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RBI Dividend 2025: The Government of India has received great news from the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Reserve Bank on Friday decided to give Rs 2.69 lakh crore as dividends to the central government.

RBI Dividend 2025: The Government of India has received great news from the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Reserve Bank on Friday decided to give Rs 2.69 lakh crore as record dividend to the central government for FY25. RBI has announced this dividend transfer for the government in its board meeting.

The government will get ₹2.69 lakh crore in dividend.

RBI has announced to give a record dividend of Rs 2.69 lakh crore to the government for the financial year ended March this year, which is 27.4 percent more than the payment in 2023-24. The Reserve Bank had given a dividend of Rs 2.1 lakh crore to the government for the financial year 2023-24. The payment for 2022-23 was Rs 87,416 crore.

The decision on dividend payment was taken at the 616th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India chaired by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra.

RBI said in a statement that the board reviewed the global and domestic economic scenario, including risks to the outlook. The board also discussed the functioning of the Reserve Bank during April 2024 - March 2025 and approved the annual report and financial statements of the Reserve Bank for the year 2024-25. On what basis the dividend was decided

RBI said that the dividend to be given for the year (2024-25) has been decided on the basis of ECF (Economic Capital Framework), which was approved by the Central Board in its meeting held on May 15, 2025.

RBI changed the rules of dividend

RBI has made some changes in ECF (Economic Capital Framework) in its meeting. On this basis, the Reserve Bank decides the dividend for the government. According to the new rules, RBI will now have the freedom to decide on its own how much amount to keep aside for risk every year by looking at the situation. Now off-balance sheet assets will also be included in the risk assessment.

Apart from this, minor currencies in foreign assets will also now be added to the risk calculation and no changes have been made in the rules related to credit and operational risk.

The risk buffer for monetary and financial stability has now been raised to 3.5% to 6.5% from 4.5%-5.5% earlier and the Contingent Risk Buffer (CRB) will now be kept between 4.5% to 7.5% (5.5%-6.5% earlier). If the available equity with RBI is more than 7.5%, then the excess amount can be given to the government but if the equity is less, then the surplus will not be given to the government.