The Company recognises a provision when there is present obligation as a result of a past eventthat probably requires an outflow of resources and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount ofthe obligation.
A disclosure for a contingent liability is made when there is a possible obligation or a present obligation thatmay, but probably will not, require an outflow of resources. The Company also discloses present obligationsfor which a reliable estimate cannot be made as a contingent liability. When there is a possible obligationor a present obligation in respect of which the likelihood of outflow of resources is remote, no provision ordisclosure is made.
Commitments are future liabilities, which include undrawn loan commitments, estimated amount ofcontracts remaining to be executed on capital account and not provided for.
(a) Short term employee benefits
The undiscounted amount of short-term employee benefits expected to be paid in exchange forthe services rendered by employees are recognised during the year when the employees renderthe service. These benefits include performance incentive and compensated absences which areexpected to occur within twelve months after the end of the period in which the employee renders therelated service.
(b) Employment benefit plans
The Company operates defined contribution, defined benefit and other long-term service benefits.
Payment to defined contribution plans i.e. provident fund and employees' state insurance are chargedas an expenses as the employee render service.
Defined benefit plans for gratuity is funded by the Company. Payment for present liability of futurepayment of gratuity is made to the approved gratuity fund viz. Bajaj Auto Limited Gratuity Fund Trust,which covers the same under cash accumulation policy and debt fund of the Life Insurance Corporationof India (LIC) and Bajaj Life Insurance Limited. However, any deficits in plan assets managed by LICand Bajaj Life Insurance as compared to actuarial liability determined by an appointed actuary arerecognised as a liability. Actuarial liability is computed using the projected unit credit method. Thecalculation includes assumptions with regard to discount rate, salary escalation rate, attrition rate andmortality rate. Management determines these assumptions in consultation with the plan's actuariesand past trend. Gains and losses through remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability/assets arerecognised immediately in the Balance Sheet with a corresponding debit or credit to retained earningsthrough OCI in the period in which they occur. The effect of any planned amendments are recognised inStatement of Profit and Loss. Remeasurements are not reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods.
The Company treats its liability for compensated absences based on actuarial valuation as at theBalance Sheet date, determined by an independent actuary using the Projected Unit Credit method.
The Company enters into equity settled share-based payment arrangement with its employeesas compensation for the provision of their services. The cost is determined basis the fair value ofthe employee stock options on the grant date using the Black Scholes model. The total cost of theshare option is accounted for on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the grant. The costattributable to the services rendered by the employees of the Company is recognised as employeebenefits expenses in the Statement of Profit and Loss, together with a corresponding increase in ShareOptions Outstanding Account in other equity.
The Holding Company and Ultimate Holding Company had granted stock options to our employees inearlier financial years for provision of services to our Company. The total cost determined basis fairvalue using Black Scholes model is charged on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the grantand is recognised as employee benefits expenses in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
The Company measures its qualifying financial instruments at fair value on each Balance Sheet date.
The Company uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficientdata is available to measure fair value, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising theuse of unobservable inputs.
In case financial instruments are classified on the basis of valuation techniques that features one ormore significant market inputs that are unobservable, then measurement of fair value becomes morejudgemental. Details on level 3 financial instruments along with sensitivity and assumptions are set out innote no. 52.
All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements arecategorised within the fair value hierarchy into Level I, Level II and Level III based on the lowest level inputthat is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole. For a detailed information on the fair valuehierarchy, refer note no. 51 and 52.
For the purpose of fair value disclosures, the Company has determined classes of assets and liabilitieson the basis of the nature, characteristics and risks of the asset or liability and the level of the fairvalue hierarchy.
The nature of products across these broad product categories are either unsecured or secured bycollateral. Although collateral is an important risk mitigant of credit risk, the Company's practice is tolend on the basis of assessment of the customer's ability to repay rather than placing primary relianceon collateral. Based on the nature of product and the Company's assessment of the customer's creditrisk, a loan may be offered with suitable collateral. Depending on its form, collateral can have a significantfinancial effect in mitigating the Company's credit risk.
The Company periodically monitors the market value of collateral and evaluates its exposure and loan tovalue metrics for high risk customers. The Company exercises its rights of repossession across all securedproducts. It also resorts to invoking its right under the Securitization and Reconstruction of FinancialAssets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAES) Act, 2002 and other judicial remedies availableagainst its mortgages and commercial lending business. The repossessed assets are either sold throughauction or released to delinquent customers in case they come forward to settle their dues.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs ('MCA) notifies new standards or amendments to the existing standardsunder Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules as issued from time to time.
In May 2025, MCA notified amendments to Ind AS 21 'The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates',applicable w.e.f. 1 April 2025. The Company has no impact of these amendments.
In August 2025, MCA notified the following amendments to:
• Ind AS 1 'Presentation of Financial Statements', applicable w.e.f. 1 April 2025 - The amendment relatesto classification of liabilities as current or non-current and non-current liabilities with covenants. Inthe context of classifying a liability as current, it removes the requirement of existence of a right todefer settlement for at least 12 months after the reporting date and instead requires that the said rightshould exist on the reporting date and have substance. The amendment also introduces guidance onclassification of liabilities with covenants. This amendment is not applicable to the Company.
