OTS POLICY

At its 234th Board Meeting held on 28.3.2006, the revised OTS  policy of  PICUP  for settlement of loan assisted cases was approved by our Board.  The present OTS policy is as under:-  

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

As per the revised OTS policy for loan assisted cases, OTS shall be considered, in cases that fulfill the following eligibility criteria:- 

 

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The case for OTS shall be considered only when the company is in default for the last 2 to 3 years.  During this period PICUP, shall ascertain the genuineness of the default committed by the company and confirm that the company is not a willful defaulter.

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In case after availing the credit facility, the company has failed to implement its project i.e. the company was unable to start its project at all.

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In case after implementation of the project, the company is unable to start its commercial production and there is no hope of starting the commercial production in near future.

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In case the company is showing losses in its Balance Sheet for the last 2 to 3 years and there are insufficient cash accruals to meet out the institutional liabilities.

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Present cases of chronic defaulters, which came under the category of Doubtful and loss assets (as on 31.3.2004) as per the Non Performing Assets norms prescribed by IDBI, including cases under BIFR & litigation where recovery of dues is very difficult.

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Such cases of sick industries wherein changes in the Govt. policies have adversely affected the profitability of the financed unit.

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The OTS for Sub-Standard/Standard category assets will be discouraged.

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The Corporation shall settle only those accounts against OTS that had  been sanctioned loans by the Corporation.  The Seed Capital, margin money loan, Trade Tax Deferment Loans and such other loans that were extended by the Corporation as an agent of State Govt./IDBI will not be settled by it, but will be settled separately by the borrower with the concerned lending institution.

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Non - bonafide cases, even if they fell in the purview of OTS policy shall not be considered for OTS by PICUP.

NORMS FOR REVISED OTS POLICY

  1. The OTS amount shall be decided on the basis of outstanding liabilities as on the last quarter terminal billing date.  Amount already paid prior to submission of OTS proposal shall not be taken into account while considering the OTS.  The ARO (Accounts Receivable Others) and Watch & Ward expenses etc. shall be payable by the company over and above the OTS amount. 

  2. The OTS amount shall be calculated on the basis of a Matrix approved by the Board given in this order.

  3. Financial soundness of promoter(s)/particular company that requested for OTS shall be examined to ascertain the financial feasibility of proposed OTS.  In all OTS cases, Balance Sheet/Performance Analysis shall be carried out with a view to ascertain the eligibility of the promoter(s)/company for OTS.  PICUP shall also carry out an external/internal valuation of the fixed assets (mortgaged to PICUP).

  4. The amount of OTS shall be decided on basis of the higher of the two amounts i.e. the valuation of the assets of  the unit and the net worth of the promoters/guarantors after accounting for other liabilities or the OTS amount as calculated on the basis of matrix.

  5. While considering eligibility, the category of borrower’s account (SS,D-I, D-II and Loss Assets) as on 31.3.2004 shall be taken into consideration.  This is to check the borrower’s tendency to slip into the lower category in an attempt to get more waiver/benefits.

  6. The borrower shall be required to deposit at least 5% of the proposed OTS offer amount as earnest money by way of Demand Draft payable in favour of PICUP along with the OTS proposal to show his sincerity and interest in settling the dues.  The amount of earnest money shall be adjusted against the down payment of OTS (if approved) otherwise the same shall be adjusted against the existing dues of the company.  In no case the earnest money shall be refunded to the borrower company.  The earnest money shall be fixed at 15% of the OTS offer amount in cases where Recovery Certificates have been issued.

REVISED OTS POLICY OF PICUP IN LOAN ASSISTED CASES

The fresh OTS proposals shall be considered on following terms and conditions:-

  1. The eligibility criteria for considering OTS proposals, as well as the terms and conditions for depositing Earnest money and Down payment shall remain unchanged.

  2. (a)     The Board authorized the Managing Director to approve OTS on the basis of valuation of mortgaged assets (including collateral securities, if any) plus realizable net worth of the guarantors or the Principal amount outstanding at the time of settlement whichever is higher subject to the condition that OTS amount shall not be approved at less than the Principal outstanding amount. Managing Director of the Corporation shall constitute a Committee of senior officers of PICUP and independent nominee of SIDBI or IDBI of IIM based at Lucknow to examine and recommend such cases.

The decision taken in this respect by the Managing Director shall be brought to the notice of the Board on quarterly basis.

(b)     Cases which do not confirm to the above policy should be referred to the Advisory Committee to be constituted by the Govt. of U.P. giving its recommendations to the Board of Director for its consideration.

  1. The OTS matrix as per the revised OTS policy for loan assisted cases shall be decided on the basis of valuation of the unit and the net worth of promoter/guarantors or matrix based on NPA classification (as on 31.3.2004) as under whichever is higher.

Category of Assets (As on 31.3.2004) Revised OTS matrix
Sub-Standard category OSP + 100% OSI + Expenses
D-I category OSP + 50% OSI + Expenses
D-II category OSP + 25% OSI + Expenses
Loss category

OSP at the time of sale + Expenses – Sale

Proceeds.

Note :- 

OSP          =  Outstanding Principal (as on the last Quarter terminal billing date)

OSI            =  Outstanding Simple Interest (as on last Quarter terminal billing date)

Expenses  =  ARO and Watch-Ward expenses (upto date of sanction of OTS)

 
However, in the event of the External valuation of the assets of the unit + Collateral security (if any) + networth of the promoters/guarantors being higher than the above prescribed matrix then the OTS shall be done on an amount which is higher between the two. 
  1. There shall be no One Time Settlement in Standard category assets.

