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Date : Aug 29, 2018
India’s Overall Balance of Payments
(US$ million)
  2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 PR 2017-18 P
1 2 3 4 5 6
A. CURRENT ACCOUNT          
1 Exports, f.o.b. 318,607 316,545 266,365 280,138 308,970
2 Imports, c.i.f. 466,216 461,484 396,444 392,580 469,006
3 Trade Balance -147,609 -144,940 -130,079 -112,442 -160,036
4 Invisibles, Net 115,313 118,081 107,928 98,026 111,319
a) ‘Non-Factor’ Services of which : 73,066 76,529 69,676 68,345 77,562
Software Services 67,002 70,400 71,454 70,763 72,186
b) Income -23,028 -24,140 -24,375 -26,302 -28,681
c) Private Transfers 65,481 66,264 63,139 56,573 62,949
5 Current Account Balance -32,296 -26,859 -22,151 -14,417 -48,717
B. CAPITAL ACCOUNT          
1 Foreign Investment, Net (a+b) 26,386 73,456 31,891 43,224 52,401
a) Direct Investment 21,564 31,251 36,021 35,612 30,286
b) Portfolio Investment 4,822 42,205 -4,130 7,612 22,115
2 External Assistance, Net 1,032 1,725 1,505 2,013 2,944
3 Commercial Borrowings, Net 11,777 1,570 -4,529 -6,102 -183
4 Short Term Credit, Net -5,044 -111 -1,610 6,467 13,900
5 Banking Capital of which : 25,449 11,618 10,630 -16,616 16,190
NRI Deposits, Net 38,892 14,057 16,052 -12,367 9,676
6 Rupee Debt Service -52 -81 -73 -99 -75
7 Other Capital, Net @ -10,761 1,109 3,315 7,559 6,213
8 Total Capital Account 48,787 89,286 41,128 36,447 91,390
C. Errors & Omissions -983 -1,021 -1,073 -480 902
D. Overall Balance [A(5)+B(8)+C] 15,508 61,406 17,905 21,550 43,574
E. Monetary Movements (F+G) -15,508 -61,406 -17,905 -21,550 -43,574
F. IMF, Net 0 0 0 0 0
G. Reserves and Monetary Gold (Increase -, Decrease +) -15,508 -61,406 -17,905 -21,550 -43,574
of which : SDR allocation 0 0 0 0 0
Memo: As a ratio to GDP          
1 Trade Balance -7.9 -7.1 -6.2 -4.9 -6.1
2 Net Services 3.9 3.8 3.3 3.0 3.0
3 Net Income -1.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.1
4 Current Account Balance -1.7 -1.3 -1.1 -0.6 -1.9
5 Capital Net (Excld. changes in reserves) 2.6 4.4 2.0 1.6 3.5
6 Foreign Investment, Net 1.4 3.6 1.5 1.9 2.0
PR: Partially Revised. P: Provisional. f.o.b.: free on board. c.i.f.: cost, insurance and freight.
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: Includes delayed export receipts, advance payments against imports, net funds held abroad and advances received pending issue of shares under FDI.
Note: 1. Gold and silver brought by returning Indians have been included under imports, with a contra entry in private transfer receipts.
2. Data on exports and imports differ from those given by DGCI&S on account of differences in coverage, valuation and timing.
Source: RBI.

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