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Date : May 30, 2023
India’s Overall Balance of Payments
(US$ million)
  2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
A. CURRENT ACCOUNT          
1 Exports, f.o.b. 3,37,237 3,20,431 2,96,300 4,29,164 3,40,322
2 Imports, c.i.f. 5,17,519 4,77,937 3,98,452 6,18,623 5,54,341
3 Trade Balance -1,80,283 -1,57,506 -1,02,152 -1,89,459 -2,14,018
4 Invisibles, Net 1,23,026 1,32,850 1,26,065 1,50,694 1,46,937
a) ‘Non-factor’ Services of which : 81,941 84,922 88,565 1,07,516 1,04,218
Software Services 77,654 84,643 89,741 1,09,540 96,914
b) Income -28,861 -27,281 -35,960 -37,269 -33,395
c) Private Transfers 70,601 76,217 74,439 81,230 76,696
5 Current Account Balance -57,256 -24,656 23,912 -38,766 -67,081
B. CAPITAL ACCOUNT          
1 Foreign Investment, Net (a+b) 30,094 44,417 80,092 21,809 18,190
a) Direct Investment 30,712 43,013 43,955 38,587 21,678
b) Portfolio Investment -618 1,403 36,137 -16,777 -3,488
2 External Assistance, Net 3,413 3,751 11,167 5,366 3,803
3 Commercial Borrowings, Net 10,416 22,960 -134 8,135 -5,584
4 Short Term Credit, Net 2,021 -1,026 -4,130 20,105 8,123
5 Banking Capital, of which: 7,433 -5,315 -21,067 6,669 25,030
NRI Deposits, Net 10,387 8,627 7,364 3,234 5,408
6 Rupee Debt Service -31 -69 -64 -71 -61
7 Other Capital, Net& 1,057 18,462 -2,143 23,794 3,994
8 Total Capital Account 54,403 83,180 63,721 85,807 53,495
C. Errors & Omissions -486 974 -347 459 -1,129
D. Overall Balance [A(5)+B(8)+C] -3,339 59,498 87,286 47,501 -14,715
E. Monetary Movements (F+G) 3,339 -59,498 -87,286 -47,501 14,715
F. IMF, Net 0 0 0 0 0
G. Reserves and Monetary Gold (Increase -, Decrease +) 3,339 -59,498 -87,286 -47,501 14,715
of which : SDR Allocation 0 0 0 -17,862 0
Memo: As a ratio to GDP          
1 Trade Balance -6.7 -5.6 -3.8 -6.0 -8.5
2 Net Services 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.4 4.1
3 Net Income -1.1 -1.0 -1.3 -1.2 -1.3
4 Current Account Balance -2.1 -0.9 0.9 -1.2 -2.7
5 Capital Account, Net 2.0 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.1
6 Foreign Investment, Net 1.1 1.6 3.0 0.7 0.7
P : Data are provisional and pertain to April-December 2022.
& : 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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