Please find enclosed newspaper publication in respect of 44th AGM of the Company

August 18, 2026 National Stock Exchange of India Limited BSE Limited, Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block G, Floor 25, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex, Dalal Street Bandra (E) MUMBAI - 400 001 MUMBAI - 400 051 Dear Sir/Madam, Company's Scrip Code in BSE : 543530 Company’s Symbol in NSE : PARADEEP ISIN : INE088F01024 Sub: Newspaper Publication – 44th Annual General Meeting through Video Conferencing / Other Audio Visual Means Please find enclosed copies of the newspaper publications in respect of 44th Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 03.00 P.M. through Video Conferencing / Other Audio Visual Means and Notice of Record Date, published in Business Line (All Editions) and The Samaja on August 18, 2026. Thanking You, Yours faithfully, For Paradeep Phosphates Limited Sachin Patil Company Secretary Encl: As above news bl MUMBAI 3 businessline. TUESDAY-AUGUST18-2026 Govt to form ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’ panel soon: FM QUICKLY. Unemployment rate dips to 5.1% in July REFORM PUSH. Nirmala Sitharaman asks public sector banks to leverage strong balance sheets for the next phase of growth New Delhi:The overall were in the 15-29 age group. would need to sharpen their unemployment rate among Shishir Sinha Banks need to expand access competitiveness as techno- persons aged 15 years and New Delhi to financial services for logy reshapes business mod- above declined to 5.1 per cent young people, including edu- els, customer expectations in July from 5.5 per cent in the Finance Minister Nirmala cation loans, entrepreneur- evolve and new areas of eco- previous month, according to a Sitharaman on Monday ship finance and investment nomic activity emerge. “The government survey. According called on public sector banks products. next imperative is to sustain to the Periodic Labour Force (PSBs) to capitalise on their She also called on the this momentum and lever- Survey (PLFS) conducted by historically low non-per- banking sector to generate age the financial strength the National Statistics Office, forming assets (NPAs) and practical, implementable achieved for quality business released on Monday, the robust balance sheets to ideas to meet emerging fin- growth,” he said. unemployment rate among drive economic expansion ancing needs, saying the sec- persons aged 15 years and and propel structural tor should be ready to “press DEPOSIT MOBILISATION above was 4.5 per cent in rural reforms. the button or pedal to rev up Lohiya identified deposit areas, down from 5 per cent in Speaking at a two-day con- the Indian economy” once mobilisation as a key prior- the previous month. The urban clave of PSB and financial in- the banking committee is- ity, amid changing household UR remained steady at 6.7 per stitution chiefs, Sitharaman sues its recommendations. savings preferences. Banks cent in July 2026 compared to announced that the high- Addressing the confer- would need to strengthen 6.6 per cent in June 2026. PTI level committee on ‘Banking ence, Sanjay Lohiya, Finan- their deposit base through Govt to fill two for Viksit Bharat’, proposed cial Services Secretary, said better service, convenience, member posts in CCI in the Union Budget, will be the asset quality of PSBs had product innovation and sus- constituted shortly. improved sharply, with gross tained customer GROWTH ASPIRATIONS. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with SBI Chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty (centre) and RBI NPAs declining from a peak relationships. New Delhi: The government has SCOPE FOR REFORMS Executive Director R Lakshmi Kanth Rao at the PSB Confluence 2026 in New Delhi on Monday ANI of 14.6 per cent in March He also highlighted oppor- Emphasising the urgency of 2018 to a record low of 1.93 tunities in financing global invited applications for filling the 2047 target, the Finance strength from which to drive Finance Minister had pro- said, adding that the com- recommendations, we’ll be per cent in March 2026. Net capability centres, agricul- posts for members at the Minister said that Indian reforms,” she stated, urging posed a high-level commit- mittee would give its ready to rev up the Indian NPAs fell from 8 per cent to ture and horticulture value Competition Commission of banking is positioned at an lenders to take the lead in tee on ‘Banking for Viksit thoughts and recommenda- economy,” she said. 2.39 per cent during the chains, and priority-sector India (CCI). The appointments unprecedented point of fin- financing the nation’s long- Bharat’ to comprehensively tions to the government. same period. lending. will be for five years from the ancial resilience after years term growth agenda. review the sector and align it “The ideas are going to be FOCUS ON YOUTH The improvement has Banks should move bey- date of joining or till the age of of balance sheet cleanup. Further, she said the gov- with India’s next phase of from the field, from the exe- Sitharaman stressed the strengthened PSB balance ond conventional farm 65 years, whichever is earlier, “The NPAs are at the low- ernment would soon consti- growth. “We expect the an- cutioners, as it were and need for banks to focus par- sheets and enhanced their credit to finance storage, according to a notice by the e est ever Indian banking has tute a high-level panel on nouncement of the high- once the high-level commit- ticularly on the country’s capacity to support growth, cold chains, processing, lo- e 2 Ministry of Corporate Affairs. 2 2 seen and, therefore, there ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’. powered committee to look tee on banking for Viksit young population, noting Lohiya said. gistics, packaging and mar- 2 1 Eligible candidates can apply 1 3 6 until September 28. PTI cannot be a better position of In this year’s Budget, the into the banking sector,” she Bharat forms its views and that 29 per cent of Indians However, he said banks keting linkages. 3 6 Yes Bank makes bond India seeks WTO consultations with US market comeback years over 4-year quartz surface tariff quota after AT1 write-off Amiti Sen New Delhi to boost capital inflows to Bloomberg support the rupee. Yes Bank didn’t immedi- India has sought consulta- Yes Bank Ltd is returning to ately reply to an email seek- tions at the World Trade Or- the bond market for the first ing comment. ganization (WTO) with the time since the Indian private The lender permanently US over Washington’s new lender wrote off a risky local wrote off Additional Tier 1 safeguard measure on im- note in 2020, and has hired debt — notes that qualify as ports of quartz surface arrangers for a dollar issu- capital for banks and are hy- products, a move that could SAFEGUARD MEASURE ance, according to people fa- brid securities which can be hit Indian exporters who miliar with the matter. written off if certain triggers have emerged as one of the The US has imposed a four-year tariff-rate quota on (cid:129) The bank plans to sell a are breached — in March largest suppliers to the US imports of quartz surface products, effective August 15 benchmark-sized three-year 2020. Indian authorities market. The measure covers quartz slabs and other fabricated US currency note and is stepped in to seize Yes Bank, The US has imposed a (cid:129) quartz surface products holding calls with fixed-in- which was ultimately res- four-year tariff-rate quota come investors starting cued by a consortium led by (TRQ) on imports of quartz (cid:129)India is among the largest exporters of quartz surface Monday, said the people who the State Bank of India. surface products, effective products to the US asked not to be identified be- Since then, Yes Bank has August 15, after the US In- cause the information is undergone a steady turn- ternational Trade Commis- private. The proposed sale around. Sumitomo Mitsui sion (USITC) found that in- ments exceeding the quota products covered under the comes at a time when other Financial Group Inc’s bank- creased imports were will face 40 per cent duty [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]