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Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of ICICI Bank Limited (ICICI Bank/the Bank) along with the audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2023.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial performance for fiscal 2023 is summarised in the following table:

Rs.in billion, except percentages Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 % change
Net interest income and non-interest income 650.80 820.12 26.0%
Operating expenses 267.33 328.73 23.0%
Core operating profit 383.47 491.39 28.1%
Provisions and contingencies (excluding tax) 86.41 66.66 (22.9)%
Profit before tax excluding treasury gains 297.06 424.73 43.0%
Treasury gains 9.03 (0.52) (105.8)%
Profit before tax 306.09 424.21 38.6%
Tax 72.70 105.25 44.8%
Profit after tax 233.39 318.96 36.7%
RsRs.in billion, except percentages Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 % change
Consolidated profit before tax and minority interest 349.96 472.55 35.0%
Consolidated profit after tax and minority interest 251.10 340.37 35.6%

DIVIDEND

Your Bank has a consistent dividend payment history. Your Bank's Dividend Distribution Policy is based on the profitability and key financial metrics, capital position & requirements and the regulations pertaining to the payment of dividend. The Board of Directors has recommended a dividend of Rs.8.00 per equity share for the year ended March 31, 2023.

APPROPRIATIONS

The Bank has appropriated accumulated profit as follows:

RsRs.in billion Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023
Profit after tax 233.39 318.96
Profit brought forward 310.09 436.71
Accumulated profit (before appropriations) 543.48 755.67

Appropriations:

To Statutory Reserve, making in all Rs.435.78 billion 58.35 79.74

To Special Reserve created and maintained in terms of Section 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, making in all Rs 154.49 billion

15.00 25.65
To Capital Reserve, making in all Rs.150.42 billion 15.741 0.88
To Investment Fluctuation Reserve, making in all Rs 21.76 billion2 3.83 1.04
To Revenue and other reserves, making in all Rs 109.37 billion 0.00 50.00
Dividend paid on equity shares3 13.85 34.79
Balance carried over to balance sheet 436.71 563.57

1 The Bank had shifted certain securities from held-to-maturity (HTM) category to available-for-sale (AFS) category on May 3, 2017. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) through its order dated May 3, 2021 directed the Bank to appropriate the net profit made on sale of these investments during fiscal 2018 to capital reserve. Accordingly, an amount of Rs.15.09 billion was transferred from balance in profit and loss account to capital reserve during fiscal 2022.

2 Represents an amount transferred to Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR) on net profit on sale of AFS and held-for-trading (HFT) investments during the period. The amount not less than the lower of net profit on sale of AFS and HFT category investments during the year or net profit for the year less mandatory appropriations is required to be transferred to IFR, until the amount of IFR is at least 2% of the HFT and AFS portfolio. The Bank can draw down balance available in IFR in excess of 2% of its AFS and HFT portfolio.

3 Represent dividend declared for previous financial year and paid in current financial year.

The Bank prepares its financial statements in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, RBI guidelines and other applicable laws/regulations. RBI, under its risk-based supervision exercise, carries out the risk assessment of the Bank on an annual basis. This assessment is undertaken for the position at March 31, 2023. As a part of this assessment, RBI separately reviews asset classification and provisioning of credit facilities given by the Bank to its borrowers. The divergences, if any, in classification or provisioning arising out of the supervisory process are given effect to in the financial statements in subsequent periods after conclusion of the exercise. In terms of the RBI circular no. DBR.BP.BC.No.32/ 21.04.018/2018-19 dated April 1, 2019, banks are required to disclose the divergences in asset classification and provisioning consequent to RBI's annual supervisory process in their notes to accounts to the financial statements, wherever either (a) the additional provisioning requirements assessed by RBI exceed 10% of the reported net profits before provisions and contingencies or (b) the additional gross NPAs identified by RBI exceed 15% of the published incremental gross NPAs for the reference period, or both. Based on the condition mentioned in the RBI circular, no disclosure on divergence in asset classification and provisioning for NPAs is required with respect to RBI's supervisory process for fiscal 2022.