• Ind AS 7 'Statement of Cash Flows' and Ind AS 107 'Financial Instruments: Disclosures', applicablew.e.f. 1 April 2025 - The amendment in Ind AS 7 requires to inform users of financial statements of theexistence of supplier finance arrangements and explain the nature of the arrangements, the carryingamount of liabilities and the range of payment due dates. Ind AS 107 has been amended to add supplierfinance arrangements as a factor that may cause concentration of liquidity risk. The Company has noimpact of these amendments.
• Ind AS 12 'International Tax Reform' - Pillar Two Model Rules applicable with immediate effect- Theamendments provide a temporary mandatory relief from deferred tax accounting for top-up tax anddisclose that they have applied the relief. This amendement is not applicable to the Company.
Loans including instalment and interest outstanding amounting H 47.06 crore (Previous year H 59.07 crore)in respect of properties held for disposal under Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets andEnforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 [SARFAESI].
The Company has not granted any loans or advances in the nature of loans to promoters, directors, KMPs andthe related parties (as defined under the Companies Act, 2013), either severally or jointly with any other personthat are (a) repayable on demand or (b) without specifying any terms or period of repayment.
The Company used to assign home loans to external partners as part of its treasury strategy. Considering thechange in regulatory requirement relating to Principal Business Criteria (PBC), the Company reassessed theneed for a change in the business model for its home loan portfolio. In order to retain higher proportion of homeloan portfolio as part of total assets, the Company had done insignificant amount of assignment transactionsfor its home loan portfolio. This was necessitated due to the change in regulatory landscape applicable for theCompany to continue to be classified as a Housing Finance Company. Accordingly, the Company reassessed itsbusiness model of collecting cash flows for home loan portfolio from 'Hold to collect and sell' to 'Hold to collect'and consequently, with effect from 1 April 2025, has reclassified such loan balances amounting to H 54,128.76crore from FVOCI category to Amortised Cost category.
As per the Reserve Bank of India (Housing Finance Companies) Directions, 2025, HFCs are required to maintainminimum 60% of total assets (netted off by intangible assets) towards housing finance and 50% of total assets(netted off by intangible assets) for individual housing finance. As at 31 March 2026, BHFL has 60.88% of totalassets (netted off by intangible assets) towards housing finance (As at 31 March 2025: 63.28%) and 50.45% oftotal assets (netted off by intangible assets) towards individual housing finance (As at 31 March 2025: 51.72%).
‘Nature of security for term loans taken from Banks
Secured against hypothecation of book debts, loan receivables and other receivables.
$Nature of security for term loans taken from NHB
(i) All the outstanding refinancing from NHB are secured by hypothecation of specific loans/ book debts to the extent of 1.05 and 1.10times of outstanding amount as per respective sanctioned terms.
(ii) The Company has availed refinance facility from NHB of H 3,789.34 crore during the year ended 31 March 2026 (Previous yearH 2,893.75 crore) against eligible individual Housing loans under various refinance schemes.
•Represents associated liabilities in respect of securitisation transactions, the net outstanding value (Net of Investment in Pass-throughCertificates) of the proceeds received by the Company from the Trust. The Company has provided additional external credit enhancementto the Trust by way of cash collateral.
The Company has no pending charges or satisfaction which are required to be registered with ROC.
The Company has not been declared a wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution (as defined under the Companies Act, 2013) orconsortium thereof in accordance with the guidelines on wilful defaulters issued by the RBI.
The quarterly statements or returns of assets filed by the Company with banks, financials institutions and debenture trustees are inagreement with books of accounts. The amount reported in quarterly statements is adjusted for net stage 3 loan balances, interest accruedbut not due and loans to related parties as required by banks, financial institutions and debenture trustees.
The Allotment Committee allotted 41,87,918 equity shares on 11 April 2025, having face value of H 10 eachat applicable grant price to the Bajaj Housing Finance ESOP Trust under Employee Stock Option Scheme,
2024. Pursuant to the aforesaid allotment of equity shares, the issued, subscribed and paid-up capital of theCompany stands increased to H 83,28,66,20,060 (8,32,86,62,006 equity shares of H 10 each).
During the financial year ended 31 March 2025, the Company allotted 1,10,74,19,709 equity shares havingface value of H 10 each under right issue to its Holding Company (Bajaj Finance Limited) on 3 April 2024 at apremium of H 8.06 per share involving aggregate amount of H 19,99,99,99,944.54. The Company made an InitialPublic Offer (IPO) for 93,71,42,856 equity shares of H 10 each, comprising a fresh issue of 50,85,71,428 equityshares of the Company and 42,85,71,428 equity shares offered for sale by selling shareholders. The equityshares were issued at a price of H 70 per equity share (including a Share Premium of H 60 per equity share).The Company's equity shares got listed on National Stock Exchange of India Limited and on BSE Limited on16 September 2024.
b. Terms/rights/restrictions attached to equity shares
The Company has only one class of equity shares having a face value of H 10 per share. All theseequity shares have the same rights and preferences with respect to payment of dividend, repaymentof capital and voting. Repayment of capital will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held bythe shareholders.
