This document summarizes the key participants in labor relations - management and unions - and their goals. It discusses company goals like remaining competitive and profitable, while effectively using human resources. Union goals include fair wages and job security for members. The document then covers union and company strategies for negotiating agreements and organizing employees. It provides details on the structure of unions from the local to national level, as well as the roles of different union positions.
Unions and Management Key Participants in the Labor Relations.docx
1. Unions and Management: Key Participants in the Labor
Relations Process
Outline
1. Goals and Strategies: Management and Unions (see Exhibit
4.1)
2. Company goals; The Company wants:
3. To survive and remain competitive
4. To grow and prosper
● To achieve a favorable return on its investment
1. To effectively use human resources
2. To attract, retain, and motivate employees
3. To protect management's rights to make decisions and retain
flexibility
● To obtain commitment from the union that there will be no
strike for the duration of the
agreement
1. Union goals; The Union wants:
2. The Company to survive and remain competitive as well as
for the union to survive and
remain secure
3. The Company to grow and prosper as well as the union
● The Company to achieve a favorable return on its investment
and return "fair" wages to
employees
1. The Company to effectively use human resources within the
2. rules and policies of the
agreement, and to achieve job security and employment
opportunities for members
2. The Company to attract, retain, and motivate employees
within the rules and policies of
the agreement
3. To protect union and employee rights that were negotiated
and included in the labor
agreement
● To obtain commitment from the company that there will be no
lockout for the duration of
the agreement
1. Company strategic planning
2. Determined by its managerial philosophy, ethics, economic
condition, force, competition,
time in the life of the company, and management capabilities
3. Union or nonunion
● Company strategies (Exhibit 4.2)
1. Nonunion companies' strategies
2. External forces affecting union-management relations:
competition from abroad,
deregulation, and competition from nonunion companies
3. Choice of remaining non-union by using union suppression,
union avoidance, and union
substitution strategies without using unfair labor practices
(Exhibit 4.3)
● Use of positive human resource management and double
breasting
1. Unionized Companies’ Strategies
3. 2. Involvement of union and management
3. Employee representation; grievances
● Rules and policies become company policy
1. Businesslike, codified strategy
2. Accommodation and labor-management cooperation
3. Union contributions to company planning
● Employee empowerment
● Mixed strategy
1. Union strategic planning
1. A mission statement (Exhibit 4.4)
2. Analysis of external environment: demographics, politics,
image, industry trends
● Internal analysis: governance, openness, professionalism
1. Organizational objectives: long-term and short-term
2. Strategy development: survival and growth
3. See Exhibits 4.5 and 4.6 for differences in CWA and CTW
strategic plans
1. Company Organization for Labor Relations Activities
1. In larger corporations, labor relations is usually highly
centralized and policy
decisions are made at corporate level (Exhibit 4.7)
2. In smaller companies decisions are made at plant level
● Organization for labor relations are at the plant level (Exhibit
4.8)
● Union Governance and Structure
1. Power, authority, and legitimacy flow upward (Exhibit 4.9)
4. 2. Union governance comparable to unit of state or federal
government
● Wide diversity of multi-level organizational relationships,
functions of officers, and
degrees of control
1. The local union
1. Branch of national union
2. Main point of contact for the individual employee
● Operates under national union’s constitution
1. Organizational chart Exhibit 4.10
1. Differences between craft and industrial unions
1. Craft union members organized by craft or skill
2. Industrial union members organized on an industry basis
2. Upward trend toward general unions
1. Differing Scope of the Labor Agreement
3. Short labor agreements
4. Several employers
● Local agreements
1. Differing skills
1. Types of skills
2. Training
1. Differing Job Characteristics
3. Short work assignments
4. Union hiring hall. Serves as placement office
● Pre-hire agreements
1. Differing Leadership Roles
5. 1. Business agent; could accumulate power
2. Shop stewards represent business agents
● International union representative; enforces national
constitution
1. Government and Operation of the Local Union
1. Participation in Meetings
2. Attendance varies when union is confronted with important
business
3. Rises when meeting location is convenient
● Personal invitation
1. Use of electronic information services
2. Union leaders, departmental representatives, union stewards
always attend
3. Provide perks for attending meetings
● Meeting attendance required to run for office
● Average two hours. Reports from treasurer, project leaders,
and committee chairpersons
1. Business of local generally accomplished
1. Functions of the meeting
2. Union’s most important governmental activity
3. Opportunity for members to communicate with leaders
● Important decisions are made
1. The National or International Union
1. Occupies the "kingpin" position of influence (Exhibit 4.11)
2. The constitution of the union guides its government
2. The constitution restricts the power of the national union,
encourage union activity in
6. collective bargaining and political action, and contain
provisions to protect individual
rights of members
1. The Convention—supreme governing body of unions; final
court for union
decisions; nomination of officers; reporting; agenda for policy
formulation.
