage Industries	43630	845
SC / ST Beneficiaries	544614	7354
DRI Loans	153186	141
SJSRY Beneficiaries	8547	70
Self Help Group	121350	2500
Joint Liability Group	26764	587

As at March 2017, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to Rs,27688 crore, accounting for 17.28% of the total priority sector advances against the stipulated 15% norm.

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) - National Rural Livelihoods Mission ( DAY-NLRM/ Ajeevika)

Under the Scheme Aajeevika, National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011, with an aim to reduce poverty by enabling the poor household to access gainful self employment and skilled wage employment opportunity, resulting in a sustainable livelihood. The main objectives of the Scheme includes providing interest subvention to Women SHGs (WSHGs) from rural areas who avail loans up to Rs,3 lakhs at 7% per annum and to provide an additional subvention of 3% if WSHGs repay in time, thereby reducing the effective rate of interest to 4%. In the first phase, the focus was on 150 most backward districts.

RBI vide their Circular FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.13/09.01.03/ 2016-17 dated 25/08/2016, has intimated that Interest subvention scheme on credit to Women SHG during 2016-17 for all Commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks will be implemented in 100 more districts along with existing 150 districts. All WSHGs (Women SHGs) promoted by NRLM, NGOs, Central or State Government,

NABARD under WSHG Programme which are linked with the banks are eligible for benefits under the Scheme. Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has designated Canara Bank as nodal bank for handling claims of banks. The Bank has developed a web portal, which enables all member banks to upload their claims.

(Amt. in Rs, Crore)

Interest Subvention Claims made by all Member Banks
Financial Year	No of Accounts	Amount
2013-14	361231	266
2014-15	500829	304
2015-16	568304	365
2016-17	29020	394
TOTAL	1720484	1330

Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Lending

Advances to MSMEs increased to Rs,74302 crore as at March 2017, with a y-o-y growth of 11.42%. Credit to M&SE segments rose to Rs,53818 crore, with a 5.74% growth. The number of Micro Enterprises accounts recorded a growth of 16.46% against mandated norm of 10%.

Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the Bank disbursed an amount of Rs,5182 crore during 2016-17. Sanctions and disbursals under different schemes of Mudra Yojana are as under:

Category	As on 31.03.2017 (Amt. in Rs, Crore)
	No. of Accounts	Sanction Amount	Disbursement Amount	Outstanding Amount
Shishu (< Rs,50,000)	232338	795	790	671
Kishore (Above Rs,50,000 -Rs,5 lakh)	156938	2873	2799	2459
Tarun (Above Rs,5 lakh to Rs,10 lakh)	21023	1633	1593	1459
Total	410299	5301	5182	4589

During the year, the Bank has taken following initiatives to increase flow of credit to MSME sector and also to bring about continued awareness about the steps taken.

- 166 SME Specialized Branches are functioning throughout India and for faster processing of credit proposals. Besides 166 SME Specialized Branches, 49 SME Sulabhs (Specialised SME Loan Processing Centres) are also functioning across the country.

- To extend financial assistance to micro and small enterprises without offering any collateral security and with relaxed lending terms, some segment specific schemes have been launched/ continued, such as, Doctors'' Choice (improved version), MSE SMART, MSME CAP, MSME Vahan, MSE Vijeta and Canara Contractors'' Scheme, Canara CARAVAN, Flavour and MSME Expo.

- To increase the Bank''s exposure to specific clusters and activities, new area / cluster specific schemes have been launched / continued, such as, Canara Textiles, catering to the Textile Sector, Special Scheme for lending to units engaged in Manufacturing of Ceramics and Vitrified Tiles and Weavers Mudra Scheme in lieu of Weavers Credit Card.

- Mega Credit camps are conducted to create awareness and pool sources for increased credit flow to MSME sector.

- Summits were arranged for Start-up Entrepreneurs involving functionaries from different Government Departments and local industrial bodies / organizations for necessary inputs and guidance for successful entrepreneurship.

- Micro Enterprises Business Centre’s were established at Circle Offices for handholding Micro Enterprises.

- The Bank has an exclusive website www. canaramsme.com for easy access and understanding of MSME initiatives.

- The online submission of MSME applications and tracking thereof by the customers are facilitated and used extensively by the MSME clientele.

- Entrepreneur Development Centre at Head Office have been catering to the needs of budding entrepreneurs by way of assimilation of information regarding the challenges and opportunities under MSME, conducting seminars, training initiatives, interaction with the concerned organizations and propagation of the same through regular bulletins.

-An exclusive set up established at Head office has been looking into the aspects of monitoring, slippage management and handholding in times of stress by way of rehabilitation and restructuring of MSME units as per Government guidelines.

The Bank is the nodal agency for Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) of Ministry of MSME, Government of India, for technology up gradation of Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs). During 2016-17, subsidy amount received from the Ministry under the Scheme was ''11.22 crore and the same has been utilized fully during the financial year.

Empowering Women

Department of Women Empowerment at Head Office and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at 21 Circle Offices and 118 Regional Offices across the country are working relentlessly towards economic empowerment of women. These CEDWs have reached potential entrepreneurs, undertook counselling, supported training need, provided finance and marketing. A total of 350 programmes were organized by the CEDWs during 2016-17.

These centres have also assisted in the formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) & Credit Linkages. Rural Self Employment Training Institute set up at Harohalli, Karnataka to provide EDP/ skill training to women in various vocations has trained 19,995 women since inception, out of which 630 women have been trained during 2016-17. Through 65 Training Institutes supported by the Bank, 4.05 lakh women have been trained in self employment ventures since inception, of which 33,393 have been trained during 2016-17. Apart from establishing two exclusive Mahila Banking Branches, the Bank has equipped over 80 branches with all women employees to give focused attention to women clientele. 18 Micro finance branches are also engaged in supporting the financial needs of micro & small women entrepreneurs & SHG members. 27.74 lakh women have been assisted with a credit outstanding to the tune of ''44766 crore as at March 2017 and achieved 13.59% to ANBC as against RBI''s requirement of 5%.

Several concessions have been provided to women borrowers that include relaxation in eligibility norms and 0.50% interest concession on educational loans to girl students. ''MSE Vijeta'', an exclusive loan Scheme for women entrepreneurs for loans up to Rs,2 crore under Micro & Small Enterprises and Canara Mahila Savings Scheme, a special Savings Bank deposit product, with many concessions have been devised for women.

During the year, six successful ''Women Entrepreneurs were given cash awards on the occasion of International Women''s Day under Canara Bank Best Woman Entrepreneur Awards (CBWEA), 2015-16''. Under marketing support, the Bank has provided five unique custom built, high-tech, solar powered mobile sales vans ''Canara Vahini'' with computerized billing and card swiping facility to enable women entrepreneurs and SHGs to exhibit or market their products at Bengaluru and Shivamogga (Karnataka) and Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), and Thrissur (Kerala).

Lead Bank Responsibility

The Bank has lead bank responsibilities in 31 districts in the country, viz., 8 in Karnataka, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 5 in Kerala, 5 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in Delhi, 2 in Telangana and 1 in Bihar. The Bank is the Convenor of the State Level Bankers'' Committee (SLBC) in Kerala.

Financial Inclusion

A Holistic Approach to Financial Inclusion

With the basic objective of bringing the large unnerved population under the banking mainstream, the Bank is striving towards a more inclusive growth by making financial products and services available to financially excluded and marginalized sections of the society in particular. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been actively pursuing the agenda of Financial Inclusion (FI), with the key interventions, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive & intensive use of technology and through advocacy of financial literacy.

The Bank has 878 Financial Inclusion (FI) Branches under branch model and also engaged 2459 Business Correspondent Agents (BCAs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model. In addition, 473 Ultra Small Branches (USBs) are also operational in the Bank.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

PMJDY is the initiative from Government of India for comprehensive financial inclusion of the population of India, particularly aiming at covering the households hitherto excluded from the purview of banking and empowering them with benefits and facilities provided by the banking industry. Accounts opened under PMJDY are issued with Rupay Debit card, accidental Insurance coverage to the extent of Rs,1 lakh, life insurance cover of ''30,000/- (for accounts opened up to 31.01.2015) and overdraft up to Rs,5000/- after six months of satisfactory dealing. The Bank was allotted 3962 Sub Service Area (SSAs) and 3371 Urban Wards for implementation of PMJDY.

Performance highlights under PMJDY

- Opened 64.66 lakh accounts under PMJDY and mobilized a CASA deposit of Rs,1858 crore.

- Covered all allotted 10049 villages comprising of 3962 allotted SSAs and 3371 Urban wards by opening of 878 brick & mortar branches and engaging 2459 Business Correspondent Agents (Bank Mitras) at remaining locations.

- Hand-held devices are provided to Bank Mitras for facilitating payments, which are enabled for accepting Rupay Cards. The Bank has Issued 42.59 lakh Rupay Debit Cards to all eligible account holders. Bank Mitras have done Rs,83.39 lakh transactions, amounting to Rs,1324 crore during the year.

- Zero balance accounts under PMJDY have been brought down to 14.24%.

- Established a Toll Free number 1800 425 11222 for PMJDY as a part of grievances redressal mechanism and popularized through publication in National Dailies.

-Provided overdraft facilities up to Rs,5000/- to all eligible PMJDY account holders. 2.14 lakh PMJDY accounts holders have been provided with overdraft facility, amounting to Rs,29.73 crore during the year.

So far the Bank has provided PMJDY overdraft facilities to 4.48 lakh account holders to the extent of Rs,74.26 crore.

Social Security Schemes

Under various social security schemes launched by the Government of India during the year, following enrolments have been made.

Scheme Enrolments	As at March 2017
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima	37.18 lakh
Yojana (PMSBY)
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti	13.65 lakh
Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)	1.05 lakh

Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the Bank has mobilized 11419 accounts.

Apart from the above, the bank has also made significant progress in the Financial Inclusion related activities during the year as under.

Business canvassed in the FI Branches

FI branches have garnered business of Rs,15202 crore, which includes CASA deposits of Rs,4136 crore, constituting 57.13% of total deposits. Average business per FI branch stood at Rs,17.31 crore.

Position of Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) Accounts

The Bank has opened 12.27 lakh BSBD accounts during the year 2016-17, taking the tally of BSBD accounts as at March 2017 to 1.66 crore, with an outstanding deposits of Rs,4678 crore.

Formation & Credit Linking SHGs

Financing to Self Help Groups has played pivotal role for poverty alleviation and financial inclusion of the rural poor. The Bank has formed 31754 SHGs and credit linked to the extent to Rs,1239 crore to 40070 SHGs during the year. The outstanding SHG accounts were more than 1.21 lakhs, with an outstanding amount at Rs,2500 crore.

Farmers’ Clubs

The Bank has adopted a concept of forming Farmers'' Clubs, which is an association of progressive farmers, who have volunteered to disseminate the principals of development through credit and also inculcate better repayment ethics and promote peoples participation. During the year, the Bank has formed 705 farmers clubs.

Micro Finance Branches

The Bank has opened 18 Micro Finance Branches in the urban centres. These branches mobilized a total business of Rs,600 crore as at March 2017.

Financial Literacy Centres

Formed ''Canara Financial Advisory Trust'' to take care of the affairs of the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of the Bank as well as the FLCs promoted by the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by the Bank. Pan India, the Bank has 71 FLCs in all 26 lead districts and 45 blocks across the country, managed by the Counsellors (retired bankers).

Financial Literacy Initiatives

- Financial Literacy Centres have educated 14.51 lakh persons during the year and 45 Lakh persons since inception.

- Engaged Financial Literacy Coordinators to monitor and motivate Bank Mitras to involve themselves in Financial Literacy in a big way in their sub-service areas and encourage people to do more transactions.

- Trained Bank Mitras through Indian Institute of Banking & Finance and Infrastructure Leasing & Finance Services (IL&FS). They were also provided with extensive training on Banking and Technology aspects by the Bank and the Corporate BCs.

- Special training was given to Branch Managers for conducting financial literacy programmes at their branches and in their service area.

-Conducted 2612 financial literacy camps under Financial Inclusion Fund Scheme from the NABARD.

AADHAAR Enrolments

The Bank has empanelled 6 Aadhaar Enrolment Agencies. A total of 174 lakh enrolments have been done. Aadhaar has been seeded in 241 lakh accounts and are on National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) mapper.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Setting Examples in CSR Activities

Following the founding principles and century old tradition, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities, like, training unemployed rural youth, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women and other social initiatives.

Rural Development

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT), has established 34 exclusive training institutes, including 26 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs), 5 Institutes of Information Technology and 3 Artisan Training Institutes to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them to take up self employment activities. During 2016-17, these Institutes trained 30,384 candidates, taking the tally to 2.87 lakh unemployed youth since inception, with an impressive settlement rate of 75%.

The Bank has co-sponsored another 27 Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institutes (RUDSETIs) across 17 States, engaged in training of rural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. During 201617, these Institutes trained 26,284 candidates, taking the tally to 4.23 lakh unemployed youth, with a settlement rate of 72%. The Bank has also co-sponsored Andhra Pradesh Bankers Institute for Rural and Entrepreneurship Development (APBIRED) at Hyderabad, Telangana and

Canara Bank Deshpande RSETI at Haliyal, Karnataka Farmers Resource Centre (KFRC) at Bagalkot and Bharat Ratna Shri M Visvesvaraya Training Institute at Bengaluru, Karnataka. Cumulatively, the Bank has sponsored / co-sponsored 65 training institutes, which have trained more than 7 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a settlement rate of 72%. The Bank has donated 4 hi-tech, custom built, solar powered ''Retail Mobile Marketing Van'' to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products. During the year, the Bank undertook a number of activities for the benefit of the communities as part of CSR.

The Bank has undertaken an ambitious project of providing De-fluoridation - RO plants for pure drinking water facility in fluoride affected villages of Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts, Karnataka. Pure (RO) Drinking water plants have been installed in 156 villages of Kolar District and made operational. Over 1,00,000 people from these villages are benefitted by the project. The Bank has also partnered with International Association for Human values (IAHV) Art of Living, Rejuvenation of Manjara River at Latur, Maharastra and District Administration, Aizawl, Mizoram for Construction of RCC Foot Bridge over Theihauliu stream.

Health care for the underprivileged

Dialysis machines are provided for free treatment to underprivileged in M/s Rangadore Memorial Hospital, Bengaluru, a unit of Shri Shri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasansthanam, Shringeri. The Bank has provided Haemodialysis machines to Canara Bank Relief & Welfare Society, Bengaluru and carried out renovation of patients lounge in Sevakshetra hospital, Bengaluru. The Bank has donated equipments and vehicle for four Primary Health Centres in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. Ambulance services were rendered to M/s Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar, Karnataka. Ambulance services to serve sick tourists in dormitories and villagers were also provided to M/s Jagannath Ballav Endowment, Puri, Odisha and Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharmashaala. The Bank also provided Deep Freezer for Blood Bank for Indian Red Cross Society, Bengaluru and constructed SHE E-Toilets under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad.

Direct and Indirect support to Education

Education being one of the prime sectors of CSR and a vital part of personality development, Bank apart from its own initiatives, has assisted various educational institutions.

Canara Vidya Jyothi Scholarship scheme to meritorious SC / ST Girl Students

The scholarship was provided for those studying in Government and Government aided schools for the fourth successive year and 10,655 students have been benefitted utilizing a total amount of Rs,3.94 crore.

The Bank has assisted Canara Bank Jubilee Education Fund, Bengaluru for upgradation and automation of the Book bank and extending scholarships to students. The Bank has also sponsored tuition fee for students under MDM Course in Shri Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) Mysuru. Government Secondary School, Gagsina, Karnal District, Haryana has been provided solar power system, computers, water purifier and furniture. The Bank has given 40 KVA Generator for Krishna Bal Vidya Mandir Inter college, Mangupura, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Financial assistance to combat Poverty & child development

M/s Akshaya Patra Foundation was given vehicle with accessories for carrying mid-day meals to children studying at Government Schools in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Bank has also provided stainless steel dining tables for dining hall of M/s Ramakrishna Math, Kolkata for the use of poor visitors.

For supporting persons with disability to lead a better life, a number of programmes in association with likeminded agencies have been taken up.

Visits by Parliamentary Committee

During the year 2016-17, Parliamentary Committees relating to Subordinate Legislation, Industries, Finance, Rural Development, Commerce, Women Empowerment and Official Language visited the Bank.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Branch Network

Expanding Pan India Presence

The Bank undertook branch expansion drive in 2016-17 and added 239 domestic branches during the year. As at March 2017, the Bank had 6083 branches, including 8 overseas branches.

Composition of Branch Network

Category	No. of Branches		Opened during the year
	31.03.2016	31.03.2017
Metropolitan	1019	1228	44
Urban	1142	1138	54
Semi-urban	1815	1936	81
Rural	1865	1773	60
Overseas	8	8	--
Total Branches	5849	6083	239

Note: 5 branches were merged / closed during the year.

The Bank added 9 Specialized Branches during the year, taking the total tally under the Specialized Branches to 285 as at March 2017.

Categories of Specialized Branches	31.03.2017
SME	166
Mid Corporate	26
Micro Finance	18
Asset Recovery Management	19
Prime Corporate	12
Overseas	11
Agri-Finance	9
NRI	7
Savings	2
Industrial Finance	3
Stock Exchange	2
Capital Market	1
Mahila Banking	2
Branch for Physically Challenged	1
Specialized Govt Business Branch	6
TOTAL	285

Progress in Digital Banking & Alternate Delivery Channels

During 2016-17, the Bank added 1268 ATMs, taking the total number of ATMs to 10519. The Bank''s debit card base rose to 3.31 crore compared to 3.19 crore as at March 2016. Besides the above, 182 hi-tech E-lounges were also operational in select branches, with facilities like ATM, Cash Deposit Kiosk with voice guided system, Cheque Deposit Kiosk, Self Printing Passbook Kiosk, Internet Banking Terminal, Online Trading Terminal and Corporate Website Access. Interactive Video Conference System was also configured at select e-Lounges.

Accelerated adoption of digital payment channels by the customers have been witnessed post-demonetization. This has paved the way for moving towards a less cash economy. As a result, e-transaction percentage has jumped to a level of 64.7% as at March 2017 from 54.2% a year ago. All digital channels have witnessed exponential growth in value and volume of transactions. Net banking registrations recorded a growth of 183%, mobile banking transactions grew by 253% and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) registrations has recorded a growth of 220%. The number of Mobile Banking users increased to 51.59 lakhs and Net Banking users increased to 30.40 lakhs as at March 2017.

Customer-friendly InfoTech Initiatives

Apart from bringing improvement in the Mobile Banking and Net Banking features, during the year, the Bank introduced and improved upon several Apps, Tech-products/services for the convenience of the customers.

Canara Empower - Unified Payment Interface (UPI), a single platform to access multiple bank accounts.

- Canara mServe, which enables customers Bhh to hot list and Block/Unblock Cards.

- Canara Swipe, all missed call solution in a _ single application.

Canara GeoLocate, app for locating Branches and ATMs

Canara Cart, an umbrella app containing . all mobile based solutions.

- Introduced “Green PIN” functionality for enabling the customers themselves to generate Debit Card PIN at the time of Issuance of Card and also if PIN is forgotten.

- Customers can now download, register and activate Can Mobile without visiting a Brach or ATM. Mobile Banking registration through ATM introduced.

- Upgraded Internet Banking released with simplified functionalities.

- Instant Loan application portal for Housing Loan and Car Loan made live.

- Implemented Cheque Book indent through SMS

- Missed call / SMS based ePass sheet generation made live

- P2U (Person to UIDAI) funds transfer through Mobile Banking in WAP channel enabled.

- Implemented Social Security Schemes of Govt. of India, PMJDY OD Automation facility for eligible PMJDY customers for availing OD facility through ATMs. Introduced facility for online account opening under Atal Pension Yojana (APY). Subscription to the Social Security Schemes through ATM, SMS and Internet Banking enabled.

- Enabled Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Deposit Scheme and tax payment through Net Banking and Branches.

- Web Portals under education loan interest subsidy released for Central Scheme for Interest Subsidy (CSIS), Ministry of HRD, GoI, Dr. Ambedkar Central Sector Scheme of Interest Subsidy (ACSIS), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and Padho Pardesh, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

- Issued MUDRA Debit Card for overdraft accounts under MUDRA Card Scheme.

- Implemented SMS/Email Alerts to NPA Borrowers intimating to regularize overdues in accounts.

To enhance digital transactions, in the line with Government of India initiatives, the Bank is onboarding merchants for increasing usage of Debit and Credit Card payments, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), BHIM App, BharatOR Code and Aadhaar-enabled Payment Systems (AEPS). The Bank is in the process of implenting more digital initiatives for customer convenience and better service.

Compliance to International Standards

The Bank has fully implemented the recommendations of the RBI Working Group (Chairman, Shri G Gopalakrishna) on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds. The Bank obtained the ISO 27001: 2013 Certification on 12.04.2014.

Manpower Profile

As at March 2017, the Bank had 55,717 employees on its roll.

Cadre	March 2016	March 2017
Officers	24174	26127
Clerks	20194	20549
Sub-Staff *	9640	9041
Total	54008	55717

* Includes Part Time Employees (PTEs)

Total staff of the Bank comprised 47% Officers, 37% Clerks and 16% Sub Staff. Women staff of the Bank comprising 16,589, constituted 30% of the employees. The total number of ex-service men staff as at March 2017 stood at 3,779. There were 1337 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

During the year, the Bank recruited 4,952 in various cadres, out of which 822 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 366 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories. 421 ex- servicemen were recruited in various cadres during the year. 1,498 women employees were recruited and 769 were promoted under various cadres during the year.

Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

As at March 2017, the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes together constituted 27% of the total staff strength of the Bank. The composition of SCs/STs employees as at March 2017 was as under:

Cadre	Scheduled Castes	Scheduled Tribes
Officers	4694	1989
Clerks	3843	1273
Sub-Staff	2724	500
Total	11261	3762

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation

Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes as per the Government of India guidelines.

(a) Reservation Policy is implemented through mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Bank has switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

(b) The Bank has been extending Reservation/ Relaxations / Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotions to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government guidelines.

(c) Pre-recruitment & Pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In the Advertisement inviting application from the eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical Cadre, a specific reference is made with regard to imparting of pre-recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-SM. Pre-recruitment training for Officer Cadre is provided to candidates belonging to SC / ST & Minority Communities. Such of those candidates who opt for pre-recruitment training are given training to prepare themselves for written test as well as interview. The duration of the training is for a week.

(d) The Bank has setup SC / ST Cell at the Head Office and also at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and proper implementation of other aspects of Reservation Policy.

(e) Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy.

Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC / ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer / Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted & appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste /

Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register.

In addition to the above, the representatives of majority Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Employees'' Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters are maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officer.

(f) The Board of Directors of the Bank also review the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Policy, half yearly and yearly.

Human Resource Development (HRD) activities

The HR policies of the Bank have been revisited to suit the changing banking scenario. HR initiatives, like, ''Soft skill training programme'' for bringing attitudinal change among frontline staff and Executives grooming through reputed institutes and other significant HR tools, like, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and fostering collective excellence. Various Corporate Communications were brought out to boost the morale of the employees and educate them in various facets of banking.

A high sensitization training programme christened “UTTHAN” has been conducted by the Staff Training College (STC), Bengaluru. The training programme is imparted to empower large number of young employees who have been recently recruited and also other senior employees by sensitizing them regarding Bank''s culture, ethos, sense of belongingness, ownership and concern for customers with view to achieving the corporate objectives towards organization growth. The Bank has in place an exhaustive training process that cover Internal Training, External Training, In Company Training and Foreign Training. Internally, the Bank has STC at Bengaluru and 23 Regional Staff Training Colleges (RSTCs) across the country.

During the year, the Bank has trained 72,451 employees, covering a wide range of functional areas, including Credit Orientation, Marketing Skills, Induction Programme for Officers, Agriculture Extension Officers and Specialist Officers. Out of the trained staff, 14,878 personnel belonged to the Scheduled Caste category and 5,139 belonged to the Scheduled Tribe category. The total employees trained include 22,895 women employees.

The Bank has designed and implemented several new training programmes, including credit management and decision making skills, credit appraisal programme for Branch Managers and workshop on recovery aspects for Executives.

Under a novel programme, viz., Talent Bank Scheme, a talent pool was formulated, comprising Officers from Scale I to Scale IV, who are willing to take up challenging assignments in the identified critical or specialized areas. 1096 Officials have been selected under the Scheme. Intensive Credit Management Programme is being conducted in 2 phases. This is an in-depth and exhaustive programme on credit matters evolved by Staff Training College, for Officers in Scale I - III, to build specialization in credit. Intensive Training Programme on Credit over the years has built a talent pool of over 1000 Officers.

Further, the Bank''s quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce continued through focused and need based training at various institutes of repute, like, IIMs, JNIBF, ISB, XLRI and NIBM, etc. Customized programmes are also organized to develop expertise in certain niche areas, like, Credit, Risk Management, Treasury Operations and IT.

Specialized trainings to the Senior Management Level and Top Management Level Executives were conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the skill level of its Officials through training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigour and enthusiasm. A governing body for the training setup, headed by the Managing Director & CEO has been established to monitor and streamline the training policies of the Bank.

Changes brought about in the organizational set up during 2016-17

Organizational design and structure was reviewed and studied for further improvement and bringing in operational excellence. To establish more connect with customers and branches, from July 1, 2016, the Bank completely moved to a 4 tier structure for its retail business, comprising Head Office, 21 Circle Offices, 118 Regional Offices and Branches from earlier 3 tier structure, consisting of Head Office, 47 Circle Offices and Branches.

The Bank has also put in place a 2 tier structure for its corporate business with 12 Prime Corporate Branches under Prime Corporate Credit Wing at Head Office. Post reorganization and re-alignment of functions of Wings at Head Office, there were 21 Wings at HO apart from Staff Training College, Compliance Department and Corporate Communications Department.

Earlier, the Bank had launched ‘Project Shikhar’aimed at rejuvenating the Bank by focusing on various themes, like, better branch layout & customer service for customer delight, quality service delivery & reduction in service time, focus on digital banking by promoting transactions on self service machines and alternate channels, inculcating sales culture and focus on business, particularly CASA and fee income growth. In the journey of transformation of branches, number of ‘Shikhar Branches’ rose to 1211, with 165 branches under star 5 and 67 under star 4 categories as at March 2017.

Marketing and Publicity

The Marketing Vertical has played a significant role in improving the CASA share, retail business, fee income from the Associate Parties business, wallet maximization and propagating the multifarious technological products and services for the benefit of the customers.

The Bank further strengthened marketing vertical during the year by inducting specialized personnel into the setup, with the support of Marketing Sections in all Circle Offices, overseen by the dedicated Marketing Executives and lead management system. Marketing set up has taken initiatives in cross selling and up selling of Bank''s products by launching several campaigns during the year.

The Bank also launched publicity campaigns for its several new products and services introduced during the year and used effectively all channels of communication, including advertising, social media and marketing collaterals to enhance its brand image. The Bank is observing 5th of every month as “Help Our Customer Day” to create awareness about Health Insurance and “Protect Your Customer Day” on 15th of every month to educate customers on importance of adequate Life Insurance across branches.

Customer Orientation

Several initiatives were taken to remain customer focused through providing fast service, bringing in diversified products & services, responding to customers'' queries and redressal of customer complaints. The ''Code of Commitment to Customers'' issued by Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI) and ''Revised Citizen''s Charter'' of Indian Banks Association (IBA) is available in the Bank''s homepage of the website . As per the instructions of IBA and RBI, the Bank has adopted the newly formulated Customer Rights Policy of RBI since July 2015, which spells out the Rights of the Customers and also responsibilities of the Banker. To assess the quality of customer service rendered by the branches and to get the feedback, Grievance Redressal - At Canara Bank we love to listen and a ''Customer Satisfaction Survey Form'' made available in the Bank''s homepage of its website. As per Damodaran Committee recommendations, the Bank has appointed a Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO), who acts as an Internal Ombudsman of the Bank. Customers'' fortnight was conducted from 16.11.2016 to 30.11.2016, inviting suggestions from customers.

Further, during the year, the Bank undertook a Customer Satisfaction Survey through a professional External Agency to assess the level of customer service and customer satisfaction across the Country.

In order to enhance customer focus the ‘Project Shikhar - Branch Transformation’ was implemented during the year wherein various customer centric initiatives, like, Welcome Desk, Queue Management System (QMS), Single Window Operation and allocation of larger space for ''Customer Waiting Area'' etc., along with self-service kiosks are put in place. In order to enhance customer convenience, the Bank also made efforts at various levels to popularize various Apps, like, Missed Call Facility through Canara Swipe, Canara Empower, Internet and Mobile Banking, Canara e-info book, Canara m Serve, Canara Geo locate and Canara Easy Cash facilities etc. Besides, a Call Center with single point contact Toll Free Number 18004250018 is functioning to cater to customers in 6 regional languages of Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya and Telugu, besides Hindi and English for redressal of grievances.

The Bank has implemented online grievance redressal facility for customers in the website for lodging grievances online under the portal ‘Canara Public Grievance

Redressal System (CPCRS)’. The complaints received at Call Centre were also integrated with CPGRS package. During the year, Call Centre registered 7896 grievances in CPGRS and all grievances were redressed as per prescribed time norms. Centralized Pension Processing Cell has been established exclusively for handling pensions and resolving pension related grievances. 42 Central Processing Centres were functioning at selected places for account opening purposes.

During the year, ''Town Hall Customers Meet'' was held at Vythiri, Pulikal and Sultan Bathery in Kerala in association with the Banking Ombudsman, RBI and Customer Meets were conducted at Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Nasik, Kochi and Kolkata in association with BCSBI.

Systems and Procedures

Risk based Internal Audit (RBIA) was conducted in 4293 branches / units programmed for onsite RBIA during the year. Information Security audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent / continuous audit was conducted in 963 branches / service units, of which 225 branches /units were subjected to concurrent / continuous audit by Internal Auditors and 738 branches / service units were subjected to concurrent audit by External Auditors, covering 70% of the total business of the Bank. 2304 branches were subjected to income/revenue audit, which included branches identified for income audit on quarterly basis.

A revision in the risk rating matrix for RBIA of Branches, Units and Circles was made from earlier 3 scales (Low, Medium and High Risk) to 4 Scales - A (Low), B (Normal), C (Moderate) and D (High) during the year.