Securities premium is used to record the premium on issue of shares. The premium received during theyear represents the premium received towards allotment of shares. It can be utilised only for limitedpurposes in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
Reserve fund is created as per the Section 29C of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987, which requires everyhousing finance company to create a reserve fund and transfer therein a sum not less than twenty percentof its net profit every year as disclosed in the profit and loss account and before any dividend is declared. TheCompany has transferred twenty percent of it's net profit during the previous year to the reserve fund. Thisincludes Special Reserve created to avail the deduction as per the provisions of Section 36(1) (viii) of theIncome Tax Act, 1961 on profits derived from the business of providing long-term finance for construction orpurchase of houses in India for residential purposes.
Retained earnings represents the surplus in Profit and Loss account after appropriation.
The Company recognises change on account of remeasurement of the net defined benefit liability (asset)as part of retained earnings with separate disclosure, which comprises of:
(a) actuarial gains and losses and
(b) return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability/(asset).
The Company recognises changes in the fair value of debt instruments held with a dual businessobjective of collect and sell in other comprehensive income. These changes are accumulated in theFVOCI debt instrument reserve. The Company transfers amounts from this reserve to profit or losswhen the debt instrument is sold. Any impairment loss on such instruments is reclassified immediatelyto the Statement of Profit and Loss.
The Company recognises changes in the fair value of debt instruments held with a dual businessobjective of collect and sell in other comprehensive income. These changes are accumulated in theFVOCI debt investments reserve. The Company transfers amounts from this reserve to profit or losswhen the debt instrument is sold. Any impairment loss on such instruments is reclassified immediatelyto the Statement of Profit and Loss.
Share options outstanding account is created as required by Ind AS 102 'Share Based Payments' on theEmployee Stock Option Scheme operated by the Company for employees of the Company.
On 21 November 2025, the Government of India consolidated 29 existing labour legislations into a unifiedframework comprising 4 Labour codes. In accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 19 'Employee Benefits',these changes have resulted in an increase in the past service cost of gratuity by H13.14 crore. Consideringthat the enactment of the new legislation is a non-recurring event, the Company has presented this one¬time charge under 'Exceptional Item'. The Company continues to monitor the finalisation of the Central andState Rules and clarifications from the Government on the New Labour Codes and shall provide appropriateaccounting effect based on such developments, as necessary.
Basic EPS is calculated in accordance with Ind AS 33 'Earning Per Share' by dividing the net profit for the yearattributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of equity shares outstandingduring the year. Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing the net profit attributable to equity holders of theCompany by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year plus the weightedaverage number of equity shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential equity sharesinto equity shares of the Company.
The Company is engaged primarily in the business of financing and accordingly there are no separate reportable segmentsas per Ind AS 108 dealing with Operating Segment. The Company operates in a single geographical segment i.e. domestic.No single customer represents 10% or more of the total revenue for the year ended 31 March 2026 and 31 March 2025.
No penalty was imposed by NHB/RBI and any other regulators in the current year and previous year.
The Company has not transferred any assets that are derecognised in their entirety where the Companycontinues to have continuing involvement.
With the introduction of the Code on Social Security (CoSS), 2020 w.e.f. 21 November 2025, thePayment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is repealed. While the Act has been repealed, its core provisions have beenincorporated into the new Code.
The Company has a gratuity plan for its employees which is higher of:
• Gratuity computed on the basis of wages (as defined in CoSS) or H 20 Lakh, whichever is lower; and
• Gratuity computed on the basis of Company's gratuity scheme.
Employees other than fixed term employees, who are in continuous service for a period of 5 years; andfixed-term employees who are in continuous service for a period of one year, are eligible for gratuity. Thelevel of benefits provided depends on the employee's length of service and salary at retirement age.Gratuity plan is funded by the Company. Payment for present liability of future payment of gratuity is madeto the approved gratuity fund under cash accumulation policy and debt fund. Any deficits/ surplus in planassets as compared to actuarial liability determined by an actuary are recognised as a liability/ asset.
Actuarial liability is computed using the projected unit credit method. The calculation includes assumptionswith regard to discount rate, salary escalation rate, attrition rate and mortality rate. Managementdetermines these assumptions in consultation with an actuary and past trend. Gains and losses throughremeasurements of the net defined benefit liability/assets are recognised immediately in the Balance Sheetwith a corresponding debit or credit to retained earnings through OCI in the period in which they occur. Theeffect of any planned amendments is recognised in Statement of Profit and Loss. Remeasurements are notreclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods.
Notes:
• Transactions values (TV) are excluding taxes and duties.
• Amount in bracket denotes credit balance.
• Transactions where Company act as intermediary and passed through Company's books of accounts are not in the nature of relatedparty transaction and hence are not disclosed.
• Insurance claims received by the Company on insurance cover taken by it on its assets are not in the nature of related party transaction,hence not disclosed.
• The above disclosures have been made for related parties identified as such only to be in conformity with the Ind AS 24 'Related PartyDisclosures'.
