Finance Minister Piyush Goyal to speak at RBI board's meeting on Feb 9

The government expects Rs 28,000 crore from the RBI as interim dividend for the current fiscal based on the financial position of the first half of the central bank.

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will speak at the customary post-budget meeting of the central board of Reserve Bank of India on February 9, highlighting key points of his speech in Parliament on Friday.

The meeting will take place two days after the sixth monetary policy review, which is expected to take a call on policy rates. According to sources, the board meeting on February 9 would also take up the government's request for interim dividend for the current fiscal.

The government expects Rs 28,000 crore from the RBI as interim dividend for the current fiscal based on the financial position of