SHARE CAPITAL

During the year under review, the Bank allotted 34,044,356 equity shares of Rs.2.00 each pursuant to exercise of stock options under the ICICI Bank Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2000. For details refer to Schedule 1 of the financial statements.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS

Pursuant to Section 186(11) of the Companies Act, 2013, the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, except sub-section (1), do not apply to a loan made, guarantee given or security provided by a banking company in the ordinary course of business. The particulars of investments made by the Bank are disclosed in Schedule 8 of the financial statements as per the applicable provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

SUBSIDIARY, ASSOCIATE AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES

There was no change in the subsidiaries and associates of the Bank during fiscal 2023. The Bank does not have any joint venture company. As at March 31, 2023, your Bank had following subsidiaries (15) and associate (9) companies:

Name of the subsidiary company

% of shares held
ICICI Bank UK PLC 100
ICICI Bank Canada 100
ICICI Securities Limited1 74.85
ICICI Securities Holdings, Inc.2 100
ICICI Securities, Inc.3 100
ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
Limited 100
ICICI Venture Funds Management
Company Limited 100
ICICI Home Finance Company
Limited 100
ICICI Trusteeship Services Limited 100
ICICI Investment Management
Company Limited 100
ICICI International Limited 100
ICICI Prudential Pension Funds
Management Company Limited4 100
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Company Limited 51.27
ICICI Prudential Asset Management
Company Limited 51.00
ICICI Prudential Trust Limited 50.80

1 The Board of Directors of the Bank on June 29, 2023 have approved the draft scheme of arrangement for delisting of equity shares of ICICI Securities Limited (ISEC) by issuing equity shares of the Bank to the public shareholders of ISEC in lieu of cancellation of their equity shares in ISEC, thereby making ISEC a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, in accordance with Chapter VI, Part C, Regulation 37 of the Securities and Exchange

Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2021, subject to receipt of requisite approvals.

2 ICICI Securities Holdings, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICICI Securities Limited.

3 ICICI Securities, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICICI Securities Holdings, Inc.

4 ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited.

Name of the associate company

% of shares held
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
Company Limited1 48.02
I-Process Services (India) Private
Limited2 19.00
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking and
Insurance Training Limited 18.79
ICICI Merchant Services Private Limited 19.01
India Infradebt Limited 42.33
Arteria Technologies Private Limited 19.98
Rajasthan Asset Management
Company Private Limited3 24.30
OTC Exchange of India3 20.00
Falcon Tyres Limited3 26.39

1 The Board of Directors of the Bank have approved an increase in shareholding in ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, in multiple tranches up to 4.0% additional shareholding, as permissible under applicable law, to ensure compliance with the Section 19(2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and make it a subsidiary of the Bank, subject to receipt of necessary regulatory approval(s). The Bank would acquire atleast 2.5% stake out of the above 4.0% before September 9, 2024. As on the date of this Report, necessary approval(s) are awaited.

2 The Board of Directors of the Bank have approved the proposal for making I-Process Services (India) Private Limited a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, subject to receipt of requisite regulatory and statutory approval(s). As on the date of this Report, necessary approval(s) are awaited.

3 These companies are not considered as associates in the financial statements, in accordance with the provisions of AS 23 on ‘Accounting for Investments in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements'.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PERFORMANCE OF SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY

The performance of subsidiaries and associates and their contribution to the overall performance of the Bank as on March 31, 2023 is given in "Consolidated Financial Statements of ICICI Bank Limited - Schedule 18 - Note

12 - Additional information to consolidated accounts" of this Annual Report. A summary of key financials of the Bank's subsidiaries is also given in "Statement Pursuant to Section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013" of this Annual Report.

The highlights of the performance of key subsidiaries are given as a part of Management's Discussion & Analysis under the section "Consolidated financials as per Indian GAAP".

The Bank will make available separate audited financial statements of the subsidiaries to any Member upon request. These documents/details will be available on the Bank's website at https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/ annual and will also be available for inspection by any Member or trustee of the holder of any debentures of the Bank. As required by Accounting Standard 21 (AS-21) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Bank's consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report incorporate the accounts of its subsidiaries and other consolidating entities.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS FUTURE OPERATIONS

There are no significant and/or material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status or future operations of the Bank.

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE BANK

There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Bank which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Bank to which the financial statements relate and the date of this Report.