• Name of the related parties and nature of their relationships where control exists have been disclosed irrespective of whether ornot there have been transactions between the related parties. In other cases, disclosure has been made only when there have beentransactions with those parties.
• Related parties as defined under clause 9 of the Indian Accounting Standard - 24 'Related Party Disclosures' have been identified basedon representations made by key managerial personnel and information available with the Company. All above transactions are in theordinary course of business and on arms' length basis. All outstanding balances are to be settled in cash and are unsecured exceptsecured non-convertible debentures issued to related parties which are disclosed appropriately.
• Provisions for gratuity, compensated absences and other long-term service benefits are made for the Company as a whole and theamounts pertaining to the key management personnel are not specifically identified and hence are not included above.
• As on 31 March 2026, 19 non-corporate related parties held Company's equity shares amounting to H 0.05 crore (47,384 shares of H 10each) (Previous Year 58,290 shares of H 10 each).
• Non convertible debentures (NCDs) transaction includes only issuance from primary market, and outstanding balance is balances ofNCDs held by related parties as on reporting dates. Interest accrued on NCDs is identified based on beneficiary holder at the time ofpayment to whom the interest is credited.
• The Company has a committed line of credit of H 2,500 crore from Bajaj Finance Limited (Holding Company)
The Company actively manages its capital base to cover risks inherent to its business and meets the capitaladequacy requirements of the regulator, the Reserve Bank of India. The adequacy of the Company's capital ismonitored using, among other measures, the regulations issued by the RBI.
The Company's objective is to maintain appropriate levels of capital to support its business strategy takinginto account the regulatory, economic and commercial environment. The Company aims to maintain a strongcapital base to support its growth strategy and the risks inherent to its business. The Company endeavours tomaintain a higher capital base than the mandated regulatory capital at all times.
The Company's assessment of capital requirement is aligned to its planned growth which forms part of anannual operating plan which is approved by the Board and also a long range strategy. These growth plans arealigned to assessment of risks- which include credit, liquidity and interest rate.
The Company monitors its capital adequacy ratio (CRAR) on a monthly basis through its assets liabilitymanagement committee (ALCO).
The Company endeavours to maintain its CRAR higher than the minimum regulatory requirement of 15%.Accordingly, increase in capital is planned well in advance to ensure adequate funding for its growth.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderlytransaction in the principal (or most advantageous) market at the measurement date under current marketconditions (i.e. an exit price), regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using avaluation technique.
In order to show how fair values have been derived, financial instruments are classified based on a hierarchy ofvaluation techniques.
This note describes the fair value measurement of both financial and non-financial instruments.
The Company has an internal fair value assessment team which assesses the fair values for assets qualifyingfor fair valuation.
The Company's valuation framework includes:
• Benchmarking prices against observable market prices or other independent sources;
• Development and validation of fair valuation models using model logic, inputs, outputs and adjustments.
These valuation models are subject to a process of due diligence and validation before they become operationaland are continuously calibrated. These models are subject to approvals by various functions including risk,treasury and finance functions. Finance function is responsible for establishing procedures, governing valuationand ensuring fair values are in compliance with accounting standards.
Fair values of financial instruments, other than those which are subsequently measured at amortised cost, havebeen arrived at as under:
• Fair values of investments held for trading under FVTPL and investments held under FVOCI have beendetermined under level 1 (Refer note 52) using quoted market prices of the underlying instruments;
• Fair value of loans held for a business model that is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows andpartially selling the loans through partial assignment to willing buyers and which contain contractual termsthat give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest are measuredat FVOCI. The fair value of these loans have been determined under level 3.
The Company has determined that the carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, shortterm loans, floating rate loans, trade payables, short term debts, borrowings, bank overdrafts and other currentliabilities are a reasonable approximation of their fair value and hence their carrying values are deemed to be fairvalue.
The Company determines fair values of financial instruments according to the following hierarchy:
Level 1- valuation based on quoted market price: financial instruments with quoted prices for identicalinstruments in active markets that the Company can access at the measurement date.
Level 2- valuation using observable inputs: financial instruments with quoted prices for similar instrumentsin active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in active markets and financialinstruments valued using models where all significant inputs are observable.
Level 3- valuation technique with significant unobservable inputs: financial instruments valued using valuationtechniques where one or more significant inputs are unobservable.
53. Risk management objectives and policies (Contd.)
(a) Liquidity risk
The Company's ALCO monitors asset liability mismatches to ensure that there are no imbalances or excessiveconcentrations on either side of the Balance Sheet.
The Company maintains a judicious mix of borrowings from banks, money markets and continues to diversifyits sources of borrowings with an emphasis on longer tenor borrowings. The Company for the first time raisedfunds by way of securitisation of loans receivables in FY 2026. This strategy of balancing varied sources of fundsand long tenor borrowings along with liquidity buffer has helped the Company maintain a healthy asset liabilityposition. The overall borrowings including debt securities stood at H 1,03,703.99 crore as of 31 March 2026(Previous year H 82,071.92 crore).