The Bank has already implemented Computerized Audit through Web Based Audit Package called, ''DARPAN'', for RBIA of branches. The scope of such DARPAN is proposed to be extended for Concurrent Audit, RO Audit, Circle Audit, IS Audit, KYC Audit etc., during the current year. In case of branches which were witness to frauds, suitable provisions made in RBIA to re-rate the risk gradation and reducing their rating to either “High” or “A notch Lower” (higher risk grade).

As per the directions of RBI / DFS, Ministry of Finance, the Bank undertook SBN (Specified Bank Notes) audits through its Internal Audit Workforce in 1006 branches, including branches situated at border areas, far flung areas, North-East and Left Wing Extremism affected areas. Off Site monitoring was further strengthened to have an oversight of transactions on a near real time basis. Reports on certain identified scenarios have been generated and made available to Circles Offices for review and monitoring of transactions, including SBN verification.

Risk Based Supervision

The Bank is brought under Risk Based Supervision (RBS) regime by RBI, in lieu of Annual Financial Inspection (AFI) from 2014-15. Presently, the Bank has completed the 3rd cycle of RBS. RBS framework is named as Supervisory Programme for Assessment of Risk and Capital (SPARC). Under SPARC, a detailed qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Bank''s risks is made by the RBI on an on-going basis through a combination of offsite and onsite Risk Discovery Process (RDY).

Know Your Customers (KYC)/AML/CFT

The Bank undertook various measures for the effective implementation of guidelines on Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

Some of the major achievements and initiatives taken were as under:

- AML/CFT centralized unit formed on 30th June 2016 for exclusive processing and monitoring of AML/SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) alerts.

- System checks/enhancements are put in place to ensure compliance to guidelines on KYC/AML/CFT.

- System checks and enhancements implemented for Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) alerts.

- Two AML/CFT/KYC sensitization programmes were conducted on 09.09.2016 at Gurgaon and on 17.09.2016 at Bengaluru.

- Branch/Circle/Regional Office staff members were sensitized by way of issuance of guidelines and periodical training.

- AML/CFT Centralized unit has filed 5899 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) during 2016-17 and 28061 STRs on account demonetization based on

5 Red Flag indicators of Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) India.

- KYC Cell has been designated as one point contact for RBI, Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) etc for all KYC matters.

- KYC Cell has registered with CERSAI / Central KYC reporting.

Vigilance Setup

The Vigilance Wing of the Bank is headed by a Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO). The CVO is assisted by the Vigilance Officers stationed at Head Office, all Circle Offices, RRBs and the Bank''s Subsidiaries. The objectives of the Vigilance Wing are to ensure that discipline and development, go in tandem and help the Bank to reach greater heights. With an objective to ensure free, fair and healthy environment for all-round growth of the organization, the Vigilance Management in the Bank comprised preventive, participative and punitive functions. These goals are pursued and promoted through various means and channels.

As a part of the Vigilance Awareness campaign, Canara Bank observed ''Vigilance Awareness Week'' from 31st October 2016 to 5th November 2016 as per the directives of Central Vigilance Commission. Various programmes were conducted throughout the country with the support of Circle offices and branches to spread awareness regarding observance of Vigilance Week and its importance. Programmes, like, debates, impromptu speeches and quizzes were organized at 89 schools and colleges highlighting the theme “Public participation in Promoting Integrity and Eradicating Corruption” across the country.

On this occasion, on 2nd November 2016, Shri N Santosh Hegde, former Lokayukta, Karnataka, addressed the gathering on the theme of Vigilance Awareness Week. The function was presided over by Shri Rakesh Sharma, MD&CEO of the Bank in the presence of Shri Harideesh Kumar B, Shri Dinabandhu Mohapatra and Smt. P V Bharathi, Executive Directors of Bank. A one day workshop was organized for select Circle Vigilance Officers at Head Office on 21.10.2016.

Canara Bank is conferred with “Corporate Vigilance Excellence Award-2016-17” in the Banking Sector consecutively for the fourth year, instituted by M/s Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, for promoting excellence in the field of Vigilance amongst all PSBs / PSUs.

Security Arrangements

Out of 6075 branches and 104 currency chests, the Bank identified 52 branches as High Risk, 1635 branches as Medium Risk and 4388 as Low Risk. These branches and currency chests were periodically visited by Security Officers as per statutory guidelines. All the sensitive currency chests were visited by the Chief Security Officer during the year.

The following measures were initiated based on the instruction from the RBI and State Police Authorities:

a) All branches, currency chests & ATMs have been provided with CCTV Cameras / DVR.

b) 1558 ATMs are guarded with private Security Guards based on the threat perception and directions from Police Authority.

The security set up in the Bank has been under regular up gradation with the security apparatus and issuing of suitable instructions & guidelines to all branches from time to time, including focusing on fire safety measures.

Right to Information

Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, an exclusive Right to Information Act outfit is functioning to provide information and bring transparency. During June 2016, Department of Personnel Training, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has come out with a web based online RTI portal to enable the citizens to make online applications/appeals. This web based package has been given to the Bank with effect from 20th July 2016. To comply with the RTI guidelines and to cater to the needs, the Bank has nominated a Nodal Officer at Head Office and a Public Information Officer (PIO) and an Appellate Authority (AA) for all Regional Offices, Circle Offices and Head Office. Presently, there are 140 PIOs and 140 Appellate Authorities. During the year, the Bank received 3918 RTI applications, 905 First Appeals and 37 Second Appeals as per the provisions of RTI Act, 2005.

Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards

As per the RBI guideline, the Bank is in the process of implanting the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS). A Projects Steering Committee and an International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Cell have been formed to take the required steps on a continuous basis for smooth convergence. The Bank has appointed M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP as the consultant for assisting the bank in smooth implementation of Indian Accounting Standards. The pro-forma financial statement for the half year ended 30.09.2016 has been submitted to RBI within the due prescribed date.

Implementation of Official Language

The Bank made noteworthy progress under the implementation of official language and won many prizes at various levels during the year under review.

As at March 2017 around 98% of employees have obtained working knowledge in Hindi and the Bank has notified 3501 Branches under Rule 10(4) of OL Rules 1976. All the employees of the Bank possessing working knowledge of Hindi have been trained in functional Hindi through Hindi workshops. During the year under review, Bank has conducted 384 refresher training programmes for such employees.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in the Official Language, the Bank has furthered the use of Unicode package for word processing and also made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transaction in 10 Indian languages. Apart from Hindi and English, transaction slips can be obtained in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi and Marathi from ATMs and transactions done in concerned language. Telebanking facility has also been provided in Hindi and English and other 6 major regional languages. The Bank''s corporate website is in bilingual. The Bank is also giving SMSs in Hindi to all its customers on special occasions.

With effect from 1st July 2011, Bank has provided Hindi option in Core Banking System. The Bank''s bilingual address booklet ''CANPATHA'' is made available to all branches and offices in electronic form. Hindi option provided in Mobile Banking, E-Infobook and the Bank''s internet Banking portal.

To encourage effective implementation of Official Language in the Bank, 186 prizes were given to Circles, Branches, Regional Staff Training Colleges (RSTCs) and Sections of Head Office & Circle Offices under the Award Scheme formulated by the Bank under Canara Bank Rajbhasha Akshay Yojana and 148 employees were awarded under Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana. Bank has also conducted Annual “All India Hindi Essay Competition” for its employees and cash prizes were given to prize winners.

Half Yearly Hindi Journal “Canarajyoti” - 17th & 18th issues were brought out during the year. The 17th issue was released by our MD&CEO Shri Rakesh Sharma during Hindi Day Celebration,2016 at Head Office & 18th issue was released by Prof. V R Jagannathan, Linguistic Expert & Rtd. Professor, IGNOU. Canarajyoti is brought out to encourage original writing in Hindi. This publication contains articles on banking related subjects as well as Poetry, Short Stories, Travelogues written in Hindi by employees. During the year, Canarajyoti awarded Silver Prize by ABCI under Indian Language category and awarded Bronze prize by PRCI under regional language Category.

The 34th All India Conference of OL Officers of the Bank was held at RSTC, Gurgaon on 3rd and 4th March 2017.

During the year, the Third Sub Committee ofParliamentary Committee on Official Languages had inspected the Bank''s Aurangabad Branch (under Pune Circle Office), Sirohi Branch (under Jaipur Circle Office), Kottayam Temple Road Branch (under Thiruvananthapuram Circle Office) and Head Office, Bengaluru. The Committee lauded the efforts put in by the Bank in the field of Official Language implementation. The Bank is convening the Town Official Language Implementation Committees of Agra, Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram. Official Language Implementation Committees are constituted in all the branches of the Bank as per the Government guidelines to propagate the progressive use of Hindi. The Bank awarded Encouragement Prize by the RBI for effective implementation of Official language in the Bank in Region ''A''.

Promotion of Sports

Canara Bank has always been encouraging and supporting sports and has contributed generously to sporting activities all over the country by sponsoring tournaments, providing scholarships to talented sports personalities. A Sports Council at Head Office was setup in the year 1982 to monitor and encourage sports activities in the Bank.

The Bank is presently having teams in 6 disciplines:

Athletics	Women	4 Members
Ball Badminton	Men	3 Members
Cricket	Men	16 Members
Hockey	Men	13 Members
Shuttle Badminton	Men	2 Members
Table Tennis	Men	3 Members

International Sportspersons in the Bank fold are Shri B K Venkatesh Prasad & Shri Sunil B Joshi (Cricket), Smt. M K Asha, Smt Suma Gopalakrishna (Athletics), Smt. H M Jyothi (present International Athlete), Shri P Shanmugam, Shri Bharath Kumar Chetri (Captain Indian Hockey Team, London Olympics-2012)

& Shri K M Somanna (Senior-Hockey), Shri K P Dinesh (Junior-Hockey), Shri D Guruprasad, Shri Vineet Manual (Shuttle Badminton) & Shri Nitin V Thiruvengadam (International Table Tennis Player). Some of the above sportspersons have represented the Bank in tournaments and competitions at the State and National levels.

During the year, Smt H M Jyothi secured GOLD Medals in 100 Meters, 200 Meters & 4x100 Meters Relay events in the National Inter State Senior Athletic Meet at Lucknow during September 2016. She also secured GOLD Medals in 100 Meters & 200 Meters (New State Record) the Senior State Athletic Meet held at Bengaluru, July 2016, 100 Meters event at the State Level Dasara Athletic Meet, Mysuru in October 2016 and 100 Meters

& 200 Meters GOLD Medals in the Senior State Athletic meet held at Hubballi & Dharwad, Karnataka. The Bank''s Badminton Team was the Runner-up for the State Level Ball Badminton tournament held at Alva''s in Moodbidiri, during August 2016 and winners at the State Level Ball Badminton Tournament at Chintamani during January, 2017 in Karnataka. The Cricket Team of the Bank was the Runner-up in the State Level Cricket Tournament, Mysuru, Karnataka. Shri D Guruprasad secured Bronze Medal in the All India Senior Ranking Shuttle Badminton Tournament at Kolkata and was the Runner-up in the State Ranking Shuttle Badminton Tournament, Davangere, Karnataka. Shri Nitin V Thiruvengadam was ranked 2nd in the Karnataka State Table Tennis and won all the State Ranking Tournaments. In Doubles Category, the Bank''s Table Tennis Team was ranked 1^st for the year 2016-17.

Apart from the Teams at the Head Office, the Bank is also encouraging sports at the Circle levels by allotting annual budget for sports activities & also sports competition for employees, monitored by the Circle Sports Councils.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Canara Bank with an objective of offering ''One Stop Banking'' facilities for the customers forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a ''Financial Supermarket'', with ten Subsidiaries / Sponsored entities / Joint Ventures in diversified fields. All the Subsidiaries / Sponsored entities / Joint Ventures of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the year 2016-17.

CANFIN HOMES LIMITED (CFHL)

Canfin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. Stake of the Bank in the Company in the beginning of the year was 43.45%. The Bank since sold 13.45% stake to a Singapore based Company M/s Caladium Investment Pte. Ltd (subsidiary of GIC Private Ltd, Singapore) for Rs,754 crore. The loans outstanding of the Company as at March 2017 was Rs,13313 crore. The Company earned a profit after tax of Rs,235.26 crore as against Rs,157.11 crore in the previous year, with y.o.y growth of 49.74%. Gross NPAs of the Company was Rs,27.91 crore and Net NPA was nil as on 31.03.2017. 100% dividend for the year 2016-17 has been proposed by the Company.

CANARA BANK SECURITIES LIMITED (CBSL)

Canara Bank Securities Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients. Online Trading Counter for retail customers is its flagship product and has diversified into Currency Derivatives and has a clientele base of 42,386. The Company has posted a profit after tax of ''10.53 crore and declared a dividend of 15% for the year 2016-17. CBSL has taken over the Depository Participant operations from Canara Bank with effect from 01.04.2017.

CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED (CRAMC)

In the year 2007, Canara Bank divested 49% stake held by Canbank Mutual Fund in favour of M/s Robeco Groep N V and formed a joint venture for managing the assets under “Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited”. The Bank''s share in the JV is at 51%. Total Assets under Management was at Rs,9878 crore with investor base of 6.43 lakhs as at March 2017. The Company is currently managing 29 Mutual Fund Schemes, including Gold Exchange Traded Fund. The Company has posted a net profit of Rs,16.21 crore and declared a dividend of 10% for the year 2016-17.

CANBANK FACTORS LIMITED (CFL)

Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring Subsidiary of the Bank with 70% stake held by the Bank. During 2016-17, the Company had a total business turnover of Rs,2498 crore. The Company incurred a loss of Rs,39.82 crore due to provisioning of Rs,86.72 crore for the doubtful debts for the year 2016-17.

CANARA HSBC ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (CHOICE)

A Life Insurance Joint Venture was floated by the Bank in association with HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Oriental Bank of Commerce in the year 2007. The JV commenced its business operations with effect from 16.06.2008, with majority shareholding of 51% by the Canara Bank, followed by HSBC (26%) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (23%). The Company recorded new business premium of Rs,969 crore and gross premium of Rs,2295 crore during the year. The company has 3,30,717 in-force policies as on 31.03.2017. The company achieved a statutory profit of Rs,111 crore for 2016-17.

CANBANK VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED (CVCFL)

Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited is the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund and a wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Bank. The company has managed 5 funds so far with total Asset under Management of Rs,552.78 crore. The latest fund is the Emerging India Growth Fund with a corpus of Rs,435.86 crore. CVCFL has been appointed by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to manage the Electronic Development Fund (EDF) with a corpus of Rs,2206 crore with Rs,2200 crore from Govt. of India, Rs,5 crore from Canara Bank and Rs,1 crore from CVCFL. Another new fund has been named as “Empower India Fund” is being setup with a target corpus of Rs,650 crore. The Company recorded a profit after tax of Rs,5.02 crore and has proposed to pay a dividend of 1000% for the year 2016-17.

CANBANK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED (CCSL)

Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted by a Public Sector Bank in the country, with a 69.13% shareholding by the Bank. CCSL is primarily engaged in IT and Software development services, BPO services, ATM/ Any Time Payment services, Training, Consultancy and R&T agent. The Company has posted a profit after tax of Rs,6.50 crore and proposed a 50% dividend for 2016-17.

CANBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (CANFINA)

Canbank Financial Services Limited is confining its activities to legal matter arising out of past transactions in securities and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. The Company received extension of time limit from the RBI for further period of three years up to 31.01.2020 for disposing off its assets.

COMMERCIAL INDO BANK LLC (CIBL)

Commercial Indo Bank LLC, a joint venture of Canara Bank and State Bank of India has been operational since April 2014 in Moscow, Russia. The company earned a profit after tax of US$ 5.31 million during the year.

CANARA BANK (TANZANIA) LIMITED

Canara Bank (Tanzania) Limited is wholly owned Subsidiary of the Bank at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, registered in Tanzania on 02/11/2015 and obtained a banking license from the Bank of Tanzania on 05/05/2016. The subsidiary commenced its business operations from 09/05/2016. The company earned a profit after tax of US$ 0.17 million.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

As at March 2017, the Bank had two sponsored RRBs, viz., Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) in Kerala and Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) in Karnataka.

Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) operates in all the 14 districts of Kerala State with 615 branches and 294 ATMs. The total business of the KGB was Rs,28816 crore as at

March 2017, comprising a total deposits of Rs,15075 crore and advances of Rs,13741 crore. Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (PKGB) operates in 11 districts of Eastern Karnataka with 648 branches & 270 ATMs. The total business of the PKGB was Rs,27761 crores as at March 2017 with a total deposits of Rs,15361 crore and advances of Rs,12400 crore.

Aggregate business of both the RRBs increased to Rs,56577 crore as at March 2017 with a y.o.y growth of 17.85% comprising deposits of Rs,30436 crore and advances Rs,26141 crore. Through the Bank''s infrastructure support, the RRBs are extending facilities, like, ATM cum Debit Card services and installed 564 ATMs/Cash Dispensers (294 by KGB, 270 by PKGB) as at March 2017. The sponsored RRBs are 100% CBS compliant and are ahead of their peer RRBs under technology front by extending IT based products, like, Mobile Banking, RuPay Debit Card services and also Aadhaar enabled services and remittance facilities through NEFT/RTGS to their customers. The RRBs have put in place Cheque truncation system and e-KYC technology.

Kerala Gramin Bank has received National Payments Excellence Awards, 2016, by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) for Excellent Performance in Cheque Truncation System (CTS) - RRB Category, Runner-up for IBA Banking Technology Awards-Technology Bank of the year, ASSOCHAM''s 4th SMEs Excellence Award, 2016, Micro Lending (Rural Sector) and Banking Excellence Award, 2016, by the State Forum of Bankers Clubs as the Best Bank contributed to the Rural Economy of the State during the year.

Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank has been conferred SKOCH Order of Merit, SKOCH Highest Independent Honor in Financial Inclusion, SKOCH Order of Merit for Insurance, ASSOCHAM Social Banking Award-Winner Among RRBs and Co-operative Banks in the country under Priority Sector Lending to categories other than Agriculture, Best MSME Bank Award - Winner (RRB Category) and Eco-Technology Savvy Bank Award - Runner (RRB Category) for the year, 2016.

The Bank''s sponsored RRBs were the first amongst RRBs to implement e-KYC technology and Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS). Together these RRBs had done 10.82 lakh enrolments under the Social Security Schemes.

AWARDS / ACCOLADES

In recognition of the varied initiatives, the Bank was conferred with the following awards during the year 2016-17:

- National Award for Excellence - 1st position in MSE lending for 2013-14 and 2014-15 by the Government of India.

- National Award for Excellence in lending to Micro Enterprises, 1^st position for 2013-14 and 2^nd Position for 2014-15 by the Government of India.

- Best bank Award under PMEGP, South Zone in the field of Khadi and Village Industries for 2013-14 and 2014-15 by the Government of India.

- MSME Excellence Award, 2017, by Federation of Industrial Trade and Services.

- Skoch Award for SME Enablement, 2016.

- SME Excellence Award for Best SME lending during 2015-16 by ASSOCHAM.

- Golden Peacock Award, 2016, under CSR activities.

- CSR Leadership Awards, 2016, for best CSR practices by World CSR Congress

- Indy Wood CSR Excellence Award, 2016, for outstanding achievement in CSR by Indywood Film Carnival.

- FICCI CSR Social Responsible Bank Award under Women empowerment for 2016.

- ASSOCHAM Social Banking Excellence Awards, 2016.

- Dun & Bradstreet Award, 2016, for being the best Public Sector Bank under Priority Sector Lending and Retail Growth Performance.

- ‘SKOCH Order of Merit’ Award for initiatives under Financial Inclusion.

- ‘SKOCH ORDER OF MERIT’ and ‘SKOCH SILVER’ Awards, 2016, for Banc assurance during 46th SKOCH Summit.

- ‘Special Award for the Best Financial Institution-Gold’ for 7^th year in succession by Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI).

- Corporate Vigilance Excellence Award, 2016-17, in Banking Sector, consecutively for the 4th year, instituted by M/s Institute of Public Enterprise.

- Star Performer Award, 2016, in the 31^st Depository Participant Conference.

- First Position (Bank Category) in New Demat Accounts opened for the 4th consecutive year by NSDL.

- MasterCard Innovation Award for Canara International Travel Prepaid Card under Prepaid segment.

- RuPay Special Award for being the highest RuPay Card Issuing Bank by NPCI.

- Visa Award on crossing a key milestone on issuance of 1.35 crore Visa Debit Cards.

- Best Strategy in HR & Training Excellence - Gold Awards, in 6th Annual Greentech HR Award 2016.

- 2 Silver Awards for House Magazine, ‘Shreyas’, special column (English) by the Association of Business Communications of India, 2016.

- 7 Awards (Collateral Awards Category) at 11th Global Communication Conclave held by Public Relation Council of India.

VARIOUS POLICIES OF THE BANK

There is a system of well-defined policies and procedures of the Bank. During the year, concerted efforts were made to streamline the policies and procedures of the Bank in the light of regulatory requirements of the RBI, the directions of the Government of India and the emergent requirements of the Bank in the present day context. Accordingly, there has been a sharper focus on policies relating to, among others, Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Asset Liability Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Group Risk Management, Country Risk, Counterparty Bank Risk, Corporate Governance,

Disclosures, Collateral Management, Stress Testing, Compliance Functions, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Lines, Outsourcing and ICAAP, KYC, AML, Recovery and Investments.

CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Year 2016-17 saw the following changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

Tenure of the following Directors on the Board of the Bank ended during the period.

Changes in the Bank’s Board of Directors during the year 2016- 17

Name of the Director	Designation	Date of Appointment	Date of Cessation
Shri Pankaj Jain	GOI Nominee Director	14.12.2015	01.05.2016
Shri Pradyuman Singh Rawat	Executive Director	05.08.2013	31.05.2016
Shri Suchindra Misra	GOI Nominee Director	14.06.2016	Until further Orders
Shri Rajinder Kumar Goel	Shareholder Director	27.07.2013	26.07.2016
Shri Sanjay Jain	Shareholder Director	27.07.2013	26.07.2016
Shri Krishnamurthy H	Shareholder Director	27.07.2016	Tenure on the Board ending on 26.07.2019
Shri Mahadev Nagendra Rao	Shareholder Director	27.07.2016	Tenure on the Board ending on 26.07.2019
Shri Venkatachalam Ramakrishna Iyer	Shareholder Director	27.07.2016	Tenure on the Board ending on 26.07.2019
Smt. P.V. Bharathi	Executive Director	15.09.2016	Tenure on the Board ending on 14.09.2019
Shri Sairam Mocherla	Part Time Non Official Director	05.12.2013	04.12.2016

Shri Sunil	Non Official
Hukumchand	Director - CA	06.12.2013	05.12.2016
Kocheta	Category
	Other than
Shri G.V. Manimaran	Workmen
	Represen tative Director	03.01.2014	02.01.2017

Brief Profile of the newly appointed Directors of the Board of the Bank during 2016-17

Shri Suchindra Misra, currently the Government of India nominee Director, was nominated to the Board on 14th June, 2016. He holds a Bachelor''s Degree in Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management in Marketing & Finance. He is the Joint Secretary at the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Shri Krishnamurthy H, currently the Shareholder Director, was appointed to the Board on 27th July, 2016. He holds a Master''s Degree in Engineering and is the Chief Research Scientist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. His areas of interest include banking technologies, communications and networking in particular.

Shri Mahadev Nagendra Rao, currently the Shareholder Director, was appointed to the Board on 27th July, 2016. He holds a Master''s Degree in Physics and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. Shri Mahadev Nagendra Rao is a retired Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India and also previously held the positions of a nominee Director in various subsidiaries of State Bank of India as well as worked as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Life Insurance Company Limited. He is also a Director on the Board of IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Shri Venkatachalam Ramakrishna Iyer, currently the Shareholder Director, was appointed to the Board on 27th July 2016. He holds a Bachelor''s Degree in Science and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers and is a retired Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India. Previously he was the nominee Director on the Boards of SBI General Insurance Company Limited and SBI Global Factors Private Limited. He is a nominee Director of SBI in Usha Martin Limited, Kolkata.

Smt. P V Bharathi, who was the General Manager of the Bank, took charge as an Executive Director of the Bank on 15th September, 2016. She holds a Postgraduate Degree in Arts and a Bachelor''s Degree in Science and

Education. Spanning over 3 decades of multi-dimensional banking exposures, Smt. Bharathi carries with her rich and vast experience. She has worked in the Bank''s rural, semi-urban, urban and metropolitan branches, in addition to administrative offices in various capacities. Additionally, she is a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2017, confirm the following:

- That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

- That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bank for the period.

- That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing banks in India for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

- That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government authorities and the Reserve Bank of India for their valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to the Bank''s Correspondents in India and abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all the Staff Members for their full support in the pursuit of organizational growth and excellence.

RAKESH SHARMA

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

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Mar 31, 2013

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 44th Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2013 and Profit and Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2013.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

During the year, the Bank took a conscious decision to de-risk the balance sheet by shedding a substantial portion of bulk business both on high cost, including Certificate of Deposits as well as short term unsecured corporate loans. The performance of the Bank on the business, profits and profitability fronts are as under.

The Bank earned a net profit of Rs.2872 crore for 2012-13 compared to Rs.3283 crore last year. Operating profit of the Bank stood at Rs.5890 crore compared to Rs.5943 crore last year. Return on average assets (RoAA) for the year stood at 0.77%. Profit per employee worked out to Rs.6.96 lakh for the year.

Enhancing Shareholders'' Value

Dividend of 130% for 2012-13

The Bank''s Board of Directors recommended a dividend of 130% for 2012-13 as against 110% last year. While Book Value increased to Rs.490.56 as at March 2013 compared to Rs.429.51 for the previous financial, EPS stood at Rs.64.83 as at March 2013. Return on Equity stood at 14.03% for 2012-13.

March March Key Financial Ratios (%) 2012 2013

Cost of Funds 6.72 6.96

Yield on Funds 8.95 9.05

Cost of Deposits 7.35 7.72

Yield on Advances 10.93 11.13

Yield on Investments 7.96 8.12

Spread as a % to AWF 2.23 2.09

Net Interest Margin (NIM) 2.50 2.40

Operating Expenses to AWF 1.35 1.37

Return on Avg. Assets (RoAA) 0.95 0.77

Return on Equity 18.75 14.03

Business per Employee 13.74 14.20 (Rs. in Crore)

Profit per Employee 8.21 6.96 (Rs.in Lakh)

Book Value (Rs.) 429.51 490.56

Earnings per Share (Rs.) 74.10 64.83

AWF - Average Working Funds

Income and Expenditure Analysis

The Bank''s interest income recorded a y-o-y growth of 10.5% to reach Rs.34078 crore compared to Rs.30851 crore recorded during the previous financial year. Non-interest income increased to Rs.3153 crore compared to Rs.2928 crore recorded last year.

The Bank''s cost of deposits increased to 7.72% due to high interest rates prevailing during the year. The yield on advances improved to 11.13% as at March 2013 compared to 10.93% last year. Interest spread stood at 2.09% compared to 2.23% as at March 2012.

While interest expenditure increased to Rs.26199 crore with a y-o-y increase of 13%, the Bank contained its increase in operating expenses at 10% amounting to Rs.5142 crore. The net interest income of the Bank stood at Rs.7879 crore and Net

Interest Margin (NIM) worked out at 2.40%.

Capital and Reserves

Networth of the Bank, as at March 2013 increased to Rs.21732 crore compared to Rs.19027 crore as at March 2012. While total paid-up capital of the Bank was Rs.443 crore, reserves and surplus increased to Rs.24435 crore. The Government Shareholding in the Bank stood at 67.72% as at March 2013.

(Amt. in Rs. crore)

Composition of Capital March 2012 March 2013

Risk Weighted Assets 210875 243348

Tier I Capital 21829 23776

CRAR (%)(Tier I) 10.35 9.77

Tier II Capital 7179 6388

CRAR (%)(Tier II) 3.41 2.63

Total Capital 29008 30164

CRAR (%) 13.76 12.40

Capital Adequacy Ratio stood at 12.40%, with Tier I capital ratio at 9.77% as at March 2013. The Bank has adequate headroom available under both Tier-I and Tier-II options to raise capital to support business growth momentum.

BUSINESS GROWTH

Deposits

Total Deposits of the Bank registered a growth of 8.8% to reach Rs.355856 crore as at March 2013 compared to Rs.327054 crore a year ago. During the year, the Bank shed about Rs.74500 crore of high cost deposits, including Certificate of Deposits. As a result, the share of high cost bulk deposits including CDs came down from 45% as at March 2012 to 20% as at March 2013.

The Bank''s CASA deposits reached Rs.86061 crore as at March 2013. The Bank''s CASA deposits to domestic deposits stood at 25.12%. Savings deposits rose by 9.8% to Rs.71168 crore as at March 2013. During FY13, the Bank launched nationwide campaigns to mobilize CASA deposits. During the campaign period, the Bank brought in about 30 lakh fresh CASA clientele and about Rs.6100 crore CASA deposits in the new accounts.

Pursuing a strategy of broad-basing deposit clientele, all the branches together added 42 lakh deposit accounts, taking the total number of deposit accounts to 4.17 crore.

Advances (Net)

During the year, the Bank''s net advances reached Rs.242177 crore compared to Rs.232490 crore a year ago. The moderate growth in advances was due to shedding of bulk advances viz., short term unsecured corporate loans amounting to Rs.22000 crore.

The Bank''s diversified credit portfolio include all productive segments of the economy like agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), exposure to corporates and infrastructure segments. As at March 2013, the number of borrowal accounts increased to 53 lakh from 45 lakh last year.

Productivity, as measured by business per employee, increased to Rs.14.20 crore from Rs.13.74 crore a year ago. During the year, the Bank''s total clientele base increased to 4.7 crore from 4.2 crore last year.

Retail Lending Operations

Outstanding retail lending of the Bank reached Rs.23084 crore as at March 2013. The disbursals under the retail lending stood at Rs.8710 crore. The outstanding housing loan portfolio stood at Rs.13134 crore, constituting 57% of the total retail lending portfolio. The Bank''s advances under Housing Loan (direct) increased to Rs.8688 crore.

The Bank took several measures during the year to expand retail credit. The Bank introduced new retail loan products, viz., Canara Home Loan Plus, Canara Consumer Loan and Canara Loan against Property. Two Central Processing Units (CPUs) at Bhopal and Ludhiana were upgraded as Retail Asset Hubs, taking the total tally under Retail Asset Hubs to 42 and 3 CPUs at major centres across the country.

Education Loans

Over the years, the Bank has supported lakhs of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The Bank''s education loan portfolio increased to Rs.4343 crore. The Bank has financed more than 2.17 lakh students as at March 2013. The Bank is designated as the nodal bank for administering subsidy under the Central Sector Scheme for Interest Subsidy on education loans.