DIRECTORS AND OTHER KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Changes in the composition of the Board of Directors and other Key Managerial Personnel (KMP)

The Board at its Meeting held on April 23, 2022 and the Members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 30, 2022 approved the appointment of Rakesh Jha as a Wholetime Director (designated as Executive

Director) for a period of five years effective May 1, 2022 or the date of approval of his appointment by RBI, whichever is later. Rakesh Jha ceased to be the Group Chief Financial Officer effective May 1, 2022 and consequently KMP. RBI, through its letter dated September 2, 2022, communicated its approval for the appointment of Rakesh Jha as an Executive Director of the Bank for a period of three years from the date of its approval. Accordingly, Rakesh Jha assumed office as Executive Director and KMP effective September 2, 2022. The Board at its Meeting held on April 23, 2022 approved the appointment of Anindya Banerjee as the Group Chief Financial Officer and KMP of the Bank with effect from May 1, 2022.

The Board at its Meeting held on June 28, 2022 and the Members at the AGM held on August 30, 2022 approved the following: (a) Re-appointment of Neelam Dhawan as an Independent Director of the Bank for a second term commencing from January 12, 2023 to January 11, 2026.

(b) Re-appointment of Uday Chitale as an Independent Director of the Bank for a second term commencing from January 17, 2023 to October 19, 2024.

(c) Re-appointment of Radhakrishnan Nair as an Independent Director of the Bank for a second term commencing from May 2, 2023 to May 1, 2026. The Board at its Meeting held on October 22, 2022, based on the recommendation of the Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee (BGRNC), approved the re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for a period of three years with effect from October 4, 2023 to October 3, 2026, subject to the approval of Members and RBI. The re-appointment is being proposed in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM through item no. 13.

The Board at its Meeting held on May 28, 2023, based on the recommendations of the BGRNC, approved the following: (a) Re-appointment of Hari L. Mundra as an Independent Director of the Bank for a second term commencing from October 26, 2023 to October 25, 2024, subject to the approval of Members.

(b) Re-appointment of B. Sriram as an Independent Director of the Bank for a second term commencing from January 14, 2024 to January 13, 2027, subject to the approval of Members.

(c) Re-appointment of S. Madhavan as an Independent

Director of the Bank for a second term commencing from April 14, 2024 to April 13, 2027, subject to the approval of Members.

The resolutions for the above re-appointments are being proposed in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM through item nos. 6 to 8.

The Board also at its Meeting held on May 28, 2023 noted that the Members had approved the appointment of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank for a period of five years effective from the date of approval of RBI. The effective date of the same was from December 23, 2020. The current tenure of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank as per RBI approval, which was for three years, ends on December 22, 2023. Based on the recommendation of the BGRNC, the Board approved the re-appointment of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank for a further period of two years with effect from December 23, 2023 to December 22, 2025, subject to the approval of RBI. This term of two years is within the five years term as previously approved by the Members. Vishakha Mulye stepped down from her position as Executive Director with effect from May 31, 2022 consequent to her decision to pursue career opportunities outside the ICICI Group. Anup Bagchi ceased to be a Director of the Bank with effect from close of business hours on April 30, 2023 pursuant to his appointment as Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited with effect from June 19, 2023. To ensure a seamless transition, he assumed the office of Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited with effect from May 1, 2023. The Board acknowledges the valuable contribution and guidance provided by both the Directors.

The Board at its Meeting held on March 16, 2023, based on the recommendation of the BGRNC, approved the appointment of Prachiti Lalingkar as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer and KMP of the Bank effective April 1, 2023 pursuant to the superannuation of Ranganath Athreya in July 2023. Ranganath Athreya ceased to be the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer and KMP of the Bank with effect from close of business hours on March 31, 2023.

As on the date of this report, in terms of Section 203(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, Sandeep Bakhshi, Managing Director & CEO, Rakesh Jha, Executive Director, Sandeep Batra, Executive Director, Anindya Banerjee, Group Chief Financial Officer and Prachiti

Lalingkar, Company Secretary are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Bank.

Declaration of Independence

All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended and Regulation 16 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended (SEBI Listing Regulations) which have been relied on by the Bank and were placed at the Board Meeting held on April 22, 2023. In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors fulfil the conditions specified in the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations and are independent of the Management.