1. Use of delegate system; Delegates dependent on number of
members
2. Committee work, debates, and voting, similar to Congress
● Subjects covered include internal government matters,
collective bargaining problems,
and resolutions for or against policies
1. Leadership and democracy—officers and executive board
direct affairs of union
between conventions and Landrum-Griffin Act provisions
promote democracy
2. Profile of labor leaders—most come from working-class
families; fathers were
hourly employees; they have an average of 14.1 years of
education
3. Administration: departments and staff serve interests of
members; Presidents
paid well; members, stewards, and local officials not
compensated
4. Professional staff members—appointed or politically elected,
international union
representative, staff representative, business agent, or
organizer; other group
7. performs more technical duties, includes professionals
1. Unions today use more modern human resource policies and
practices
2. In-house training provided
● Unions’ own staff stops from advancing
1. Services to and Control of Locals
1. Negotiation of master labor agreements, support of strike
activities, arbitration, advice
and counsel on internal administration
2. National union assists locals in collective bargaining,
grievance administration, strike
activities, and internal financials; in addition, it provides
counseling and consultation for
internal financial administration, such as bookkeeping, dues
collection, and purchases.
● National union could replace local leaders with a trustee
1. Dues, Fees, and Distribution of Funds
1. Dues check off system
2. Portion of monthly dues for each member goes to national
union
● Dues go to general fund, strike fund, convention fund, union
publications, educational
activities, and retirement fund
1. Mergers of National Unions
Mergers occur through amalgamation (two unions joining
together), or absorption (larger union
8. absorbing a smaller union)
1. Overlooked behavioral dimensions
2. Members tend to evaluate mergers in practical terms
● Five unions with over 5 million members have dominated
merging activity
1. Intermediate organizational units
1. Regional or district offices—located closer to membership so
as to better
serve local unions
2. Trade conferences—grouping of unions who have common
industry interests
● Conference boards—organized within international unions to
prepare for negotiations
with a particular company
1. Joint councils—groups of local unions in a specific location
that have common goals,
problems, etc.
1. Independent unions
1. 41 independent unions at national level and 1,500 at the local
level.
2. Employee associations
2. Support new associations which provide a wide range of
services to members
3. Services include diploma equivalency classes, English
classes, toll-free hotline, courses
on sexual harassment, etc.
1. Managerial and professional organizations
9. 4. Managers, supervisors, and professional employees join
organizations for their mutual
aid and insurance
5. Use union-like tactics, such as collective action, skill
certification, and political activities
● Organizations do not engage in collective bargaining
1. The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO)
2. 56 national and international unions, 60,000 local unions, and
about 12.7 million
members
3. Administer about 150,000 labor agreements, over 99 percent
negotiated without strikes
● Principle of autonomy—each affiliate conducts its own affairs
1. Governing body is the Executive Council, composed of the
president,
secretary-treasurer, and 55 vice-presidents
2. Executive council meets at least three times a year to handle
operational duties
3. President has authority to supervise affairs of the federation
and direct its staff
1. Organizational structure (Exhibit 4.12)
1. Convention, the supreme governing body, meets every two
years
2. Executive Council—composed of president, executive vice-
president,
10. secretary treasurer, and 55 vice-presidents
● Standing committees on various subjects to assist member
unions
1. General Board acts on matters referred to it by Executive
Council
2. 51 state federations bodies advance interests at state levels
3. Many local central bodies advance interests at local levels
● Financial activities—financed through member dues ($0.75
per month per capita tax is
used for operational expenses)
● Internet access to 17 million members, retirees, and associate
members, as well as
low-cost computers; Union Privilege Benefit Programs (Exhibit
4.13)
1. Associate membership program
2. Partnerships with worker centers
3. Local department councils; Union Cities program
1. Other activities of the AFL-CIO
1. Educational and informational; Website; blogs; courses in
union leadership development;
speakers for educational institutions; educational films
2. Working America program
● Lobby and political records publishing; get-out-the-vote
campaigns
1. Political activities through COPE (Committee on Political
Education)
1. Use of information technology by unions
2. Internal communications between union officers, staff, and
members, particularly when
they are geographically dispersed
3. External communications, such as to inform the public about
11. union issues potentially
affecting the public, workers, and unions
● Facilitation of bargaining activities
1. Contract administration, such as communicating grievances
and tracking decisions of
arbitrators
2. Union organizing, such as making contact with potential
union members and providing a
means for interested employees to communicate with the union
3. Political action, such as informing potential voters about
union views and those held by
organized labor’s friends and adversaries
● Importance of technology to modernize unionism