TREASURY

Aggregate investments (net) of the Bank was at Rs.121133 crore as at March 2013. Portfolio modified duration increased to 4.73 years from 4.62 years as at March 2012. The modified duration of the Available for Sale (AFS) portfolio increased to 4.16 years as at March 2013 from 3.23 years as at March 2012 due to redemption of short dated securities and fresh investments made in medium and long dated securities. The trading profit for the year was Rs.676 crore as against Rs.324 crore last year. The yield on investments improved to 8.12% compared to 7.96% a year ago.

The Bank continues to be an active player in Government Securities as a primary dealer. The total amount of bids submitted for underwriting was Rs.107103 crore, of which, the underwriting commitment accepted by the RBI was Rs.69347 crore. During the second half year, the Bank achieved 51.84% success ratio as against minimum success ratio of 40% of its obligation as a Primary Dealer.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to Rs.143795 crore, comprising Rs.54328 crore under exports, Rs.40391 crore under imports and Rs.49076 crore under remittances as at March 2013. Outstanding export credit of the Bank stood at Rs.10067 crore as at March 2013.

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

The Bank''s overseas operations covered 6 countries with one branch each at London and Leicester (UK), Hong Kong, Shanghai (China) and Manama (Bahrain), a Representative Office at Sharjah (UAE) and a joint venture Bank, namely, Commercial Bank of India LLC in Moscow in association with State Bank of India.

All overseas branches recorded improved business performance during the year. Total business of the five overseas branches aggregated to Rs.28786 crore for the financial year ending March 2013, constituting 4.8% of the Bank''s total business.

The Bank has approval from RBI for expansion in 9 other international centres, namely, Qatar Financial Centre (Qatar), Johannesburg (South Africa), Frankfurt (Germany), New York (USA), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Dar-es- Salaam (Tanzania), Tokyo (Japan), Abuja (Nigeria) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). In this regard, the Bank has filed application with regulators of Qatar, Germany and USA. The Bank has already received consent from South African Reserve Bank for opening a branch at Johannesburg.

The Bank''s international operations are well supported by a wide network of 373 Correspondent Banks, spread across 79 countries. Rupee Drawing Arrangement has been made with 30 Exchange Houses and 16 Overseas Banks in the Middle East for channelizing the remittances of Non-Resident Indians. The Bank has been managing two Exchange Houses viz., Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai and Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar under Secondment and Management Agreement respectively.

''Remit Money'', a Web Based Speed Remittance product has been extended to 29 Exchange Houses and to 4 overseas branches, viz., London, Leicester, Shanghai and Hong Kong. During the year, the Bank has approved arrangements under Remit Money with three more Exchange Houses in UAE.

OTHER SERVICES

The Bank''s Merchant Banking Division handled Private Placement Capital Gain Bond Issues of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) as Arrangers. The amount mobilized in respect of Capital Gain Bonds Issue of NHAI and REC during the year was Rs.83.95 crore. Seven specialized assignments of ''Fair Valuation of Equity'' were also handled by the Division during the year.

The Bank acted as Collecting Banker for 3 Private Placement Issues, involving an amount of Rs.1285.78 crore. The number of Public and Debt Issues handled under Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) by designated Branches was 30 and the amount blocked was Rs.44.12 crore. The number of designated Branches under ASBA increased from 152 to 1874 as at March 2013.

The Syndication Group handled projects, involving project cost of Rs.3283 crore during the year, with a total debt size of Rs.2257 crore. The Group generated fee-based income from the syndication operations. The funds are arranged for projects in various segments like Road, Sugar, Metrorail, etc.

The Bank has tie-up arrangements in both life and non- life insurance segments under its ''Bancassurance'' arm. The Bank earned a commission income of Rs.25.90 crore from its joint venture viz., Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. Under the Mutual Fund business, the Bank earned a commission of Rs.4.95 crore from its joint venture viz., Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. The Bank''s tie-up arrangement with M/s United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIICL) for Non-Life (General) Insurance business has resulted in a commission income of Rs.11.92 crore during the year. The Bank has also Corporate Agency Agreement with M/s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India for marketing export policies through its branches across India.

Under Card Business, the Bank took several initiatives to expand credit and debit-cum-ATM card base. The total debit card base of the Bank increased to 95.53 lakh as at March 2013. Income under card business during the year was at Rs.131 crore.

The Bank offers its Depository Services from 46 DP Service Centres spread across 36 centres in the country. Through these Centres, the Bank is extending Online Trading Facility to DP clients from its own broking subsidiary M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited, Mumbai.

Executor, Trustee and Taxation Services outfit of the Bank provides services like Debenture/Security Trusteeship, Will and Executorship, Trusteeship, Personal Tax Assistance and Power of Attorney Services. During the year, it generated fee based income of Rs.1.52 crore.

Under Government Business, comprising Direct and Indirect Tax collections, payment of pensions of various departments, Ministry Accounts, Postal Department, Public Provident Fund Scheme and issue of bonds of RBI and Government of India, the Bank earned an income of Rs.72.43 crore during the year.

The Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), handling Department of School Education and Literacy, Department of Higher Education, Department of Arts - Archeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Bank has developed a Web-Portal for Ministry of HRD for e-tracking of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme and implemented the web portal in all the States. The Bank has implemented E-payment of Sales Tax/ Commercial Tax in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi, Virtual Treasury Package in Maharashtra, E-Payment of Taxes to Transport Department in Tamilnadu and Collection of Property Tax for the Corporation of Chennai in Tamilnadu. The Bank has also introduced E-challans/Scrolls for CPPC Package and acceptance of online subscription for NPS.

The Bank is authorized as one of the accredited Bankers for Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), New Delhi. The UIDAI was established in February 2010, as an agency of Government of India, responsible for implementing the Multipurpose National Identity Card or Unique Identification Card (UID Card) project in India. The project is implemented in 8 Centres at present and the Bank''s branches at these Centres have been designated as the branches for handling the UIDAI accounts.

During the year, the Bank has entered into a MoU with Ministry of HRD for implementing Maulana Azad National Fellowship, 6 UGC Scholarship Schemes and National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE).

The Bank has implemented E-payment of Customs in 103 locations as per the direction of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi, with effect from 16.01.2012.

E-stamping project is introduced in 10 branches in Bangalore. The project is under implementation at other 26 branches situated in the District Head Quarters in the State of Karnataka.

Agricultural Consultancy Services (ACS) outfit of the Bank handled 86 assignments. These 86 assignments consisted of 42 appraisals, 10 viability studies, 27 vettings and 7 other studies and trainings. The total outlay of the assignments works out to a term loan component of Rs.709 crore and non-interest income derived by the Bank in the form of processing fee was Rs.7.09 crore.

ASSET QUALITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT All Time High Cash Recovery at Rs.4006 crore

Asset Quality

The Bank has performed well in containing Non-performing Assets (NPA) and made record cash recoveries. The gross NPA level of the Bank stood at Rs.6260 crore, with a gross NPA ratio at 2.57% as at March 2013. The Bank''s gross NPA ratio continues to be one of the lowest among peers. With a Net NPA level of Rs.5278 crore, the net NPA ratio was at 2.18%.

Cash Recovery during FY13 aggregated to a record Rs.4006 crore compared to Rs.3296 crore for FY12. Out of this, recovery from written off accounts at branches, write- back and unapplied interest together amounted to Rs.1488 crore.

During the year, recovery amounting to Rs.1560 crore was made under SARFAESI Act. The Bank conducted 22500 recovery meets, which resulted in a recovery of Rs.1250 crore. Under Lokadalat, 820 cases were settled covering Rs.14.50 crore. During the year, an amount of Rs.851 crore was upgraded on account of recovery/ rehabilitation. Besides, the Bank took several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from overdue loan accounts. These include identification of stressed accounts for restructuring/rephasing in time, conduct of Canadalats at branch level and mega adalats at Circle level for one time settlements, regular follow- up of overdues in loan accounts through Call Centre and e-auctions. The Bank also formulated a special scheme for settlement of small NPAs and for MSMEs below Rs.1 crore.

Risk Management

Capital Adequacy Framework and Future Strategies

An Independent Risk Management Wing at the Head Office is functioning as a nodal centre for overall implementation of various risk management initiatives across the Bank. Integrated Mid-Office (Domestic and ForexTreasury) is functioning under the Risk Management Wing for effective and independent supervision and monitoring of Market Risk in investment and forex functions. Risk Management Sections are functioning at all the 34 Circle Offices of the Bank as an extended arm of the Risk Management Wing.

The Bank has in place Risk Management Policies across geographies and across all risks encompassing the entire gamut of risk profile. These include policies on Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management and Operational Risk Management.

An Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) under Pillar 2 of Basel II Norms is in place. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic, overseas operations of the Bank, the subsidiaries, sponsored entities and associates. Linkages to Stress Test Scenarios are also documented in ICAAP The ICAAP document is reviewed and approved by the Risk Management Committee of the Board and the Board of Directors.

A Capital Planning Committee is operational at Head Office and this Committee articulates the macro economic scenarios vis-a-vis the Capital requirements of the Bank in tune with business strategies. The Committee ensures maintenance of appropriate level of CRAR and evaluates various options for raising Capital.

Adoption of Advanced Approaches under Basel II

In the Bank''s endeavor to move towards Advanced Approaches under Basel II for computation of Capital for Credit, Market and Operational Risk, the service of a Consultant for implementation of Enterprise Wide Integrated Risk Management solution in the Bank and its Group Entities is engaged to provide assistance to the Bank in building the requisite risk management framework.

The Bank has submitted Letter ofIntent to RBI for adoption of Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approach for calculation of capital charge for Credit Risk and applications for moving over to advanced approaches for Market Risk and Operational Risk shall be submitted in a phased manner.

Preparedness for Basel III

In response to Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) guidelines, RBI issued the Basel III guidelines on May 2, 2012. The final guidelines on Basel III Capital Regulations is effective from 1st April, 2013 in a phased manner. As per RBI guidelines, with full implementation of Basel III guidelines by March 31, 2018, banks in India need to maintain a minimum Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital of 5.50%, Tier 1 capital of 7.00%, total capital of 9.00% and Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB) of 2.50%. Banks also have to maintain a minimum Tier 1 Leverage Ratio of 4.5% during parallel run from 1st January, 2013 to 1st January, 2017, as a credible supplementary measure to the risk based capital requirements.

As per Bank''s internal estimate carried out to assess the impact of Basel III, the Bank shall remain adequately capitalized with CET 1 & Tier 1 capital well above the stipulated requirement. Also, sufficient headroom is available with the Bank to raise the capital in case of any shortfall in future.

With the quantum and quality of capital that the Bank is having in its books, it is expected that the transition to Basel III regime would be met without any difficulty upto FY 2014. Moving ahead, the Bank''s capital requirement shall be met by injecting fresh equity capital, retention of profit, optimization of business levers and proactive capital planning and management.

Credit Risk Management

The Bank has various risk management systems for managing Credit Risk with comprehensive policies and procedures in place.

- Pricing based on credit risk rating.

- Entry barriers fixed based on risk rating.

- Credit sanctioning powers are delegated to various authorities based on internal risk rating of the borrowers.

- Committee approach for credit sanctioning beyond branch powers have been introduced.

- An exclusive Credit monitoring policy has been put in place. The loan review mechanism articulated in the Credit Monitoring Policy covers the entire gamut of review and monitoring to be an effective tool for evaluating the loan book continuously and intends to bring out qualitative improvements in credit administration including Credit Audit duly administered by the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing.

Market Risk Management

The Market Risk framework of the Bank aims at maximizing the return by providing inputs regarding the extent of market risk exposures, the performance of portfolios vis-a-vis the risk exposure and comparable benchmarks.

Integrated Mid-Office at Risk Management Wing is monitoring Market Risk Exposure. Exposure limits, such as, Stop Loss Limits on trading book, Intraday and overnight limit for various currency positions, Dealer- wise limits, Aggregate Gap Limit, Limits on Money Market Operations, Modified-duration limits for Investment portfolio and VaR limits are fixed to act as risk mitigants/ triggers. These limits along with other triggers are tracked daily and necessary actions are initiated. Reporting system is strengthened for effective Market Risk Management.

Operational Risk Management

Operational Risk Management framework in the Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and strong operating procedures, involving corporate values, internal control culture, effective internal reporting and contingency planning.

The Bank has adopted polices for management of Operational Risk, which covers various aspects, such as, Operational Risk Management Structure, Outsourcing Activities, Business Continuity Plan, Insurance and Legal Risks.

At present, the Bank is in the process of migration to Advanced Approaches of Basel II framework from Basic Indicator Approach (BIA). The Bank has initiated process/ activities for implementation of Advanced Approaches.

Asset Liability Management

An effective Asset Liability Management (ALM) system, addresses issues related to liquidity and interest rate risks in order to maintain a good balance among spreads, profitability and long-term viability. The Board of Directors of the Bank has constituted an Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) to oversee ALM functions, including fixation of interest rates for various components of assets and liabilities, its composition, maturity and duration.

Group Risk

The Bank has various Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Sponsored Entities, which are engaged in diversified activities. As the Bank has considerable stake in these Group Entities, it has adopted a Group Risk Management Policy to identify and manage risk in Intra-Group transactions and exposures, to raise the standard of Corporate Governance by reducing / avoiding conflicts of interest between the Group Entities and to ensure ''Arms Length Principle'' among the entities in regard to business parameters.

NATIONAL PRIORITIES Priority Sector Advances

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, micro & small enterprises, education, housing, micro- credit, weaker sections, SC/STs and specified minority communities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2013 reached Rs.78998 crore, covering over 48 lakh borrowers.

(Amt. in Rs.Crore)

Priority Sector As at March Growth Advances 2012 2013 Amount %

Total Priority Sector 67383 78998 11615 17.24

Agriculture 31946 40786 8840 27.67

Direct Agriculture 27848 37984 10136 36.40

With a focus on credit delivery to agriculture, the Bank''s advances under agriculture portfolio increased to Rs.40786 crore, covering over 40 lakh farmers and achievied 18.22% of ANBC, surpassing the mandatory target of 18%.

Advances under Direct Agriculture stood at Rs.37984 crore. The major accretion under Agriculture was under Direct Agriculture lending. The Bank crossed the mandated level of 13.50% of ANBC, by reaching 16.97%. Advances to Direct Agriculture increased by Rs.10136 crore, showing a growth rate of 36.4%. The Bank undertook special campaigns for extending Crop Loans/General Credit Cards (GCCs) facility to all farmers/non-farmers.

The Bank disbursed Rs.33730 crore under Agriculture, covering 35.96 lakh farmers during the financial year, registering an increase of 23.4%.

Since inception of the Scheme, the Bank has issued a total of 41.27 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), amounting to Rs.26524 crore. During the year, the Bank disbursed 3.90 lakh KCCs, amounting to Rs.4826 crore. As at March 2013, the credit outstanding under KCCs was Rs.5969 crore. The Bank has issued more than one lakh new KCCs RuPay debit cards (ATM) to all eligible farmers.

During the year, the Bank also extended financial assistance to other priority sectors, such as, state sponsored organization for SC/ST, housing and micro credit.

The Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister''s Employment Guarantee Programme (PMEGP), Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), Swarnajayanthi Shahri Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) and Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme.

Advances to DRI stood at Rs.66.89 crore, consisting of 57232 beneficiaries, of which advances by rural and semi-urban branches constitute Rs.46.43 crore.

As at March 2013, the outstanding advances under the following Schemes aggregated to Rs.652 crore, involving 1.33 lakh beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government Sponsored Schemes

Name of the Scheme No. of Accounts Amt. in Rs.Crore

PMRY 21088 148.77

PMEGP 5857 163.32

SGSY 35518 196.36

SJSRY 13150 75.61

SLRS 195 1.25

DRI 57232 66.89

Total 133040 652.20

In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Bank''s advances to SC/ST beneficiaries reached Rs.5179 crore as at March 2013, covering 5.31 lakh borrowers. The advances to SC/ST comprised 6.56% of total priority sector advances.

Advances to weaker sections aggregated to Rs.26244 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 17.5%. Advances to weaker sections formed 11.73% of ANBC against the norm of 10%.

Various components of Advances to Weaker Sections as at March 2013 is as under:

(Amt. in Rs. crore)

Sectors Outstanding

Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers 22050.00

Artisans, Village and Cottage Industries 646.57

SC/ST Beneficiaries 5178.97

DRI Loans 66.89

SGSY Beneficiaries 196.36

SJSRY Beneficiaries 75.61

SHGs/NGOs/MFIs 1331.42

Advances to SLRS 1.25

As at March 2013, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to Rs.14369 crore, accounting for 18.19% of the total priority sector advances against the stipulated level of 15%.

MSME Lending

Advances to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) reached Rs.37016 crore as at March 2013. The Bank has covered 73083 accounts with a loan amount of Rs.2528 crore as at March 2013 under the Credit Guarantee Scheme of Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

Considering the importance attached to MSME sector, the Bank opened additional 7 SME Sulabhs, i.e., Centralized Loan Processing Units for faster clearance of loan proposals and opened 21 Specialized SME branches during 2012-13. As at March 2013, the Bank had 41 SME Sulabhs across the country. Further, the Bank formulated six area/ cluster specific schemes for exclusive lending under MSME sector. The Bank effected substantial reduction in interest rates varying from 0.25% to 2.50% and also reduced interest rate by 0.25% for loans upto Rs.100 lakh covered under CGTMSE Scheme. Women entrepreneurs are offered loans upto Rs.5 lakh at base rate and also interest concession is available for all other loans availed by them. The Bank also entered into MoU with BRICKWORKS India, CARE, CRISIL, ICRA and SMERA for rating of MSME units.

The Bank received an amount of Rs.20.82 crore from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, during the year as a Nodal Agency for Technology Upgradation of SMEs under Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) and fully released the amount during the year.

Financial Inclusion

A Complete Solution for Financial Inclusion

With the basic objective of bringing the large unserved population under the banking mainstream, the Bank is striving towards a more inclusive growth by making financial products and services available to the poor in particular. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been actively pursuing the agenda of Financial Inclusion (FI), with key interventions in four groups, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive and intensive use of technology and through advocacy and stakeholder participation.

The Bank has successfully covered all the allotted 1624 villages (spread across 24 States) with population above 2000 for providing banking facilities. After ensuring coverage of villages in the more than 2000 population category, the Bank has covered 1255 villages in the less than 2000 population category.

Further, 5867 villages (465 villages with 1600-2000 population, 1324 villages with 1000-1599 population and 4078 villages with less than 1000 population) and 150 Wards in urban centres have been allotted for providing banking services during the next three years.

During the year, the Bank added 64 branches in financial inclusion villages, taking the total tally of FI branches to 275 under branch model. During the last two years, 50% of the new branches opened are located in FI villages. The Bank has engaged 1426 Business Correspondents Agents (BCAs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model. Considering the need for close supervision and mentoring of BCAs and in order to ensure that a range of banking services are available to residents of villages, the Bank has set up 542 Ultra Small Branches, of which, one has already been upgraded to a regular branch.

Business canvassed in the new FI Branches

During 2012-13, the Bank opened 64 branches in FI villages, forming 50% ofthe total 128 branches opened as against RBI stipulation of 25% of new branches required to be opened in tier V and VI centres. 235 branches opened in the FI villages during FY12 and FY13 have shown good results with more than 8.37 lakh accounts and Rs.1399 crore business, working out to an average of 3562 accounts and Rs.5.95 crore business per branch.

Position of Basic Savings Bank Accounts

The Bank opened about 17.31 lakh Basic Savings Bank (BSB) accounts during the year, of which, 8.12 lakh BSB accounts were opened in FI villages. There was an accretion of Rs.323 crore in BSB accounts during the year. As at March 2013, the total number of BSB accounts stood at 60.55 lakh with total deposits of Rs.1143 crore.

One Family One Account Campaign

Under "One Family One Account" Scheme, out of 10883 service area villages, Campaign is completed in 9966 villages (92%) and Certificates are obtained in 80% of the villages.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Model

The Bank issued Smart Cards to 3.48 lakh customers. During the year, 3.40 lakh transactions involving an amount of Rs.35.15 crore were done through Smart Cards.

Micro Insurance

During the year, the Bank provided life coverage to 31117 group members under Micro Insurance Policy and 51185 group members cumulatively.

Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)

The Bank has taken up implementation of EBT for payment of MGNREGA wages and Social Security Pension (SSP) in Chitradurga, Bellary, Gulbarga and Yadgir districts in Karnataka. In Tamil Nadu, the Bank implemented EBT for the payment of SSP.

Micro Finance Branches

The Bank has opened 19 Micro Finance Branches in urban centres, which contributed a total business of Rs.211 crore.

Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs)

The Bank has set up FLCs in 26 Lead Districts and provided financial education to 38153 persons and conducted financial literacy programmes for children studying in government schools, using Tablet PC.

Farmers'' Clubs

During FY13, 123 farmers'' clubs were formed, taking the total tally to 1500 spread all over the country. These farmers'' clubs disseminate information to the rural people about the banking products and advanced technology.

Canara Gramin Vikas Vahini

The Bank has provided Canara Gramin Vikas Vahini Vehicles in 35 Districts across the country, with an objective of providing awareness about bank''s products and banking facilities among the rural households.

Biometric ATMs

The Bank has installed 29 biometric ATMs as at March 2013. These biometric ATMs enable the rural illiterate customers to access their accounts using biometric features like finger prints and withdraw the amount or get balance confirmation, using color codes.

Credit Linkage

Besides opening BSB accounts, the Bank endeavored to provide host of other facilities like In-Built Overdrafts (IODs), Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), General Credit Cards (GCCs), Differential Rate of Interest Scheme (DRI), Self Help Groups (SHGs), Micro Credit Groups (MCGs), Micro Insurance and Micro Pension under Canara Nayee Disha Scheme.

- IOD - In built OD facility permitted to 13621 beneficiaries, amounting to Rs.466 lakh.

- GCC - During the year, the Bank issued 1.24 lakh GCCs, with total disbursement of Rs.276 crore. GCCs outstanding at the end of year was 2.85 lakh accounts, with balance of Rs.600 crore.

- KCC- During the year, the Bank issued 3.90 lakh KCCs, with total disbursement of Rs.4826 crore. KCCs outstanding at the end of year was 6.14 lakh accounts, with a balance of Rs.5951 crore.

- DRIs - During the year, the Bank financed 0.26 lakh persons under DRI Scheme, with total assistance of Rs.36 crore. DRI outstanding at the end of year was 0.57 lakh accounts, with balance of Rs.67 crore.

- SHGs - 26000 SHGs have been formed during the year. Credit linked 32000 SHGs, with credit of Rs.648 crore. The outstanding SHG balance at the end of the year stood at 82000 accounts, with balance of Rs.1331 crore.

Engaging Anchor NGOs for promoting Women SHGs (WSHGs) in Backward Districts

The Bank has the lead bank responsibility in Chitradurga district in Karnataka, Waynad and Palakkad districts in Kerala, which are classified as backward districts. As per the guidelines of the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, the Bank has signed MoU with Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Programme (SKDRDP) in Chitradurga district, Waynad Social Service Society Manantwadi in Waynad District, People Service Society and Hope Foundation in Palakkad district in Kerala for implementation of the Scheme. The Bank has also signed MoU with Mahalir Association for Literacy Awareness and Rights (MALAR) in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu for implementation, since the Bank has major presence in the district.

SKDRDP has formed about 8018 WSHGs in Chitradurga district and credit linked 6071 WSHGs till 31.03.2013. 615 SHGs formed and opened SB accounts in Waynad district and in Palakkad (Kerala), 210 WSHGs are formed.

AADHAAR Enrolments

Pilot Project for Aadhaar enrollments is undertaken in 8 States, covering 1.95 lakh residents. The Bank has already entered into agreement with UIDAI by signing Aadhaar User Authentication (AUA) Agreement and with NPCI for Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) & Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS). The Bank is on-board with NPCI & UIDAI. The Bank is also participating in pilot project for direct credit of LPG subsidy.

Implementation of DBT Scheme

The Bank has already campaigned for ''One Family One Account'' in 43 identified Districts and opened over 2.71 lakh new accounts. The Bank has ensured that CBS can capture Aadhaar numbers and provided adequate number of access points i.e., branch, ATM, cash dispenser, BCA, etc. to enable the beneficiaries to withdraw the money as per their ease and convenience.

Bank as a Whole As on 31.03.2013

No. of Districts 43

No. of Branches participating 483

No. of Villages allocated 864

No. of Wards allocated 596

No. of New accounts opened 271396

No. of A/cs seeded with AADHAAR 362610

No. of new ATMs installed 109

Total No. of ATMs in 43 Districts 483

As on 31.03.2013, 1649 transactions were carried out under DBT, amounting to Rs.38.54 lakh.

Lead Bank Scheme

Canara Bank has lead bank responsibilities in 26 Districts in the country, viz., eight in Karnataka, seven in Tamil Nadu, five in Kerala, five in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar. The Bank works as the Convenor of the State Level Bankers'' Committee (SLBC) in the State of Kerala.

Entrepreneurship Development among Women

Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at Head Office, Bangalore and Centres at 34 Circle Offices are working towards economic empowerment of women. These Centres conducted several training programmes during the year, including general Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP), Entrepreneurship Awareness programmes, Seminars, Career Guidance programmes, Skills and provided marketing support to women entrepreneurs by organizing Canutsav/ Canbazar. CEDW Centres have also assisted in formation of SHGs and credit linkages. A Rural Self Employment Training Institute has been set up at Harohalli to provide EDP skill trainings to women in various vocations and enable them to take up self employment ventures. The Institute has so far trained 16486 women in EDP skill since inception. As against RBI''s requirement of 5% of Net Credit to women beneficiaries, the Bank has achieved 14% as at March 2013. Over 17.76 lakh women assisted to the tune Rs.31340 crore. In order to encourage entrepreneurship and reward successful women entrepreneurs, the Bank launched an Annual Award Scheme for successful women entrepreneurs financed by the Bank with 3 cash awards of Rs.25000, Rs.50000 and Rs.100000. To give focused attention to the needs of women clientele, the Bank is dedicating 10 all women employee branches. As a CSR initiative, the Bank would also take up a project for construction of toilets in 130 girl schools, 5 each in all its 26 lead districts with a financial outlay of Rs.1 crore.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Setting Examples in CSR Activities

Following the century old tradition and founding principles, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities like training unemployed rural youth, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women and other initiatives.

Rural Development

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT), has established 31 exclusive training institutes, including 24 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes, 3 Artisan Training Institutes and 4 Institutes of Information Technology to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them taking up self-employment activities. During 2012-13, these training institutes trained 26075 candidates, taking the tally to 1.76 lakh unemployed youth since inception, with an impressive settlement rate of 73%.

The Bank has co-sponsored 27 Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institutes (RUDSETIs) across 17 States, engaged in training ofrural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. During 2012-13, these institutes trained 34779 candidates. These RUDSETIs have, so far, trained over 3.21 lakh unemployed youth, with a settlement rate of 73%.

The Bank has co-sponsored Andhra Pradesh Bankers Institute of Rural and Entrepreneurship Development with Government of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad and co-sponsored Deshpande Memorial Trust, a rural self-employment training institute with Government of Karnataka at Haliyal, a backward region of North Canara District. The Bank has supported the setting up of Entrepreneurship Development Institute at Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka Farmers Resource Centre at Bagalkot and sponsored Dr Ambedkar Self Employment Training Institute, Puduppur, Tamil Nadu.

During the year, the Bank set up its first Rural Self Employment Training Institute in Punjab at Tapa Mandi, Barnala District. The Institute was inaugurated by Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon''ble Union Minister for Railways on 16.12.2012.

Cumulatively, the Bank has sponsored/ co-sponsored/ supported 61 training institutes which have trained more than 5 lakh unemployed youth so far, with a settlement rate of 73%.

The Bank has a noble scheme of Rural Clinic Services at remote villages, lacking basic medical facilities. The Bank has so far assisted over 565 doctors to run 39 such clinics across the country.

The Bank has donated a hi-tech, custom built, solar powered ''Retail Mobile Marketing Van'' to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products.

During the year, the Bank''s Social Action Cell organized blood donation camps, health camps and assisted people affected by natural calamities and challenged section of the society. It has also encouraged students by conducting various programmes and activities.

Visits by Parliamentary Committees

During 2012-13, Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of SC/ST, Standing Committee on Labour, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment and Standing committee on Commerce visited the Bank.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network Expanding Pan India Presence

Continuing its branch expansion drive, the Bank added 128 domestic branches during the year. As at March 2013, the Bank had 3728 branches, including 5 overseas branches.

Composition of Branch Network

No. of Branches Category 31.03.2012 31.03.2013

Metropolitan 777 811

Urban 792 795

Semi-urban 1019 1055

Rural 1007 1062

Overseas 5 5

Total Branches 3600 3728

The Bank has 161 specialized branches, catering to the specific clientele segment.

Categories of Specialized Branches 31.03.2013

1. SMEs 72

2. Overseas 16

3. Agri-Finance 10

4. Micro Finance 19

5. Savings 6

6. NRIs 6

7. Asset Recovery Management 8

8. Prime Corporate 10

9. Industrial Finance 4

10. Stock Exchange 2

11. Capital Market 3

12. Mahila Banking 2

13. Housing Finance 1

14. Branch for Physically Challenged 1

15. Specialized Govt Business Branch 1

TOTAL 161

InfoTech Progress

The Bank took several initiatives on the InfoTech front during the year. The Bank now offers several technology banking services, such as, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Funds Transfer through NEFT and RTGS, SMS Alerts, IVRS based enquiry across all its branches. The Bank also offers online trading facility to its clients through its own subsidiary M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd.

As at March 2013, the Bank had 3526 ATMs spread across 1296 centres. During the year, the Bank added 668 ATMs. E-lounges with hi-tech banking facilities like ATM, Cash/ Cheque Acceptor, Passbook printing kiosk, internet banking, online trading and telebanking have been set up in Bangalore and Delhi and more such lounges are planned during 2013-14. Under mobile banking, the Bank enabled interbank mobile payment service (IMPS) using IFSC code and account number for transfer of funds without mentioning MMID, M-commerce (mobile top up) and merchant payments (mobile top up) through IMPS on IVRS.

The Bank has made a few value additions under internet banking that include 24X7 fund transfer facility through IMPS, Electronic Payment Interface for Aggregators Times Money, Techpro, Atoms and CC Avenue for providing wide range of utility bill payments facility, ''Demat View'' enabled to view the details of holdings, option to subscribe for account statements at customized intervals and standing instructions facility for loan accounts.