Retirement by rotation

In terms of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, Sandeep Bakhshi would retire by rotation at the forthcoming AGM and, being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

AUDITORS

Statutory Auditors

At the AGM held on August 30, 2022, the Members approved the re-appointment of M/s M S K A & Associates,

Chartered Accountants (hereinafter referred to as M S K A & Associates) and M/s KKC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants (formerly M/s Khimji Kunverji & Co LLP), (hereinafter referred to as KKC & Associates LLP) as the joint statutory auditors to hold office from the conclusion of the Twenty-Eighth AGM till the conclusion of the Twenty-Ninth AGM. As per the RBI guidelines, the joint statutory auditors of the banking companies are allowed to continue for a period of three years, subject to fulfilling the prescribed eligibility norms. Accordingly, M S K A & Associates, Chartered Accountants and KKC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants would be eligible for re-appointment at the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM. Based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board has proposed the re-appointment of M S K A & Associates, Chartered Accountants and KKC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants as the joint statutory auditors for the year ending March 31, 2024 (fiscal 2024). The joint statutory auditors will hold office from the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM till the conclusion of Thirtieth AGM. Their re-appointment has been approved by RBI. The re-appointment of the joint statutory auditors is proposed to the Members in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM through item nos. 4 and 5.

There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remarks made by the joint statutory auditors in the audit report.

Secretarial Auditors

The Board appointed M/s. Parikh Parekh & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in Practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Bank for fiscal 2023. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed herewith as Annexure A. There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the auditor in the report save and except disclaimer made by them in discharge of their professional obligation.

The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report for fiscal 2023 is available on the website of the Bank at https://www. icicibank.com/about-us/disclosures-to-stock-exchanges and on the websites of the stock exchanges i.e. BSE Limited (BSE) at www.bseindia.com and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) at www.nseindia.com.

Maintenance of Cost Records

Being a banking company, the Bank is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Reporting of Frauds by Auditors

During the year under review, there were no instances of fraud reported by the statutory auditors, branch auditors and secretarial auditor under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 to the Audit Committee or the Board of Directors.

PERSONNEL

The statement containing particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is given in an Annexure and forms part of this report. In terms of Section 136(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the annual report and the financial statements are being sent to the Members excluding the aforesaid Annexure. The Annexure is available for inspection and any Member interested in obtaining a copy of the Annexure may write to the Company Secretary of the Bank.

INTERNAL CONTROL AND ITS ADEQUACY

The Bank has adequate internal controls and processes in place with respect to its financial statements which provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements. These controls and processes are driven through various policies, procedures and certifications. The processes and controls are reviewed periodically. The Bank has a mechanism of testing the controls at regular intervals for their design and operating effectiveness to ascertain the reliability and authenticity of financial information.

DISCLOSURE UNDER FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1999

The Bank has obtained a certificate from its statutory auditors that it is in compliance with the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 provisions with respect to investments made in its consolidated subsidiaries and associates during fiscal 2023.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Bank has a Board-approved Group Arm's Length Policy which requires transactions with the group companies to be at arm's length. All the related party transactions between the Bank and its related parties, entered during the year ended March 31, 2023, were on arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business.

There were no related party transactions to be reported under Section 188(1) of the Companies Act 2013, in Form No. AOC-2, pursuant to Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

All related party transactions as required under Accounting Standard AS-18 are reported in note no. 46 of schedule 18 - Notes to Accounts of standalone financial statements and note no. 2 of schedule 18 - Notes to Accounts of consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

The Bank has a Board-approved Related Party Transactions Policy, which has been disclosed on the website of the Bank and can be viewed at (https://www. icicibank.com/about-us/other-policies).

ANNUAL RETURN

The Annual Return in Form No. MGT-7 will be hosted on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/ about-us/annual).

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report as stipulated under Regulation 34(2)(f) of the SEBI Listing Regulations will be hosted on the Bank's website at (https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/annual) as part of the green initiative of the Bank. Any Member interested in obtaining a copy of the Report may write to the Company Secretary of the Bank.

The Bank has been releasing the Environmental, Social and Governance Report since fiscal 2020. The report for fiscal 2023 will be hosted on the Bank's website at (https:// www.icicibank.com/about-us/annual).