● Concerns over use of Internet and email
● Union corruption and the Landrum-Griffin Act
1. Abuses of power exposed by McClellan hearings of late
1950s
2. Phasing out of court supervision of Teamsters activities in
2015
● Level of corruption in unions is negligible
1. AFL-CIO established Ethical Practices Committee
2. In 1959 Congress passed Landrum-Griffin Act to promote
union democracy, leadership
accountability, and financial integrity; contains provisions
governing union operations and
government
12. 3. The 1984 Comprehensive Crime Control Act, backed by AFL-
CIO, closed loopholes in
laws against labor malfeasance; contains the Labor
Racketeering Amendments
● Union security
1. Union security clause
1. Union security provisions
2. Closed shop: employee must first become a union member to
obtain a job; made
unlawful by LMRA in 1947
3. Union shop; non-union employee can be hired but must
become member within
certain period to remain employed (See exhibit 4.14)
2. Communications Workers v. Beck (487 U.S. 735 [1988]),
held that a union shop clause
only requires a bargaining unit member to become a financial
core union member; full
union member is subject to imposition of union conditions
3. Beck rights; annual notification, accounting of funds,
implementation procedures
● Bush Executive Order 132301 requires federal contractors to
post notices informing
workers of their Beck rights
1. Obama Executive Order 13496 requiring federal contractors
to post a notice informing
employees of their rights under federal labor laws – see Exhibit
13. 4.15
1. Agency Shop; does not require employee to join the union but
requires the
employee to pay the union a sum equivalent to union
membership dues
2. Contingency union shop; union security provision will
automatically convert to a
union shop provision if a state’s right-to-work laws are
eliminated
3. Union hiring hall; employers hire employees referred by the
union if the union can
supply a sufficient number of qualified applicants
4. Preferential treatment clause; current employees who are
union members will be
given preference over nonemployees when a new facility is
opened
5. Dues checkoff; makes collection of union dues more
convenient for union and
union members
6. Right-to-Work laws: Controversy and Effects
2. Under Section 14 b of the LMRA, a state may initiate
legislation prohibiting union
membership as a condition of employment (Exhibit 4.16)
3. 25 states have right-to-work (RTW) laws (Exhibit 4.17)
● Republican party influences places emphasis on passing RTW
laws
1. National Right to Work Committee
2. Wage disparity in favor of non RTW laws states
14. 1. Arguments for Right to Work Laws
3. Required union membership conflicts with employees’ free
choice and the requirement to
join a union and/or pay union is undemocratic
4. Requiring union membership violates the employees’
constitutional rights of free speech
and association if dues are used to support member activities
● Required union membership concedes too much power to
union officials
1. Arguments for abolishing Right-to-Work Laws
2. Elimination of “free riders”
3. Union exists by majority vote of the bargaining unit
● Union security clause keeps the employers from weakening
employees support for the
union because all employees will be paying dues
1. Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision
2. June 2014, U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an agency fee
provision in collective
bargaining violated employees’ free speech under the first
amendment of the U.S.
Constitution
CHAPTER 5
Why and How Unions Are Organized
15. Outline
1. Why Unions Are Formed
1. Work and job conditions
2. Alienation Theory: Employees seek collective action to
relieve their feelings of alienation
caused by division of labor and mechanized manufacturing
under capitalist ownership
3. Scarcity Consciousness Theory (Selig Perlman): employees
unionize to protect jobs in a
job-scarce labor market through work rules, apprenticeship
programs, seniority layoff
programs, and legislation to protect employees' job rights
● Wheeler Model of Union Formation: A two-stage process that
involves (1) worker’s
readiness to take some form of aggressive action and (2) that
worker coming together
with other workers to take some form of collective action
1. Employees' background and needs
1. Previous membership
2. Parental attitudes and family experiences
● Needs for affiliation, status, and belonging
1. Race—positively associated with pro-union attitudes
1. Influences on Employees’ Votes for and against Unions
(Exhibit 5.1)
2. Employee confidence that union will improve their personal
situations
3. Employee must be convinced of "union instrumentality"
Factors include: social
16. pressure, job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, and attitudes and
beliefs about
unions
1. Union challenge of organizing the diverse work force
4. Attraction of minorities, contingent, skilled, and part-time
employees
5. Part-time employees
1. Organizing professional employees
6. Compatibility of unionism with professionalism
7. Pro: collective bargaining can achieve and maintain
professional values
● Con: unionization is a rejection of key professional values
1. Activities of the Union in Organizing Employees
1. Initial interests in unionization—employees dissatisfied with
some work-related
situation
2. Employees begin process of unionization
3. Roles of union organizers
4. Changing workforce
5. Training of union organizers; AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
(Exhibit 5.2)
6. Union organizers identify problems and show employees how
the union can
assist in solving problems (see Exhibit 5.3)
7. Rank and file intensive strategy yields higher win rates (see
Exhibit 5.4)
