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Date : Jul 31, 2026
Table 124 : India’s Overall Balance of Payments - US Dollar
(US$ Million)
Item/Year 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A. Current account                  
1. Merchandise 296300 398452 -102152 429164 618623 -189459 456073 721364 -265291
2. Invisibles (a+b+c) 307253 181188 126065 369600 218906 150694 465804 267568 198236
a) Services 206090 117524 88565 254527 147011 107516 325329 182046 143283
i) Travel 8483 11507 -3024 9099 16272 -7173 27049 28447 -1398
ii) Transportation 21854 19755 2099 32660 35836 -3177 36091 40617 -4526
iii) Insurance 2376 2058 318 3316 2076 1241 3277 2347 930
iv) G.n.i.e. 630 1021 -392 803 968 -165 683 1015 -332
v) Miscellaneous 172746 83182 89564 208649 91859 116790 258229 109620 148609
of which : Software services 99997 10257 89741 122093 12554 109540 146775 15491 131284
Business services 49161 49522 -361 58967 51681 7286 80350 59706 20644
Financial services 4338 4763 -424 5472 5620 -147 7815 5708 2106
Communication services 2801 1438 1363 3137 1130 2007 5164 3384 1780
b) Transfers 80328 6868 73460 89322 8875 80447 112630 11753 100877
i) Official 143 1122 -979 195 978 -783 165 1064 -900
ii) Private 80185 5746 74439 89127 7898 81230 112465 10689 101776
c) Income 20835 56796 -35960 25751 63020 -37269 27845 73769 -45923
i) Investment income 14840 53993 -39154 19391 59957 -40565 21114 70348 -49235
ii) Compensation of employees 5996 2802 3193 6360 3063 3296 6732 3421 3311
Total Current account (1+2) 603553 579640 23912 798764 837529 -38766 921877 988932 -67055
B. Capital account                  
1. Foreign investment (a+b) 400001 319909 80092 478000 456191 21809 385089 362255 22834
a) Foreign direct investment (i+ii) 86286 42330 43955 88235 49649 38587 75232 47246 27986
i) In India 81973 27046 54927 84835 28605 56231 71355 29349 42006
Equity 61088 26983 34105 59684 27189 32495 47600 27094 20506
Reinvested earnings 16935 0 16935 19347 0 19347 19105 0 19105
Other Capital 3950 63 3887 5805 1416 4389 4650 2255 2395
ii) Abroad 4313 15285 -10972 3400 21044 -17644 3877 17897 -14020
Equity 4313 5583 -1271 3400 10061 -6661 3877 8771 -4894
Reinvested earnings 0 3013 -3013 0 3379 -3379 0 4412 -4412
Other capital 0 6688 -6688 0 7604 -7604 0 4714 -4714
b) Portfolio investment 313715 277579 36137 389764 406542 -16777 309857 315009 -5152
i) In India 312005 273279 38725 385710 399781 -14071 307473 312301 -4828
FIIs 312005 273279 38725 385710 399781 -14071 307473 312301 -4828
of which:                  
Equity 269762 230937 38825 343081 358702 -15621 273934 279906 -5972
Debt 42243 42342 -99 42629 41079 1550 33539 32395 1144
GDRs/ADRs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Abroad 1711 4299 -2589 4054 6761 -2706 2384 2708 -324
2. Loans (a+b+c) 85650 78747 6903 105457 71851 33605 100598 92329 8269
a) External assistance 16898 5731 11167 10990 5625 5366 11574 6053 5521
i) By India 38 82 -44 51 65 -14 31 90 -58
ii) To India 16860 5649 11211 10940 5560 5379 11542 5963 5579
b) Commercial borrowings 31388 31522 -134 30110 21975 8135 20695 24485 -3790
i) By India 2863 3237 -374 1884 1156 728 1285 936 349
ii) To India 28525 28285 240 28226 20819 7407 19410 23549 -4139
c) Short term to India 37365 41494 -4130 64356 44252 20105 68330 61791 6539
i) Suppliers’ Credit & Buyers’ Credit >180 days 35284 39984 -4700 45447 44252 1196 68330 55626 12704
ii) Suppliers’ credit up to 180 days 2080 1510 570 18909 0 18909 0 6165 -6165
3. Banking capital (a+b) 74284 95351 -21067 102886 96217 6669 129368 108388 20980
a) Commercial Banks 73662 94583 -20921 102497 95386 7111 129293 107726 21566
i) Assets 23603 44975 -21372 50645 48592 2053 58387 46417 11970
ii) Liabilities 50059 49608 451 51851 46794 5058 70906 61309 9596
of which: Non-Resident Deposits 46465 39101 7364 45395 42161 3234 64274 55285 8989
b) Others 621 767 -146 390 831 -441 75 661 -586
4. Rupee debt service 0 64 -64 0 71 -71 0 68 -68
5. Other capital 39090 41233 -2143 75059 51265 23794 57499 50571 6928
Total capital account (1 to 5) 599025 535304 63721 761402 675595 85807 672554 613611 58943
C. Errors & omissions 951 1298 -347 1433 974 459 900 1924 -1024
D. Overall balance (A+B+C) 1203529 1116242 87286 1561599 1514098 47501 1595331 1604466 -9135
E. Monetary movements (i+ii) 0 87286 -87286 16024 63524 -47501 30379 21244 9135
i) I.M.F. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Foreign exchange reserves (Increase- / Decrease+) 0 87286 -87286 16024 63524 -47501 30379 21244 9135
of which: SDR Allocation - - - 0 17862 -17862 - - -
(Continued)

TABLE 124 : INDIA’S OVERALL BALANCE OF PAYMENTSUS DOLLAR (Concld.)