INTEGRATED REPORTING

The Bank has adopted the principles of the International Integrated Reporting Framework as developed by the International Integrated Reporting Council in its Annual Report since fiscal 2019. For accessing the Report for fiscal 2023, please refer to the Integrated Report section of the Annual Report 2022-23.

RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

The Bank's risk management framework is based on a clear understanding of various risks, disciplined risk assessment & measurement procedures and continuous monitoring. The Board of Directors has oversight on all the risks assumed by the Bank. Specific committees have been constituted to facilitate focused oversight of various risks, as follows:

• The Risk Committee of the Board, reviews, inter alia, risk management policies of the Bank pertaining to credit, market, liquidity, operational and outsourcing risks and business continuity management. The Committee also reviews the Risk Appetite and Enterprise Risk Management frameworks, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and stress testing. The stress testing framework includes a range of Bank-specific market (systemic) and combined scenarios. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic and overseas operations of the Bank, banking subsidiaries and non-banking subsidiaries. The Committee reviews setting up of limits on any industry or country, migration to the advanced approaches under Basel II and implementation of Basel Ill and the activities of the Asset Liability Management Committee. The Committee reviews the level and direction of major risks pertaining to credit, market, liquidity, operationaI, reputation, technology, information security, compliance, group and capital at risk as a part of the risk dashboard. In addition, the Committee has oversight on risks of subsidiaries covered under the Group Risk Management Framework. The Risk Committee also reviews the Liquidity Contingency Plan for the Bank and the various thresholds set out in the Plan.

• The Credit Committee of the Board, apart from sanctioning credit proposals based on the Bank's credit approval authorisation framework, reviews developments in key industrial sectors (along with exposure to these sectors), the Bank's exposure to large borrower accounts and borrower groups. The Credit Committee also reviews major credit portfolios, non-performing loans, accounts under watch, overdues, incremental sanctions, etc.

• The Audit Committee of the Board, provides direction to and monitors the quality of the internal audit function, oversees the financial reporting process and also monitors compliance with inspection and audit reports of RBI, other regulators and statutory auditors.

• The Asset Liability Management Committee provides guidance for management of liquidity of the overall Bank and management of interest rate risk in the banking book within the broad parameters laid down by the Board of Directors/Risk Committee.

Summaries of reviews conducted by these Committees are reported to the Board on a regular basis.

Policies approved from time to time by the Board of Directors/Committees of the Board form the governing framework for each type of risk. The business activities are undertaken within this policy framework. Independent groups and subgroups have been constituted across the Bank to facilitate independent evaluation, monitoring and reporting of various risks. These groups function independently of the business groups/subgroups.

The Bank has dedicated groups, namely, the Risk Management Group, Compliance Group, Corporate Legal Group, Internal Audit Group and the Financial Crime Prevention & Reputation Risk Management Group, with a mandate to identify, assess and monitor all of the Bank's principal risks in accordance with well-defined policies and procedures. The Risk Management Group is further organised into Credit Risk Management Group, Market Risk Management Group, Operational Risk Management

Group and Information Security Group. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) reports to the Risk Committee constituted by the Board which reviews risk management policies of the Bank. The CRO, for administrative purposes, reports to an Executive Director of the Bank. The above mentioned groups are independent of all business operations and coordinate with representatives of the business units to implement the Bank's risk management policies and methodologies.

The Internal Audit Group acts as an independent entity and is responsible to evaluate and provide objective assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management and governance processes within the Bank and suggest improvements. The Internal Audit Group maintains appropriately qualified personnel to fulfill its responsibilities. The Internal Audit and Compliance groups are responsible to the Audit Committee of the Board.

INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION & REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Bank has a policy against sexual harassment and a formal process for dealing with complaints of harassment or discrimination. The said policy is in line with the requirements of ‘The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013'. The Bank has complied with provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Committee under the said Act. The details pertaining to number of complaints during the year has been provided below: (a) number of complaints filed during the financial year: 43 (b) number of complaints disposed of during the financial year: 43 (c) number of complaints pending1 at end of the financial year: Nil

1 All complaints received during fiscal 2023 have been closed within the applicable turnaround time of 90 days.

   

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