Ministry of Finance

Posted On: 12 FEB 2019 5:35PM by PIB Delhi

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) transfers its surplus profits to the Government of India in terms of the provisions of Section 47 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 which is as follows:

“After making provision for bad and doubtful debts, depreciation in assets, contributions to staff and superannuation funds and for all matters for which provision is to be made by or under this Act or which are usually provided for by bankers, the balance of the profits shall be paid to the Central Government.”

 The details of surplus amount transferred to the Government by RBI during the last decade are as follows:

Table: Surplus paid by RBI to the Government of India

Year of	Amount	Date of credit in	Surplus for the
Receipt	(₹ Crore)	Govt. A/c	financial year of RBI
2009-10	25,009	13-Aug-09	2008-09
2010-11	18,759	12-Aug-10	2009-10
2011-12	15,009	11-Aug-11	2010-11
2012-13	16,010	9-Aug-12	2011-12
2013-14	33,010	8-Aug-13	2012-13
2014-15	52,679	10-Aug-14	2013-14
2015-16	65,896	13-Aug-15	2014-15
2016-17	65,876	11-Aug-16	2015-16
2017-18	30,659	10-Aug-17	2016-17
	10,000*	27-Mar-18	2017-18
2018-19	40,000	8-Aug-18

*   The amount of ₹10,000 crore was received by the Government on 27.03.2018 as interim surplus, out of the total surplus of ₹50,000 crore for the year 2017-18. The Financial Year of RBI is reckoned for the period July – June, while that for the Central Government is April-March.

This was stated by Shri P. Radhakrishnan, Minister of State for Finance in a Written Reply to a Question in Rajya Sabha today.

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DSM/KA

Surplus transfer under Section 47: remittance to central government after provisioning for reserves and liabilities. Under Section 47 the RBI must, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, depreciation, staff and superannuation contributions and other usual banker provisions, pay the balance of its profits to the Central Government; interim remittances may occur and timing is influenced by differing financial year reckonings between RBI and the Government.