The Company continuously monitors liquidity in the market; and as a part of its ALM strategy maintains aliquidity buffer through an active investment desk to reduce this risk. The Company endeavours to maintainliquidity buffer in the range of 3% to 5% of its overall borrowings in normal market scenario. The averageinvestments for the financial year 2025-26 was H 3,979 crore. Liquidity buffer was at H 2,662 crore as on31 March 2026.
RBI has issued guidelines on liquidity risk framework for NBFCs, covering various aspects of liquidity riskmanagement such as granular level classification of buckets in structural liquidity statement, tolerance limitsthereupon, and liquidity risk management tools and principles. The Company has a Board approved LiquidityRisk Management Framework which covers liquidity risk management policy, strategies and practices, liquiditycoverage ratio (LCR), stress testing, contingency funding plan, maturity profiling, liquidity risk measurement -stock approach, currency risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk monitoring framework.
The Company exceeds the regulatory requirement of LCR which mandate maintaining prescribed coverage ofexpected net cash outflows for a stressed scenario in the form of high quality liquid assets (HQLA). As of31 March 2026, the Company maintained a LCR of 152.52%, well in excess of the RBI's stipulated norm of 100%.
The Company has a Board approved Contingency Funding Plan (CFP) to respond quickly to any anticipatedor actual stressed market conditions. The primary goal of the Contingency Funding Plan (CFP) is to provide aframework of action plan for contingency funding when the Company experiences a reduction to its liquidityposition, either from causes unique to the Company or systemic events limiting its ability to maintain normaloperations and service to customers. The CFP defines the framework to assess, measure, monitor, and respondto potential contingency funding needs. CFP also clearly lays down the specific contingency funding sources,conditions related to the use of these sources and when they would be used. Roles and responsibilities of theCrisis Management Group constituted under the CFP have been identified to facilitate the effective execution ofCFP in a contingency event.
The table below summarises the maturity profile of the undiscounted cashflow of the Company'sfinancial liabilities:
Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flow of financial instruments will fluctuate due to changesin the market variables such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates and security prices.
Interest rate riskOn assets and liabilities
For floating rate asset and liabilities sensitivity analysis is prepared assuming the amount outstanding at theend of the reporting period was outstanding for the whole year. The following table demonstrate the sensitivityto a reasonably possible change in interest rate on that portion of loans and borrowings affected. With all othervariable held constant, the Company's profit before tax is affected through the impact on floating rate financialasset and liabilities, as follows:
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss arising out of customers or counterparties failing to meet their repaymentobligations to the Company. The Company has a diversified lending model and focuses on five broad categoriesviz: (i) home loans, (ii) loan against property (iii) lease rental discounting, (iv) developer loans, and (v) unsecuredloans. The Company assesses the credit quality of all financial instruments that are subject to credit risk.
The Company classifies its financial assets in three stages having the following characteristics:
• Stage 1: unimpaired and without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition on which a12-month allowance for ECL is recognised;
• Stage 2: a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition on which a lifetime ECL is recognised; and
• Stage 3: objective evidence of impairment, and are therefore considered to be in default or otherwise creditimpaired on which a lifetime ECL is recognised.
Treatment and classification methodology of different stages of financial assets is detailed in note no. 3.3 (i)Computation of impairment on financial instruments
The Company calculates impairment on financial instruments as per ECL approach prescribed under Ind AS 109'Financial instrument'. ECL uses three main components: PD (probability of default), LGD (loss given default)and EAD (exposure at default) along with an adjustment considering forward macro economic conditions. Forfurther details of computation of ECL please refer to significant accounting policies note no 3.3 (i).
The Company recalibrates components of its ECL model periodically by; (1) using the available incremental andrecent information, except where such information do not represent the future outcome, and (2) assessingchanges to its statistical techniques for a granular estimation of ECL. Accordingly, during the year, the Companyhas redeveloped its ECL model and implemented the same with the approval of Audit Committee and the Board.
The Company follows simplified ECL approach under Ind AS 109 'Financial Instruments' for trade receivables,and other financial assets.
The table below summarises the approach adopted by the Company for various components of ECL viz. PD,
EAD and LGD across product lines using empirical data where relevant:
The Company offers loans to customers across various lending verticals as articulated above. These loansincludes both unsecured loans and loans secured by collateral. Although collateral is an important riskmitigant of credit risk, the Company's practice is to lend on the basis of assessment of the customer's abilityto repay rather than placing primary reliance on collateral. Based on the nature of product and the Company'sassessment of the customer's credit risk, a loan may be offered with suitable collateral. Depending on its form,collateral can have a significant financial effect in mitigating the Company's credit risk.
The Company periodically monitors the market value of collateral and evaluates its exposure and loan to valuemetrics for high risk customers. The Company exercises its right of repossession across all secured products.
It also resorts to invoking its right under the SARFAESI Act and other judicial remedies available against itsmortgages and commercial lending business. The repossessed assets are either sold through auction orreleased to delinquent customers in case they come forward to settle their dues. The Company does not recordrepossessed assets on its Balance Sheet as non-current assets held for sale.
The Company takes guarantee cover for certain qualifying portfolios under Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust forLow Income Housing (CRGFTLIH) governed by National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC).