17. ● Activities of the Company in Union Organizing
○ Must convince employees it deserves their support, or at least
a second chance
○ Employer enters campaign with three distinct advantages
○ Favorable position during pre-election campaign
● Use and effectiveness of employer tactics and practices:
hiring lawyers, rumors, delays
1. Second chance strategy
2. Use of consultants and attorneys
● Surface bargaining
1. Illegal discharge is used by some employers when financial
gains of keeping union out
are greater than legal costs of law violation and reinstatement
2. Worker misclassification; employee vs independent
contractor
3. Employee rights under the NLRA
1. Unintended Consequences of Anti-Union Behavior
4. Employees’ fear of reprisals
5. Stress effects to employees
1. Methods of Organizing Unions (Exhibit 5.5)
1. Voluntary recognition; Card Check Procedure; neutrality
agreement (Exhibit 5.6)
2. NLRB directives (Gissel case)
1. NLRB Secret ballot elections (Exhibit 5.7 and 5.8)
1. Pre–NLRB-Election Union Campaigns
2. Filing a Petition for the Election
3. Election Investigation and Hearing; directed elections
4. Appropriate Bargaining Unit; community of interests
5. Evaluation for appropriate bargaining unit
18. 1. After the election
1. Unions fail to secure first contract 25 to 30 percent of the
time
2. Employers refuse or fail to bargain 13 percent of the time
● Increase in unfair labor practice charges
1. Duties of the Exclusive Bargaining Agent and Employer
2. After election loss by union (Exhibit 5.9)
3. Mandatory Secret Ballot Elections vs Employee Free Choice
Act (EFCA)
1. Secret Ballot Protection Act
2. Employee Free Choice Act
● Card check procedure (Exhibit 5.10)
1. Conduct of the representation election campaign (Exhibit
5.10)
1. Campaign Doctrines and NLRB Policies
1. Conduct doctrine: isolated incidents must be considered in
light of entire
campaign
2. Analysis of data and conclusions
2. Captive audience–24-hour rule: speeches cannot be presented
to employees
during working hours within 24 hours of election
3. Polling or Questioning Employees
4. Distribution of union literature and Solicitation by
Employees on Company
19. Property
1. Banned in work areas at all times
2. May not be disruptive to business (limited to nonworking
time and areas), nor
may literature include confidential company data
1. Showing films during Election Campaigns
2. Showing of films does not alone constitute an unfair labor
practice
3. Use of E-Mail, Internet, and Social Media
4. NLRB upheld employer policy banning use of company e-
mail system to support union
organizing
5. New Union Strategies
6. Instituting cyberspace organization with the Internet
1. Union salts
2. Corporate campaigns
● Strategic Organization Fund (Exhibit 5.11)
1. Decertification Procedures
2. Fair treatment of employees by employers
3. Poor job by unions (especially smaller unions) of providing
services to members
● Inability of unions to negotiate an effective first contract after
winning bargaining rights
1. Striking employees having skills that can be readily replaced
so that when a strike
occurs, the employer hires replacements
2. Good Faith Doubt; Objective evidence (Exhibit 5.12)
3. Raid elections
20. Q1 2017
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31. portfolio Other
Liabilities
and capital Capital
Client
deposits Other
September
2015, INRbn 100,135.1 66,858.9 26,418.9 6,857.4 100,135.1
8,976.1 86,139.1 5,019.9
September
2016, INRbn 108,717.5 73,099.7 28,393.9 7,223.8 108,717.5 na
na na
% change y-
o-y 8.6% 9.3% 7.5% 5.3% 8.6% na na na
September
2015, USDbn 1,526.7 1,019.3 402.8 104.5 1,526.7 136.9 1313.3
104.5
September
2016, USDbn 1,632.1 1,097.4 426.3 108.4 1,632.1 na na 108.4
% change y-
o-y 6.9% 7.7% 5.8% 3.7% 6.9% na na 3.7%
Source: BMI; Central banks; Regulators
Table: Commercial Banking Sector Key Ratios, September 2016
Loan/deposit ratio Loan/asset ratio Loan/GDP ratio GDP Per
Capita, USD Deposits per capita, USD
34. Strengths ■ In macroeconomic terms, India is set to be a global
growth outperformer in the
coming years.
■ India's high consumer savings rate and the efficacy of the
regulation undertaken by
the Reserve Bank of India have provided stability.
■ Although loans have been growing rapidly, there are few
signs of the excesses that
have taken place over the last few years versus that of China.
■ The lack of linkages between Indian banks and the global
financial system means that
they are comparatively immune to volatility in global markets.
Weaknesses ■ A legacy of the protection of the commercial
banking sector, which remains
dominated by the State Bank of India, is that efficiency levels
and product offerings
are a long way from best practice globally.
■ The banking system is particularly held back by low levels of
per capita GDP.
■ The logistics involved in running a bank can be daunting due
to the prevalence of
paper-based payment systems (e.g., instruments such as
37. among the citizenry. More than 1,600 political parties registered
for the April-May
2014 general elections, competing for the preference of India's
814mn eligible voters.
■ Despite its multitude of problems, India has generally
managed to avoid hard
authoritarian rule or military coups, which have happened in
many other developing
countries, including India's neighbours Bangladesh, Myanmar,
and Pakistan.
Weaknesses ■ Large coalition governments complicate
policymaking at the centre as coalition
partners and outside parties pursue their own agendas. The
competence of state
government varies enormously across India's 35 states and
union territories.
■ India's tense relationship with Pakistan still weighs on
regional stability. The two
countries have gone to war three times since they were
'partitioned' on independence
from British rule in 1947.