SMS/ E-mail alerts have been enabled on rate of interest changes, inoperative CASA accounts, deposits due date reminder, reminder alerts on the issuance of cheque books, alerts on loan installment and arrears for customers. Internet based online loan applications and status tracking system was developed and released for 15 loan products including consumer loans, education loans, kisan credit card, farm machinery loan, diary loan, corporate loans, etc.

Canara Public Grievances Redressal System has been developed in-house and enabled for general public for registering grievances online.

Several Government business modules were implemented including core accounting solution (Govt. E-payment gateway) for disbursement of funds through digitally signed payment authorizations, software module for E-payment of Prime Minister''s National Relief Fund, release of National Pension System online software, E-scroll functionality implementation in Central Pension Processing Centre for claiming reimbursement of pension payments.

The notable development during 2012-13 was the completion of Automated Data Flow (ADF) process, ensuring accurate and timely data flow to the Reserve Bank of India without manual intervention. Enterprise- wide Data Warehouse (EDW) project has already been initiated for setting up an effective EDW architecture, with Business Intelligence/ Business Analytics modules for management decision support and business expansion.

Manpower Profile

As at March 2013, the Bank had 42693 employees on its rolls.

March 2012 March 2013

Total No. of Employees 42272 42693

Officers 17419 17835

Clerks 15802 16095

Sub-Staff* 9051 8763

* includes part-time employees (PTEs)

The Bank''s staff comprised 41.8% Officers, 37.7% Clerks and 20.5% Sub-Staff. Women employees comprising 10849, constituted 25.4% of the Bank''s total staff. The Bank recruited 1003 women employees and promoted 131 women employees under various cadres during the year.

During the year, the Bank recruited 3374 persons in various cadres, out of which 511 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 205 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories. The total number of ex-servicemen staff as at the end of March 2013 stood at 2427. Out of which, 285 were recruited in various cadres during the year. There were 941 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

Reservation Policy in respect of SCs and STs

As at March 2013, the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes together constituted 25.92% of total staff strength of the Bank. The composition of SC/ST employees in the Bank as at March 2013 was as under:

Scheduled Scheduled Cadre Castes Tribes

Officers 3150 1200

Clerks 2875 957

Sub-staff PTEs 2499 384

Total 8524 2541

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Govt. of India guidelines.

(a) Reservation Policy is implemented through mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the Bank has since switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

(b) The Bank has been extending Reservation/ Relaxations/Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotions to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Govt. guidelines.

(c) Pre-recruitment and Pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In the Advertisement inviting for the application from the eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical and Officer cadres, a specific reference is made with regard to imparting of pre- recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-Servicemen. Such of those candidates who opt for pre-recruitment training will be given training to prepare themselves for written test as well as interview. The duration of the training is 6 days.

Study materials, note book, stationeries are provided free of cost to all the participants. Wherever possible, respective State Governments are also providing the Lodging Facilities in Government / backward class hostels.

(d) The Bank has setup SC/ST Cell at the Head Office and also at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and implementation of other aspects of Reservation Policy.

(e) Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy.

Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC/ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer/Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted and appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register.

In addition to the above, the representatives of majority Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Employees'' Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters are maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officer.

(f) The Board of Directors of the Bank also review the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Policy on half yearly and yearly basis.

Human Resource Development (HRD) Activities

The HR policies of the Bank have been revisited to suit the changing banking scenario. HR interventions like SPANDAN for bringing attitudinal change among front line staff and Executive grooming through reputed institutes and other significant HR tools like Quality Circles, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and fostering collective excellence.

The Bank has an exhaustive training process covering 4 genres of activities, viz., Internal Training, External

Training, In company Training and Foreign Training. The Bank has Staff Training College at Bangalore and 13 Regional Staff Training Colleges. Various corporate communications are brought out to boost the morale of the employees and educate them in various facets of banking.

The Bank trained 31100 employees during the year, covering a wide range of functional areas including Credit Orientation, Marketing for Counter Staff and Induction Programme for Clerks, Officers, Rural Officers and Technical Field Officers. Out of the trained staff, 6452 personnel belonged to the Scheduled Caste category, 1829 belonged to the Scheduled Tribe category and 7528 were women employees. The Bank designed and implemented 2 new training programmes, viz., Jagaran and Basic Credit Appraisal and Monitoring.

''Jagaran'' was a soft skills training programme conceived to de-stress employees through the institutes of repute at external venues on residential basis. During the year, 7584 Officers and Clerks were trained under this programme.

The Bank has envisioned a novel programme, viz., Talent Bank to provide opportunities for generalist officers to assume the role of specialists in 10 identified streams. Establishing a proper Talent Management and Reward System will be the Bank''s focus in the coming years. There will be concerted efforts to identify potential leaders and groom them to take up higher responsibilities.

Further, the Bank''s quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce continued through focused and need based trainings at various institutes of repute like IIMs, JNIBF, ISB, XLRI and NIBM. Customized programmes are also organized to develop expertise in certain niche areas like Risk Management, Treasury Operations and IT.

Specialized trainings to the Senior Management Level/ Top Management Level Executives are conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the skill level of its officials through this training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigor and enthusiasm.

The Bank has formed a Sub-Committee of the Board of Directors on HR to review and improvise the existing HR policies and make suggestions to accelerate the employee engagement initiatives.

Changes in the Organizational Setup

The organizational design and structure are continuously revisited and studied for functional excellence.

Keeping in view the increased business complexities, the need for more focus on certain key functional areas, the re-organization/re-aligning functions of Wings at Head Office was undertaken. A new Wing, namely, Marketing and Business Process Reengineering Wing was formed during the year.

Customer Orientation

The Bank has taken several initiatives to remain customer focused through providing fast service, bringing in diversified products/services, responding to customer''s queries and redressal of customer complaints. The ''Code of Commitment to Customers'' issued by BCSBI is made available in the Bank''s website. To assess the quality of customer service rendered by the branches and to get feedback, "Customer Satisfaction Survey Form" is made available in the Bank''s website. Customer''s Fortnight was conducted from 15.11.2012 to 30.11.2012 inviting suggestions from customers.

Toll free contact at Customer Service Section, Head Office, is provided to facilitate the customers to represent their grievances. Toll free contact facility at ATM switch room and Card Division are provided to the users to represent the matters pertaining to ATM operations and Card business.

Call Centre is functioning to cater to customers in 6 regional languages for redressal of grievances. The number of calls received by the Call Centre during the year is more than 10.28 lakh and percentage of complaint redressal is 98%. During the year, 5075 complaints were received and 4968 complaints have been redressed. 1300 Banking Ombudsman cases were received during the year and resolved.

Centralised Pension Processing Cell has been established exclusively for handling Central Government pensions and resolving pension related grievances. Central Processing Centres are established at selected places for account opening purposes. The Bank has implemented online grievance redressal facility for customers in the Website, to lodge their grievances online under the portal Canara Public Grievance Redressal System (CPGRS).

"Town Hall Customers Meets" were held at different Centres including Mumbai, Delhi, Trivandrum, Mysore, Madurai and Vishakapatnam in association with the Banking Ombudsman, RBI and BCSBI.

Systems and Procedures

Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) was conducted in 2327 branches / units programmed for on-site RBIA during the year. Information Security Audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent / Continuous Audit is conducted in 730 identified branches / units (covering 70.2% of deposits and 80.5% of advances) as on 31.03.2012 as per RBI guidelines. Income / revenue audit was conducted on quarterly basis in 543 identified branches as per Jilani Committee Recommendations. RBIA was also conducted in 26 Circle Offices and 15 Wings of Head Office during the year.

Besides having an Offsite Transaction Monitoring Cell (OTM Cell), the Bank opened Offsite Monitoring Cells at all Circle Offices during the year to strengthen the offsite surveillance and to track exceptional transactions. Mid- term Offsite risk assessment of branches/offices was carried out as per guidelines, to monitor movement of risk at branches.

Sampling Technique was introduced in select areas to know the extent of deviation, if any, in order to take corrective action immediately. Sustenance Audit was introduced to review the progress made in respect of RBIA, LFAR and AFI observations. 100% verification of EMT properties / documents during RBIA of branches was introduced to ensure safety of assets.

Know Your Customers (KYC)

The Bank took several measures for the effective implementation of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) guidelines and for ensuring KYC compliance by all branches.

To ensure better compliance of guidelines on KYC / AML, following steps have been initiated.

- The Bank has ensured 100% submission of Cash Transaction Reports (CTRs) and Non-profit Organizations Transactions Reports (NTRs) to Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

- Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Counterfeit Currency Reports (CCRs) are submitted to FIU promptly.

- Snap Audits conducted every month at 80 randomly selected branches, covering all Circles to verify adherence to KYC/AML norms.

- A onetime Special KYC audit was conducted at 343 randomly selected branches covering entire geographic area during July 2012 to verify updation of KYC data (document details) in the system.

- Risk Categorization of customers has been done centrally as per Hybrid Model recommended by the IBA Working Group.

- The Bank has a web based AML package to monitor transactions from the anti-money laundering angle. The AML package is generating alerts based on alert scenarios recommended by the IBA Working Group.

Vigilance Setup

The Vigilance Wing of the Bank is headed by the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the rank of General Manager. The CVO is assisted by Vigilance Officers stationed at all Circles, Head Office, RRBs and the Bank''s Subsidiaries. The objectives of the Vigilance Wing are to ensure that discipline and development, go hand in hand and help the Bank to reach greater heights.

As a part of the Vigilance Awareness campaign, as per the directives of the Central Vigilance Commission, the Bank observed Vigilance Awareness Week from 29th October to 3rd November 2012, with more focus on the theme "Transparency in Public Procurement". On this occasion, a two days programme on ''Preventive Vigilance in Public Procurement'' by Shri R Radhakrishnan, Retired General Manager of RBI and ex-Chief Vigilance Officer of State Bank of India/Bank of India, was conducted at the Bank''s Staff Training Colleges, Bangalore, Gurgaon and Delhi. The Programme was extremely beneficial to the Bank''s officials to take precautionary measures in the procurement process as also to bring general awareness amongst the Bank officials about Public Procurement.

Continuing the vigilance awareness campaign, a speech by Shri Srinivas Galgali, ITS Chief Vigilance Officer, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd, Bangalore on ''Transparency in Public Procurement'' was arranged on 03.11.2012 for the Executives of Head Office.

GM & CVO conducted "Seminars on prevention of frauds and Vigilance" at the Circles visited during the year, wherein, apart from reviewing the pending disciplinary matters pertaining to the Circle, the CVO also dwelt upon various aspects related to Preventive Vigilance Mechanism in the Bank, fraud prone areas with special emphasis on CBS environment, handling of disciplinary matters and need for timely disposal, maintaining secrecy of passwords in computerized environment and effective role of Preventive Vigilance Committee at branches.

Under the auspices of the Vigilance Study Circle Bangalore, the Bank hosted series of programmes, such as, a lecture session by Prof. M V Rajeev Gowda, from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) on "Electoral Reforms" on 22.06.2012; a speech on "Ethics & Values" by Prof. (Dr) R Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor of National Law School of India University, Bangalore on 26.12.2012 and Quiz competition for students of various Schools in Bangalore on 08.01.2013.

Special emphasis was laid on popularizing the project ''VIGEYE'' and also the formation and activation of Preventive Vigilance Committees at all branches of the Bank.

Security Arrangements

During the year, security measures have been strengthened. To improve the security at branches, CCTV systems are installed in 1554 branches. In addition to the above, 1021 ATMs are also provided with CCTV system to monitor the security. 85 Currency Chests are provided with Biometric Access Control System as per RBI guidelines.

Ambience Improvement

During the year, ambience improvement work was carried out in more than 200 branches of the Bank. The Bank has initiated steps for ambience improvement including air conditioning in 1000 more branches during the current financial year.

Right to Information

Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, an exclusive Right to Information Act outfit is functioning to provide information and bring transparency. As per the requirement of the RTI Act, the Bank has nominated Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities at Head Office and in all its 34 Circle Offices to provide information to the applicants. During the year, the Bank received 3352 RTI applications, 520 First Appeals and 65 Second Appeals as per the provisions of RTI Act, 2005.

Implementation of Official Language

The Bank made noteworthy progress under the implementation of official language and won many prizes at various levels during the year under review. The Bank was awarded first prize by Town Official Language Implementation Committees at Bangalore (Head Office), Karnal and Madurai Circles. Apart from this, many Circles and branches have received awards from respective Town Official Language Committees.

As at March 2013, around 98% ofemployees have obtained working knowledge in Hindi and the Bank has notified 2379 branches under Rule 10(4) of OL Rules 1976. All the employees of the Bank possessing working knowledge of Hindi have been trained in Hindi workshops. During the year under review, the Bank has conducted more than 238 refresher training programmes for such employees.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in the Official Language, the Bank increased the use of Unicode package for word processing and also made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transaction in 10 Indian languages. Telebanking facility has also been provided in Hindi and English and other 6 major regional languages. The Bank''s corporate website is fully in bilingual. The Bank is also giving SMSs in Hindi to all its customers on special occasions. With effect from 1st July, 2011, the Bank has provided Hindi option in Core Banking System. The Bank''s bilingual address booklet ''CANPATHA'' is made available to all our branches and offices in electronic form.

To encourage effective implementation of Official Language in the Bank, 164 prizes were given to Circles, Branches, RSTCs and Sections of offices under the Award Scheme formulated by the Bank viz., Canara Bank Rajbhasha Akshay Yojana and 107 employees were awarded under Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana. The Bank has also started an annual "All India Hindi Essay Competition" for its employees and handsome cash prizes were given to prize winners.

Shri Sandip, Sr Manager, Advances Section, Circle Office, Agra has been awarded with Encouragement Prize under All India Hindi Essay writing Competition organised by RBI-College of Agricultural Banking (CAB), Pune.

The 30th All India OL Conference of OL Officers of the Bank was held at RSTC, Gurgaon on 4th and 5th March 2013. The Bank''s annual Hindi journal "Canarajyoti" - 10th issue- was released on the occasion by the Executive Director Shri. Ashok Kumar Gupta. Canarajyoti is brought out to encourage original writing in Hindi. This publication contains articles written by employees on banking related subjects in Hindi. On 06.03.2013, a Programme called "Rajbhasha Prabodhan Karyakram" was also conducted for the OL Officers at RSTC, Gurgaon.

The 3rd Sub Committee of Parliamentary Committee on Official Languages had inspected our new Tihri and Rishikesh Branches and Head Office was inspected by Drafting & Evidence Committee and lauded the efforts put by the Bank in the field of Official Language implementation. The Bank is convening the Town Official Language Implementation Committees of Bangalore, Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram. Official Language Implementation Committees are constituted in all the branches of the Bank to motivate and guide the employees towards effective implementation of Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India.

Promotion of Sports

Canara Bank has always been encouraging and supporting sports. A Sports Council at Head Office was set up in the year 1982 to monitor and encourage sports in the Bank.

The Bank has on its rolls 40 sports persons in six disciplines, viz., Cricket, Hockey, Women''s Athletics, Shuttle Badminton, Ball Badminton and Table Tennis.

International Cricketers Shri B K Venkatesh Prasad, Shri Sunil Joshi, Ms Shantha Rangaswamy are presently in the Bank''s fold.

Besides the Cricketers, Shri U Vimal Kumar, (Shuttle Badminton), Smt M K Asha, Smt Suma Gopalakrishna and Smt H M Jyothi (Athletics) and Shri Bharat Chhetri, Shri P Shanmugam, Shri K M Somanna, Shri K P Dinesh, Jr International, (Hockey) are also on the Bank''s rolls.

Over the years, Canara Bank has secured several distinctions in the sporting arena and the Bank''s Cricket, Ball Badminton, Shuttle Badminton and Table Tennis Teams rank numero uno in the State of Karnataka.

Notably during 2012-13, Shri Bharat Chhetri was nominated as the Captain of the Indian Hockey Team for the Summer Olympic Games, London, 2012.

The Bank''s Cricket Team won the 1st Bihar T-20 Gold Cup held at Patna. Shri C Raghu of the Bank''s Cricket Team won the Man of the Series Award. Shuttlers Shri D Gururprasad and Shri Vineeth Manuel (doubles pairing) were ranked 1st in Karnataka and 2nd in India. Cricketers Shri N C Aiyappa, Shri K B Pawan, Shri Rajoo Bhatkal and Shri Deepak Chougule are part of the Ranji Trophy squad.

Apart from the Teams at Head Office, the Bank is also sponsoring Teams at Circle Office level for the local/ regional Inter Bank Tournaments. More than 50% of the Bank''s sports personalities are representing the State of Karnataka in their respective sporting discipline.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Subsidiaries, Sponsored Entities and Joint Ventures Canara Bank, with an objective of offering ''One Stop Banking'' for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a ''Financial Supermarket'' with as many as nine subsidiaries / sponsored entities / joint ventures in diversified areas. The Bank has taken significant steps towards strengthening fundamentals of these entities so as to emerge as a strong ''Financial Supermarket'' in India. All the subsidiaries / sponsored entities / joint ventures of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the reporting year.

Commercial Bank of India LLC (CBIL)

CBIL, a joint venture of Canara Bank and State Bank of India, has been operational since April 2004 in Moscow, Russia. The Company earned a profit after tax of US$4.11 million as on 31st March, 2013.

Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited (CVCFL)

CVCFL, the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund (CVCF), is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank and is providing Venture Capital assistance. The Company recorded a profit after tax of Rs.7.19 crore for the year 2012-13 as against Rs.7.06 crore for 2011-12. The Company has proposed a dividend of 400% for the year 2012-13.

Can Fin Homes Limited (CFHL)

Canfin Homes Limited, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank, is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. As on 31.03.2013, the Bank''s stake in CFHL is 42.35%. The Company sanctioned loans amounting to Rs.2092.65 crore and disbursed loans amounting to Rs.1813.77 crore during the year. The Company earned a profit after tax of Rs.54.12 crore for the year ended March 2013. The Company has proposed a 40% dividend for the year 2012-13.

Canbank Factors Limited (CFL)

Canbank Factors Limited is a factoring subsidiary of the Bank. During 2012-13, the Company achieved a total business turnover of Rs.3123 crore. The Company has earned Profit after Tax of Rs.15.98 crore for the year ended March 2013. The Company has proposed 20% dividend for 2012-13. The Company enjoys the highest rating of "P1 " by CRISIL for its short term debt programme.

Canbank Computer Services Limited (CCSL)

Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted by a public sector bank in the country. CCSL is primarily engaged in IT and Software development services, training/consultancy and registrar and share transfer agency. The Company is a member of the NASSCOM and Registered as a software solution provider for World Bank projects. The Company has achieved the Profit after Tax of Rs.4.25 crore for the year against Rs.3.10 crore in the previous year. The Company has been successfully managing the Call Centre activity and ATM outsource services for 1200 plus ATMs of the Parent Bank.

Canara Bank Securities Limited (CBSL)

Canara Bank Securities Limited, (formerly Gilt Securities Trading Corporation Limited) has diversified into capital market related activities, mainly stock broking since 2007.

The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients. Online Trading Counter for retail customers is its flagship product under portal ''Canmoney.in''. The Company has diversified into Currency Derivatives. The Company has posted a Profit after Tax of Rs.8.08 crore and paid 15% dividend of Rs.6.00 crore for 2012-13.

Canbank Financial Services Limited (Canfina)

Canbank Financial Services Ltd has confined its activities to legal matters arising out of past transactions in securities, besides concentrating on collection of lease rentals and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. During 2012-13, Canfina recorded a profit after tax of Rs.1.49 crore. It has repaid Rs.351.45 crore out of the hand holding support of Rs.376.45 crore given by the Bank and proposes to clear the entire liability of Rs.25 crore outstanding during the current fiscal year.

Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited (CRAMC)

To manage assets of Canbank Mutual Fund, M/s Canbank Investment Management Services Limited (CIMS) was established in 1993. In the year 2007, Canara Bank divested 49% stake of Asset Management Company in favour of M/s Robeco Groep N V forming a joint venture for managing the assets of Canbank Mutual Fund. The Company has since been renamed as Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited.

The JV aims to capture a worthwhile market share of mutual fund industry by bringing best international practices and expertise supported by the vast network of the Bank. With a majority share of 51% held by the Bank, the Assets under Management (AUM) of the Company increased to Rs.8550 crore, with an investor base of Rs.5.52 lakh. The Company is currently managing 24 Mutual Fund Schemes. The Company posted a net profit of Rs.13.55 crore for the year 2012-13.

Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Limited

An Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in association with internationally reputed HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Oriental Bank of Commerce. The Company was incorporated during September 2007 and commenced its business operations from 16.06.2008, with a majority shareholding of 51% held by the Bank.

During the year, the Company reached total business premium of Rs.1894 crore. The Company recorded profit of Rs.14.80 crore. Out of the 23 private players in the insurance field in India, the Company ranked 12th position.

Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)

The Bank sponsored three Regional Rural Banks in three states viz., Pragathi Gramin Bank (Karnataka), South Malabar Gramin Bank (Kerala) and Shreyas Gramin Bank (Uttar Pradesh), with a total network of 963 branches. As at March 2013, all the RRBs were profit making and the capital adequacy ratio is above the mandatory norm of 9%. The aggregate business of the RRBs crossed the mile stone mark of Rs.25000 crore and stood at Rs.25106 crore, comprising Rs.13488 crore under deposits and Rs.11618 crore under advances as at 31.03.2013. Pragathi Gramin Bank ranks 2nd position amongst RRBs of Karnataka and South Malabar Gramin Bank ranks 1st position amongst RRBs of Kerala. 3 RRBs opened 77 new branches and 926 ultra small branches during the year.

All the RRBs ensured 100% coverage of all FI villages (population of more than 2000) with Business Correspondents. The priority sector advances were at 85% as against the norm of 60% set by the Ministry Agriculture Credit outstanding stood at Rs.7630 crore as at March 2013. Under technology advancements, all the RRBs have migrated to CBS platform, implemented IT products like NEFT, RTGS, ATM, SMS alerts, KCC RuPay cards, etc. Further, system based recognition of non-performing assets for all the accounts has been implemented.

Shreyas Gramin Bank and Aryavart Kshetriya Gramin Bank were amalgamated into a single Regional Rural Bank vide Ministry of Finance notification F No.7/9/2011- RRB (UP-1) dated 01.04.2013 under the sponsorship of Bank of India and has been renamed as Gramin Bank of Aryavart with its Head Office situated at Lucknow.

AWARDS/ACCOLADES Awards and Accolades

In recognition of the varied initiatives, the Bank was conferred with the following awards -

- Best Bank Award among large banks by IDRBT for "Use of Technology for Financial Inclusion" handed over by RBI Governor Dr. D Subbarao.

- Skoch Award for Financial Inclusion, handed over by Dr. C Rangarajan, Chairman, PMEAC.

- 1st Rank for Self Help Groups Linkage for the year 2011-12 in the State of Bihar.

- Award for ''Best Online Bank'' among Public Sector Banks- IBA Banking Technology Awards 2011.

- Award for ''Best Customer Relationship Initiative'' among Public Sector Banks - IBA Banking Technology Awards 2011.

- The Greatest Corporate Leaders of India - Leadership in Banking Award, instituted by World HRD Congress, 2013.

- Prestigious Platinum Greentech HR Award 2013 under HR Oriented CEO by M/s Greentech Foundation, New Delhi.

- Platinum Award, for Best HR Strategy and Training Excellence by M/s Greentech Foundation, New Delhi.

- National Vigilance Excellence Award - 2012 for the second consecutive year from Vigilance Study Circle, Hyderabad under the auspices of the Central Vigilance Commission.

VARIOUS POLICIES OF THE BANK

There is a system of well-defined policies and procedures of the Bank. During the year, concerted efforts were made to streamline the policies and procedures of the Bank in the light of regulatory requirements of the RBI, the directions of the Government of India and the emergent requirements of the Bank in the present day context. Accordingly, there has been a sharper focus on policies relating to, among others, Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Asset Liability Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Country Risk, Counterparty Bank Risk, Corporate Governance, Disclosures, Collateral Management, Stress Testing, Compliance Functions, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Lines, Outsourcing and Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), Know Your Customers (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Recovery and Investments.

CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Year 2012-13 saw the following changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

- The tenure of Shri S Raman as Chairman & Managing Director ended on superannuation on 30.09.2012.

- Smt Sudha Krishnan was nominated as Government of India Nominee Director w.e.f. 16.11.2012 in place of Dr Thomas Mathew, whose term as Government of India Nominee Director consequently ended on 15.11.2012.

- Shri R K Dubey was appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of the Bank w.e.f 11.01.2013.

Brief Profile of the newly appointed Directors of the Board of the Bank during 2012-13

Smt Sudha Krishnan

At present, Smt Sudha Krishnan is the Joint Secretary (Personnel), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Shri R K Dubey

Shri R K Dubey joined Punjab National Bank in the year 1977 as a Management Trainee and moved up to the ranks of a General Manager in 2008. He was appointed as Executive Director of Central Bank of India in 2010.

A techno-savvy banker with extensive multi-dimensional banking operational experience, Shri Dubey possesses enormous inter-personal, communication and leadership skills with proven abilities in team management and customer relationship management. He takes challenges and believes in setting own goals.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2013, confirm the following:

- That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

- That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bank for the period.

- That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing banks in India for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

- That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Bank made several initiatives to maximize rewards for all its stakeholders, viz., shareholders, customers, investors, Government, RBI, employees and the public at large.

The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation to the customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government authorities and the Reserve Bank of India for their valuable guidance and support, to the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to the Bank''s Correspondents in India and abroad for their co-operation and goodwill and to all the Staff Members for their full support in the journey towards growth and excellence.

R K DUBEY

CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR

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Mar 31, 2012

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 43 rd Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2012 and Profit and Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31,2012.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

During the year, due to slackened business growth and increase in stressed assets at the industry level, the Bank took a conscious decision to consolidate its business position and rebalance assets and liabilities. The performance of the Bank on the business, profits and profitability fronts areas under.

The Bank earned a net profit of Rs3283 crore for 2011-12 compared to Rs4026 crore last year. Operating profit of the Bank stood at Rs5943 crore compared to Rs6091 crore last year. Return on average assets (RoAA) for the year stood at 0.95%. Profit per employee worked out to Rs8.21 lakh for the year.

Dividend of 110% for 2011-12

Enhancing Shareholder Value

The Bank's Board of Directors recommended a dividend of 110% for 2011-12. While Book Value increased to Rs431.26 as at March 2012 as compared to Rs 3 59.2 5 for the previous financial, EPS stood at Rs74.10 as at March 2012 compared to Rs97.83 a year ago. Return on Equity stood at 18.75% for 2011-12.

March March

Key Financial Ratios (%) 2011 2012

Cost of Funds 5.37 6.72

Yield on Funds 8.13 8.95

Cost of Deposits 5.80 7.35

Yield on Advances 9.73 10.93

Yield on Investments 7.72 7.96

Spread as a % to AWF 2.76 2.23

Net Interest Margin (NIM) 3.12 2.50

Operating Expenses to AWF 1.56 0.51

Return on Avg. Assets (RoAA) 1.42 0.95

Return on Equity 29.47 18.75

Business per Employee (Rs in Crore) 11.96 13.74

Profit per Employee (Rs in Lakh) 9.76 8.21

Book Value (Rs) 359.25 431.26

Earnings per Share (Rs) 97.83 74.10 AWF - Average Working Funds

Income and Expenditure Analysis

The Bank's interest income recorded a y-o-y growth of 34.5% to reach Rs30851 crore compared to Rs22940 crore recorded during the previous financial year. Non- interest income increased to Rs2928 crore compared to Rs2811 crore recorded last year.

The Bank's cost of deposits increased to 7.35% due to uptrend in interest rates during the year. The yield on advances improved to 10.93% as at March 2012 compared to 9.73% last year. Interest spread stood at 2.23% compared to 2.76% as at March 2011.

While interest expenditure increased to Rs23161 crore with a y-o-y increase of 52%, the Bank contained its increase in operating expenses at 5.7% amounting to Rs4674 crore. The net interest income of the Bank stood at Rs7689 crore and Net Interest Margin (NIM) worked out at 2.50%. Capital and Reserves

Networth of the Bank, as at March 2012 increased to Rs19027 crore compared to Rs15915 crore as at March 2011. While total paid-up capital of the Bank was Rs443 crore, reserves and surplus increased to Rs22247 crore. The Government Shareholding in the Bank stood at 67.72% as at March 2012.

(Amt. in RsCrore)

March2011 March2012

Composition of Capital Baje|| Baje||

Risk Weighted Assets 176136 210875

Tier I Capital 19139 21829

CRAR(%)(Tierl) 10.87 10.35

Tier II Capital 7956 7179

CRAR(%)(Tierll) 4.51 3.41

Total Capital 27095 29008

CRAR(%) 15.38 13.76

Capital Adequacy Ratio stood at 13.76%, with Tier I capital ratio at 10.35% as at March 2012. The Bank has adequate headroom available under both Tier-1 and Tier- 11 options to raise capital to support business growth momentum.

BUSINESS GROWTH

deposits

Total Deposits of the Bank registered a growth of 11.5% to reach Rs327054 crore as at March 2012 compared to Rs293437 crore a year ago. The Bank's CASA deposits reached Rs79611 crore as at March 2012. The Bank's CASA deposits to domestic deposits stood at 25.16%.

Savings deposits rose by 10.5% to Rs64792 crore as at March 2012. During FY12, the Bank launched nationwide campaign to mobilize SB deposits in two phases. During the campaign period, the Bank has brought in about 24 lakhs fresh SB clientele and about Rs3000 crore SB deposits in the new accounts.

Pursuing a strategy of broad-basing deposit clientele, all the branches together opened over 33 lakhs deposit accounts, taking the total number of deposit accounts to 3.75 crores.

Advances (Net)

During 2011-12, the Bank's net advances witnessed a 10% growth to reach Rs232490 crore compared to Rs211268 crore a year ago. The Bank's diversified credit portfolio include all productive segments of the economy like agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), exposure to corporate and infrastructure segments. As at March 2012, the number of borrowal accounts stood at45 lakhs.

During 2011-12, the total business of the Bank grew by 10.9% to reach Rs559544 crore as against Rs504705 crore during the previous financial. The Bank's domestic business constituted about 96% of the total business.

Productivity, as measured by business per employee, increased to Rs13.74 crore from Rs11.96 crore a year ago. During the year, the Bank's clientele base increased to 4.20 crores.

Retail Lending Operations

Outstanding retail lending of the Bank stood at Rs24782 crore as at March 2012. The disbursals under the retail lending stood at Rs12279 crore. The outstanding housing loan portfolio increased to Rs15808 crore, constituting 64% of the total retail lending portfolio.