The Company focuses on granulisation of loans portfolios by expanding its geographic reach to reduce geographicconcentrations while continually calibrating its product mix across its five categories of lending mentioned above.
Allowance for impairment on financial instruments recognised in the financial statements reflect the effect ofa range of possible economic outcomes, calculated on a probability-weighted basis, based on the economicscenarios described below. The recognition and measurement of expected credit losses ('ECL') involves the useof estimation. It is necessary to formulate multiple forward-looking economic forecasts and its impact as anintegral part of ECL model.
The ECL model and its input variables are recalibrated periodically using available incremental and recentinformation. It is possible that internal estimates of PD and LGD rates used in the ECL model may not alwayscapture all the characteristics of the market and the external environment as at the reporting date. To reflect this,qualitative adjustments or overlays are made as temporary adjustments to reflect the emerging risks reasonably.
Methodology
The Company has adopted the use of three scenarios, representative of its view of forecast economicconditions, required to calculate unbiased estimation of forward looking economic adjustment to its ECL. Theyrepresent a most likely outcome i.e. central scenario and two less likely outer scenarios referred to as the upsideand downside scenarios. The Company has assigned a 10% probability to the two outer scenarios, while thecentral scenario has been assigned an 80% probability. These weights are deemed appropriate for the unbiasedestimation of impact of macro factors on ECL. The key scenario assumptions are used keeping in mind externalforecasts and Management estimates which ensure that the scenarios are unbiased.
The Company uses multiple economic factors and test their correlations with past loss trends witnessed forbuilding its forward economic guidance (FEG) model. During the current year, the Company evaluated variousmacro factors GDP growth rates, growth of bank credit, wholesale price index (WPI), consumer price index(CPI), core inflation, industrial production index, unemployment rate, crude oil prices and policy interest rates.
Based on past correlation trends, inflation and GDP growth rates reflected acceptable correlation with past losstrends and were considered appropriate by the Management. GDP has a direct relation with the income levelswhereas inflation and inflationary expectations affect the disposable income of people. Accordingly, both thesemacro-variables directly and indirectly impact the economy. These factors were assigned appropriate weightsto measure ECL in forecast economic conditions.
For GDP growth rate data, the Company has considered RBI projections and data published by Ministry ofStatistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
- While formulating the central scenario, the Company has considered average growth rate of 7% for next year.
- In the downside scenario, factoring in heightened geopolitical risks and a potential war-related disruption,
GDP growth is assumed to decline to -2%. However, consistent with a mean reversion approach, thiscontraction is considered temporary. The scenario assumes that growth gradually rebounds from the troughand normalizes to approximately 8% , reflecting economic stabilization and recovery following the shock.
- For the upside scenario, the Company acknowledges various surveys and studies indicating improvingeconomic situation and estimates GDP growth rate might reach to 14%. Subsequently, as per meanreversion approach, the upside scenario assumes it to normalise from the peak and normalise to around 8%within next three years.
For Inflation data, the Company has considered RBI reports and data published by Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation, Government of India.
- The central scenario assumed by the Company considered peak inflation of 4.2% basis average trendlinesof last 3 years.
- For the downside scenario, the Company considers that the inflation risk may continue due to variousuncertainties (geopolitical conflict, tariffs etc), and therefore assumes the inflation to touch a peak ofaround 8% and subsequently normalise to around 3.4%.
- For the upside scenario, we believe that there would be certain factors which might come into play viz, baseeffect, continuously falling WPI, better supply chain management etc, and, as a result, inflation is assumed towell-anchored, stabilising in range of 3.3% to 3.4%. This range represents the lowest inflation rate consideredunder the upside scenario, and no further downward deviation has been assumed, given structural andpolicy-related constraints that are likely to prevent inflation from falling meaningfully below this level.
Additionally, the ECL model and its input variables are recalibrated periodically using available incremental andup to date information. However, it is recognised that internal estimates of PD and LGD rates used in the ECLframework may not, at all times, fully capture the rapidly evolving market conditions or external environmentalfactors prevailing at the reporting date. Accordingly, Management applies qualitative overlays and post modeladjustments, where necessary, as temporary measures to appropriately reflect emerging and non linear risksthat are not adequately incorporated in the model based estimates.
Operational risk is the risk arising from inadequate or failed internal processes, people or systems, or fromexternal events. Operational risk is inherent in the Company's business activities, as well as in the relatedsupport functions. BHFL has in place an internal Operational Risk Management (ORM) Framework to manageoperational risk in an effective and efficient manner. The key objective is to enable the Company to ascertainan increased likelihood of an operational risk event occurring in a timely manner to take steps to mitigate thesame. This is achieved through determining key process areas, converting these to measurable and quantifiablemetrics (KRIs), setting thresholds for KRIs, monitoring and reporting on breaches of the tolerance levels.Corrective actions are initiated to bring back the breached metrics within their acceptable thresholds byconducting the root cause analysis to identify the failure of underlying process, people, systems, or externalevents, if any.
