MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s balance sheet size expanded by 20.6 percent year-on-year to Rs 91.97 lakh crore as of March 31, 2026, from Rs 76.25 lakh crore a year earlier largely on open market operations (bond purchases) and higher gold valuations, showed its Annual Report
Fy26 released on Friday. Notably, the central bank’s gold holding rose 64 per cent year on year despite only 0.94 metric tons of physical gold addition in FY 26.
Heavy gains on forex transactions and high domestic interest income helped it to announce a record dividend payout of ₹2.87 lakh crore to the central government last week for the accounting year 2025-26, a 7 per cent increase compared to Rs 2.69 lakh crore paid for 2024-25.
Gains on forex transactions rose 52 per cent to Rs 1.7 lakh crore despite gross forex sales falling 50 per cent to $195 billion.
Interest income from rupee securities rose 38 per cent to Rs 1.2 lakh crore largely due to a sharp rise in domestic security holdings with net Open market operations (OMOs) of Rs 8.8 lakh crore in FY26.
On the asset side, domestic investments recorded the highest growth, rising 44.9 percent. Foreign investments increased by 7.9 percent.
The RBI said domestic assets accounted for 29.1 percent of total assets at the end of FY26, compared with 25.7 percent a year ago.
Foreign currency assets, gold and overseas financial assets together made up the remaining 70.9 percent.
On the liabilities side, revaluation accounts increased by 63.4 percent.
Currency notes issued by the RBI rose 11.8 percent, while deposits increased by 11.6 percent. Other liabilities also grew by 21.1 percent during the year.
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