Canara Bank

- The board has permitted raising ₹10,000 crores through infrastructure bonds for the current financial year. - Initially planned to raise ₹5,000 crores twice but ended up raising the full ₹10,000 crores in a single tranche due to overwhelming response. - Funds raised through infrastructure bonds must be invested or lent exclusively towards infrastructure lending. - The bank already has sufficient exposure to infrastructure, exceeding the amount raised. - Future fundraising via infrastructure bonds in the second half of the year depends on board approval, market liquidity, and demand. - If deposit cost decreases and liquidity improves, the bank may not consider further infrastructure bond issuance. - No explicit mention of immediate equity capital raising, but queries about capital raising plans were partially addressed without specific details.

- The transcript does not explicitly mention any current or planned capital expenditure (capex) or strategic investments. - Regarding capital raising, there was a question about board approval for capital raising plans, but no clear details or confirmation were provided in the available text. - The bank has raised ₹10,000 crores through infrastructure bonds for lending to infrastructure projects, with potential for more depending on board approval, market liquidity, and demand. - The focus is more on business growth, improving performance consistency, and managing deposits and liquidity efficiently. - No direct references to future capex or other strategic investments were made in this excerpt.

- Canara Bank targets a business growth of 10% for the full year. - The bank achieved 11% growth in the 1st quarter despite shedding ₹22,500 crores. - Management is confident of surpassing 11-12% growth in the next three quarters. - The focus is on steady and consistent growth across all business parameters without affecting the bottom line. - Advances are expected to grow at 10% as per management guidance. - The bank aims to maintain and improve profitability metrics such as NIM (~2.9%) and ROA (1%). - Infrastructure bond funding (~₹10,000 crores) raised to support infrastructure lending, which may fuel growth. - Cost of deposits is high, but deposit growth continues in double digits (~11%), supporting liquidity for growth. - Emphasis on retail and housing loan growth, with retail growing around 23.54% YOY.

- The bank aims for consistent steady growth in all business parameters without affecting the bottom line, emphasizing performance consistency rather than knee-jerk fluctuations. (Page 20) - Guidance for FY25 includes: - Business growth at 10%, with 1st quarter achieving 11%. - Advances growth target of 10%, expected to exceed 11-12% in upcoming quarters. - NIM guidance of 2.9%, with expectation to improve slightly to around 2.95 by year-end. - Gross NPA guidance of 3.5%, with ongoing reduction underway. - Net NPA guidance of 1.10%, currently at 1.24. - Slippage ratio targeted at 1.3, with efforts to maintain/control it. - Credit cost around 1.1% and ROA at 1% for FY25, with no revisions currently anticipated. - The bank has already surpassed several year-end performance indicators such as credit cost, ROE, EPS, and ROA in Q1 itself. (Pages 12, 19-20)

The transcript from the provided pages of Canara Bank's discussion does not explicitly mention details about the "Current/Expected Orderbook/Pending Orders." The focus is largely on financial performance, deposit profiles, yield and interest income, asset quality, infrastructure bonds, and lending strategies. Key points related to business and lending: - Advances growth guidance for FY25 is around 10%, with confidence to surpass 11-12% in coming quarters. - Infrastructure bonds worth ₹10,000 crores have been fully raised for the current financial year. - Segment-wise lending includes substantial exposure to agriculture, retail gold loans, housing loans, vehicle loans, education loans, and MSME. - The bank is maintaining steady growth and consistent performance without visible mention of orderbook or pending order values. Therefore, there is no direct data shared about orderbook or pending orders in the transcript provided.