Further, the Company has comprehensive procedures and controls laid down by respective businesses aroundvarious key activities viz. loan acquisition, customer service, IT operations, finance function etc. Company alsohas a dedicated ORM unit to review and monitor operational risk in coordination with respective business/functions along with ORM SPOCs identified within each business unit. Internal Audit also conducts a detailedreview of all the functions at least once a year which helps to identify process gaps on timely basis. Informationtechnology and operations functions have a dedicated compliance and control units who on continuous basisreview internal processes. This enables the Management to evaluate key areas of operational risks and theprocess to adequately mitigate them on an ongoing basis.
The Company has a robust Disaster recovery (DR) plan and Business continuity plan (BCP) to ensurecontinuity of its operations including services to customers in situations such as natural disasters, technologicaloutage, etc. Robust periodic testing is carried, and results are analysed to address any gaps in the framework.DR and BCP audits are conducted on a periodical basis to provide assurance regarding its effectiveness.
The Board of Directors at its meeting held on 24 April 2024, approved an issue of stock options up to amaximum of 5% of the then issued equity capital of the Company aggregating to 39,09,78,763 equity sharesof the face value of H 10 each in a manner provided in the Companies Act, 2013 subject to the approval of theshareholders. The shareholders of the Company vide their special resolution passed at Extraordinary GeneralMeeting on 24 April 2024 approved the issue of equity shares of the Company under Employee Stock OptionScheme. Subsequently, it was ratified by shareholders vide special resolution passed through postal balloton 21 December 2024 in line with the requirements of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share BasedEmployee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021. The options issued under the ESOP Scheme vest overa period of not less than 1 year and not later than 5 years from the date of grant with the vesting condition ofcontinuous employment with the Company or the Group except in case of death or permanent incapacity of anOption Grantee where the minimum vesting period of 1 year from the date of grant shall not apply and settledby issue of shares at exercise price.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has approved the following grants to tenuredemployees in managerial and leadership positions upon achieving defined thresholds of performance andleadership behaviour in accordance with the Stock Option Scheme. Details of grants given up to the reportingdate under the scheme are given as under:
Expected volatility has been calculated based on the daily closing market price of the comparable entities.
For the year ended 31 March 2026, the Company has accounted expense of H 32.06 crore as employee benefitexpenses (note no.34) on the aforesaid employee stock option plan (Previous year H 16.97 crore). The balance inemployee stock option outstanding account is H 48.01 crore as of 31 March 2026 (Previous year H 16.97 crore).
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Bajaj Finance Limited (Holding Company) has approvedgrants to select senior level executives of the Company in accordance with the Stock Option Scheme. Detailsof grants given upto the reporting date under the scheme, duly adjusted for sub-division of shares and issue ofbonus shares thereon, are given as under:
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Bajaj Finserv Limited (Ultimate Holding Company) hasapproved grant of 47,340 stock options at an exercise price of H 1,482.64, adjusted for split and bonus, havinga bullet vesting of 5 years to select employees of the Company in accordance with the Stock Option Scheme ofthe Ultimate Holding Company. Of the options granted, no option has vested, cancelled or exercised during theyear. The weighted average fair value of the option granted is H 689.20. The Ultimate Holding Company has usedthe fair value method to account for the compensation cost of stock options to employees. The fair value ofoptions used are estimated on the date of grant using the Black - Scholes Model. The key assumptions used inBlack - Scholes Model for calculating fair value as on the date of respective grants are
Details of transaction where the Company has received fund from entities (Funding party) with theunderstanding that the Company shall directly or indirectly lend or invest in other entities.
There were no transaction where the Company had received fund from entities (Funding party) with theunderstanding that the Company shall directly or indirectly lend or invest in other entity during the financialyear ended 31 March 2026 and 31 March 2025.
56. Disclosures pursuant to RBI Direction - RBI/DOS/2024-25/120 D0S.C0.FMG.SEC.No.7/23.04.001/2024-25,'Reserve Bank of India Master Directions (MD) on Fraud Risk Management in Non-Banking Financial Companies(NBFCs) (including Housing Finance Companies)' dated 15 July 2024, as amended from time to time.
The Company has reported fraud amounting to H 0.85 crore during the year ended 31 March 2026(Previous year Nil).
57. Disclosures pursuant to RBI Direction - RBI/DoR/2025-26/365 DoR.FIN.REC.284/03-10-119/2025-26, ’ReserveBank of India (Housing Finance Companies) Directions’ dated 28 November 2025, as amended from time to time.
The Company has not granted any loans against collateral of gold and silver in current year and previous year.
In accordance with the Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies - Resolution of StressedAssets) Directions 28 November 2025, no resolution plans have been implemented during the period ended31 March 2026 in projects financed on or after 1 October 2025.
In accordance with the Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies - Transfer and Distribution ofCredit Risk) Directions dated 28 November 2025, the relevant provisions of Co-lending arrangements are effectivefrom 1 January 2026. The Company has not entered into new Co-lending arrangements on/ after 1 January 2026.
The Company manages its liquidity risk management framework through various means like liquiditybuffers, sourcing of long-term funds, positive asset liability mismatch, keeping strong pipeline of sanctionsand approvals from banks and assignment of loans under the guidance of ALCO and Board. For qualitativedisclosure on liquidity risk management, refer note no. 53.
