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Date : Jul 31, 2026
Table 125 : India’s Overall Balance of Payments - Rupees
(₹ Crore)
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 2193253 2946318 -753065 3199115 4613049 -1413934 3661287 5791926 -2130639
2. Invisibles (a+b+c) 2278625 1343490 935135 2755292 1632174 1123118 3748234 2152369 1595865
a) Services 1528236 871336 656900 1897558 1096248 801311 2617435 1463226 1154209
i) Travel 62900 85360 -22460 67899 121416 -53517 218653 228915 -10262
ii) Transportation 162013 146410 15603 243582 267395 -23813 289500 325303 -35803
iii) Insurance 17625 15246 2379 24719 15468 9251 26306 18900 7407
iv) G.n.i.e. 4672 7594 -2923 5976 7217 -1241 5483 8189 -2706
v) Miscellaneous 1281026 616725 664301 1555383 684752 870630 2077494 881920 1195573
of which: Software services 741557 75926 665631 910096 93615 816481 1180770 124617 1056154
Business services 364553 367352 -2800 439668 385257 54411 647132 480372 166760
Financial services 32166 35301 -3135 40805 41900 -1096 62910 45789 17121
Communication services 20791 10661 10130 23369 8416 14953 41789 27513 14276
b) Transfers 595789 50867 544922 665791 66175 599616 906560 94597 811963
i) Official 1061 8327 -7266 1456 7284 -5828 1326 8575 -7249
ii) Private 594728 42540 552188 664334 58891 605444 905234 86022 819212
c) Income 154600 421288 -266687 191943 469751 -277808 224239 594546 -370307
i) Investment income 110143 400495 -290352 144554 446919 -302365 170130 567019 -396889
ii) Compensation of employees 44457 20793 23664 47390 22832 24557 54109 27526 26582
Total Current account (1+2) 4471878 4289808 182070 5954407 6245223 -290816 7409521 7944295 -534774
B. Capital account                  
1. Foreign investment (a+b) 2962726 2370869 591856 3561413 3400485 160928 3088781 2903490 185291
a) Foreign direct investment (i+ii) 639521 314139 325382 657396 369930 287467 602635 380751 221884
i) In India 607771 201006 406765 632047 213284 418763 571322 236307 335015
Equity 452767 200543 252224 444457 202679 241778 380273 218140 162134
Reinvested earnings 125600 0 125600 144219 0 144219 153752 0 153752
Other capital 29404 463 28941 43371 10605 32766 37297 18168 19129
ii) Abroad 31750 113133 -81383 25349 156645 -131296 31313 144444 -113131
Equity 31750 41415 -9665 25349 74920 -49571 31313 71056 -39742
Reinvested earnings 0 22364 -22364 0 25173 -25173 0 35455 -35455
Other capital 0 49354 -49354 0 56551 -56551 0 37934 -37934
b) Portfolio investment 2323205 2056730 266474 2904017 3030555 -126539 2486146 2522739 -36593
i) In India 2310454 2024824 285630 2873927 2980213 -106286 2466959 2500963 -34004
FIIs 2310454 2024824 285630 2873927 2980213 -106286 2466959 2500963 -34004
of which:                  
Equity 1997201 1710157 287044 2556446 2674045 -117599 2198315 2241326 -43011
Debt 313253 314666 -1414 317481 306168 11313 268644 259637 9007
GDRs/ADRs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Abroad 12751 31907 -19156 30090 50342 -20253 19187 21777 -2590
2. Loans (a+b+c) 634710 584127 50583 787108 535905 251203 809181 743367 65814
a) External assistance 125583 42578 83005 82048 41891 40157 93054 48684 44370
i) By India 284 611 -327 379 481 -102 253 721 -468
ii) To India 125299 41967 83332 81669 41410 40259 92801 47963 44838
b) Commercial borrowings 231890 233902 -2012 224781 164160 60621 167229 196921 -29691
ii) By India 21199 24085 -2886 14021 8619 5403 10370 7603 2767
ii) To India 210691 209817 874 210760 155542 55218 156859 189318 -32458
c) Short term to India 277237 307647 -30411 480279 329854 150425 548898 497762 51136
i) Suppliers’ Credit & Buyers’ Credit >180 days 261995 296295 -34299 339086 329854 9232 548898 447960 100938
ii) Suppliers’ credit up to 180 days 15241 11353 3889 141194 0 141194 0 49802 -49802
3. Banking capital (a+b) 551356 706588 -155231 766628 717339 49289 1035012 870089 164923
a) Commercial banks 546792 700765 -153973 763736 711096 52639 1034393 864910 169483
i) Assets 175636 333005 -157369 377142 362114 15028 461983 370868 91115
ii) Liabilities 371156 367760 3396 386594 348983 37611 572410 494042 78368
of which: Non-resident deposits 344627 289505 55121 338520 314513 24007 518959 445816 73143
b) Others 4564 5823 -1259 2892 6242 -3350 619 5179 -4560
4. Rupee debt service 0 484 -484 0 527 -527 0 531 -531
5. Other capital 289780 306298 -16518 558286 382560 175727 463798 406130 57668
Total capital account (1 to 5) 4438572 3968366 470206 5673435 5036815 636620 5396772 4923607 473165
C. Errors & omissions 7040 9636 -2595 10628 7313 3314 7146 15587 -8440
D. Overall balance (A+B+C) 8917490 8267810 649681 11638469 11289351 349119 12813439 12883489 -70049
E. Monetary movements (i+ii) 0 649681 -649681 120545 469664 -349119 242411 172362 70049
i) I.M.F. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Foreign exchange reserves (Increase- / Decrease+) 0 649681 -649681 120545 469664 -349119 242411 172362 70049
of which: SDR Allocation 0 0 0 0 132346 -132346 0 0 0
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TABLE 125 : INDIA’S OVERALL BALANCE OF PAYMENTS - RUPEES (Concld.)