The Bank took several measures during the year to expand retail credit. Retail Loan festival was observed during September-March 2012, wherein rate of interest was reduced along with concession in processing charges. To facilitate speedy disposal of proposals and credit flow, 19 Centralized Processing Units (CPU) were upgraded to Retail Asset Hubs (RAHs). As at March 2012, the Bank had 37 RAHs and 6 CPUs at major centres across the country, covering 1456 branches. The Bank has implemented Online Loan Application and Tracking System.

TREASURY AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

Aggregate investments (net) of the Bank was at Rs102057 crore as at March 2012. Portfolio modified duration came down to 4.62 years as at March 2012 from 4.75 years a year ago. The modified duration of the Available for Sale (AFS) portfolio has increased to 3.23 years as at March 2012 from 2.23yearsasat March 2011 due to redemption of short dated securities and fresh investments made in medium and long dated securities. The trading profit fortheyearwasRs324crore as against Rs236 crore last year. The yield on investments improved to 7.96% as compared to 7.72% a year ago

The Bank continues to be an active player in Government securities as a primary dealer. The total amount of underwriting commitments for the year was Rs 52688 crore. During the year, the Bank achieved over 64% success ratio as against mandatory 40% of its obligation as a Primary Dealer.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank aggregated to Rs144624 crore, comprising Rs54036 crore under exports, Rs41151 crore under imports and Rs49437 crore under remittances as at March 2012. Outstanding export credit of the Bank stood at Rs10382 crore as at March 2012.

The Bank's overseas operations covered 6 countries with one branch each at London and Leicester (UK), Hong Kong, Shanghai (China) and Manama (Bahrain) and a Representative Office at Sharjah (UAE). These apart, a joint venture Bank, namely Commercial Bank of India LLC in Moscow is also operational in association with State Bank of India.

All overseas branches recorded improved business performance during the year. Total business of the five overseas branches aggregated to US$4.33 billion for the financial year ending March 2012.

The Bank has approval from RBI for expansion in 8 other International Centres, namely, Qatar, Johannesburg (South Africa), Frankfurt (Germany), New York (USA), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Tokyo (Japan) and Abuja (Nigeria). In this regard, the Bank has filed application with regulators of South Africa, USA and Qatar.

The Bank's international operations are well supported by a wide network of 373 Correspondent Banks, spread across 79 countries. Rupee Drawing Arrangement has been made with 29 Exchange Houses and 17 Overseas Banks in the Middle East for channelizing the remittances of Non- Resident Indians. The Bank has been managing two Exchange Houses viz., Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai and Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar under Secondment and Management Agreement respectively.

The Bank has implemented 'Remit Money' a Web Based Speed Remittance product by extending to 28 Exchange Houses and to 4 branches abroad viz. London, Leicester, Shanghai and Hong Kong. During the year 2011-12, the Bank obtained approval from RBI for remittance arrangements with 5 more Exchange Houses in UAE.

OTHER SERVICES

During 2011-12, Merchant Banking Division handled one Rights issue of equity amounting to Rs90.23 crore. The Division also handled Private Placement Capital Gain Bond Issues of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) as Arrangers. Amount mobilized in respect of Capital Gain Bonds Issue of NHAI and REC during the year was Rs120.33 crore. Five assignments of 'Fair Valuation of Equity' were also handled by the Division During the year.

The Bank acted as Collecting Bankers in 1 Rights and 3 Private Placement Issues, involving an amount of Rs1147.16crore.The number of issues handled under Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) by the designated branches were 34 and the amount blocked was Rs140.54crore.

The Bank's Syndication Group handled projects involving project cost of Rs27221 crore during the year, with a total debt size of Rs6825 crore. The Group has generated substantial fee based income from the syndication operations. The funds are arranged for projects in various segments like Steel, Power, Road, Sugar,Textiles, etc.

The Bank has tie-up arrangements in both life and non-life insurance segments under its 'bancassurance' arm. The Bank earned a commission income of Rs 26.24 crore from its joint venture viz.,Canara HSBCOBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. Under the mutual fund business, the Bank earned a commission of Rs 3.9 crore from its joint venture viz., Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. The Bank'stie-up arrangementwith M/s United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIICL)for non-life (general) insurance business has resulted in a commission income of Rs 11.6 crore during the year. The Bank has also Corporate Agency Agreement with M/s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India for marketing export Policies through its branches across India.

Corporate Cash Management Services (CCMS) network of the Bank, covering 60 Operating Centres, provides services related to local and upcountry cheque collection facility. The Bank has planned to integrate the collection products with core banking services covering 300 centres with new features.

Under Card Business, the Bank took several initiatives to expand credit and debit-cum-ATM card base. The total debit card base of the Bank increased to 71.92 lakhs as at March 2012. Income under card business during the year was at Rs 1.4 crore.

The Bank offers its depository services from 55 DP Service Centres spread across 36 centres in the country. Through these Centres, the Bank is extending Online Trading Facility to DP clients from its own broking subsidiary M/s Canara Bank Securities Limited, Mumbai.

Executor, Trustee and Taxation Services outfit of the Bank provides services like Debenture/Security Trusteeship, Will and Executorship, Trusteeship, Personal Tax Assistance and Power of Attorney Services. During the year, it secured new debenture/security trusteeship issues, amounting to Rs905 crore.

Under Government Business, comprising Direct and Indirect Tax collections, payment of pensions of various departments, Ministry Accounts, Postal Department, Public Provident Fund Scheme and issue of bonds of RBI and Government of India, the Bank earned an income of Rs76 crore during the year.

The Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), handling Department of School Education and Literacy, Department of Higher Education, Department of Arts - Archeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Bank has developed a Web-Portal for Ministry of HRD fore-tracking of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme and implemented the web portal in all the States. The Bank has implemented the e-payment of sales tax/ commercial tax in the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi.

The Bank is authorized as one of the accredited Bankers for Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), New Delhi. The UIDAI was established in February 2010, as an agency of Government of India, responsible for implementing the Multipurpose National Identity Card or Unique Identification Card (UID Card) project in India. The project is implemented in 8 Centres at present and the Bank's branches at these Centres have been designated as the branches for handling the UIDAI accounts.

During the year, the Bank has entered into an MoU with Ministry of HRD for implementing Maulana Azad National Fellowship and National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE).

The Bank has implemented e-payment of Customs in 103 locations as Per the direction of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi, with effect from 16.01.2012.

The Bank has introduced e-stamping project in 5 branches in Bangalore. The project is under implementation at other 26 branches situated in the District Head Quarters in the State of Karnataka.

Agricultural Consultancy Services (ACS) outfit of the Bank handled 105 assignments. These 105 assignments comprised of 75 appraisals, 1 viability study, 21 vetting and 8 other studies and trainings. The total outlay of the assignments was Rs 467 crore.

ASSET QUALITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Asset Quality

The Bank has implemented system based identification in collation of NPAs during the year, irrespective of size and category of the borrowal accounts.

With the moderation in the economy, asset quality of the banking sector was under stress. The gross NPA level of the Bank stood at Rs4032 crore with a gross NPA ratio of 1.73% as at March 2012.The Bank's gross NPA ratio continues to be one of the lowest among the peers. With a net NPA level ofRs3386 crore, net NPA ratio was at 146%=The Provision Coverage Ratio stood at 67.59% as at March 2012.

Cash recovery during the year aggregated to an all time high of Rs3295 crore, well exceeding the preceding year's cash recovery of Rs2032 crore. Out of this, recovery from written off accounts at branches, write back and unapplied interest together amounted to Rs1191 crore. Recovery from accounts where the liability is less than Rs1 crore was Rs2000 crore.

During the year, recovery amounting to Rs1270 crore was made under SARFAESI Act. The Bank conducted 17200 recovery meets which resulted in a recovery of Rs 1575 crore. Under Lokadalat, 800 cases were settled. Besides, the Bank took several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from= overdue loan accounts. These include identification of stressed accounts for restructuring/ rephasing in time, conduct of Canadalats at branch level and mega adalats at Circle level for one time settlements, regular follow-up of overdues in loan accounts through Call Centre and e-auctions. The Bank also formulated a special scheme for settlement of small NPAs and for MSMEs below =-lcrore.

Risk Management

The objective of Risk Management is to balance the trade- off between Risk and return. The Bank weighs the business growth and revenue generation in the context of the risks inherent in the business strategy adopted.

The Bank has put in place a unified Risk Management Architecture to attain global best practices for effective implementation of Risk Management initiatives in tune with the New Capital Adequacy Framework prescribed by the RBI. An independent Risk Management Structure is in place for Integrated Risk Management, covering Credit, Market, Operational and Group Risk.

The Board of Directors drive the Risk Management initiatives in the Bank and have oversight on the risks assumed by the Bank. The Board of Directors is well supported by the Risk Management Committee (RMC) Of the Board.

Various Risk Committees at the Top Executive level like Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management and Asset Liability Management are also constituted and operationalized to assist the Board and RMC of the Board. These Committees meet periodically to assess and proactively review all policies related to various risks and validating compliances, portfolio review on periodic basis. The Audit Committee of the Board (ACB) provides direction to and also monitors quality of internal audit functions and review of risk policy initiatives. The Bank's business activities are undertaken within the policy framework and independent departments are set up at all levels to facilitate implementation of all risk initiatives of the Bank.

The risk is managed through a framework of policies and principles approved by the Board of Directors and supported by an independent Risk Management Wing that ensures that the Bank operates within its risk appetite as well as defined limits.

An independent Risk Management Wing at the Head Office is functioning as a nodal centre for overall implementation of various risk management initiatives across the Bank. Integrated Mid-Office of both Domestic as well as Forex Treasury is functioning under the Risk Management for effective and independent supervision and monitoring of Market Risk in investment and forex functions. Risk Management Sections are functioning at all the 34Circle Offices of the Bank as an extended arm of the Risk Management Wing.

The Bank has put in place several Risk Management Policies. These include policies on Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Management of Conflicts of Interests, Disclosures, Group Risk Management, Collateral Management, Outsourcing, Corporate Governance, Investment, Compliance, Asset Liability, Credit Monitoring etc. Besides the above, the Bank has put in place Risk Management Policies for its overseas branches, taking into account the requirements of the regulators i.e. Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB).

All the Risk Management Policies framed by the Bank are approved by the RMC of the Board and Board of Directors at annual intervals. The policies are also reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board (ACB) annually.

Migration to Basel II Norms: The Bank smoothly transited to Basel II Norms as on 31.03.2008. The Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) is being calculated as per Pillar 1 requirement of Basel II norms, adhering to the New Capital Adequacy Framework guidelines stipulated by RBI.

The Bank has also put in place an Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process Document (ICAAP) in place under Pillar 2 of Basel II Norms. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic, overseas operations of the Bank, the subsidiaries, sponsored entities and associates. Linkages to Stress Test Scenarios are also documented in ICAAP. The ICAAP document is reviewed and approved by the RMCB and the Board of Directors.

As part of ICAAP, the Bank has conducted stress testing under various hypothetical scenarios to assess effect on capital position. The methodology is approved by the Board of Directors and submitted to RBI annually as part of ICAAP. The stress test results are reported to the ALCO/ CRMC periodically for various risks associated with liquidity and credit risk.

A Capital Planning Committee is operational at Head Office and this Committee articulates the macro economic scenarios vis-a-vis the capital requirements of the Bank in tune with business strategies of the Bank. The Committee ensures maintenance of appropriate level of CRAR and evaluates various options for raising capital.

The Bank adheres to the Disclosure Norms in tune with RBIguidelinesunderPillar3ofBasel II Norms. A Disclosure Committee is functioning in the Bank, which ensures adherence to the Disclosure Norms.

The Bank has initiated necessary steps for moving over to Advanced Approaches for computation of capital in Credit, Market and Operational Risk.

Credit Risk Management

The Bank has a well defined Credit Risk Management Policy, which defines credit risk and outlines the type of products offered, customer categorization, target customers, credit approval / monitoring process, exposure limits and risk appetite, approved by the Board of Directors.

The Bank has a scheme of' Delegation of Powers' approved by the Board of Directors. The objective of Credit Risk Management Department of the Bank is to maintain a healthy and robust credit portfolio and Manage the credit risk inherent in individual exposures as well as at portfolio level.

Risk Rating is pre-sanction tool for credit assessment, which provides integrity, standardization and objectivity to the credit granting process.

The Bank has several risk management systems for managing Credit Risk. The various initiatives taken by the Bank areas under.

- A comprehensive Credit Risk Management Policy in tune with Statutory and Regulatory guidelines is put in place.

- Specific rating definitions, processes and criteria in place For assigning exposures to grades within a rating system.

- Four Credit Risk Rating Models are in place. These models have been developed internally for rating borrowal accounts based on the exposure limits. Rating of eligible accounts is made mandatory as a pre-sanction exercise.

- Migration Analysis of rated accounts is done periodically.

- The Bank is using the ratings assigned by recognized External Credit Assessment Institutions to optimize capital under Standardized Approach.

- Pricing is Linked to both internal and external Credit Risk Rating.

- Entry barriers / Hurdle Rate are fixed based on Credit Risk Rating.

- Well structured 'Delegation of Powers' to various authorities from Branch level to Management Committee is in place. Credit Sanctioning Powers are linked to Credit Risk Rating of Borrowers.

- To avoid Credit Concentration Risk, exposure ceilings for single/group borrowers, substantial exposures, Term loans, unsecured advances, exposure to various industries, NBFCs, Real Estate Sector, Capital Market Sector are in vogue.

- Credit Administration and Monitoring Wing is formed to have focused follow-up mechanism and to strengthen the loan review/monitoring mechanism.

- The Loan Review Mechanism articulated in the Credit Monitoring Policy of the Bank covers the entire gamut of review and monitoring to Bean effective tool for evaluating the loan book continuously and intends to bring out qualitative improvements in credit administration.

- Credit Audit System by external/ internal auditors of all Borrowers accounts of Rs l Crore and above is in place.

Market Risk Management

The Market Risk framework of the Bank aims at maximizing the return by providing inputs regarding the extent of market risk exposures, the performance of portfolios vis-a-vis the risk exposure and comparable benchmarks.

The Bank is computing Capital Charge for Market Risk on Available for Sale'(AFS)and'Held for Trading'(HFT) portfolio under investment by adopting Standardized Measurement Method.

Market Risk Management is governed by the Board Approved Policies for Investment and other Policies.

Integrated Mid-Office at Risk Management Wing is monitoring Market Risk Exposure. Exposure limits, such as, Stop Loss Limits on trading book, Intraday and overnight limit for various currency positions, Dealer-wise limits, Aggregate Gap Limit, Limits on Money Market Operations, Modified-duration limits for investment portfolio and VaR limits are fixed to act as risk mitigants/triggers. These limits along with other triggers are tracked daily and necessary actions are initiated. Reporting system has been strengthened for effective Market Risk Management.

Towards implementation of Internal Models Based Approach for calculation of Capital Charge for Market Risk, the Bank has put in place a VaR based model for estimating General Market Risk. The process of back testing of results generated by the model has been completed. Stressed VaR is being calculated as per RBI guidelines on a weekly basis. Stress testing exercise as per guide lines is under process.

Operational Risk Management

Operational Risk Management framework in the Bank is based on ethics, organization culture and strong operating procedures, involving corporate values, internal control culture, effective internal reporting and contingency planning.

The Bank has adopted polices for Management of Operational Risk, which covers various aspects, such as, Operational Risk Management Structure, Insurance, Business Continuity Plan, Out sourcing and Legal Risks.

At present, the Bank is moving towards migration to Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA) from Basic Indicator Approach of Basel II framework. In AMA approach, the Bank can use its own method to assess its exposure to operational risk, by identifying Key Risk Indicators (KRI), by conducting Risk Control and Self Assessment (RCSA).

In this direction, the Bank has initiated following process/ Activities for implementation of Advanced Approaches.

- Mapped different products and services offered and activities undertaken into eight business lines in Core Banking Software. The Bank is in the process of evolving suitable Management Information System for mapping of activities/ products to eight business lines in order to compute Capital Charge for Operational Risk under the Standardized Approach.

- Operational Loss events database is being strengthened, through collection of loss data / near miss data through incident reporting, which is made more comprehensive. Operational Risk Loss data are collected since2006.

- Web based incident reporting package is in place to facilitate real time reporting of Operational Risk Loss events occurring at Branches / Offices.

- Identified audit related Key Risk Indicators, which is one of the prerequisites for AMA.

- Vetting of New Products from operational risk angle, which is one Of the standards of Operational Risk Management Framework (ORMF).

- The Bank has joined the loss data consortium proposed by I BA, which provides the external incidents for scenario analysis and internalization at the time of adoption of advanced approaches.

- Reporting mechanism for Risk Mitigants, such as, Insurance and Outsourcing activities is in place.

- Collection of External Operational Loss events from sources, such as, print media, internet etc, which can be used for development of scenarios.

- Escalation of Operational Risk Loss events to Top Management as one of the requirements of Advanced Approaches.

- Various risk mitigation measures are suggested on issues involving Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Internal Control etc.

Asset Liability Management

An effective Asset Liability Management (ALM) system addresses issues related to liquidity and interest rate risks to maintain a good balance among spreads, profitability and long-term viability. The Board of Directors of the Bank have constituted an Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) to oversee ALM functions, including fixation of interest rates for various components of assets and liabilities, its composition, maturity and duration.

The ALCO meets regularly to discuss various issues pertaining to the liquidity position by considering the residual maturity profile of various assets and liabilities, takes stock of the dynamic interest rate scenario, discusses at length the changes evolving in economic and financial parameters, which have a direct bearing on the banking industry and focuses on the impact of all these factors on the business profile of the Bank.

The liquidity position of the Bank is tracked on a daily basis by means of residual maturity of assets and liabilities. Periodical studies are undertaken to analyze the behavioural patterns of various components of assets and liabilities to estimate the liquidity on a dynamic basis. The Bank's liquidity policy sets the tolerance limit for its structural liquidity positions. The liquidity positions of overseas branches are managed in line with home and host country regulatory guidelines. Such positions are reviewed by the Bank's ALCO along with domestic positions.

To evaluate the impact of changes in the market interest rate on Bank's financial position, an analysis of Earnings at Risk (Impact on profit assessed through Traditional Gap Analysis) and Market Value of Equity (Impact on net- worth assessed through Duration Gap Analysis) are done on an ongoing basis. Liquidity Stress tests are conducted at periodic interval by simulating various stress scenarios.

Liquidity Risk Framework under Basel III

In view of the need to improve the liquidity risk management in banks, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published "Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision" in September 2008 in the form of 17 high level liquidity principles.

To complement these principles, the Committee in December 2010 came out with two new liquidity ratios viz., Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)for funding liquidity.

The Bank's liquidity risk framework is broadly in tune with BCBS's "Sound Principles". Further, the Bank has been computing the new Basel III liquidity ratios viz., LCR and NSFR on a quarterly basis since March 2011 as a part of BCBS Quantitative Impact Study (OIS). RBI has recently issued draft guidelines for implementation of Basel III norms by banks in India.

Group Risk

The Bank has various Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures, Sponsored Entities, which are engaged in diversified activities. As the Bank has considerable stake in these Group Entities, it has adopted a Group Risk Management Policy approved by the Board. The main objectives of the Policy areas under:

- To identify and manage risk in Intra Group Transactions and Exposures.

- To raise the standard of Corporate Governance by reducing/avoiding conflicts of interest between the Group Entities.

- To ensure Arms Length Principle' among the entities in regard to business parameters.

The Bank has devised suitable reporting mechanism calling for necessary feedback at quarterly intervals. Based on the feedback, the Risk Management Wing of the Bank makes an assessment of risks faced by the group entities including RRBs from Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, Compliance Risk, Reputational Risk, Liquidity Risk and Conflict of Interest perspectives and places a half-yearly consolidated note before the Risk Management Committee with its observations in the matter of compliance to the Group Risk Management Policy and any specific issues, which would contribute to Group Risk.

NATIONAL PRIORITIES

Priority Sector Advances

The Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, micro & small enterprises, education, housing, micro-credit, weaker sections, SC/STs and minorities.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2012 reached Rs67383 crore, covering over 43 lakh borrowers.

[Amt. in Rs Crore]

Priority Sector Advances As at Growth March

2011 2012 Amount %

Total Priority Sector 62108 67383 5275 8.49

Agriculture 26305 31946 5641 21.44

Direct Agriculture 22154 27848 5694 25.70

With a focus on credit delivery to agriculture, the Bank's advances under agriculture portfolio increased to reach Rs31946 crore, covering over 35 lakh farmers.

Advances under Direct Agriculture stood at Rs27848 crore. The Major accretion under Agriculture has been under Direct Agriculture. The Bank has crossed the mandated level of 13.50% of ANBC, by reaching 13.83%. Advances to Direct Agriculture has increased by Rs5694 crore, showing a growth rate of 25.7%. The Bank has taken up special campaigns for extending Crop Loans/General Credit Cards (GCC) facility to all farmers/non-farmers during Special Credit Campaigns for the period 01.09.2011 to 15.10.2011 and for the period from 01.01.2012 to 15.02.2012, as per the Government of India guidelines.

The Bank has disbursed Rs27327 crore under Agriculture, covering 33.93 lakh farmers during the financial year, registering an increase of 22%.

Since inception of the Scheme, the Bank has issued a total of 37.37 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) amounting to Rs21698 crore. During the year, it disbursed 3.67 lakh KCCs amounting to Rs4072 crore. As at March 2012,thecredit outstanding under KCCs was Rs6328crore.

Over the years, the Bank has supported lakhs of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The Bank has further increased its education loan portfolio which increased to Rs3948 crore. The Bank has financed more than 2.08 lakh students as at March 2012. The Bank is designated as the nodal bank for administering subsidy under the Central Sector Scheme for Interest Subsidy on educational loans.

During the year, the Bank also extended financial assistance to other priority sectors, such as, state sponsored organization for SC/ ST, housing and micro credit.

The Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, Prime Minister Employment Guarantee Programme (PMEGP), Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), Swarnajayanthi Shahri Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) and DRI. As at March 2012, the outstanding advances under these schemes aggregated to Rs680 crore, involving 1.37 lakh beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government sponsored schemes

Name of the Scheme No. of Accounts Amt. in Rs Crore

PMRY 33654 196.28

PMEGP 4788 147.49

SGSY 41520 212.27

SJSRY 14348 65.00

SLRS 395 0.98

DRI 42215 57.71

Total 136920 679.73

In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Bank's advances to SC/ST beneficiaries reached Rs4293 crore as at March 2012, covering 4.64 lakh borrowers. The advances to SC/ST comprised 6.37% of total priority sector advances.

Advances to weaker sections aggregated to Rs22333 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 25.3%. Advances to weaker sections formed 11.09%of ANBC against the norm of 10%.

Various components of Weaker Sections Advances as at March 2012 is as under:

(Amt. in Rs crore) No. Sectors Outstanding

1 Small & Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers, Tenant Farmers and Share Croppers 19089

2 Artisans, Village and Cottage Industries 582

3 SC/ST Beneficiaries 4293

4 DRI Loans 58

5 SGSY Beneficiaries 212

6 SJSRY Beneficiaries 65

7 SHGs/NGOs/MFIs 1231

8 Advances to SLRS 0.98

9 Loans to Distressed Poor to repay their debt to informal sector 0.07

As at March 2012, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to Rs13220 crore, registering a growth of 12.8% and accounting for 19.62% of the total priority sector advances against the stipulated level Of 15%.

MSME LENDING

Advances to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) reached Rs34893 crore as at March 2012. The Bank has covered 60661 accounts with an exposure of Rs2013.59 crore as at March 2012 under the Credit Guarantee Scheme of Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

Considering the importance attached to MSME sector, the Bank has opened additional 9 SME Sulabhs, i e., Centralized Loan Processing Units for faster clearance of loan proposals and opened 4 Specialized SME branches during 2011-12. As at March 2012, the Bank had 34 SME Sulabhs across the country. It is proposed to open additional 10 SME Sulabhs and 47 Specialized SME branches during 2012-13. With this, the Bank has embarked upon reaching out to large section of MSMEs at all major centres in the country. The Bank received an amount of Rs10.26 crore from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, during the year as a Nodal Agency for Technology Upgradation of SSI units under Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) and fully utilized the amount during the year.

Under cluster based approach of lending to MSME sector, the Bank has focused on adoption of select industrial clusters across the country. With a view to supporting women entrepreneurs, the Bank has introduced a scheme of financing under Micro and Small Enterprise Category to women entrepreneurs with relaxation in margin, rate of interest, processing charges etc., in respect of loans upto Rs5 lakh. During the year, the Bank has introduced a scheme for financing Road Transport Operators for purchase of vehicles of M/s Ashok Leyland Ltd. The facility of on-line submission of Loan applications by Micro and Small Enterprises was also introduced during the year.

Financial Inclusion

With the basic objective of bringing the large unserved population Under the banking mainstream, the Bank is striving towards a more inclusive growth by making financial products and services available to the poor in particular. As per the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India directions, the Bank has been actively pursuing the agenda of Financial Inclusion, with key interventions in four groups, viz., expanding banking infrastructure, offering appropriate financial products, making extensive and intensive use of technology and through advocacy and stakeholder participation.

The Bank has successfully covered all the allotted 1618 villages (spread across 23 States) with population above 2000 for providing banking facilities. Under the Financial Inclusion Plan drawn by the Bank, 206 villages were covered by providing Brick & Mortar Branch facility (of which 167 financial inclusion branchesopenedduring2011-12)and by engaging 1412 Customer Service Providers (CSPs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model, which includes 30 Ultra Small Branches opened in these Centres.

In a major thrust to financial inclusion, the Bank, on its Founder's Day on 19th November 2011 issued 1.06 lakh Smart Cards, 25000 General Credit Cards (GCCs), Credit linking of 5000 SHGs, opened 106 Farmers Clubs and 15 Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centres (FLCCs) on the occasion.

Business Canvassed in the NewFI Branches

The Bank opened 167 new branches at Financial Inclusion villages. This worked out to 48% of the 342 branches opened by the Bank during 2011-12 as against RBI stipulation of 25% of new branches required to be opened in tier V and VI centres. The branches opened in the financial inclusion villages also showed good results with more than 4 lakh accounts, Rs405 crore business translating into an average of 2395 accounts per branch and Rs 2.43 crore business per branch.

No Frill Accounts

The Bank opened about 17 lakh no-frill accounts during the year with an accretion of Rs300 crore in the no-frill accounts. The total number of no-frill accounts in the Bank at the end of 2011-12 reached 44 lakh with a balance of Rs820 crore. On an average, the Bank covered about 1000 accounts per village. The Bank's endeavor is to credit link at least 50% of all the eligible beneficiaries through KCC,GCC and DRI Schemes during2012-13.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Model Under ICT Model, the Bank canvassed 6.5 lakh no-frill accounts during the year through Customer Service Providers (CSPs) engaged by Bank's Business Correspondents. The Bank issued Smart Cards to 2.14 lakh customers.

Micro Insurance

The scheme was originally launched to cover women SHG members for insurance. The member of SHGs gets coverage ofRs25000 by paying an annual premiumofRs100.Thescheme has now been extended to all members of SHGs irrespective of gender. During the year, the Bank extended Micro Insurance Schemetomorethan20000customers.

Micro Pension

The Bank is also implementing Pilot Micro Pension Scheme in association with NABARD and M/S Invest India Micro Pension Services (IIMPS) in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu.

Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)

The payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Social Security Pension has been taken up in four districts of Karnataka under EBT. In two districts of Tamil Nadu, the Bank is participating in pilot projects for Old Age Pension payment and in Nadauta Village of Agra District, the Bank is participating in Pilot Project for MGNREGA payments.

AADHAAR Enrolments

Pilot Project for Aadhaar enrolments has been undertaken in 8 States,coveringl.95 lakh residents.

Micro Finance Branches

The Bank has opened 19 Micro Finance Branches in urban centres, which contributed a total business of Rs 150 crore.

Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling Centres (FLCCs)

The Bank has set up FLCCs in 24 districts. The Bank sponsored RRBs viz., Pragati Gramin Bank (PGB) and Shreyas Gramin Bank (5GB) set up one FLCC each in Shimoga and Etah respectively. With this, the Bank has set up FLCCs in all the 26 Lead Districts. The Bank registered a new trust by name "Canara Financial Advisory Trust" for managing the FLCCs.

Farmers'Club

During the financial year, 151 Farmers' Clubs were formed. Presently, the Bank has about 1360 farmers' clubs all over the country. These farmers' clubs disseminate information to the rural people about the banking products and advanced technology.

Canara Gramin VikasVahini

The Bank has provided Canara Gramin Vikas Vahini (Vehicles) in 35 districts across the country, with an objective of providing awareness about Bank's products and banking facilities among the rural households.

Bio-metric ATMs

During the year, the Bank has installed six Bio-metric ATMs, taking the total to 29. These Bio-Metric ATMs enable the rural illiterate customers to access their accounts, using biometric features like finger prints and with draw the amount or get balance confirmation, using colorcodes.

Credit Linkage

The Bank has not limited its activity in financial inclusion for opening of No-frill accounts alone. Besides No-frill accounts, the Bank has endeavored to provide host of other facilities like General Credit Cards (GCCs), Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Micro Credit Groups (MCGs), Micro Insurance and Micro Pension under Canara Nayee Disha Scheme.

- GCC: Extending credit under financial inclusion, the Bank has so far issued 4.19 lakh GCCs, amounting to Rs727 crore.

- SHGs: The Bank has so far formed 3.71 lakh SHGs as at March 2012, with credit linking of 3.59 lakh SHGs.

- Under the intensive SHG improvement for women's SHGs, Canara Bank has been allotted Waynad in Kerala and Chitradurga in Karnataka and in both the districts anchor NGOs have been identified viz., M/s Waynad Social Service Society in Waynad and M/s SKDRDP in Chitradurga. Anchor NGOs have started formation of Groups and openingoftheiraccounts in Both the districts.

Canara Mega Rural Outreach Utsavs

Canara Mega Rural Outreach Utsavs have been held in 13 States. Besides providing basic bank accounts, the Bank has given thrust on disbursement of Consumption Credit through GCC, extension of Farm Credit through KCC, Skill updation and Livelihood Creation activities through Financial Literacy, Financial Awareness and Financial Support Programme. Holistic financial inclusion has been achieved by providing other facilities like Micro insurance and Aadhaar Enrolments.

Position of Financial Inclusion in the sponsored Regional Rural Banks

All the three sponsored RRBs implemented financial inclusion plan in all 968 allotted villages by opening 30 'Brick and Mortar' branches and engaging 938 Customer Service Providers (CSPs) under Business Correspondents (BC) model, which includes 3 Ultra Small Branches opened in these Centres.