■ Issues such as the ineffectiveness of the executive and
judiciary in controlling
40. in 2014, a quarter of
the size of China's.
■ Agriculture remains inefficient, and poor monsoon rains can
slash rural incomes and
consumption. Two-thirds of the population depend on farming
for their livelihood.
■ India runs chronic trade and fiscal deficits, both of which are
likely to persist. The
government spends a significant part of its revenue on interest
payments, subsidies,
salaries, and pensions. This limits the amount of money
available for infrastructural
improvements.
Opportunities ■ India's emerging middle class will continue to
drive demand for new goods and
services. A wealthier society, combined with tax reforms, would
serve to boost
revenue receipts, relieving fiscal pressure.
■ The government has implemented some tax reforms. A
uniform goods and services
tax to be implemented in the near future should help boost
compliance, thereby
raising government revenue.
46. Growing NPA Burden In Public Banks
India - Gross NPAs, % Of Total Advances
Source: RBI, BMI
Notes: PSB-Public Sector Bank, PVB - Private Bank, FB -
Foreign Bank
NPAs Remain Concentrated In PSBs And Are Likely To Rise
Further
Non Performing Assets (NPAs) among Scheduled Commercial
Banks (SCBs) accelerated to 8.7% of total
assets in June from 7.8% in March, which was in line with our
expectations. Meanwhile, banks' total
stressed assets, which stood at 12.0% in June 2016, suggest that
future increases in NPAs are likely over the
coming quarters.
Asset quality risks remain concentrated primarily among Public
Sector Banks (PSBs), with NPAs and
stressed assets both exceeding the national aggregate, at 11.3%
and 15.4% respectively in June. Due to their
dominant presence in the banking system, rising NPAs among
PSBs are likely to impede credit flows to the
commercial sector. Banks with high levels of stressed assets are
more likely to adopt a cautious approach
49. bank's policy rate transmission.
We believe that the RBI will engage banks cooperatively when
planning reforms. This could enhance the
effectiveness of future reforms designed to resolve and recover
NPAs. For example, the RBI updated its
rules on allowing banks not to declare the sustainable
component of a restructured loan as a bad asset.
Under the Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A)
mechanism, which was introduced in June
2016, banks are allowed to restructure loans by separating them
into a sustainable and unsustainable
component, before converting the latter into equity instruments
in order to prevent bad debt from piling up.
Banks and rating agencies however have since provided
feedback that the scheme was of limited
applicability due to its strict pre-conditions, including the
minimum loan size of INR5bn. In response, the
RBI announced plans to relax the criteria in October. The RBI
is also conducting discussions with financial
sector professionals to evaluate further measures to resolve
NPAs, which could include creating a bad bank
to separate healthy and toxic assets from banks' balance sheets.
India Commercial Banking Report Q1 2017
51. taxation. Likewise on the Risks side, we look at industry-
specific Risks (weighted 40% of the Risks total)
and country-specific Risks (weighted 60%). These include, but
are not limited to, the regulatory framework
and environment, the competitive environment, financial risk,
legal risk and policy continuity.
In general three aspects need to be borne in mind when
interpreting the RRIs. The first is that the Industry
Rewards element is the most heavily weighted of the four
elements, accounting for 42% (60% of 70%) of
the overall Index. Second, if the Industry Rewards score is
significantly higher than the Country Rewards
score, within the Rewards category, it usually implies that the
banking sector is (very) large and/or
developed relative to the general wealth, stability and financial
infrastructure in the country. Conversely, if
the industry score is significantly lower, it usually means that
the banking sector is small and/or
underdeveloped relative to the general wealth, stability and
financial infrastructure in the country. Third,
within the Risks category, the industry-specific elements (ie,
how regulations affect the development of the
sector, how regulations affect competition within it, and
Moody's Investor Services' Ratings for local
61. Manufacturing And Services Sectors To Continue
Outperforming
We hold a constructive outlook on the Indian manufacturing
sector owing to supportive policies and
structural factors including India's large, cheap labour force,
and we believe that the sector will continue to
grow at a robust rate over the coming quarters. Indeed, the
Indian statistics office reported that the
manufacturing sector expanded by 9.3% y-o-y in Q4FY2015/16
(versus 11.5% y-o-y in the previous
quarter), and it contributing 1.7 percentage points (pp) to the
Q4FY2015/16 headline GDP growth figure.
We believe that India's manufacturing sector will continue to
benefit from the government's 'Make In India'
campaign amid the improvements in the power and mining
sector, despite slowing reforms to simplify the
country's complex labour laws (see ''Make In India' To Spur
Manufacturing Sector, But Targets Too
Ambitious', May 31).
Meanwhile, growth in India's services sector (which accounts
for approximately 45% of GDP) came in at a
strong rate of 8.7% y-o-y in Q4FY2015/16, despite a slight
slowdown from 9.1% y-o-y in Q3FY2015/16.
We believe that the services sector, particularly the transport
62. and logistics category, will continue to
perform well over the coming months as domestic trade activity
will continue to grow. The category will be
boosted by the delivery of agricultural produce to various areas
of the country and inputs for the
manufacturing sector through freight.
