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Government expects additional dividend from RBI before March 31: official

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Mar 07 2018 | 1:00 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government is expecting an additional dividend from the Reserve Bank of India before March 31, Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs Subhash Chandra Garg told reporters on Wednesday.

There have been media reports that the central bank might pay an extra 100 billion rupees ($1.54 billion) as interim dividend to the government for the fiscal year ending March 2018, though Garg declined to give further details.

($1 = 64.9725 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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First Published: Mar 07 2018 | 12:46 PM IST

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