Lead Bank Scheme

Canara Bank has lead bank responsibilities in 26 districts in the country, viz., eight in Karnataka, seven in Tamil Nadu, five in Kerala,five in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar. The Bank works as the Convenor of the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) in the State of Kerala.

Entrepreneurship Development among Women

Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at Head Office, Bangalore and Centres at 34 Circle Offices are working towards economic empowerment of women. These Centres conducted several training programmes during the year, including general Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP), Entrepreneurship Awareness programmes, Seminars, Career Guidance programmes, Skills and provided marketing Support to women entrepreneurs by organizing Canutsav /Canbazar. CEDW cells have also assisted in formation of SHGs and credit linkages.

A Rural Self Employment Training Institute has been set up at Harohalli to provide EDP skill trainings to women in various vocations and enable them to take up self employment ventures. The Institute has so far trained 14836 women in EDP skill since inception.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Following the century old tradition and founding principles, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities like training unemployed rural youth, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women and other initiatives.

Rural Development

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT), has established 30 exclusive training institutes, including 23 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes, to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them taking up self-employment activities. During the year, a training institute in the field of Information Technology was opened at Berhampore, West Bengal. During 2011-12, these training institutes trained 24072 candidates, taking the tally to about 1.49 lakh unemployed youth since inception, with an impressive settlement rate of 73%.

The Bank has co-sponsored 26 Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institutes (RUDSETIs) across 16 States, engaged in training of rural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. During 2011-12, these institutes trained 26370 candidates. These RUDSETIs have, so far, trained over 2.86 lakh unemployed youth, with a settlement rate of 71%.

Besides the above 26 RUDSETIs, the Bank has co-sponsored Andhra Pradesh Bankers Institute of Rural Development with Government of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad and Deshpande-RUDSETI at Hailyal, Karnataka. The Bank has supported the setting up of Entrepreneurship Development Training Institute at Jammu and Kashmir.

Canara Bank's Rural Clinic Service Scheme provides incentives to doctors for providing basic health care services in remote areas lacking basic medical facilities. As at March 2012,thetotal number of such clinics rose to 565.

The Bank has donated a hi-tech, custom built, solar powered 'Mobile Sales Van' to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products.

During the year, the Bank's Social Action Cell organized blood donation camps, health camps and assisted people affected by natural calamities and challenged section of the society. It has also encouraged students by conducting various programmes and activities.

Visits by Parliamentary Committees

During2011-12, Parliamentary Committee on Sub-ordinate Legislation (Rajya Sabha) and Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurance (Rajya Sabha) visited the Bank.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network

Continuing its major branch expansion drive, the Bank added 342 domestic branches during the year. This includes 106 branches and 106 ATMs opened across the country on 19th November, 2011 to commemorate the Bank's Founder's Day and 106th year of service to the nation. The Founder's Day function was graced by the Hon'ble Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The Bank opened an overseas branch at Manama, Bahrain and a Representative Office at Sharjah during the year. As at March 2012, the Bank had 3600 branches, including 5 overseas branches.

Composition of Branch Network

No. of Branches

Category 31.03.2011 31.03.2012

Metropolitan 758 777

Urban 762 792

Semi-urban 922 1019

Rural 811 1007

Overseas 4 5

Total Branches 3257 3600

The Bank has 145 specialized branches, catering to the specific clientele segment.

Categories of Specialized Branches 31.03.2012

I.SMEs 53

2.Overseas 16

3.Agri-Finance 10

4.Micro Finance Branches 19

5.Savings 6

6.NRIs 7

7.Asset Recovery Management 8

8.PrimeCorporate 10

9.Industrial Finance 4

10.Stock Exchange 3

II.Capital Market 3

12.Mahila Banking 2

13.Consumer Finance 1

14.Housing Finance 1

15.Branch for Physically Challenged 1

16.Specialized Govt Business Branch 1

TOTAL 145

InfoTech Progress

The Bank took several initiatives on the InfoTech front during the year. The Bank covered all its branches/offices under Core Banking Solution (CBS). The Bank now offers several technology banking services, such as, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Funds Transfer through NEFT and RTGS, SMS Alerts, IVRS based enquiry across all its branches. The Bank also offers online trading facility to its clients through its own subsidiary M/s Canara Bank Securities Ltd.

As at March 2012, the Bank had 2858 ATMs spread across 1139 centres. During the year, the Bank added 642 ATMs. Funds Transfer through IMPs (Inter Bank Mobile Payment Services) has been enabled through the ATMs. During the year, the ATMs have also been enabled to offer value added services like direct tax payments and institutional fee payment facility' ATM facilities have been extended to customers of the Banks 3 sponsored Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).

The Bank has made a few value additions under internet banking that include enabling ASBA facility to internet banking users, facility of viewing the details of tax deducted at source, e-filing of tax returns, funds transfer facility for corporate customers and internet and mobile banking gateway for Government business. Customer Terminal facility has been provided in 223 branches for enabling customers to use facilities like internet banking from a dedicated terminal provided at the branch. Several new investor friendly features have been enabled under online trading including ASBA.

SMS/ E-mail alerts have been enabled for various transactions like ATMs, Net banking, Point of Sale (PoS), Mobile banking, online payments made through debit cards on internet, irrespective of the amount. Online loan application for retail and MSME through internet and tracking facility for the customer has been implemented.

Further, the Bank has made a number of advancements in payment systems including auto reversal of NEFT service charges and extending NEFT facilities to 3 sponsored RRBs. Several Government business modules were implemented including internet based application for UGCMaul and Azad National Fellowship Scheme, Web Portal for National Scheme for Girl Child Secondary Education, Electronic Accounting Systems of e-Receipts-Customs (EASeR-C) for collection of customs duty and e-payment of Commercial Taxes module for Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Tamil Nadu.

The Bank has introduced Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM) facility to corporate customers - a technology product for Channel finance to extend working capital finance to the suppliers as well as dealers of corporate clients.

Passbook printing through self service Kiosk has been provided at 5 pilot locations. Other functional value additions include issue of non-personalized debit cards on opening of CASA account, facility of automatic sending of CASA pass sheets through e-mail and automatic renewal of term deposits. The Bank has initiated the process of Automated Data Flow (ADF) to the RBI and is scheduled to be completed during2012-13 as per the time line stipulated by the RBI. During the year, the Bank embarked on a very important project, namely, Enterprise-wide Data Warehouse (EDW). The project has already been initiated with requirement from all functional Wings for setting up an effective EDW architecture loaded with Business Intelligence/ Business Analytics modules for management decision support and business expansion.

As per the RBI Working Group (Chairman, Shri G Gopalakrishna) Report on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds, the Bank has conducted a Gap Analysis vis-a-vis the recommendations. Out of the 71 recommendations, 67 recommendations stand fully implemented in the Bank as at March 2012. The remaining 4 recommendations are under various stages of implementation and will be completed within the timeline permitted by the RBI i.e., 31.10.2012.

Manpower Profile

As at March 2012, the Bank had 42272 employees on its rolls.

March March

2011 2012

Total No. Of Employees 43397 42272

Officers 17649 17419

Clerks 16178 15802

Sub-Staff* 9570 9051

* includes part-time employees (PTEs)

The Bank's staff comprised 41.2% Officers, 37.4% Clerks and 21.4% Sub-Staff. Women employees comprising 10256, constituted 24.3% of the Bank's total staff. The Bank recruited 517 women employees and promoted 186 women employees under various cadres during the year.

During the year, the Bank recruited 1188 persons in various cadres, out of which 269 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 54 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories. The total number of ex-servicemen staff as at the end of March 2012 stood at 1703. Out of which, 151 were recruited in various cadres during the year. There were 886 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

Reservation Policy in respect of SCs and STs

As at March 2012, the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes together constituted 26% of total staff strength of the Bank. The composition of SC/ST employees in the Bank as at March 2012 was as under:

Scheduled Scheduled

Cadre Castes Tribes

Officers 3162 1139

Clerks 2817 910

Sub-staff PTEs 2542 404

Total 8521 2453

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government of India guidelines.

(a) Reservation Policy is implemented through mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the Bank has since switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

(b) The Bank has been extending Reservation/ Relaxations/ Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotions to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Government guidelines.

(c) Pre-recruitment and pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In the advertisement inviting for the application from the eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical and Officer cadres, a specific reference is made with regard to imparting of pre-recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-SM. Those candidates, who opt for pre-recruitment training, are given training to prepare themselves for written test as well as interview.

Study materials, note book, stationeries are provided free of cost to all the participants. Wherever possible, respective State Governments are also providing the lodging facilities in Government / Backward Class Hostels.

(d) The Bank has set up SC/ST Cell at the Head Office and also at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and implementation of other aspects of Reservation Policy.

(e) Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy.

Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC/ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer/Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted and appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register.

In addition to the above, the representatives of majority Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Employees' Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters are maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officer.

(f) The Board of Directors of the Bank also review the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Policy, half yearly and yearly basis.

Training / Human Resource Development (HRD)

The HR policies of the Bank have been revisited to suit the changing banking scenario. HR interventions like SPANDAN for bringing attitudinal change among front line staff, PRATIBHA for grooming in-house talents in varied specialized areas and Executive grooming through reputed institutes and other significant HR tools like Quality Circles, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and fostering collective excellence.

The Bank's quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce continued through focused and need based trainings at various institutes of repute like IIMs, I SB, XLRI and NIBM. Customized programmes are also being organized to develop expertise in certain niche areas like Risk Management, Treasury Operations and IT. Specialized trainings to the Senior Management Level / Top Management Level Executives are conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the skill level of its officials through this training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigor and enthusiasm. The Bank has trained 29120 employees during the year, covering a wide range of functional areas. Out of the trained staff, 7114 personnel belonged to the Scheduled Caste category and 1962 under the Scheduled Tribe category. Several new training programmes were conducted during the year for various levels of Officers and SC/ST employees. These include training on customer service, risk management, product awareness, frauds and preventive vigilance, financial inclusion, KYC/ AML, credit appraisal and monitoring and transaction banking.

Establishing a proper Talent Management and Reward System will be the Bank's focus in the coming years. There will be concerted efforts to identify potential leaders and groom them to take up higher responsibilities.

The Bank has formed a Sub-Committee of the Board of Directors on HR to review and improvise the existing HR policies and make suggestions to accelerate the employee engagement initiatives.

Changes in the Organizational Setup

The organizational design and structure are continuously revisited and Studied for functional excellence.

Taking cognizance of the need for greater emphasis in managing technology risk and to develop fraud prevention methodologies in the organization, Technology Risk and Fraud Prevention Wing was formed during the year. Post re-organization, there are 21 Wings at Head Office.

Customer Orientation

The Bank has taken several initiatives to remain customer focused through providing fast service, bringing in diversified products/services, responding to customers' queries and redressal of customers' complaints. The 'Code of Commitment to Customers' issued by BCSBI is made available in the Bank's website. In order to assess the quality of customer service rendered by the branches and to get feedback, a 'Contact Questionnaire' is made available in the Bank's website. During the year, a Customer Fortnight was conducted from 15.11.2011 to 29.11.2011 in order to invite suggestions from customers. Toll Free contact at Customer Service Section, Head Office is provided to facilitate the customers to represent their grievances. Toll Free contact facility at ATM Switch Room and Card Division is also provided to the users to represent the matters pertaining to ATM operations and Card Business. Notably, the Bank has implemented online grievance redressal through the Bank's website. As a part of Customer Relationship Management initiatives, a Call Centre is functioning. The Call Centre caters to the customers in Hindi, English and 6 regional languages viz., Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi. The number of calls received by the Call Centre during the year was more than 8.52 lakh. In financial year 2011-12, percentage of customer complaint redressal was 95.10%. All complaints were redressed within stipulated period. As far as cases referred to the Banking Ombudsman is concerned, the percentage redressal of complaints was 91.83%. The Bank has implemented 88 out of the 107 recommendations of Damodaran Committee accepted by the Indian Banks' Association.

Systems and Procedures

Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) was conducted in 2368 branches/ units programmed for on-site RBIA during the year. Information Security Audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent/ Continuous Audit is being conducted in 539 identified branches/ units (covering 61.5% of deposits and 77.4% of advances) of the Bank as per RBI guidelines as on 31.12.2011. Income/revenue audit was conducted on quarterly basis in 379 identified branches as per Jilani Committee Recommendations.

Apart from the above, 414 branches were subjected to Special Income Audit. The Bank introduced new fraud prevention measures viz., offsite monitoring system to track exceptional transactions and offsite RBIA of the branches on an experimental basis.

Know Your Customers (KYC)

The Bank took several measures for the effective implementation of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) guidelines and for ensuring KYC compliance by all branches.

To ensure better compliance of guidelines on KYC / AML, following steps have been initiated.

- The Bank has ensured 100% submission of Cash Transaction Reports (CTRs) and Non Profit Organizations Transaction Report (NTR) to Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

- Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Counter fiet Currency Reports (CCRs) are submitted to FIU, as and when received from branches.

- Snap Audit is conducted on monthly basis in 2-3 branches in each Circle at random to verify adherence to KYC norms.

- Snap Audit for verification of KYC Compliance conducted in all the financial inclusion branches opened during2011-12.

- Software for system based centralized risk categorization of customers is currently under development as per the AML guidelines.

Vigilance Setup

The Vigilance Wing of the Bank is headed by the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the rank of General Manager. The CVO is assisted by 34 Vigilance Officers stationed at all Circles, RRBs and Bank's Subsidiaries. The objectives of the Vigilance Wing are to ensure that discipline and development go hand in

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Mar 31, 2011

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 42nd Annual Report together with the Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2011 and Profit and Loss Account for the financialyearended March 31,2011.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

For Canara Bank, 2010-11 was a year of robust performance on the business, profits and profitability fronts.

Net profit reached an all time high ofRs.4026 crore, signifying a strong 33.2% growth y-o-y and substantially higher than Rs.3021 crore recorded duringthe preceding year. Operating profit recorded a 20.7% growth to reach a level of Rs.6107 crore. Return on average assets (RoAA) for the year improved to 1.42%. Profit per employee, moved up to Rs.9.76 lakh compared to Rs.7.35 lakh in the previous financialyear.

Dividend of 110% for 2010-11

Enhancing Shareholder Value:

The Bank showed steady improvement in Earnings PerShare (EPS) and Book Value. While Book Value increased to Rs.405 as at March 2011 as compared to Rs.305.83 for the previous financial, EPS rose to Rs.97.83 as at March 2011 compared to Rs.73.69 a year ago. Ensuring increased value for the shareholders year after year, the Banks Board of Directors recommended a dividend of 110% for 2010-11 compared to 100% last year.

March March

Key Financial Ratios (%) 2010 2011

Cost of Funds 5.65 5.37

Yield on Funds 8.10 8.13

Cost of Deposits 6.12 5.80

Yield on Advances 9.81 9.73

Yield on Investments 7.52 7.72

Spread as a % to AWF 2.45 2.76

Net Interest Margin (NIM) 2.80 3.12

Operating Expenses to AWF 1.50 1.56

Return on Avg. Assets (RoAA) 1.30 1.42

Return on Avg. Networth 26.76 28.26

Business per Employee (Rs. in Crore) 9.83 12.28

Profit per Employee (Rs.in Lakh) 7.35 9.76

Book Value(Rs.) 305.83 405

Earnings perShare(Rs.) 73.69 97.83

AWF - Average Working Funds

Income and Expenditure Analysis

The Banks interest income recorded a y-o-y growth of 23% to reach Rs.23064 crore compared to Rs.18752 crore recorded during the previous financial year. Non-interest income increasedtoRs.2703 crore.

Despite increase in interest rates, the Bank could reduce the cost of deposits by 32 bps to 5.80% compared to 6.12% a year ago, while yield on advances maintained at 9.73%. Interest spread increased to 2.76%from 2.45% as at March 2010.

While interest expenditure increased to Rs.15241 crore with a y-o-y growth of 16.6%, the Banks operating expenses increased by 27.1% to reach Rs.4419 crore. Notably, the net interest income of the Bank registered a good 37.7% growth to reach Rs.7823 crore and Net Interest Margin (NIM) improved by 32 bps to 3.12% compared to 2.80% as at March 2010.

Capital and Reserves

Networth of the Bank, as at March 2011 increased to Rs.17941 crore compared to Rs.12539 crore as at March 2010. While total paid-up capital of the Bank increased to Rs.443 crore from Rs.410 crore last year, reserves and surplus increased to Rs.19597 crore. To augment the capita resources, the Bank raised upperTier II bonds to the extent of Rs.1000 crore and Rs.749.3 crore under Innovative Perpetual Debt Instrument. For the first time, the Bank raised equity capital through Qualified Institutiona Placement (01P) route for Rs.1993.2 crore. Post 01P, Government Shareholding in the Bank came down from 73.17% at March 2010to67.72%asat March 2011.

(Amt. in fCrore)

March 2010 March 2011 Composition of Capital Basel II Basel II

Risk Weighted Assets 150623 176136

Tierl Capital 12870 19139

CRAR(%)(TierI) 8.54 10.87

Tierll Capital 7362 7956

CRAR (%)(Tier II) 4.89 4.51

Total Capital 20232 27095

CRAR(%) 13.43 15.38

As at March 2011, Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) of the Bank under Basel II significantly improved to 15.38%, with a Tier I capital ratio of 10.87%. The Bank has still adequate headroom available under both Tier-I and Tier-ll options to raise capital to support business growth momentum.

Deposits

Total Deposits of the Bank registered a growth of 25.3% to reach Rs.293973 crore as at March 2011 compared to Rs.234651 crore a year ago. The Banks CA5A deposits grew by 21.8% to reach Rs.83117 crore as at March 2011. Savings deposits rose by 17.5% y.o.y to Rs.58617 crore. The Bank opened over 24 lakhs SB clientele during FY11. During FY11, the Bank had launched a nationwide Savings Mahotsav campaign to mobilize SB deposits, resulting in fresh addition of over 16 lakhs SBclientele.

With a CA5A per branch at Rs.25.52 crore, the Bank continues to be one of the best among the peers. Pursuing a strategy of broad basing deposit clientele, all the branches together opened over 64 lakhs deposit accounts, taking the total tally under deposit accounts to 3.42 crore.

Advances (Net)

During FY11, the Banks net advances witnessed a robust 25.5% growth to reach Rs.2,12,467 crore compared to Rs.1,69,335 crore a year ago. In quantum terms, credit increased by over Rs.43,000 crore during the year. The Banks diversified credit portfolio include all productive segments of the economy like agriculture and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (M5ME), exposure to corporate and infrastructure segments. As at March 2011, the number of borrowal accounts stood at 45 lakhs.

25% Growth in Total Business for last 3 Years

The Bank has recorded a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25% for the last 3 financial years. During 2010-11,the total business of the Bank grew by a robust 25.4% to reach Rs.5,06,440 crore as against Rs.4,03,986 crore during the previous financial. Productivity, as measured by business per employee, increased to Rs.12.28 crore from Rs.9.83 crore a year ago, continuing to be one of the best amongthe peers.

During the year, the Banks clientele base increased to 3.87 crore.

Retail Lending Operations

Retail lending operations of the Bank registered a strong 32% to reach Rs.31572 crore as at March 2011, accounting for 15.52% of the domestic credit. The disbursals under the retail lending stood at Rs.13826 crore. The outstanding housing loan portfolio increased to Rs.15219 crore, constituting 48% of the total retai lending portfolio.

(Amt. in Rs.Crore)

Retail Lending March 2010 March 2011 Growth (%)

Retail Lending 23902 31572 32.1

Housing Loans 10116 15219 50.4

Retail Trade 5383 6313 17.3

Other Personal (Incl. Education Loan) 8403 10040 19.5

The Bank took several measures du ring theyear to expand retail credit. To facilitate speedy disposal of proposals and cred it flow, a total of 25 Centralized Processing Units (CPU) and 16 Retail Assets Hubs (RAH) for housing and other retai loans a re functioning at major centres across the country

TREASURY AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

Aggregate investments of the Ba n k, as at Ma rch 2011, were of the order of Rs.83700 crore. Portfolio modified duration (years) came down to 4.75 as at March 2011 from 4.95 a year ago. The modified duration of the Available for Sale (AF5) portfolio has increased from 1.93 as at March 2010 to 2.23 as at March 2011 due to redemption of short dated securities and fresh investments made in medium and long dated securities. The trading profit for the year was Rs.293 crore. The yield on investments improved to 7.72% as at Ma rch 2011 as compared to 7.52% a year ago.

The Bank continues to be an active player in government securities as a primary dealer. The total amount of underwriting commitments fortheyear was Rs.33216 crore. During theyear, the Bank achieved over 55% success ratio as against mandatory 40% of itsobligationasa Primary Dealer.

Foreign Business Turnover of the Bank, as at 31st March 2011, aggregated to Rs.1,24,094 crore, comprising Rs.45,658 crore under exports, Rs.39,616 crore under imports and Rs.38,820 crore under remittances. Outstanding export credit oftheBankwasRs.10489crore,withay-o-ygrowth of 17%.

The Banks overseas presence covered four branches one each at London, Hong Kong, Leicester (UK) and Shanghai as at March 2011. Leicester branch was opened on 12th April 2010 and the Representative Office at Sharjah was opened on 20th June 2010. Besides, a joint venture bank, namely, Commercial Bank of India LLC in Moscow is also operational in association with State Bank of India.

All overseas branches recorded improved business performance during the year. Total business of these 4 overseas branches aggregated to US $ 4376 million for thefinancia I yea rending Ma rch 2011.

To fund overseas assets expansion, the Bank raised foreign currencyfundsof USD 350 millionthrough London branch by issuing senior unsecured bonds listed in Singapore Stock Exchange under MediumTerm Notes Programme.

The Bank has approval from RBI for expansion in 8 other international centres viz., Manama (Bahrain), Qatarjohannesburg (South Africa), Frankfurt (Germany), New York (USA), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) and Tokyo (Japan). The Bank has conducted survey in Sri Lanka, Kenya and Nigeria to explore opening of branches in these countries.

The Banks international operations are well supported by a wide network of 382 Correspondent Banks, spread across 80 countries. The Bank has rupee drawing arrangements with 22 exchange houses and 17 banks in the Middle East for channelising the remittances of expatriates. The Bank has been managing two exchange houses viz., Al Razouki International Exchange Company, Dubai and Eastern Exchange Est., Qatar, under secondment and management agreement respectively. The Bank, during the year, expanded its arrangement underRemit Money, a web based product by extending to 18 Exchange Companies/Banks and 4 branches abroad viz., London, Leicester, Shanghai and Hong Kong. During the year, the Bank obtained approval from RBI for remittance arrangements with 5 more Exchange Houses in UAE. It also introduced lock Box Service for quick collection of cheques drawn by NRIs on Banks in the USA. One more Remittance Product Remit Worlwidefor NRIs in the USA is on the cards and will be introduced shortly.

OTHER SERVICES

During 2010-11, Merchant Banking Division of the Bank handled Private Placement of Capital Gain Bond Issues in respect of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd., (REC) as Arrangers. Amount mobilized by Merchant Banking Division in respect of Capital Gain Bonds Issue of NHAI and RECwasRs.120crore.TheBanksTierl Bonds Issue (IPDI) a mounting to Rs.500 croreand Upper Tier II series III bonds issue amounting to Rs.1000 crore was also dealt by the Division in preparing/compiling the Disclosure Documents in terms of SEBI guidelines. During the period, it handled 5 specialized assignments ofFairValuation of Equityand 8 Bankers to an Issueassignments as Escrow Bankers/ Collecting Bankers with total float funds, amounting to Rs.3034 crore. The Division facilitated implementation of Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA), a supplementary process of applying for Public/Rights issues with effect from 1st September 2010 as per SEBI guidelines. Ason date, 152 branchesacrossthe country have been designated for ASBA facility.

The Syndication Group handled projects involving cost of Rs.9604 crore during the year, with a total debt size of Rs.5240 crore. The Group has generated substantial fee based income from syndication operations and arranged funds for projects in diverse segments like Steel, Power, Hotel, Road, BusTerminal and Sugar.

The Bank has tie-up arrangements in both life and non-life insurance segments under its bancassurance arm. The Bank earned a commission income of Rs.51 crore from Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Limited. The Bank has tie up with M/s Canara Robeco Mutual Fund for cross selling of mutual fund products businessand earned net brokerageofRs.3.4crore.

The Banks tie-up arrangement with M/s United India nsurance Company Ltd (UIICL) for general insurance business has resulted in a commission income of around Rs.11 crore duringtheyear. The Bank has Corporate Agency Agreement with M/s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of Indiaformarketingexport policiesthrough its branchesacross India.

Corporate Cash Management Services (CCMS) network of the Bank, covering 94 Operating Centres and 595 Pooling Branches, provides services related to local and upcountry cheque collection, bulk cheques collection and zero balance account facility. The aggregate turnover under CCMS a mounted to Rs.979 crore duringtheyear.

Under Card Business, the Bank took several initiatives to expand credit and debit-cum-ATM card base. The total debit card base of the Bank increased to 59.69 lakhs as at March 2011. Profit under card business during the year wasatRs.21.4crore.

The Bank offers its depository services from 54 DP Service Centres spread across 36 centres in the country. The Bank is extending Online Trading Facility to DP clients through its own broking subsidiary M/s. Canara Bank Securities Limited,Mumbai.

Executor, Trustee and Taxation Services outfit of the Bank provides services like Debenture/Security Trusteeship, Will and Executorship, Trusteeship, Personal Tax Assistance and Power of Attorney Services. It secured 7 new debenture/security trusteeship issues, amounting to Rs.3286 crore and generated fee-based income of XI.3 crore duringtheyear.

Under Government Business, comprising Direct and ndirect Tax collections, payment of pensions to various departments, handling Ministry Accounts, Posta Transactions and Treasury, collection of Senior Citizens Deposit, Public Provident Fund Scheme and issue of relief/ savings bonds of RBI and Government of India, the Bank earned income to the extent of Rs.55 crore duringtheyear.

The Bank has been authorized as the accredited banker for Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), handling Department of School Education and Literacy, Department of Higher education, Department of Arts - Archeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Bank has developed a Web-Porta I for Ministry of HRD fore-tracking of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme. The Bank has implemented the web porta I in a II the States except Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh, wherein the facilities will be implemented shortly.The Bank has implemented the e-payment of sales tax/ commercial tax in the states of Maharashtra, Tami Nadu and Karnataka.

The Bank is authorized as the accredited Bankers for Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), New Delhi. The UIDAI was established in February 2010, as an agency of Government of India responsible for implementingthe Multipurpose National Identity Card or Unique Identification Card (UID Card) project in India.The project is implemented in 8 centres at present and the Banks branches at these centres have been designated as the deal branches for hand ling the UIDAI accounts.

The Bank introduced e-stamping project in 5 branches in Bangalore and at other 26 branches situated in the District Head Quarters in the State of Karnataka, the project is under implementation.

Agricultural Consultancy Services (ACS) outfit of the Bank handled 138 assignments during the year under review with the total outlay of the assignments at over Rs.1363 crore. Apart from the regular assignments, the outfit handled special projects. These projects include cultivation and export of culinary herbs, cultivation of medicinal plants and manufacturing herbal products, rice mill project, organic farming of fruits and vegetables, tissue culture of banana, dairy farming and development through embryo transfer technology, silvi culture - sandalwood cultivation, food processing, cheese manufacturingand prawn processing and exports.

Special studies and trainings were also conducted during theyear,which includes, studyon identification of clusters in agriculture and allied activities for finance, report on scope of Tamil Nadu mega food park at Dharmapuri and Agriculture Extension Officers training on project appraisal of hi-tech agriculture.

All Time High Cash Recovery at Rs 2032 crore

Asset Quality

In tune with the industry and economic conditions, the gross NPA level of the Bank rose to Rs.3089 crore duringthe year. Notwithstanding the above, the Bank could contain its gross NPA ratio at 1.45% compared to 1.52% in the previousyear. The Banks gross NPA ratio continues to be one of the lowest among the peers. With a net NPA level of Rs.2347 crore, net NPA ratio stood at 1.11% as at March 2011. The Provision Coverage Ratio stood at 72.99% as at March 2011 which is well above the RBI stipulated 70%.

Cash recovery during the year aggregated to an all time high ofRs.2032 crore, well exceeding the preceding years cash recoveryofRs.1575 crore.

The performance under settlements and recovery was quite noteworthy. During the year, recovery amounting to Rs.830 crore was made under 5ARFAE5I Act. The Bank conducted 9969 recovery meets during the year which resulted in a recovery of Rs.3 51 crore. Besides,the Banktook several initiatives to contain slippages and speed up recovery from overdue loan accounts. These include identification of stressed accounts for restructuring/ rephasing in time, frequent conduct of Canadalats at branch level and mega adalats at Circle level for onetime settlements, regular follow-up of overdues in loan accountsthroughcallcentreande-auctions.

Risk Management

Basel II norms: Status and Future Strategies

Risk Management Initiatives

The Bank has put in place a unified risk management architecture to attain global best practices for effective implementation of risk management initiatives in consistence with the Basel II framework and RB guidelines. The Board of Directors drives the Risk Management initiatives in the Bank. The Risk Management Committee of the Board is constituted and operational. Top Executive Committees for Credit Risk, Operational Risk and Market Risk Management oversee and monitor the respective risk management processes and procedures. Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) meets periodica I lyfor effective and pro-activeALMintheBank.

Risk Management Wing at the Head Office is functioning asa nodal centre for overall implementation ofvarious risk management initiatives across the Bank. Integrated Mid Office of both domestic and forex treasury a re functioning under the Risk Management Wing for effective and independent supervision and monitoring of Market Risk in investment and forex functions. Risk Management Sections a re in place in a II the 34 Zona I/Circle Offices of the Bankasan extended arm ofthe Risk Management Wingat the Corporate Office.

The Bank has in place various risk management policies, which include policy for management of Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Asset Liability, Liquidity Risk, Country Risk, Counterparty Bank Risk, Corporate Governance, Disclosures, Collateral Management, Stress Testing, Compliance Functions, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Lines, Outsourcing, Group Risk, Legal Risk etc. The Bank also framed risk management policies for its overseas branches, taking into account the requirements of the respective regulators.These policies are reviewed and fine tuned annually.

Migration to BaseI 11 Norms

The Banktransitedto Basel II Normsason 31.03.2008.The Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) is computed as per Pillar 1 requirement of Basel II Norms, adhering to the New Capital Adequacy Framework (NCAF) guidelines stipulated bytheRBI.