Investment Environment And External Sector Outlook Still
Weak
Despite the strong headline GDP figure, we continue to
highlight that the Indian economy is still facing
significant challenges. One of the key sectors that is facing
difficult times is the agricultural sector, despite
an improvement in real growth to 2.3% y-o-y in Q4FY2015/16
(versus a contraction of 1.0% y-o-y in
Q3FY2015/16). According to the India Meteorological
Department, the 2016 summer monsoon rainfall will
likely exceed the 50-year average by 6.0%. Although the
outlook for production in the upcoming
FY2016/17 season is more positive owing to the return of more
normal rains in 2016 after two straight years
of below-par monsoon rainfall, growth is still likely to remain
relatively subdued amid ongoing structural
inefficiencies such as poor irrigation. Moreover, should rainfall
disappoint again this year, agricultural
64. include the fact that the balance sheets of infrastructure
companies are still stressed, while there are delays
in land acquisition and gaining environmental clearance,
coupled with contractual issues, which result in
time and cost overruns. Lastly, the Indian banking sector is still
stressed, which will also impede the
efficient allocation of credit to the corporate sector, and prevent
a significant pick-up in investment.
Furthermore, there are still no signs of a significant
improvement in India's external sector, as net exports
contributed negatively to the headline GDP growth number for
the fourth consecutive quarter, subtracting
-0.1pp in Q4FY2015/16. Despite being the Asian economy that
is least exposed to the slowing Chinese
economy, the Indian economy has significant trade exposures to
the US and Europe, with the two regions
accounting approximately 36% of overall exports. The US
economy is showing signs of weakness amid
falling corporate profitability. Meanwhile, the EU economy is
still fragile due to the ongoing political
uncertainties in the region. Therefore, given the uncertainties in
the global economy, we do not expect
Indian exports to recover strongly over the coming quarters.
66. Central bank: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
www.rbi.org.in
The RBI was established in 1935 in accordance with the
Reserve Bank of India Act 1934. Its principle functions are to
'regulate the issue of bank notes and keeping of reserves with a
view to securing monetary stability in India and generally
to operate the currency and credit system of the country to its
advantage. The RBI was nationalised in 1949, and has
remained government owned ever since. Through the Board of
Financial Supervision, a committee of the central board of
directors of the RBI, the central bank is the supervisor and
regulator of the commercial banking sector and other financial
institutions and banking finance companies. The RBI's functions
include: formulation and implementation of monetary
policy; management of foreign exchange; issuing of notes and
coins; being a banker to government; being a banker to
banks; and 'a wide range of promotional functions to support
national objectives' in relation to development.
Principal banking regulator: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
www.rbi.org.in
Among its other roles, the RBI regulates the commercial
banking sector.
Banking trade association: Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
www.iba.org.in
The interests of India's commercial banking sector are
represented by the IBA, established in 1946. It has 139 ordinary
and more than 98 associate members. Its membership includes
public sector banks, private sector banks, foreign banks
68. Bhartiya Mahila Bank
Canara Bank
Central Bank of India
Corporation Bank
Dena Bank
Indian Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Punjab & Sind Bank
Punjab National Bank
Syndicate Bank
UCO Bank
Union Bank of India
United Bank of India
Vijaya Bank
State Bank of India (SBI)
IDBI Bank
70. BNP Paribas
Citibank
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Credit Agricole CIB
Credit Suisse AG
DBS Bank
Deutsche Bank
Doha Bank
FirstRand Bank
HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G
ICBC
Industrial Bank of Korea
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JSC VTB Bank
KBC Bank N.V.
KEB Hana Bank
Krung Thai Bank
73. economy.
■ Both deposits and lending activity declined during FY16.
■ Saw a net profit in FY15 turn into a net loss in FY16.
Opportunities ■ International and domestic expansion plans.
Threats ■ Uncertain regional economic climate could hamper
international expansion and
growth at home.
■ GNPA increased significantly in FY16.
■ Bank caught up in money laundering scandal.
Company Overview Mumbai-based Bank of Baroda was
established in 1908 and is now normally ranked
behind State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank amid the
biggest state-owned
banks in India. At the end of 2014, the government owned a
56.3% stake in the bank,
with the remaining shares publicly listed.
The bank had a total of 5,479 branches globally as of October
2016, including 5,372 in
India and 107 overseas outlets.. The lender also has 13 zonal
controlling offices and 56
regional controlling offices. The bank has subsidiaries in
Botswana, Kenya, Uganda,
75. Corporate
Highlights
During FY16 to the end of March 2016, Bank of Baroda
consolidated its operations and
focused on sustainable performance by taking steps to re-
balance its portfolio towards
reducing the cost of its liabilities and improving yield on assets.
Thus the total deposits
of the bank were at INR5,740,380mn as of the end of FY16 as
compared to
INR6,175,600mn last year. Advances were at INR3,837,700mn
as of the same date, but
down from INR4,280,650 in FY15. The bank remained cautious
in lending to the large
corporate and SME segment.