  2. If the entire OTS payments are made within one month of the issue of OTS approval letter then the company shall be eligible for a cash discount equivalent to 5% of the OTS amount.

  3. In case the company does not opt for cash down payment and seeks longer period for repayment of OTS amount then:- 

  1. In case payment is made within 18 months from the issue of OTS approval letter, the company shall be eligible to get a benefit of an Interest Free period of Six months from date of sanction of OTS (as per our existing policy).  However, after this interest free period the company shall have to pay current rate of interest on the outstanding amount of OTS. 

  2. In case the repayment schedule stretches beyond 18 months from the issue of OTS approval letter, the company shall not be entitled to any Interest Free period.

  1. The company shall have to pay Interest at the Current rate of Interest (on date of sanction of OTS) on the outstanding OTS amount. 

  2. In the event of default in payment of OTS dues as per the decided schedule, the company shall also have to pay Penal/Compound Interest on the defaulted amount for the defaulted period. 

  3. PICUP reserves the right to review its decision of OTS in the event of any default in payment of OTS dues at any stage and can cancel the OTS arrangement. 

  4. In the event, it comes to the notice of PICUP that the guarantors/company have submitted any false information pertaining to valuation of their net worth/collateral security, Balance Sheets or have concealed any other information from PICUP which could have had a bearing on the OTS decision, then irrespective of the payments made in OTS, the OTS arrangement would be cancelled and all payments received under OTS shall be adjusted against loan dues and coercive action for recovery shall be taken as per our policy. 

  5. The company shal have to accept the terms and conditions of OTS by signing the duplicate copy of OTS approval letter of PICUP and depositing the same to PICUP which shall make it binding on them to adhere to the terms and conditions of OTS, within 15 days of issuance of OTS approval letter and also execute a Supplementary agreement binding it to the terms and conditions of OTS. 

  6. The OTS arrangement shall be for settlement of loan dues of PICUP only.  The company shall have to settle on its own the loan dues or any other dues (if any) of other institutions/banks/authorities.

  7. All other standard terms and conditions pertaining to the original loan sanction shall continue to apply except modifications as above.

REVIVAL/RESTRUCTURING OF CANCELLED/STUCK UP OTS CASES

        In such cases where OTS has been cancelled by the Corporation in the past or is presently defaulting (although not cancelled as yet) if the unit makes a request to restore/restructuring the OTS the following policy for revival/restructuring of OTS shall be applicable:- 

  1. OTS amount as originally approved shall not be changed.

  2. Under the revival/restructuring scheme for OTS, on a case to case basis, the entire penal and compound interest may be waived, however the unit shall be required to pay the balance amount of OTS alongwith entire Simple Interest calculated at Current rate(s) of interest (prevailing during the period of default) from the date of last payment received under OTS up to the date of revival/restructuring of OTS.  On approval of the revival/restructuring of OTS, the interest component so calculated shall be kept into an Interest Free Frozen Account.  Amount received from the unit after cancellation of OTS (if any) shall be adjusted against the interest (kept in Interest Free Frozen Account as above).  The repayment schedule of outstanding balance OTS amount and Interest Free Frozen Account shall be fixed and drawn, to be paid concurrently on a proportionate basis.  All payments received under the revived/restructured OTS shall be adjusted first against current interest overdues (if any) and thereafter the balance amount shall be adjusted between OTS amount outstanding and Interest Free Frozen Account on a pro-rata basis. 

  3. In the event under the revived OTS proposal, if the entire Simple interest alongwith OTS amount outstanding is being received, then Managing Director shall be empowered to waive off the penal and compound interest and approve revival of such cancelled OTS cases.  However, in case revival of a cancelled OTS case is sought where part of Simple interest is required to be waived off then approval for revival of such cancelled OTS cases shall be considered by the concerned Committee constituted by our Board.

  4. There shall be no interest free period allowed for such revived/restructured cases of OTS. 

  5. The unit seeking revival/restructuring of cancelled/stuck up OTS, shall have to make an upfront payment of an amount equal to 10% of the balance OTS alongwith the proposal for revival of OTS proposal. 

  6. The unit shall be required to pay interest on the OTS amount outstanding at current rate of interest. 

  7. In case of default/delay in payment of any installment, penal interest @ 2.5% per annum and compound interest shall be charged on the defaulted amount for the defaulted period. 

  8. Such revival/restructuring of OTS shall be done only once. 

  9. In case of breach of terms and conditions of revived/restructured OTS, the Corporation shall retain the right to cancel this revival/restructuring of OTS and revert back to recovery action.

  10. All other terms and conditions of OTS scheme shall contine to apply, as originally approved, in the revived/restructured OTS. 

  11. In the event, it comes to the notice of PICUP that the guarantors/company have submitted any false information pertaining to valuation of their net worth/collateral security, Balance Sheets or have concealed any other information from PICUP which could have a bearing on the OTS decision, then irrespective of the payments made in OTS, the OTS arrangement would be cancelled outright and all payments under OTS shall be adjusted against original loan dues and coercive action for recovery shall be taken.

The revised OTS policy for loan assisted cases into force with immediate effect.

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