RBI To Transfer 
52,679 Crore Surplus Profit To Government
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank will transfer to the Centre its surplus profit of 
52,679 crore, about 60 percent more than the amount given last year.
"The Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India...Approved the transfer of surplus amounting to 526.79 billion for the year ended June 30, 2014 to the Government of India," the central bank said in a statement adding the transfer will take place.
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Last year, the RBI had transfered its 33,010 crore surplus profit to the Centre.
The amount will provide some help to the government, which proposes to bring down the fiscal deficit to 4.1 percent of GDP this fiscal from 4.5 percent last year. The Reserve Bank follows the July-June accounting year.
Also, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan said RBI has started discussions with the finance ministry on the proposed monetary policy framework.
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