In FY16, international business contributed 31.3% of global
business.
Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) of the bank increased
from INR162,610mn as of
the end of FY15 to INR405,210mn in FY16. The bank's
Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR)
was at 60.09% in FY16 as against 52.70% in Q316.
Bank of Baroda posted a lower operating profit of INR88,160mn
76. for FY16, down from
INR99,150mn in FY15 on account of increased slippages
leading to lower net interest
income of INR127,400mn compared with INR131,870mn in
FY15. The bank posted a
net loss of INR53,960mn in the year ending March 2016,
dropping from a net profit of
INR33,980mn in FY15.
Despite weak financials, the Capital Adequacy Ratio of the bank
as per Basel III
continues to be healthy at 13.17% as of March 2016, with the
Tier 1 capital ratio at
10.79% and the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET-1) at 10.29%.
Meanwhile, the consolidated
group capital adequacy ratio stood at 13.63% as at the end of
March 2016.
In 2014 Moody's affirmed its 'Baa3' long-term credit rating for
Bank of Baroda, though
warned that India's public-sector banks have a negative outlook
due to weakening
profits and deteriorating asset quality. In September 2014 Fitch
affirmed the bank's IDR
at 'BBB-'.
80. SWOT Analysis
Strengths ■ High-performing and highly rated bank.
■ Large and expanding branch network across India.
■ Strong capital ratios.
■ Expanding branch and ATM network.
■ Net profit up 20.4% in FY16.
Weaknesses ■ Exposure to unsecured consumer finance has had
an adverse affect during a financial
crisis.
Opportunities ■ The acquisition and associated extra business,
including retail customer acquisition.
■ Net revenue up 22.1% in FY16.
■ HDFC is becoming a market leader in fast-growing online and
mobile banking
sectors.
■ Both loans and deposits increased during FY16.
Threats ■ Although still strong, the bank's CAR declined during
FY16.
Company Overview Mumbai-headquartered HDFC Bank was
incorporated in August 1994, and had a
nationwide network of 4,541 Branches and 12,013 ATM's across
82. Exchange (NYSE) and the Bank's Global Depository Receipts
(GDRs) are listed on
Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
In December 2013, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) restricted
any further foreign
investment in HDFC after the bank crossed the threshold for
49% foreign ownership.
The bank filed an application with the Foreign Investment
Promotion Board (FIPB) to
increase its foreign shareholding limit to 74%, and this was
eventually approved in
December 2014.
In Q314, HDFC became the leading private-sector bank for
mobile transactions; to
further boost its standing in this fast-growing sector, the bank
launched a new mobile
banking platform in December 2014 and a 'digital wallet' in
January 2015.
In February 2015, HDFC Bank launched a share offer in India
and the US to raise up to
INR100bn (USD1.6bn) to meet the Basel III global banking
industry rules. HDFC, which
83. reportedly filed with the US watchdog to sell 22mn American
Depositary Shares, also
plans to sell shares to investors in India to raise up to INR20bn
(USD324mn). The lender
secured the Indian government's approval in the week ended
January 31 2015 to raise
up to USD1.6bn by selling shares. However, the government
granted approval on
condition that its foreign ownership must not be more than 74%.
HDFC lacks
immediate capital requirement, but the new finances raised via
share sale are expected
to help boost its growth.
Corporate
Highlights
For the year ended March 2016, HDFC Bank earned total
income of INR709,732mn. Net
revenues (net interest income plus other income) for FY16 were
INR383,432mn, up by
22.1% over INR313,920mn for the year ended March 2015. The
bank's net profit for
FY16 was INR122,962mn, up by 20.4%, over the year ended
FY15. Meanwhile, the
84. consolidated net profit of the bank increased by 19.8% to
INR128,013mn for the year
ended March 2016.
HDFC's total balance sheet size as of March 2016 was
INR7,088,460mn as against
INR5,905,030mn a year earlier. Total deposits in FY16 came to
INR5,464,240mn, an
increase of 21.2% y-o-y. Advances as of March 2016 were
INR4,645,94omn, an
increase of 27.1% over FY15. Both segments of the Bank's loan
portfolio grew faster
than system loan growth. As per regulatory [Basel 2] segment
classification, the
domestic retail loans and wholesale loans grew by 29.7% and
27.2% respectively (as
per internal business classification grew by 28.4% and 28.5%
respectively).
The bank's total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel III
guidelines, was at 15.5%
as at March 2016 (16.8% as at March 2015) as against a
regulatory requirement of 9%.
Tier-I CAR was at 13.2% as at March 2016 compared to 13.7%
as at March 2015.
Gross non-performing assets (NPAs), meanwhile, were at 0.94%
89. ■ Expanding branch network.
■ Consolidated assets increased in FY16.
Weaknesses ■ The bank has faced losses due to its exposure to
consumer lending.
■ The bank has been forced to sell its subsidiary in Russia and
trim back other
international operations.
