Rural Outreach
Indian Management|November 2020
When HDFC Bank made its foray into the hinterland, there was a compelling vision that powered its goals—one that embraced a holistic, customer-focussed approach as opposed to a product-oriented one. the rural populace had for long been an underserved lot with respect to financial services, and the environment was strewn with challenges. however, the Bank navigated with relative ease by clearly distinguishing between financial access and financial inclusion, and optimally leveraging its technological expertise. its sustainable livelihood initiatives have now reached over 28,000 villages across 27 states and its flagship Parivartan programme has impacted 7.8 crore people—a clear pointer to the Bank’s seminal role in redrawing India's financial landscape.
Rural Outreach

On October 26, 2020, Aditya Puri, Founding Managing Director of HDFC Bank, stepped down from executive responsibilities at India’s largest private sector bank (by assets). His exit marked the end of the longest tenure of anyone at the helm of a bank in India. Under his leadership, in the 26 years since its inception, HDFC Bank’s market capitalisation increased to over ₹ 6 lakh crore, making it the largest bank in India by market cap. Interestingly, HDFC Bank’s market cap is larger than the combined market value of 22 listed public sector banks put together1. In contrast, the State Bank of India, India’s largest bank, whose total assets are two-and-a-half times that of HDFC Bank, had a market cap of ₹1,90,000 crore in September 2020.

During this quarter century, the Bank handsomely rewarded its investors—over 23 times more than the Sensex. Between July 1996 and June 2020, an investment of ₹ 1,00,000 in HDFC Bank grew to roughly ₹ 3,26,00,000— indicating a 326x growth in 25 years. During the same period, the same investment in Sensex companies registered only a modest growth of 14x. Through its prudent bottom-line focus, the Bank compensated its shareholders with a return on capital employed (ROCE) that ranged between 15 and 21 per cent, perhaps the best in the Indian banking industry.

HDFC Bank followed a different strategy; from around 2008, it did not have a separate PSL Department. Instead, in every single business— corporate, retail, SME, or the emerging corporate’s group—the Bank identified businesses, segments, and customers that would fall within the priority sector categories.

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