The Company has not entered into any credit default swap during the current and previous year.
The Company has not entered into any exchange traded derivative during the current and previous year.
The Company has to manage various risks associated with the lending business. These risks include liquidityrisk, interest rate risk and counterparty risk.
The Investment and market risk policy, ALM Policy and currency and interest rate risk hedging policy asapproved by the Board sets limits for exposures on various parameters. The Company manages its interest raterisk in accordance with the guidelines prescribed therein.
Liquidity risk and interest rate risks, arising out of maturity mismatch of assets and liabilities, are managedthrough regular monitoring of maturity profiles. As a part of Asset Liability Management, the Company has alsoentered into interest rate swaps wherein it has converted a portion of its fixed rate rupee liabilities into floatingrate liability. Counter party risk is reviewed periodically to ensure that exposure to various counter parties is welldiversified and is within the limits specified by policy.
Financial Risk Management of the Company constitutes the Audit and Governance Committee, Asset LiabilityCommittee (ALCO), Investment Committee and the Risk Management Committee.
The Company periodically monitors various counter party risk and market risk limits, within the risk architectureand processes of the Company.
The Company has a Interest rate risk and currency risk hedging approved by the Board of Directors. Forderivative contracts designated as hedges, the Company documents at inception, the relationship betweenthe hedging instrument and hedged item. Hedged book is reviewed periodically by the Investment Committee/ALCO at each reporting period. Hedge effectiveness is measured by the degree to which changes in the fairvalue or cashflows of the hedged item that are attributed to the hedged risk are offset by changes in the fairvalue or cashflows of the hedging instrument.
All derivative contracts are recognised on the Balance Sheet and measured at fair value. Hedge accountingis applied to all the derivative instruments as per IND AS 109. Gains/ losses, arising on account of fair valuechanges in hedged item and hedging instrument, are recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
The Company has entered into fair value hedges like interest rate swaps on fixed rate rupee liabilities as a partof the Interest rate risk management whereby fixed rate liabilities are converted to floating rate liabilities. TheCompany has a net mark to market loss of H 61.58 crore on outstanding interest rate swap book.
(i) Details of financing of Parent Company products
The Company does not have any financing of Parent Company products during the current and previous year.
The Company has not exceeded the prudential exposure limits during the current and previous year.
The Company has unsecured advances net of ECL of H 2,249.35 crore (Previous year H 1,982.14 crore)which includes advances net of ECL of H 546.33 crore (Previous year H 266.84 crore) secured againstintangible assets.
There were no breach of covenants of loans availed or debt securities issued in current year and previous year.
No disclosure on divergence in asset classification and provisioning for NPAs is required with respect to NHB'ssupervisory inspection for the year ended 31 March 2025 and for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The Company has obtained registration from Financial Intelligence Units, India vide Registration No. FI00030844.The Company has obtained registration from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority vide RegistrationNo. CA0885.
The Company is domiciled as well as has its operations in India.
The Company has not drawn any amount from statutory reserve created u/s 29C of the National Housing BankAct, 1987 during the current year and previous year.
The Company is non-public deposit taking housing finance company, hence not applicable.
The Company has not held any overseas assets as on reporting date (Previous year H Nil).
The Company does not have any SPVs sponsored in current year and previous year which were required to beconsolidated as per accounting norms.
Refer note no. 44 for off-balance sheet exposure. The Company has not issued any structured product duringthe current and previous year.
The Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) is one of the key parameters closely monitored by RBI to enable a moreresilient financial sector. The objective of the LCR is to promote an environment wherein Balance Sheet carry astrong liquidity for short term cash flow requirements. To ensure strong liquidity, HFCs are required to maintainadequate pool of unencumbered high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) which can be easily converted into cash tomeet their stressed liquidity needs for 30 calendar days. The LCR is expected to improve the ability of financialsector to absorb the shocks arising from financial and/or economic stress, thus reducing the risk of spill overfrom financial sector to real economy.
The Liquidity Risk Management of the Company is managed by the Asset liability committee (ALCO) under thegovernance of Board approved Liquidity risk framework and Asset liability management policy. The LCR levelsfor the Balance Sheet date is derived by arriving the stressed expected cash inflow and outflow for the next 30calendar days. To compute stressed cash outflow, all expected and contracted cash outflows are consideredby applying a stress of 15%. Similarly, inflows for the Company are arrived at by considering all expected andcontracted inflows by applying a haircut of 25%.
Company for purpose of computing outflows, has considered: (1) all the contractual debt repayments, (2)expected outflows from credit facilities contracted with customers, and (3) other expected or contractedcash outflows. Inflows comprise of: (1) expected receipt from all performing loans and other receivables, (2)
The Company has not undertaken any transaction in currency options market during the current year andprevious year.
Refer Note No. 3.3(i)(a).
60. Amounts less than H 50,000 have been shown at actual against respective line items which are statutorilyrequired to be disclosed.
61. Figures for the previous periods have been regrouped, wherever necessary, to make them comparable withthe current period.