The Bank hasframed its Policy on ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process) in consistent with the RBI guidelines under Pillar 2 of Basel II Norms. A Capital Planning Committee is in place at the Corporate Office which meets periodicallytoassesscapital requirement of the Bank, ensure maintenance of appropriate level of CRAR and evaluate various options for raising Capita I.

The Bank adheres to the Disclosure norms as per the RBI guidelines under Pillar 3 of Basel II Norms. A Board approved Disclosure Policy is in place. A Disclosure Committee, comprising of Top Executives has been constituted to ensure adherencetothe policy guidelines. The Bank also initiated steps in preparation to migrate to the advanced credit risk and operational risk approaches undertheBasel llframework.

Credit Risk Management

The Bank has adopted Standardized Approach1 to estimate Credit Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) for computing CRAR from the year 2007-08 onwards as required underthe NCAF.

The Bank has various risk management systems for managing credit risk. The various initiatives taken by the Bankareasunder:

A comprehensive Credit Risk Management Policy in tunewiththe regulatoryguidelinesand best practices in the industry

The Bank has in place specific rating definitions, processes and criteria for assigning exposures to grades within a rating system, which results in a meaningful differentiation of risk.

Four credit risk rating models are in place, developed internally, for rating borrowal accounts based on the exposure limits. Rating of eligible account has been made mandatory as a pre-sanction exercise. Migration analysis of rated accounts is done periodically.

The Bank is using/ mapping the ratings assigned by recognized external credit rating agencies to the exposures of the concerned borrowers to optimize capital undera standardized approach.

Pricing based on credit risk rating has been introduced.

Entry barriers a re fixed based on risk rating.

Credit sanctioning powers are delegated to various authorities based on internal risk rating of the borrowers.

To avert concentration of risk, fixation of various exposure ceiling/ prudential norms, such as, single and group borrowers, substantial exposures, term loans, unsecured advances, exposures to various industries, NBFCs, real estate sector and capita market a re in vogue.

For strengthening loan review and monitoring mechanism, Credit Monitoring and Credit Administration Wings wereformed.

An exclusive credit monitoring policy has been put in place. The loan review mechanism articulated in the credit monitoring policy covers the entire gamut of review and monitoring to be an effective tool for evaluatingthe loan book continuously and intendsto bring out qualitative improvements in credit administration including credit audit.

Credit Audit system by external / internal auditors of all borrowal accounts of Rs. 1 croreand above has been put in place.

Operational Risk Management

The Bank computed capital charge for operational risk by adoptingBasic Indicator Approach1 asstipulatedbythe RBI.

A proper organizational structure is in place to oversee and guide the operational risk initiatives of the Bank. To move towards advanced approaches for operational risk, thefollowing initiatives have beentaken-

Formulation of Operational Risk Management Policy which covers the objectives, identification, assessment, monitoring and control of operational risk loss incidents.

Training imparted to staff to create awareness on operational risk management system.

The Bank has compiled a comprehensive Best Practices Codes (Manual of Instructions) and Desk Cards on all the activities carried out at branches for theirguidance.

Market Risk Management

The Bank has been computing capital charge for market risk on Available For Sale (AF5) and Held For Trading portfolio under investments, by adopting Standardized Measurement Method.

Integrated Mid Office at RiskManagement Wing monitors market risk exposure. Exposure limits, such as, Stop Loss limits on trading books, Dealer-wise limits, limits on Money Market Operations, M-duration limits for AFS category, VaR limits, Aggregate Gap limit, Intra day and overnight limit for various currency positions are fixed to act as risk mitigants and are monitored. Reporting system has been strengthened for effective market risk management.

Towards implementation of Internal Models Based Approach for calculation of capital charge for market risk, the Bank has put in place a VaR based model for estimating General Market Risk. The process of back testing of the results given by the model has been completed. Stress testing exercise as per the guidelines isenvisaged.

Asset Liability Management

An effective Asset Liability Management (ALM) system, addressing issues related to liquidity and interest rate risks is in place. The Board of Directors of the Bank has constituted an Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) to oversee ALM functions, includingfixation of interest rates for various components of assets and liabilities, its composition, maturity and duration. A comprehensive software solution has been installed for quantifying risks and to analyze Maturity Gap, Duration and Sensitivity of Assetsand Liabilitiesto interest rate variations.

The liquidity position of the Bank is tracked on a daily basis by means of residual maturity of assets and liabilities. Periodical studies are undertaken to analyze the behaviora patterns of various components of assets and liabilities to estimate the liquidity on a dynamic basis. The Banks iquidity policy sets the tolerance limit for its structure iquidity positions. The liquidity positions of overseas branches are managed in line with home and host country regulatory guidelines. Such positions are reviewed by the Banks ALCO along with domestic positions.

Toevaluatethe impact of changes in interest rate on Banks earnings, an analysis of Earnings at Risk (EAR) and its impact on Net Interest Income (Nil) are done on an ongoing basis. The change in the composition and residual maturity of assets and liabilities is evaluated by the Traditional Gap Method as also by the Duration Gap Method. Stress testing exercises by simulating scenarios of liquidity and interest rates are undertaken to estimate the stress cost as also the Economic Value of Equity (EVE).

The ALCO meets regularly to discuss various issues pertaining to the liquidity position by considering the residual maturity profile of various assets and liabilities, ta kes stock of the dynamic interest rate scenario, discusses at length the changes evolving in economic and financia parameters, which have a director indirect bearing on the banking industry and focuses on the impact of all these factors on the business profile of the Bank.

Risk Management Committee of the Board:

The Board level Risk Management Committee is already in place in the Bank, which meets regularly to provide guidance and direction in implementing the risk management initiatives of the Bank.

In conformity with the RBI guidelines, the Bank has implemented the New Base Rate system of interest application on loans and advances with effect from lstJuly2010.

NATIONAL PRIORITIES

Priority Sector Advances

As one of the leaders in the domestic banking arena, the Bank continues to accord importance to varied goals under national priorities, including agriculture, smal enterprises, education, micro-credit, weaker sections, SC/STsand minorities.

During the last 3 years, the Bank has achieved stipulated mandatory targets under Total Priority, Total Agriculture, Agriculture (Direct) and Weaker Sections.

Priority Sector Advances of the Bank as at March 2011 increased byRs.11447 croreto reach Rs.70757 crore, recording ay-o-y growth of 19.3%, covering over 40 lakhs borrowers. Priority sector advances formed 44.08% of the Banks Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC), well above the 40% stipulated norm.

[Amt. in Rs. Crore]

Priority Sector Advances As at Growth March

2010 2011 Amount %

Total Priority Sector 59310 70757 11447 19.3

Agriculture 25052 29656 4604 18.4

Micro & Small 24180 29558 5378 22.2 Enterprises

With a focus on credit delivery to agriculture, the Banks advances under agriculture rose by Rs.4604 crore to reach Rs.29656 crore, covering over 31 lakh farmers. Agriculture credit as a proportion of ANBC crossed the mandatory targeted level of 18% to reach 18.48%. Advances to agriculture (direct) reached a level ofRs.22669 crore, with an 18.9% growth and accounting for 14.12% of ANBC as againstthe mandatory 13.5% norm.

Under Kisan Credit Card Scheme, the Bank issued 3.68 lakh cards duringtheyear, with credit coverage of Rs.3082 crore. As at March 2011, the cumulative number of Kisan Credit Cards reached over 33 lakhs, involving credit coverage of Rs.17589 crore.

Over the years, the Bank has supported lakhs of promising students to pursue higher education in India and abroad.

The Bank has further increased its education loan portfolio and sustained its premier position among nationalized banks in ndia for FY11. The Banks advances under Education Loan Scheme recorded a growth of 21%to reach Rs.3503 crore.

The Bank hasfinanced morethan 1.92 lakhs students as at March 2011. The Bank is designated as the nodal bankfor administering subsidy under the Central Sector Scheme for Interest Subsidy on educational loans. The Bank also extended financia assistance to other priority sectors, such as, retail traders, housingand microcredit.

During the year, the Bank actively participated in various Government Sponsored Schemes, such as, PMRY, SGSY, SJSRY, SLRS and DRI. As at March 2011, the outstanding advances under these schemes aggregated to Rs.610 crore, involvingover 1.46 lakhs beneficiaries.

Performance under various Government sponsored schemes

Name of the Scheme No. of Accounts Amt. in Rs. Crore

PMRY 49167 252.63

SGSY 48189 234.39

SJSRY 16005 69.40

SLRS 691 1.38

DRI 32057 51.91

Total 146109 609.71

- In support of the underprivileged sections of the society, the Banks advances to 5C/5T beneficiaries reached Rs.5087 crore as at March 2011, with a y-o-y growth of 30%. The ad va nces to 5C/5T com prised 7.19% of total priority sector advances.

- Advances to weaker sections aggregated to Rs.17823 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 21.8%. Advances to weaker sections formed 11.10% of ANBC against the norm of 10%.

- As at March 2011, advances to specified minority communities aggregated to Rs.11718 crore and accounted for 16.56% of the total priority sector advancesasagainstthenormof 15%.

Advances to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) reached Rs.37684 crore, with a y-o-y growth of 21.3% vis-a-vis mandatoryy-o-ygrowth of 20%.

The Bank has covered 49,260 accounts with an exposure of Rs.1471 crore as at March 2011 under the Credit Guarantee Scheme of Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

Considering the importance of cluster based approach of lending to MSME sector, the Bank has focused on adoption of select industrial clusters across the country and expanded lending underclusterbased approach.

During the year, the Bank has increased the number of independent centralized loan processing centres for MSMEs, viz., "SME SULABH"to 25 centers. It is proposed to increase the number of such centres to 34 during 2011-12. The Bank has embarked upon reaching out to large section of MSMEs at major centres in the country through thismodel.

The Bank received an amount of Rs.16.9 crore from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, during the year as a Nodal Agency for Technology Upgradation of SSI units under Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) and amount utilized duringtheyearstoodatRs.13.3 crore.

Financial Inclusion

Canara Nayee Disha- A Complete Solution for Financial Inclusion

Not just mobilizing no-frill accounts from the financially excluded, the Bank is providing total solution for the Financial Inclusion byextendingcreditfacilityunderGeneral Credit Cards, Credit linking Self-Help Groups (SHGs), making provision of small insurance facilities, enhancing outreach through Business Correspondents and using of technology- Smart Cardsand Bio-Metric ATMs.

The Bank achieved total Financial Inclusion in all the 26 Lead Districts spread over five States, namely, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. During 2010-11, the Bank mobilized 6.05 lakhs no-frill accounts (CanSaral) and reached a cumulative level of 27.84 lakhs since inception. The Bank has opened 913 new accounts per Rural and Semi urban branches as againsttheGovernment of India target of 250 per annum. The total savings in the no-frill accounts reached a level of Rs. 520 crore.

Duringtheyear,the Bankhasformed 31121 SHGs,taking the cumulative number of SHGs formed to 3.51 lakhs as at March 2011. With 45977 SHGs credit linked during the year, the cumulative tally under credit linking reached 3.21 lakhssince inception.Thetotal exposureofthe Bank under SHG finance rose to Rs.1064 crore, spreading over 90172 SHGs accounts.

The Bank undertook several technology initiatives to further financial inclusion process like multi-lingual bio- metric ATMs, voice-enabled mobile bio-metric ATM and Smart Cards. The Bank has installed Bio Metric Voice Enabled ATMs/ Biometric Mobile ATMs in 23 Rural/Semi urban locations and has issued around 84000 Smart Cards as at March 2011. The Bank also issued 3.02 lakhs General Credit Cards (GCC) since inception and thetotal exposure under GCCs as at March 2011 increased to Rs. 359 crore, spread over 1.75 GCC accounts. The Bank on its founders day on 19th November 2010, distributed 1 lakh GCCs, 50,000 Smart Cards and opened 9 Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centres (FLCCs) across India.

The Banks FLCCs called Amulya are in operational in 10 districts, viz., Kolar, Chitradurga and Chikkaballapur in Karnataka, Madurai, Erode and Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, Malappuram, Waynad and Trissur in Kerala and Sheithpura in Bihar. The Bank has registered a new Trust, viz., Canara Financial Advisory Trust to manage the Financial Literacyand CreditCounselingCentres.

To create awareness about banking facilities and the Banks products among the rural households, the Bank has deployed Gramin Vikas Vahini1 (vehicles) in 35 districts across the country.To disseminate information to the rura people about the banking products and advanced tech nology the Ban kformed 127 Fa rimersclubsduringthe yea r,takingthetota I to 1360 across the country.

For catering to the needs of the urban poor and urban financial inclusion, the Bank opened 19 Exclusive Microfinance branches in urban centres viz., Madurai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Chennai, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Patna, Pune, Shimoga, Trivandrum andVisakapatnam.

The Bank is allotted 1573 villages with population more than 2000, across the country for provision of banking facilities. The Bank has a I ready covered 626 villages as at March 2011 and will cover all the 1573 allotted villages with population of morethan 2000,through ICTmodel or through Brickand Mortar branch by 31.03.2012.

The Bank is the registrar for Unique Identification Authority of India and it has taken up enrollment for issue of UID numbers by engaging an enrollment agency, namely, M/s. Smart Chip Ltd. The Bank has started the enrollment and set up a work station at Parliament Street branch, New Delhi, on 29.03.2011.

Lead Bank Scheme

Canara Bank has lead bank responsibilities in 26 districts in the country, viz., eight in Karnataka, seven in Tami Nadu,five in Kerala,five in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar. The Bank works as the Convenor of the State Level BankersCom mittee(SLBC) in the State of Kerala.

Entrepreneurship Development among Women

Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women (CEDW) at Head Office, Bangalore and Centres at 34 Zonal/Circle Offices are working towards economic empowerment of women.These Centres have conducted several training programmes during the year, including general Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP), Entrepreneurship Awareness programmes, Seminars, Career Guidance programmes, Skills and provided marketing support to women entrepreneurs by organizing Canutsav /Canbazar. CEDW cells have also assisted in formation of SHGs and credit linkages. Two exclusive Mahila Banking Branches at Bangalore and Chen nai a re also operating specifically to cater to women clientele. 19 micro finance branches also cater to the financial needsofwomen SHGs.

- As at March 2011, the Bank has extended credit to women to the tune of Rs.27022 crore, accounting for 16.84% of ANBC against the RBI norm of 5%. The Bank has covered nearly 12.78 lakhs women beneficiaries.

- During the year, fresh disbursement of Rs.9298 crore was madeto women beneficiaries.

- The Bank has financed Rs.18549 crore to women beneficiaries under priority sector.

- The Bank has provided certain special benefits to women entrepreneurs in MS ME sector for loans upto Rs.5 lakh to encourage more and more women to undertake entrepreneurial activities.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Following the century old tradition and founding principles, the Bank is engaged in varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR initiatives of the Bank are multifarious, covering activities like training unemployed rural youth, providing primary health care, drinking water, community development, em powerment of women and other initiatives.

Rural Development

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT), has established exclusive training institutes to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them taking up self-employment activities. During the year, 3 new training institutes were opened at Kanshiram Nagar and Hathras in Uttar Pradesh and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu taking the number of such training institutes to 29. For the yea r 2010-11, CBCRD training institutes have trained 26753 candidates, taking the tally to 125049 unemployed youth since inception. The candidates trained comprised 68% women and 31% SC/ST, with an impressive settlement rate of 67%.

The Bank has co-sponsored 24 Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institutes (RUDSETIs) engaged in training of rural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. During 2010-11, the RUDSET institutes have trained 21459 candidates. The 24 RUDSETIs have, so far trained 2,59,036 unemployed youth, with a settlement rate of 71%.

Canara Banks Rural Clinic Service Scheme provides basic health care services in remote areas lacking basic medical infrastructure facilities. Under the Scheme, the Bank encourages doctors to set up clinics in identified rural areas. As at March 2011, the total number of such clinics rose to 544. The Bank under Jalayoga, a scheme to provide safe drinking water, implemented 35 projects in its lead districts.

AN EXAMPLE FOR NURTURING AND

FINE-TUNING THE SKILLS OF RURAL

ARTISANS IN INDIA.

A lot of talented Rural Artisans have found their ways to fine-tune and master their skills with the aid of training imparted by the Banks sponsored/co- sponsored Rural Training Institutes. One such success story is that of Shri. Sadashiv Shenoy an artist par excellence who has seen to it that the long tradition of his family, who are renowned artists, is well nurtured. Though a born artist, he did not have a single specific area but concentrated on wide ambit of art in multifarious fields. He spent almost two years at the CE Kamath Institute for Artisans at Karkala as a trainee to further excel his skills a nd attain mastery overarts.

Completing an eventful training of two years at the C E Kamath Institute for Artisans at Karkala , he went back to his own family work shed and started executingthe masterpieces. Wood Carving, Sculpture were his area of strength and he employed 4 Master Craftsmen and 25 Artisans at his work shed. The products created by him and his team has wide appreciation and demand in India and abroad. His pieces are decorated in many temples across the Country and the Ganapathy statue is very popular in Mangaloreand USA.

Being an artist with excellent creativity and fineness, there is no dearth of money and recognition. This should be enough motivation to sustain the famed art of the nation, he says. Just focus on the job, everything willfollowyou is his conviction and message.

Son of late Shri. Su rend ra Shenoy, an artist of eminence and recipient of numerous awards, Shri Sadashiv Shenoy hailingfrom Bantwal Taluk has dedicated his life towards art and improving the skill.

The Bank donated a hi-tech, custom built, solar powered Mobile Sales Van1 to assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisansto markettheirproducts.

The Banks Social Action Cell organized Blood Donation camps, Health camps, assisting people affected by natural calamities, assisting challenged section of the society, including encouraging students by conducting various programmes and activities.

Visits by Parliamentary Committees

During 2010-11, Parliamentary Committees on Industry, Parliamentary Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice, Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurance, Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation and Committee of Parliament on Official LanguagevisitedtheBank.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Expanding Pan India Presence

During the year, the Bank undertook a major branch expansion drive across the country. The Bank, on its Founders Day on 19th November 2010, opened 100 new branches and 100 new ATMs across the country, inaugurated by the Honble Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The Bank added 210 domestic branches in FYll,takingthetotal tally underthe branch networkto 3257 branches, including4overseas branches one each at London, Leicester, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Composition of domestic branch network

No. of Branches Category 31.03.2010 31.03.2011

Metropolitan 727 758

Urban 744 762

Semi-urban 793 922

Rural 779 811

Total Branches 3043 3253

The Bank has 139 specialized branches catering to the specific clientele segment.

Categories of Specialized Branches 31.03.2011

1. SMEs 49

2. Overseas 16

3. Agri-Finance 10

4. Micro Finance Branches 19

5. Savings 6

6. NRIs 7

7. Asset Recovery Management 7

8. Prime Corporate 10

9. Industrial Finance 4

10. Stock Exchange 3

11. Capital Market 3

12. Mahila Banking 2

13. Consumer Finance 1

14. Housing Finance 1

15. Branch for Physically Challenged 1

TOTAL 139

Info Tech Progress

The Bank took several initiatives in the InfoTech front during the year. The Bank covered all its branches/offices under Core Banking Solution (CBS). With 100% CBS, the Bank now offers technology banking services, such as, nternet Banking, Funds Transfer through NEFTand RTGS, SMS Alerts, IVRS based enquiryacrossall its branches. The Ba nk also offers on I inetradingfacility to its clients through its own subsid ia ry M/s Ca na ra Ba n k Secu rities Ltd.

As at March 2011, the Bank had 2216 ATMs spread across 846 centres. These ATMs have also been enabled to offer value added services like Travel ticket booking, Mobile top up and Utility Bill payments.

In view of the increased attacks of phishing and pharming, the Bank has put in place a 24X7 centralized monitoring system of anti phishing and anti malware. To make the nternet Bankingfacility more secure a slew of measures like implementation of OTP (One Time Password) module, two ive validation of account numberforNEFT/RTGS transaction through Net Bankingand mutual authentication of Internet Server customer PC (CAN SECURE) were introduced. With increased confidence, the number of customers enrolled for nternet Banking has moved upto 3.86 lakhs.

The Bank upgraded its Data Centre infrastructure to comply with ISO 27001 standards and did the upward migration of database to Oracle 11G version. The Bank has a well designed and secured corporate network covering all the branches and offices. Local Processing Centres (LPCs) have been extended to 31 Centres.The Bank has also established one Central Pension Processing Cell and 3 NRI Hubsduringtheyear.

A customer terminal has been provided in the branches for easy and ready reference to own accounts of customers. Bank has also implemented Electronic Data nterchange Module for payment of customs duty and fulfillingthe related formalities in electronic mode.

To connect with the youth of the country and obtain first hand unrestricted feedback, the Bank has a presence at Twitter (http://twitter.com/canarabanktweet).

Manpower Profile

As at March 31, 2011, the Bank had 43397 employees on its rolls.

March March 2010 2011

Total No. of Employees 43380 43397

Officers 17338 17649

Clerks 16285 16178

Sub-Staff 9757 9570 * includes part-time employees (PTEs)

The Banks employees comprised 40.7% officers, 37.3% Clerks and 22.0% Sub-Staff. Women employees comprising 10281 constituted over 23.5% of the Banks total staff. The Bank recruited 1089 women employees and promoted 303 women employees under various cadres duringtheyear.

During the year, the Bank recruited 2335 persons in various cadres, out of which 412 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 179 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories. The total number of ex-servicemen staff as at the end of March 2011 stood at 1652, out of which 169 were recruited in various cadres during the year. There were 870 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

Reservation Policy in respect of SCs and STs

As at March 2011, the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes together constituted 26% of total staff strength ofthe Bank.Thecomposition of SC/STemployees in the Bank as at March 2011 was as under:

Scheduled Scheduled Cadre Castes Tribes

Officers 3245 1172

Clerks 2814 894

Sub-staff + PTEs 2721 448

Total 8780 2514

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as perthe Govt, of India guidelines.

- Reservation Policy is implemented through the mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives ofthe Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Bank has since switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

- The Bank has been extending Reservation/ Relaxations/Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotionsto candidates belongingto Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Govt, guidelines.

- Pre-recruitment and Pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In the Advertisement inviting for the application from the eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical and Office read res, a specific reference is made with regard to imparting of pre-recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC/ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-service men. Candidates who opt for pre-recruitment training are given training to prepare themselvesforwrittentestas well as interview.

- Study materials, note book, stationery are provided free of cost to all the participants. Wherever possible, respective State Governments are also providing the lodgingfacilities in government/backward class hostels.

- The Ba n k has setu p SC/ST Cel I at the Head Office a nd a Iso at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and implementation of otheraspects of Reservation Policy

- Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy.

- Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC/ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer/Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted and appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register.

- In addition to the a bove, the representatives of majority Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Employees Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters a re maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed by the Liaison Officer.

- The Board of Directors of the Bank also reviewed the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Policyona halfyearlyandyearlybasis.

Training /Human Resource Development (HRD)

The HR policies of the Bank have been reinvented and refocused time and again to suit to the changing banking scenario. HR interventions like SPANDAN for bringing attitudinal change among front line staff, PRATIBHA for grooming in-house talents in varied specialized areas and executive groomingthrough reputed institutes and other significant HR tools like Quality Circles, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and fostering collective excellence.

The Banks quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce will continuethrough focused and need based trainingsat various institutes of repute like IIMs, ISB,XLRI and NIBM. Customised programmes are also being organised to develop expertise in certain niche areas like Risk Management, Treasury Operations and IT.

Specialised trainings to the Senior Management Level / Top Management Level executives are conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the repertoire of knowledge of its officials through this training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.

The Bank has trained 26875 employees during the year, covering a wide range of functional areas Out of the trained staff, 6937 personnel belonged to the Scheduled Caste category and 2022 under the Scheduled Tribe category.

Establishing a proper Talent Management and Reward System will be the Banks focus in the com ingyears. There will be concerted efforts to identify potential leaders and groom them to take up higher responsibilities.

Changes intheOrganizational Setup

The Bank brought out further changes in its organizational/ operational set-up to facilitate smooth functioning and driving results.

After completely moving into a 3 tier structure comprising of Head Office, Circle Offices and Branches, during FY11, the Bank has carved out 3 functional Wings, viz., MSME Wing, Credit Administration Wing and Transaction Banking Wing to expand lending to MSMEs, to have focused credit administration and expand alternative delivery channels respectively.

Customer Orientation

The Bank hastaken initiatives to remain customerfocused through providing fast service, bringing in diversified products/services, responding to customers queries and redressal of customers complaints. The Bank made arrangements for providing copies of the Code of Banks Commitment to Customersto customers at branches. An informative booklet containing all the relevant information on Frequently Asked Questions by Customers was made available at all branches towards better Customer Service. The Policy guidelines relating to Collection of Cheques/Instruments, Grievance Redressa Mechanism and Compensation Policy were placed on the Banks website for use of the customers. In order to assess the quality of customer service rendered by our branches and to get feedback a Contact Questionnaire is made available in the Banks website. A survey to measure customer satisfaction was conducted by M/s Campaign ndia Research and Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd. As a part of Customer Relationship Management initiatives, a Call Centre is functioning. The call centre caters to the customers in 6 languages viz., English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil,Telugu and Malayalam. The number of calls received by the Call Centre during the year was more than 6.50 lakhs. The Bank redressed all the customer complaints within the stipulated period, with 95% customer complaint redressed.

Systems and Procedures

Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) was conducted in 2057 branches/ units programmed for on-site RBIA during the year. Information Security Audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent / Continuous Audit was conducted in 752 identified branches/ units covering 60% of deposits and 78% of advances of the Bank as per RBI guidelines. ncome/revenue audit was conducted on quarterly basis in 481 identified branches as per Jilani Committee Recommendations. Apart from the above, 341 branches were subjected to Special Income Audit. On-site RBIA of Circles/Wings was introduced with effect from 01.04.2010 as perthe directions of the RBI.

Know Your Customers (KYC)

The Bank took several measures for the effective implementation of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money La undering(AML) guidelines and for ensuring KYC compliancebyall branches.

To ensure better compliance of guidelines on KYC / AML followingsteps have been initiated.

- All Zones/Circles have nominated an Executive as Nodal Compliance Officer for monitoring and ensuring compliance of guidelines on Know Your Customer (KYC)/Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Com bating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

- Branches were advised to strictly adhere to the guidelines on KYC/AML/CFT to prevent abuse of banking system by money launderers using money mules.

- NREGA job card/Aad ha r document has to be accepted as identification document for opening of accounts. Accounts opened exclusively with these documents will have restrictions applicable tosmall accounts.

- Printing and dispatch of Thanks giving letters to new account holders and introducers are done centrally at Zonal/CircleOffice.Thissystem has been implemented at all Zones/Circles.

Vigilance Setup

The Vigilance Wing of the Bank is headed by the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the rank of General Manager, assisted by 34 Vigilance Officers from all Zonal/Circles, RRBs and the Subsidiaries. The functions of the vigilance machinery of the Bank is broadly divided into 3 types viz., Preventive, Predictive and Punitive. Vigilance Wing of the Bank constantly reviews existing systems and procedures in various areas and wherever required recommends changes to strengthen prevention of frauds and eradication of corruption. To educate the employees of the Bank, the Wing brings out various Fraud awareness Circulars and other periodical publications. During the year, the Wing has brought out a Compendium on Vigilance and Disciplinary matters - a comprehensive reference book on all Vigilance aspects.

The Wing has organized Training Programmes and Conferences for the benefit of all CVOs of all Banks. In addition, the Wing has undertaken the task of imparting training to the Police Department Personnel on issues relating to frauds in Banks, particularly on Cyber Crime matters having severe impact on the technologica advancements inthe Industry.

As per the directions of Central Vigilance Commission, Vigilance Awareness period was observed from 25th October 2010 to 1st November 2010. This year the main focus was on the Generation of Awareness and Publicity against Corruption. While all the Circles of the Bank observed the Awareness Period with alacrity, the culmination of the event was marked by the Guest Lecture rendered by the eminent Lokayukta of Karnataka State, HonbleJustice N Santosh Hegde.

The Wing hasalso introduced a New Linkonthe intranet, enabling even the remote branches to have an instant updation of all Vigilance Communications, especially on fraud prevention in CBS environment.

The vibrancy and dynamism of the Vigilance Wing has enabled the Bank to take timely steps to improve the turnover time to less than six months, for closure of vigilance cases, from the date of issue of charge sheet. All complaints received are disposed off in less than two months. The Whistle Blowing mechanism has been encouraged, as a result of which, many fraudsters have been broughtto book.

The Vigilance Management function has gone hand-in- hand with the business developmentf unction of the Bank.

Security Arrangements

The security environment in the Bank remained, by and arge, normal during 2010-11. There were 68 incidents of crime during the year involving a loss of Rs.30 lakh. There was one major fire incident during the year and loss approximated toRs. 15.30 lakh. The security arrangements have been reinforced by installation of CCTV in all Currency Chests and identified branches. Modern fire safety devices have been introduced at select offices. Fire safety drills have been introduced and conducted at regular intervals in orderto minimize damage to property and prevent injuryand lossof life.

Ambience Improvement

All the new branches opened in prime localities and branches shifted to new premises during the year were provided with suitable interior to meet the present day requirements of the customers. New branches were opened in Ground Floor as far as possible. Besides, the Bank is providing better interiors to augment the requirements of computer environment and also proposes to enhance the ambience at all branches. Ambience improvement has been taken as a core agenda forFY12.

Rightto Information

Underthe Rightto Information Act, 2005,the Bank set up an exclusive Right to Information Act outfit to provide information and bring transparency. As per the requirement of the RTI Act, Canara Bank nominated Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities in all its 34 Zonal/Circle Offices to provide information to the applicants. During the Financial Year 2010-11, Bank received 3541 RTI applications, 531 First Appeals and 155 Second Appeals as per the provisions of RTI Act, 2005.

Implementation of Official Language

The Bank made noteworthy progress under the implementation of official language and won many prizes at various levels during the year under review. The Bank was awarded second prize in Region "C" under Reserve Bank of India Shield Scheme. Town Official Language implementation Committee (TOLIC), Trivandrum and Coimbatore, where the Bank is the Convenor, were awarded first prize and third prize respectively by the Regional Implementation Office, Department of Official Language, Government of India. Apart from this, many Zones/Circles and branches have received awards from Official Language Department, Government of India and the respective Town Official Language Implementation Committees.

