The State Audit Office reports, that dividends of GEL 140.3 million were transferred to the state budget for 8M2021, which is 99.8% of the 9-month plan and 73.5% of the annual plan. According to him, the main part of the mentioned amount is the dividend received from the profit of the National Bank of Georgia.
The National Bank transferred GEL 140 million in dividends from its profit to the Ministry of Finance.
According to the NBG, the operating profit of the National Bank of Georgia for 2020 amounted to GEL 359 million 138 thousand.
The NBG declares, that the source of income is mainly financial resources from international reserves, in particular, income from deposits and securities, as well as from monetary policy operations, loans to commercial banks and government securities.