The dividend transfer of Rs 30,307 crore is much below the government’s budgetary expectation of Rs 73,948 crore from RBI and PSU banks. Thus, it has created a shortfall of around Rs 4 3,641 crore, compared to the budgeted numbers.
Jamal Mecklai, CEO, Mecklai Financial Services says that the government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should have come out with a slew of measures to curtail the fall in the rupee.