Jalan Panel's ECF Stands Strong, RBI May Slightly Adjust Dividend Transfer Formula

Jalan Panel's ECF Stands Strong, RBI May Slightly Adjust Dividend Transfer Formula

The RBI's dividend transfer method based on Bimal Jalan panel's Economic Capital Framework has proven resilient, including during COVID. Minor tweaks may be made for the next five years as economic conditions evolve.

PTIUpdated: Friday, May 23, 2025, 05:13 PM IST
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RBI dividend: Jalan panel recommendations stood test of time, may only need some tweaks. |

New Delhi: RBI's dividend transfer to the government based on Bimal Jalan committee recommendations has "stood the test of time" and only some tweaking may be required for the coming five years, a government source said on Friday.

The source said that at a time when the economy is seeing a steady, consistent growth, some alteration in dividend transfer formula may be required to suggest what should be the set formula for the next five years.

The source said the dividend transfer so far has been calculated based on the Bimal Jalan-panel's ECF recommendations and certainly the time to review the framework has come.

"The Bimal Jalan panel recommendations has stood the test of time, even during Covid... I don't see Jalan panel formulations coming to such an end. Some kind of alterations will happen and RBI is working on it, may be some tweaking (of the panel recommendations)," the source said.

The RBI gives dividend to the government on the basis of its Economic Capital Framework (ECF), which was adopted in August 2019 based on Bimal Jalan-led Expert Committee report.

The committee had suggested maintaining the Contingent Risk Buffer (CRB) between 5.5 to 6.5 per cent of the RBI's balance sheet.

Last week, the RBI board had reviewed the ECF, which serves as the basis for determining the surplus transfer to the government.

The RBI is set to announce on Friday its dividend transfer for 2024-25 fiscal to the government. The budget had pegged the transfer at Rs 2.56 lakh crore, but the actual transfer could be higher than what is budgeted, analysts have said.

In 2023-24 fiscal, RBI had transferred a record Rs 2.1 lakh crore, more than double of Rs 87,416 crore transferred in 2022-23.

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