(US$ Million)
Item/Year 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net
1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
A. Current account                  
1. Merchandise 441443 686354 -244911 442082 729028 -286947 446147 783435 -337288
2. Invisibles (a+b+c) 501417 282617 218800 576548 312661 263887 631629 319706 311923
a) Services 341062 178311 162752 387553 198717 188836 421292 204678 216615
i) Travel 33704 33701 4 34152 34843 -691 31880 35768 -3888
ii) Transportation 29183 29256 -72 33759 35029 -1270 31887 33605 -1718
iii) Insurance 3326 2917 408 3565 3035 529 3710 2685 1025
iv) G.n.i.e. 609 1088 -479 641 1261 -620 626 1281 -655
v) Miscellaneous 274239 111349 162891 315437 124548 190888 353188 131339 221849
of which : Software services 160333 18259 142074 180626 21013 159612 203675 24166 179508
Business services 88570 59331 29239 107212 66646 40566 124179 69585 54594
Financial services 8051 4560 3491 8480 4068 4412 7551 3015 4536
Communication services 2916 1592 1325 2348 2091 258 2467 2067 400
b) Transfers 118900 13115 105785 135593 12202 123391 155310 11794 143516
i) Official 188 1034 -846 167 1332 -1165 189 1467 -1278
ii) Private 118712 12081 106631 135426 10870 124556 155120 10326 144794
c) Income 41455 91191 -49736 53402 101742 -48340 55027 103235 -48208
i) Investment income 33926 87491 -53565 45063 97663 -52600 46420 98791 -52371
ii) Compensation of employees 7529 3700 3829 8339 4079 4261 8608 4444 4163
Total Current account (1+2) 942860 968971 -26111 1018629 1041689 -23060 1077777 1103141 -25365
B. Capital account                  
1. Foreign investment (a+b) 541041 486808 54233 723525 719002 4523 692012 701428 -9416
a) Foreign direct investment (i+ii) 74926 64774 10152 84190 83232 959 98325 91377 6947
i) In India 71302 44472 26830 80615 51486 29130 94836 54044 40791
Equity 45817 41334 4483 50993 49525 1468 62282 51186 11096
Reinvested earnings 19768 0 19768 22759 0 22759 25651 0 25651
Other Capital 5716 3137 2579 6863 1960 4903 6902 2858 4044
ii) Abroad 3624 20302 -16678 3575 31746 -28171 3489 37333 -33844
Equity 3624 9111 -5487 3575 16945 -13370 3489 21182 -17693
Reinvested earnings 0 5786 -5786 0 6846 -6846 0 7805 -7805
Other capital 0 5406 -5406 0 7955 -7955 0 8345 -8345
b) Portfolio investment 466115 422034 44081 639334 635770 3564 593688 610051 -16363
i) In India 462573 417947 44626 636263 632980 3283 588752 603946 -15194
FIIs 462573 417947 44626 636263 632980 3283 588752 603946 -15194
of which:                  
Equity 408272 383004 25268 546592 562319 -15727 503600 522239 -18639
Debt 54300 34942 19358 89671 70660 19010 85152 81707 3445
GDRs/ADRs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Abroad 3543 4087 -544 3072 2790 281 4935 6105 -1170
2. Loans (a+b+c) 117329 110788 6541 172011 142686 29325 707180 679761 27419
a) External assistance 13825 6365 7460 14033 7775 6258 11604 9043 2562
i) By India 34 177 -143 24 103 -78 23 39 -15
ii) To India 13791 6188 7603 14009 7672 6337 11581 9004 2577
b) Commercial borrowings 44653 44739 -86 89968 74056 15912 620122 609008 11114
i) By India 11178 14808 -3630 41959 44544 -2586 584467 587517 -3050
ii) To India 33476 29931 3545 48010 29512 18498 35655 21491 14164
c) Short term to India 58851 59684 -833 68009 60855 7154 75454 61711 13744
i) Suppliers’ Credit & Buyers’ Credit >180 days 54041 57172 -3130 56654 59096 -2443 66389 57976 8413
ii) Suppliers’ credit up to 180 days 4809 2512 2297 11356 1759 9597 9066 3735 5331
3. Banking capital (a+b) 148870 108327 40543 161923 171717 -9794 151570 145142 6427
a) Commercial Banks 147548 108255 39293 161475 171492 -10018 150998 144972 6026
i) Assets 47758 32198 15560 46671 75999 -29327 42215 50164 -7949
ii) Liabilities 99790 76057 23733 114803 95494 19310 108783 94809 13975
of which: Non-Resident Deposits 88576 73875 14702 104546 88383 16163 101830 87418 14413
b) Others 1322 72 1250 448 224 224 571 170 401
4. Rupee debt service 0 72 -72 0 70 -70 0 70 -70
5. Other capital 44668 56501 -11833 61094 68453 -7359 53874 76326 -22452
Total capital account (1 to 5) 851908 762497 89411 1118552 1101927 16625 1604636 1602728 1908
C. Errors & omissions 1590 1188 402 1851 448 1402 2279 2421 -142
D. Overall balance (A+B+C) 1796358 1732656 63702 2139032 2144065 -5032 2684692 2708291 -23599
E. Monetary movements (i+ii) 0 63702 -63702 37660 32628 5032 35326 11727 23599
i) I.M.F. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Foreign exchange reserves (Increase- / Decrease+) 0 63702 -63702 37660 32628 5032 35326 11727 23599
of which: SDR Allocation - - - - - - - - -
Notes : 1. G.n.i.e.: Government not included elsewhere.
2. Data for 2025-26 are preliminary estimates.
3. Total may not tally due to rounding off.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Reserve Bank of India.