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RBI's forex gains enabled it to give Rs 1-trillion dividend to govt

An accounting change enabled the central bank to book gains from the sale of foreign currency against the historical weighted-average holding cost.

The RBI was at the forefront of providing stimulus to the economy last year, while the Narendra Modi-led government followed with modest fiscal steps
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RBI managed to repatriate nearly a trillion rupees in dividend to the government.

Anup Roy Mumbai
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) booked massive gains on its foreign currency sales and needed to provide much lesser for its reserves in 2020-21 (FY21), helping it to carve out a significant Rs 99,122-crore dividend for the government, revealed the RBI's annual report for FY21.
 
By doing so, the central bank’s risk buffers have reduced to the bare minimum, which may restrict some of RBI's scale of operations, and would likely hamper dividend payout for financial year 2021-22, said analysts.
 
The annual accounts are for nine months ended March 31, 2021 since the RBI changed its accounting