Opportunities ■ Increased business with customers in rural
areas (low-value, high-volume
transactions).
■ Expects to increase its infrastructure lending in the short-
term.
■ Advances increased by 12% in FY16.
Threats ■ The gradual entry of foreign banks operating more
fully.
■ New licenses for private banks would pose a threat to existing
players.
■ Decline in profit after tax in FY16.
Company Overview ICICI Bank is India's largest private sector
bank with total assets of INR7,206.95bn at
the end of March 2016 and profit after tax of INR97.26bn as of
the same date. ICICI
91. bank launched a new
'digital village' project in Gujarat, bringing technological
solutions to banking and
everyday life in rural India.
In December 2014, the bank announced that it would sell its
Russian subsidiary, ICICI
Bank Eurasia, to Sovcombank. The transaction is currently
pending regulatory approval.
The bank also increased the repatriation of capital at its UK and
Canadian subsidiaries
as it looks to the domestic market for future growth.
Corporate
Highlights
Consolidated profit before collective contingency and related
reserve made by ICICI
Bank, and tax, was IRS179,040mn for FY16 compared to
IRS183,390mn for FY15.
Consolidated profit after tax was IRS101,800mn in FY16
compared to IRS122,470mn in
FY15.
The y-o-y growth in domestic advances was 16% in FY16. The
bank continued to see
robust growth in its retail business resulting in a y-o-y growth
92. of 23% in the retail
portfolio. The retail portfolio constituted about 47% of the loan
portfolio of the bank.
Total advances increased by 12% y-o-y to IRS4,352,640mn as at
March 2016 from
IRS3,875,220mn at March 2015.
In FY16, savings account deposits increased by IRS193,700mn
and current account
deposits increased by IRS93,500mn. The Bank's CASA ratio
was 45.8% at the end of
March 2016 compared to 45.2% at December 31, 2015 and
45.5% in March 2015.
Consolidated profit before collective contingency and related
reserve made by ICICI
Bank, and tax, was IRS179,040mn for FY16 compared to
IRS183,390mn for FY15.
Consolidated profit after tax was IRS101,800mn in FY16
compared to IRS122,470mn in
FY15.
Consolidated assets grew by 11% from IRS8,260,790mn at the
end of March 2015 to
IRS9,187,560mn as of March 2016.
The Bank's capital adequacy at the end of March 2016 as per
97. SWOT Analysis
Strengths ■ Large market share.
■ Dominance in northern India and in rural retail banking.
■ Total business of the bank increased in FY16.
■ Strong capital base.
Weaknesses ■ Potential for political interference.
■ High concentration of foreign currency loans leaves bank
vulnerable to currency
swings.
■ Reputation damaged by the bribes-for-loans scandal.
Opportunities ■ Increased business with customers in rural
areas through banking correspondents
and technology (for the bank to benefit from low-value, high-
volume transactions).
■ Deposits and advances to the bank rose in FY16.
Threats ■ The gradual entry of foreign banks operating more
fully.
■ Rising NPL ratio has led to negative outlook on credit rating.
Company Overview Punjab National Bank (PNB), established in
1895, is India's second largest public sector
98. bank (the government owned a 58.9% stake as of October 2014)
and its largest
nationalised bank in terms of the number of branches, deposits,
advances, total
business and operating and net profit.
Based in New Delhi, PNB has a network 6,809 branches and
9,669 ATMs in India as of
June 2016. The bank has a presence in 10 countries with four
representative offices,
five overseas branches, three overseas subsidiaries (in London,
Bhutan, Kazakhstan),
and a joint-venture with Everest Bank in Nepal (in which PNB
owns a 20% stake). The
bank has an estimated 89mn customers worldwide.
PNB has a policy of inclusive growth in the Indo-Gangetic
region, which involves
'banking for the unbanked'. In addition to its large network of
nearly 2,500 rural
branches, it has launched a number of ATMs designed for
disabled customers. PNB is
also expanding its international network, and has been granted
permission from the
India Commercial Banking Report Q1 2017
100. registering a y-o-y growth of 8.4% as of the end of March 2016.
Retail loans were at
IRS578,010mn as of the end of FY16, growing 19% on a y-o-y
basis over FY15.
The bank's operating profit for FY16 was at IRS122,160mn,
while net profit reached
IRS39,740mn as of the same date. Total income, meanwhile,
reached a level of
IRS543,010mn in FY16 and net interest income closed the year
ending March 2016 at
IRS153,120mn.
As of the end of March 16, the bank's gross NPA ratio stood at
12.90% and net NPA
ratio was at 8.61%. The restructured assets of the bank declined
to IRS201,440mn in
FY16 from IRS383,150mn a year earlier.
In December 2013, Moody's changed its rating outlook for PNB
from stable to negative
due to concerns over rising NPLs amid an environment of high
interest rates and rising
inflation. The bank's long-term foreign currency rating stands at
'Baa2'. In September
2014, Fitch affirmed PNB's long-term IDR at 'BBB-', with a