As at March 2011, around 95% of employees have obtained working knowledge in Hindi and the Bank has notified 2192 Branches under Rule 10(4) of OL Rules 1976. All the employees of the Bank possessing working knowledge of Hindi have been trained in Hindi workshops. The Bank has conducted 120 refresher training programmes for such employees during theyear.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in Official Language, the Bank has furthered the use of Unicode and also made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transactions in 10 Indian languages. Telebanking facility has also been provided in Hindi and English and in other 6 major regional languages. The Banks corporate website is fully bilingual. Steps have been initiated for providing Hindi option in Core Banking System. In three pilot branches one each in A, B & C region, Hindi option was successfully installed. The Banks bilingual address booklet CANPATHA is made available to all branches and offices in electronicform.

To encourage effective implementation of Official language in Bank, 148 prizes were given to branches and offices under the award scheme formulated by the Bank viz., Canara Bank Rajbhasha Akhay Yojana and 103 employees were awarded under Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana.

Atabletop"Karyapalak Noting Sahayika" was brought out to assist Executives to carry out Notings in Hindi and the same was released by ourC&MD on the occasion of Hindi Day Function 2010. Annual Hindi Journal "Canarajyoti" was brought out to encouage original writing in Hindi.

The Parliamentary Committee on Official Language had inspected a few branches and the Banks Zonal/Circle Offices at Delhi and Coimbatore. The Committee lauded the efforts put bythe Bank in thefield of Official Language implementation.

Promotion of Sports

Canara Bank has always been encouraging and supporting sportsand contributed generously to sporting activities at over the country, sponsoring tournaments and providing scholarships to talented sportspersons. The Bank has also shown a keen and abiding interest in recruiting sportspersons and today has on its rolls 41 sports persons in six disciplines viz., Cricket, Hockey, Womens Athletics, Badminton, Ball Badminton and Table Tennis.

International Cricketers Shri B K Venkatesh Prasad, Shri Sunil Joshi, Ms Shantha Rangaswamy, Ms Kalpana and Ms Sudha Shah (Coach of the Indian Womens Cricket Team) are presently in the Banks fold. Ace Shuttler and former National Champion and former coach of the Indian Badminton Team, Shri U Vimal Kumar, Internationa Athletes Smt. M K Asha, Smt. Suma Gopalakrishna and Smt. H M Jyothi and Hockey Internationals Shri Bharat Ch hetri a ndShriPShanmuga ma re also in the Banks rolls.

Canara Bank recorded several distinctions in the sporting arena and the Banks Cricket, Ball Badminton and Table TennisTeamsrankni/meroi/nointheStateof Karnataka.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Subsidiaries, Sponsored Entities and Joint Ventures Canara Bank, with an objective of offering One Stop Banking Mart1 for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a Financial Supermarket with as many as eight subsidiaries/ sponsored entities/joint ventures in diversified areas. The Bank has taken significant steps towards strengthening fundamentals of these entities so as to emerge as a strong Financial Supermarket in India. All the subsidiaries/ sponsored entities/joint ventures of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance during the reportingyear.

Commercial Bankof India LLC (CBIL)

CBIL, a joint venture of Canara Bank and State Bank of ndia, has been operational since April 2004 in Moscow, Russia.TheCompanyearned a profit aftertax of USD 2.85 million as at 31st March 2011.

Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited (CVCFL)

CVCFL, the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund (CVCF), is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. For the year, the Company posted a profit of Rs.4.08 crore as com pa red to Rs.0.71 crore for 2009-10. It lau nched its 5th Fund with the corpus of Rs.500 crore on 15.06.2010. The Company has proposed a 100% dividend for the year2010-ll.

Can Fin Homes Limited (CFHL)

CFHL, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank, is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. As at 31.03.2011, the Banks stake in CFHL was 42.35%. The Company disbursed loans amounting to Rs.473 crore during the year, taking cumulative disbursement to Rs.2199 crore. CFHL posted a net profit of Rs.42.02 crore for FY11. The Company proposed a 25% dividend for the year 2010-11.

Canbank Factors Limited (CFL)

Canbank Factors Limited, which is a factoring subsidiary of the Bank, is a member of Factors Chain Internat

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Mar 31, 2010

The Board of Directors have pleasure in presenting the 41st Annual ReporttogetherwiththeBalanceSheetason 31st March, 2010 and Profit and Loss Account for the financial year ended March 31,2010.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Setting Examples in Corporate Social Responsibility Activities

Following the century old tradition and founding principles, the Bank has set fine examples in fulfilling varied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. The Bank has been taking numerous initiatives over the years to promote rural development and has set up many self-employment training institutes to counter poverty and unemployment among rural youth. To provide basic amenities in rural areas, the Bank is encouraging setting up of rural clinics, drinking water facilities and engaging rural volunteers for betterment of communities.

Rural Development

The Bank, through its Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust, has established exclusive training institutes to promote entrepreneurship development among rural youth and encourage them taking up self-employment activities. During the year, 9 new training institutes were opened at Aligarh and Etah districts in Uttar Pradesh, Sheikhpura district in Bihar, Calicut and Palakkad districts in Kerala, Nilgiris, Erode, Theni and Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, thus enhancing the

number of such training institutes to 26. These institutes have so far trained 94935 unemployed youth, comprising 60% women with an impressive settlement rate of 70%. The Trust is also supporting the activities of Society for Educational and Economic Development (SEED), a voluntary organization based in Sriperambudur, Tamil Nadu, working for the welfare of the socially marginalized children.

The Bank has co-sponsored 23 Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institutes (RUDSETIs) engaged in the training of rural youth for taking up self-employment programmes. 23 RUDSETIs have trained more than 2,38,000 unemployed youth, with a settlement rateof 70%.

The Bank is also co-sponsoring Deshpande-RUDSET! at Haliyal in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Bankers Institute of Rural Development (APBIRED) at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. These two institutes are also engaged in promoting entrepreneurship development among rural unemployed youth.

The new campus for Canara Bank Institute for Artisans, Karaikudi was inaugurated by Honble Union Home Minister, ShriP Chidambaram, during theyear.

An Example for many unemployed youth in Rural India

Thousands of youth have found their ways to decent living with the aid of training imparted by the Bank sponsored/co-sponsored rural training institutes. One such worthy example is the case of Shri M S Nagaraj, born to a poortraditionalcarpenterfamily. Bowed down by the hardships of life, Shri Nagaraj had to leave his formal schooling halfway at the age of 12 to supplement his family income. He did not know what to do in life and was not sure whether his traditional carpentry job could provide a decent living until he joined Canara Bank Institute for Artisans, Mangalore, Karnataka, sponsored by the Bank. His training at the institute has given him the objective to finesse his skills and learn new techniques of sculpting. After successfully completing the training, he has never looked back. Now he is a full-fledged sculptor and is successfully handling large projects. A confident and proud Nagaraj stilt remembers the day of opting for sculpting and sincerely thanks the Institute for all that he has achieved in life. Today he earns an average Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000 per month and is happy to be a supportive son to his parents and brotherto his sisters.

Canara Banks Rural Clinic Service Scheme provides basic health care services in remote areas lacking basic medical infrastructure facilities. Underthe Scheme, the Bank encourages doctors to set up clinics in identified rural areas. As at March 2010, the total number of such clinics rose to 518. The Bank under Jalayoga, a scheme to provide safe drinking water, has so far implemented 35 projects in its lead districts.

The Bank donated a hi-tech, custom built, solar powered Mobile Sales Vanto assist women entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans to market their products.

Visits by Parliamentary Committees

The third Sub-Committee of Parliamentary Committee on Official Languages had inspected our Khajuraho, Chaziabad, Raipur Branches and CO Mysore and lauded the efforts put in by the Bank in the field of Official Language implementation.

ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Branch Network

The year was significant for the Bank in expanding domestic operations across the country. Befitting its 104th year of existence, the Bank on its Founders Day i.e. 19th November, 2009, opened 104 branches acrossthe country, inaugurated by Honble Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The Bank opened 314 branches during the year, taking the total tally under the branch networkto 3046 branches.

Composition of domestic branch network

Category No. of Branches 31.03.2009 31.03.2010

Metropolitan 629 727 Urban 674 744

Semi-urban 691 793

Rural 735 779

Total Branches 2729 3043

The Bank has 118 specialized branches catering to the specificfinancial needs of different clientele categories.

Categories of Specialized Branches 31.03.2010

1. SMEs 37

2. Overseas 17

3. Agri-Finance 10

4. Micro Finance Branches 9

5. Savings 7

6. NRIs 7

7. Asset Recovery Management 7

8. Prime Corporate 7

9. Industrial Finance 5

10. Stock Exchange 3

11. Capital Market 3

12. Mahila Banking 3

13. Consumer Finance 1

14. Housing Finance 1

15. Branch for Physically Challenged 1

TOTAL 118



InfoTech Progress

The Bank took several initiatives in the InfoTech front during the year. As at the end of March 2010, a number of branches were covered under Core Banking Solution (CBS) expanded to 1809, besides 29 Extension Counters, 92 Currency Chests and 80 Service Units (Accounts Sections/Clearing Sections/Local Processing Centres/ Foreign Departments) along with Integrated Voice Recording System (IVRS) and Internet and Mobile Banking (1MB). Several modules/facilities come along with CBS like SPEED-e-module for enabling clients to deliver instruction through internet, Funds Transfer Facility for the purpose of online trading, sales and marketing module for marketing purposes, Lending Automation Processing System (LAPS) for Retail and Corporate and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) modules. CBS branches covered 90% of the Banks total business as at March 2010.

As at March 2010, the Bank had 2017 ATMs spread across 728 centres, including 745 offsite ATMs and 180 ATMs in railway stations. It has also set up 150 e-kiosksfor booking railway tickets. Debit card base of the Bank further increased to about 50 lakhs as at March 2010.

The Bank implemented Centralized Online Tax Accounting System (Government Business module) in 463 branches and Excise and Service Tax modules in 144 branches, under CBS setup. Sales Tax module has been implemented in all designated branches of Delhi and Maharashtra.

Local Processing Centres (LPC) have been established in 25 centres all over India, covering 542 branches. Centralized Pension Processing cell was introduced and 84 branches of Bangalore Metro Circle Office have been covered. The Bank has a well-designed and secured Corporate Network, covering all the Branches/Offices for rolling out network-based delivery channels. All the Circle Offices have been provided with video conference facility.

Infotech Progress 31.03.2009 31.03.2010 Core Banking Branches 1053 1809

Anywhere Banking Branches 2062 2091

Internet and Mobile Banking Branches 1362 1959

NEFT and RTGS 2729 3037

Manpower Profile

As at March 31, 2010, the Bank had 43,380 employees on its rolls.

March March 2009 2010

Total No. of Employees 44090 43380

Officers 17551 17338

Clerks 16500 16285

Sub-Staff 10039 9757

* includes part-time employees (PTEs)

During the year, the Bank recruited 1181 persons in various cadres out of which 177 belonged to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 129 to Scheduled Tribes (STs) category. The total number of ex-servicemen as at the end of March 2010 stood at 1,573 and 156 of them were recruited in various cadres duringtheyear.There were 845 Physically Challenged Employees on the rolls of the Bank.

Reservation Policy in respect of SCs and STs

As at March 2010, the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes together constituted 25.83% of total staff strength of the Bank. The composition of SC/ST employees in the Bank as at March 2010 was as under:

The Bank has been strictly adhering to the Reservation Policy in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as perGovt. of India guidelines

- Reservation Policy is implemented through the mechanism of Post Based Rosters. In terms of the directives of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Bank has since switched over to Post Based Rosters for all cadres.

- The Bank has been extending Reservation/ Relaxations/Concessions in Direct Recruitment as well as in promotions to candidates belongingto Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per Govt, guidelines.

- Pre-recruitment and Pre-promotion training is given to candidates belonging to SC and ST. In the Advertisement inviting applications from eligible candidates for recruitment to Clerical and Officer cadres, a specific reference is made with regard to imparting of pre-recruitment training to candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Minority Communities / Ex-servicemen. Candidates who opt for pre-recruitment training are given training to prepare themselves for written test as well as interview.

- Study materials, note book, stationeries are provided free of cost to all participants. Wherever possible, respective State Governments are providing Lodging Facilities in Government/backward class hostels.

- The Bank has setup SC/ST Cell at the Head Office and at Circle Offices to ensure maintenance of Rosters and implementation of other aspects of Reservation Policy.

- Chief Liaison Officer has been nominated at Head Office and Liaison Officers have been nominated at Circle Offices for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy.

- Further, representations received from Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe employees, either directly or through the SC/ST Associations, are being looked into by the Liaison Officer/Chief Liaison Officer. Wherever required, necessary enquiries are conducted and appropriate action is taken. A separate register is maintained for ^recording various representations received from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees and the action taken is also recorded in the register.

- In additiontotheabove,therepresentativesof majority Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Employees Association are invited for Quarterly Meeting with the Chief Executive of the Bank to discuss on the implementation of guidelines on reservation policy. Quarterly Meetings are also held at Circle Offices, where Rosters are maintained and grievances, if any, are redressed bythe Liaison Officer.

- The Board of Directors of the Bank also reviews the progress made in the implementation of Reservation Pol icy on a ha Ifyearly and yearly basis.

Training / Human Resource Development (HRD)

Human resources form the basic lifeline for a service- oriented industry like banking. The HR policies of the Bank have been reinvented and refocused time and again to suit to the changing banking scenario. HR interventions like SPANDAN for bringing attitudinal change among front line staff, PRATIBHA for grooming in-house talents in varied specialized areas and executive grooming through reputed institutes and other significant HR tools like Quality Circles, Study Circles, Staff Meetings and Brain Storming Sessions have been implemented for effective team building and collective excellence.

The Banks quest to enhance the competencies of the workforce will continue through focused and need-based training at various institutes of repute like IIMs, ISB, XLRI, NIBM etc. Customised programmes are also being organised to develop expertise in certain niche areas like Risk Management, Treasury Operations, IT etc.

Specialised training to Senior Management Level / Top Management Level executives are conducted based on the requirement. The Bank has been able to add substantially to the repertoire of knowledge of its officials through this training intervention and motivating them to perform with renewed vigourand enthusiasm.

The Bank has trained 31,587 employees during the year, covering a wide range of functional areas including some of the new training programmes like Control aspects of CBS, Financial Inclusion, Advanced Credit Management, Marketing Programme for Counter Staff, CBS Help Desk Training, Quality reporting for inspecting officials and Programme on Credit Audit, Cluster MSME Programmes, HRMS package, CBS- FCR- Champions, CBS-FCC- Champions and CASA Marketing. Out of the trained staff, 7047 personnel were women employees, 6715 personnel belonged to the Scheduled Caste category and 1845 personnel who received training were under the Scheduled Tribe category.

Establishing a proper Talent Management and Reward System will be the Banks focus in the coming years. There will be concerted efforts to identify potential leaders and groom them to take up higher responsibilities in the days to come. An attempt is being continuously made to empower deserving employees so that they will become future leaders of the organisation.

Changes in the Organizational Setup

The Bank brought out further changes in its organizational/ operational set-up to facilitate smooth functioning and effective results. The Organizational design and structure are continuously revisited and studied to make inroadsforfunctional excellence.

The Bank has completely moved towards a 3 tier structure comprising Head Office, Circle Offices and Branches. The re-structuring was effected by delayering the Regional Office setup and thus providing significant opportunities for growth by building stronger clientele relationsthrough faster and effective decisions. The Organizational Structure has been reworked to enable better execution of strategy and ensure smooth functioning.

Customer Orientation

The Banks endeavour has always been to respond to customers by taking conscious initiatives and showing proactive response to changing customer expectations. The Bank offers a personalized range of specialized and diversified products and quality service to customers. The Bank made arrangements for providing copies of the Code of Banks Commitment to Customersto customers at branches. An informative booklet containing all the relevant information on Frequently Asked Questions by Customers was made available at all branches towards better Customer Service. The Policy guidelines relating to Collection of Cheques/Instruments, Grievance Redressal Mechanism and Compensation Policy were placed on the Banks website for use of the customers. As part of Customer Relationship Management initiatives, a Call Centre was setup during March 2008. The Call Centre caters to the customers in 6 languages viz., English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. The number of calls received by the Call Centre during the year was more than 7.5 lakh.

Systems and Procedures

Risk Based Internal A^idit (RBIA) was conducted in all the 2078 branches/units programmed for on-site RBIAduring theyear. Information Security Audit was conducted along with RBIA. Concurrent / Continuous Audit was conducted in 763 branches/service units, of which 250 branches and

35 units were subjected to concurrent/continuous audit by internal auditors and 461 branches and 17 service units were subjected to concurrent audit by external auditors covering 55.01% of deposits and 87.5% of advances (as per the Business position as at 31.3.2009). 357 branches were subjected to income/revenue audit, which included branches identified for income audit on quarterly basis in addition to 763 branches which are under concurrent/continuous audit on monthly basis.

Know Your Customers (KYC)

The Bank took several measures for the effective implementation of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) guidelines and ensured 100% KYC compliance by all branches.

To ensure better compliance of guidelines on KYC / AML following steps have been initiated.

- Printing and dispatch of Thanksgiving letters to new account holders and introducers, centrally at Circle Office. On a trial basis the system has been implemented at Bangalore Metro and Rural Circles.

- Branches have been advised to ensure that all the accounts are KYC compliant.

- All Circles have nominated an Executive as Nodal Compliance Officer for monitoring and ensuring compliance of guidelines on Know Your Customer (KYC)/Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Combating of FinancingofTerrorism (CFT).

Vigilance Setup

The Banks Vigilance Wing at its Corporate Office is headed by Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the rank of General Manager. The CVO is ably aided by Vigilance Officers at all Circles, RRBs and most of the Banks Subsidiaries. Guidelines on review, reporting and monitoring of frauds have been issued and all the reported cases of frauds were reviewed from adequacy of existing systems and procedures angle and necessary preventive measures taken to prevent frauds. Fraud awareness Circulars were issued to enhance awareness on prevention of frauds. During the year, a leaflet was brought out containing the message of the CVO highlighting the effective measures undertaken through system improvements and leveraging of information technology to create increased transparency and awareness to fight corruption besides providing more efficient service to the customers and general public.

For preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities, the Bank took adequate measures, such as introduction of early warning signals, revised norms for security verification and introduction of surveillance audit, visit of General Manager, Inspection Wing for effective monitoring of the Circles, where large scale frauds have occurred. As directed by the Central Vigilance Commission, Vigilance Awareness Week was observed from 3rd to 7th November, 2009.

Security Arrangements

The security environment in the Bank remained, by and large, normal during 2009-10. There were 52 incidents of crime during the year involving a loss of Rs. 12.61 lakh. There was one major fire incident during theyear and loss approximated to Rs. 21 lakh. The security arrangements have been reinforced by installation of CCTV in all Currency Chests and identified branches. Modem fire safety devices have been introduced at select Offices. Fire safety drills have been introduced and practiced at regular intervals in order to minimize damage to property and prevent injury and loss of life.

Ambience Improvement

All the new branches opened in prime localities and branches shifted to new premises during the year were provided with suitable interiors to meet the present day requirements of the customers. Besides, the Bank is providing better interiors to augment the requirements of the computer environment and also proposes to enhance theambienceatall branches.

Right to Information

Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Bank set up an exclusive Right to Information Act outfit to provide information and bring transparency. During the year under review, the Bank dealt with all the 1666 applications/ appeals received as perthe provisions of the Act.

Implementation of Official Language

The Bank made noteworthy progress under the implementation of Official Language during the year under review. As at March 2010, around 95% of employees have obtained working knowledge in Hindi and the Bank has notified 2290 branches under Rule 10 (4) of OL Rules 1976. All the employees of the Bank possessing working knowledge of Hindi have been trained in Hindi workshops. During the year under review, Bank has conducted 179 refresher training programmes for such employees.

In the sphere of using Information Technology in the Official Language, the Bank has furthered the use of Shabdaratna and Akruti packages for word processing, usage of Bankscript package for Data Processing and also made provision in ATM screens of the Bank for carrying transaction in 10 Indian languages. Telebanking facility has also been provided in Hindi and English and other 6 major regional languages. The Banks corporate website isfully bilingual.

To encourage effective implementation of Official Language, the Bank has introduced various schemes and awards to its employees. Official Language Implementation Committees are constituted in all the branches of the Bank to motivate and guide the employees towards effective implementation of Official Language Policy ofthe Govt, of India.

Promotion of Sports

Canara Bank has always been encouraging and supporting sports and contributed generously to sporting activities all overthe country by sponsoringtournaments and providing scholarships to talented sports persons. The Bank has shown a keen and abiding interest in recruiting sports persons and has on its rolls 42 sports persons in six disciplines viz., Cricket, Hockey, Womens Athletics, Badminton, Ball Badminton andTableTennis.

International Cricketers Shri B K Venkatesh Prasad, Shri Sunil Joshi, Ms Shantha Rangaswamy, Ms Kalpana and Ms Sudha Shah (Coach of the Indian Womens Cricket Team) are presently in the Banks fold. Ace Shuttler and former National Champion and former coach ofthe Indian Badminton Team, Shri U Vimal Kumar, International Athletes - Smt. M K Asha, Smt. Suma Gopalakrishna and Smt. H M Jyothi and Hockey Internationals - Shri Bharat Chhetri and Shri PShanmugam are also on the Banks rolls.

Canara Bank recorded several distinctions in the sporting arena and the Banks Cricket, Ball Badminton and Table Tennis Teams rank numero uno in the State of Kamataka.

FINANCIAL SUPERMARKET

Subsidiaries, Sponsored Entities and Joint Ventures

Canara Bank, with fhe objective of offering OneStop Banking Mart for the customers, forayed into diversified business activities by opening subsidiaries during late 1980s. Today, the Bank functions as a Financial Supermarketwith as many as nine subsidiaries/sponsored entities/joint ventures in diversified areas.

The Bank has taken significant steps towards strengthening fundamentals of these entities so as to emerge as a strong Financial Supermarket" in India. All the subsidiaries/ sponsored entities/ joint ventures of the Bank recorded satisfactory performance duringthereportingyear.

Commercial Bankof India LLC(CBIL)

CBIL, a joint venture of Canara Bank and State Bank of India, has been operational since April 2004 in Moscow, Russia. The Company earned a profit aftertax of USD 2.15 million as at 31st March 2010.

Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited (CVCFL)

CVCFL, the Trustee and Manager of Canbank Venture Capital Fund (CVCF), is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. Currently, it manages two Funds with a corpus of Rs. 23.85 crore. During the financial year 2009-10, CVCFL assisted 95 Ventures, involving a sum of Rs. 108.90 crore. The Company recorded a profit after tax of Rs.71.02 lakh for the year 2009-10. CVCF is all set to float 5th Fund with a corpus of Rs. 500 crore. The Company has been continuously payingdividend.

Can Fin Homes Limited (CFHL)

CFHL, a sponsored entity of Canara Bank, is one of the premier housing finance entities in the country. The Company sanctioned and disbursed loans amounting to Rs.653 crore and Rs.547 crore respectively, taking cumulative sanctions to Rs.6172 crore and disbursement to Rs.5329 crore as at March 2010. The company posted a profit after tax of Rs.39.18 crore as at March 2010 as against Rs.31.52 crore duringthepreviousyear.

Canbank Factors Limited (CFL)

Canbank Factors Limited, which is a factoring subsidiary of the Bank, is a member of Factors Chain International. Factors Chain International is an umbrella organization for factoring companies across the world. The company achieved a total business turnover of Rs. 3735 crore as at 31.03.2010. The Company has earned Profit after Tax of Rs. 24.37 crore as at March 2010. The Company paid a dividend of Rs. 224 lakh to the Bank.

Canbank Computer Services Limited (CCSL)

Canbank Computer Services Limited is the only Software Company promoted bya public sector bank in the country.

CC5L is primarily engaged in Hand Software development services, training/consultancy and registrar and share transfer agency. The Company is a member of NASSCOM and Registered as a software solution provider for World Bank projects. The Company has posted profit after tax of Rs. 110.31 lakh as on 31.03.2010. CCSL received orders for managing CBS Help Desk of Canara Bank and its operation is likely to commence from May 2010. The Company has been successfully managing the Call Centre activity of Canara Bank and started attending outbound calls also. During the year, the Company also conducted Information System Audit Training for Officials in Inspection Department and IT Department of Pragathi Gramin Bank.

Canara Bank Securities Limited (CBSL)

Canara Bank Securities Limited (Formerly Gilt Securities Trading Corporation Limited) which was established as Primary dealer, has hived off Primary Dealer business to the parent Bank. The Company has diversified into Capital Market related activities, mainly stock broking since 2007. The Company offers stock broking services to both institutional and retail clients. Online Trading Counter for retail customers is its flagship product. The Company entered Currency Derivatives during 2009-10. The Company posted a Profit after Tax of Rs. 6.51 crore as at March 2010. The Company declared its maiden dividend and paid dividend of Rs. 4 crore to the Bank.

Canbank Financial Services Limited (Canfina)

Canbank Financial Services Ltd confined its activities to legal matters arising out of past transactions in securities, besides concentrating on collection of lease rentals and recovery of dues under decreed accounts. Du ri ng theyear, Canfina posted a profit aftertax of Rs. 2.58 crore. It repaid Rs. 326.45 crore out of the funding support of Rs. 376.45 crore given by the Bank and proposes to clear the entire liability of Rs. 50 crore outstanding, during the current fiscal year.

Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited (CRAMC)

To manage assets of Canbank Mutual Fund, M/s Canbank Investment Management Services Limited (CIMS) was established in 1993. In the year 2007, Canara Bank divested 49% stake of Asset Management Company in favour of M/s Robeco Groep N V forming a joint venture, for managing the assets of Canbank Mutual Fund (since renamed as Canara Robeco Mutual Fund). The company has since been renamed as Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited. The JV aims to capture a worth while market share of Mutual Fund industry by bringing best international practices and expertise supported by the vast network of the Bank. With a majority share of 51% held by the Bank, Assets Under Management (AUM) of the Company improved to Rs. 7632 crore and Corpus fund increased to Rs. 5879 crore, with investors base of 3 lakh as at March 2010. The Company is currently managing 18 Schemes.The Fund crossed the milestone AUM of Rs. 10000 crore during February 2010. Canara Robeco Asset Management Company was nominated for Best AMC - ranked as the 2nd best AMC at Business world MF Awards and received Best Bond Fund House Award at Lipper Fund Awards 2010.The company has improved its rankingfrom 26 out of 32 fund houses to 16 out of 37 fund houses as at March 2010.

Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Limited

An Insurance Joint Venture floated by the Bank in association with internationally reputed HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holding Limited and Oriental Bank of Commerce. The Company was incorporated during September 2007. With a majority shareholding of 51% in the Company, the Bank has ventured into a niche segment, with a fine blend of international expertise and its own domestic outreach. The Company commenced its business operations from 16.06.2008 by offering products viz., Child Plan, Saral Bima Plan, Stay Smart, Retire Smart and Saral Bima Plus. In addition, mandatory and non-mandatory Group Credit protection schemes were also launched. The Companys assets under management (AUM) during the year stood at Rs. 1314 crore as on 31.03.2010. The Company has registered an Annualized Premium Equivalent (APE) of Rs. 644 crore in its second year of operation.The Company has crossed Rs. 1000 crore in terms of total premium since inception and has become the fastest to achieve this milestone in a record time of 21 months. Out of the 22 private players in the insurance field in India,the Company is ranked 13th.The Company has doubled its market share at 1.8% during 2009-10 from 0.9% in 2008-09.

Regional Rural Bank; (RRBs)

Canara Bank sponsored 3 RRBs in three States with a network of 793 branches, viz., Pragathi Gramin Bank in Karnataka, Shreyas Gramin Bank in Uttar Pradesh and

South Malabar Gramin Bank in Kerala. All RRBs sponsored by Canara Bank are profit making as at March 2010 with a combined operating profit level at Rs.165 crore and profit aftertax of Rs. 108 crore. Aggregate business level of these RRBs crossed the Rs.17000 crore mark to reach Rs.17509 crore, comprising Rs.9444 crore under deposits and Rs.8065 crore under advances as at March 2010. Gross NPA ratio of these RRBs was 2.28% and Net NPA was 1.24% as at March 2010. In tune with policy focus to double the credit flow to agriculture sector, the RRBs disbursed an amount of Rs.5125 crore, recording a y-o-y growth of 27.9% during the year under review. Priority sector advances constituted 88.79%. Agriculture credit outstanding stood at Rs.5768 crore as at March 2010. During this financial, Pragathi Gramin Bank achieved number one position in business in South India, apart from maintaining the number one position in Karnataka. While South Malabar Gramin Bank continues to occupy number one status in Kerala, Shreyas Gramin Bank was number one under Employee productivity in Uttar Pradesh. All the three RRBs are taking necessary steps to implement CBS in all their branches by September 2011.

AWARDS/ACCOLADES

In recognition of the varied initiatives, the Bank was conferred with several awards and accolades during the year. Some prominent awards received areas under:

Best Bank in South Zone Award for the year 2008-09 in respect of lending under KVIC and PMEGP Schemes. The award was handed over by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honble Prime Ministerof India.

The Bank received the Credit Guarantee Approval Certificate issued by CGTMSE from Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Honble Finance Minister of India.

VARIOUS POLICIES OF THE BANK

There is a system of well-defined policies and procedures of the Bank. During the year, concerted efforts were made to streamline the policies and procedures of the Bank in the light of regulatory requirements of the RBI, the directions of the Government of India and the emergent requirements of the Bank in the present day context. Accordingly, there has been a sharper focus on policies relating to, among others, Credit Risk Management, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management,

Asset Liability Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Country Risk, Counterparty Bank Risk, Corporate Governance, Disclosures, Collateral Management, Stress Testing, Compliance Functions, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Lines, Outsourcing and Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), Know Your Customers (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Recovery and Investments.

CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Year 2009-10 saw changes in the com position of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

- The term of Shri Ajay Mathur as Part-time Non-Official Director on the Board ended on 12.10.2009.

- The term of Shri S KKohli as Officer Employee Director ended on 07.03.2010.

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors, in preparation of the annual accounts for theyearended March 31,2010, confirm thefollowing:

- That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

- That they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Bankforthe period.

- That they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws governing banks in India for safeguardingthe assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

- That they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2009-10 was an eventful year for the Bank as it regained growth momentum and crossed three major milestones. The Bank made several initiatives to maximize rewards for all its stakeholders, viz., shareholders, customers, investors, Government, RBI, employees and the public at large.

The Board sincerely appreciates the significant contribution made by the Directors on the Banks Board and the Directors who completed their tenure during the financial year under review, to customers for their patronage, to the shareholders for their support, to the Government and the RBI for their valuable guidance and support, to the Banks correspondents inland and abroad for their cooperation and goodwill and to all the staff members for their full support in the journey towards excellence.

A C MAHAJAN

CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR