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Bonds maturity date.

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Description of type other equity instruments granted.

No definition available.

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Name of guarantor.

No definition available.

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Type of guarantee.

No definition available.

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The description of the nature of the related party relationships. [Refer: Related parties [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

No definition available.

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The amount of the exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts. [Refer: Loan commitments [member]; Financial guarantee contracts [member]; Credit risk [member]]

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