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Document - India’s Overall Balance of Payments () or PDF - India’s Overall Balance of Payments ()
Date : May 29, 2026
India’s Overall Balance of Payments
(US$ million)
  2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
A. CURRENT ACCOUNT          
1 Exports, f.o.b. 4,29,164 4,56,073 4,41,443 4,42,082 3,33,369
2 Imports, c.i.f. 6,18,623 7,21,364 6,86,354 7,29,028 5,84,992
3 Trade Balance -1,89,459 -2,65,291 -2,44,911 -2,86,947 -2,51,623
4 Invisibles, Net 1,50,694 1,98,236 2,18,800 2,63,887 2,21,385
a) ‘Non-factor’ Services of which : 1,07,516 1,43,283 1,62,752 1,88,836 1,56,273
Software Services 1,09,540 1,31,284 1,42,074 1,59,612 1,32,419
b) Income -37,269 -45,923 -49,736 -48,340 -37,170
c) Private Transfers 81,230 1,01,776 1,06,631 1,24,556 1,03,212
5 Current Account Balance -38,766 -67,055 -26,111 -23,060 -30,238
B. CAPITAL ACCOUNT          
1 Foreign Investment, Net (a+b) 21,809 22,834 54,233 4,523 -1,276
a) Direct Investment 38,587 27,986 10,152 959 3,040
b) Portfolio Investment -16,777 -5,152 44,081 3,564 -4,316
2 External Assistance, Net 5,366 5,521 7,460 6,258 1,010
3 Commercial Borrowings, Net 8,135 -3,790 -86 15,912 6,700
4 Short Term Credit, Net 20,105 6,539 -833 7,154 15,318
5 Banking Capital of which : 6,669 20,980 40,543 -9,794 1,028
NRI Deposits, Net 3,234 8,989 14,702 16,163 11,122
6 Rupee Debt Service -71 -68 -72 -70 -63
7 Other Capital, Net& 23,794 6,928 -11,833 -7,359 -22,644
8 Total Capital Account 85,807 58,943 89,411 16,625 72
C. Errors & Omissions 459 -1024 402 1,402 -653
D. Overall Balance [A(5)+B(8)+C] 47,501 -9,135 63,702 -5,032 -30,818
E. Monetary Movements (F+G) -47,501 9,135 -63,702 5,032 30,818
F. IMF, Net 0 0 0 0 0
G. Reserves and Monetary Gold (Increase -, Decrease +) -47,501 9,135 -63,702 5,032 30,818
of which : SDR Allocation -17,862 0 0 0 0
Memo: As a ratio to GDP*          
1 Trade Balance -6.0 -8.2 -7.0 -7.6 -8.7
2 Net Services 3.4 4.4 4.6 5.0 5.4
3 Net Income -1.2 -1.4 -1.4 -1.3 -1.3
4 Current Account Balance -1.2 -2.1 -0.7 -0.6 -1.1
5 Capital Account, Net 2.7 1.8 2.6 0.4 0.0
6 Foreign Investment, Net 0.7 0.7 1.5 0.1 0.0
P : Data are provisional and pertain to April-December 2025.
& : Includes delayed export receipts, advance payments against imports, net funds held abroad, and advances received pending issue of shares under FDI.
* : Data for GDP from 2022-23 to 2025-26 are at 2022-23 base year and for 2021-22 are at 2011-12 base year.
Notes: 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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