(₹ Crore)
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 3655128 5683248 -2028119 3740435 6164655 -2424219 3942256 6926721 -2984465
2. Invisibles (a+b+c) 4152104 2339875 1812229 4878484 2644127 2234357 5587973 2824360 2763613
a) Services 2824167 1476157 1348010 3279975 1680592 1599383 3727051 1808946 1918106
i) Travel 279274 278887 388 289154 294426 -5273 282940 315701 -32761
ii) Transportation 241600 242157 -558 285417 296164 -10747 281915 296757 -14842
iii) Insurance 27540 24164 3376 30143 25688 4456 32778 23695 9083
iv) G.n.i.e. 5045 9013 -3968 5419 10668 -5249 5546 11320 -5774
v) Miscellaneous 2270708 921936 1348772 2669841 1053646 1616196 3123873 1161473 1962400
of which: Software services 1327596 151207 1176389 1528441 177890 1350551 1801610 213701 1587909
Business services 733329 491192 242136 907836 563647 344189 1098453 615791 482662
Financial services 66671 37745 28926 71681 34315 37366 66702 26700 40003
Communication services 24130 13184 10947 19905 17694 2211 21791 18305 3486
b) Transfers 984685 108470 876215 1147322 103230 1044092 1375129 104172 1270957
i) Official 1558 8557 -7000 1411 11277 -9866 1678 12964 -11286
ii) Private 983128 99913 883215 1145911 91953 1053958 1373451 91208 1282244
c) Income 343252 755247 -411996 451187 860305 -409118 485792 911243 -425450
i) Investment income 280907 724612 -443704 380670 825803 -445133 409754 871933 -462179
ii) Compensation of employees 62344 30636 31708 70517 34502 36015 76038 39309 36729
Total Current account (1+2) 7807233 8023123 -215890 8618919 8808782 -189863 9530228 9751081 -220852
B. Capital account                  
1. Foreign investment (a+b) 4481898 4033073 448825 6109419 6074346 35073 6110334 6197588 -87254
a) Foreign direct investment (i+ii) 620344 536323 84021 711181 703452 7730 867040 806143 60897
i) In India 590396 368152 222244 680929 434141 246788 835976 476752 359223
Equity 379405 342179 37226 430135 417618 12517 547741 451438 96303
Reinvested earnings 163704 0 163704 192652 0 192652 227032 0 227032
Other capital 47287 25973 21314 58142 16523 41619 61203 25315 35888
ii) Abroad 29948 168171 -138223 30252 269310 -239059 31064 329391 -298327
Equity 29948 75485 -45537 30252 143902 -113650 31064 186989 -155925
Reinvested earnings 0 47898 -47898 0 57902 -57902 0 68960 -68960
Other capital 0 44787 -44787 0 67507 -67507 0 73442 -73442
b) Portfolio investment 3861554 3496749 364804 5398238 5370895 27343 5243294 5391445 -148151
i) In India 3832234 3462960 369273 5372175 5347229 24947 5199481 5337588 -138107
FIIs 3832234 3462960 369273 5372175 5347229 24947 5199481 5337588 -138107
of which:                  
Equity 3382321 3173627 208694 4613201 4749639 -136438 4448527 4618065 -169538
Debt 449913 289333 160580 758974 597590 161384 750954 719522 31432
GDRs/ADRs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Abroad 29320 33789 -4469 26063 23666 2397 43813 53857 -10045
2. Loans (a+b+c) 971173 917234 53940 1458996 1211270 247726 6308540 6067098 241442
a) External assistance 114554 52684 61869 118701 65681 53020 102666 79825 22842
i) By India 284 1465 -1182 207 870 -663 207 343 -136
ii) To India 114270 51219 63051 118494 64811 53683 102460 79482 22978
b) Commercial borrowings 369354 370543 -1189 765890 630043 135848 5538862 5441255 97608
ii) By India 92585 122743 -30158 358676 380192 -21516 5223920 5251365 -27445
ii) To India 276769 247800 28969 407214 249850 157364 314942 189890 125053
c) Short term to India 487265 494006 -6741 574405 515547 58859 667011 546019 120992
i) Suppliers’ Credit & Buyers’ Credit >180 days 447367 473354 -25986 479000 500307 -21306 586737 512960 73777
ii) Suppliers’ credit up to 180 days 39898 20652 19246 95405 15240 80165 80274 33059 47216
3. Banking capital (a+b) 1233022 897238 335784 1367552 1452960 -85408 1343637 1284896 58741
a) Commercial banks 1222056 896644 325412 1363803 1451016 -87213 1338419 1283391 55028
i) Assets 395502 266770 128732 393276 643041 -249765 375105 444589 -69483
ii) Liabilities 826554 629874 196680 970527 807976 162551 963314 838802 124512
of which: Non-resident deposits 733628 611768 121860 884328 748038 136290 901453 773984 127469
b) Others 10966 594 10372 3749 1944 1805 5218 1505 3713
4. Rupee debt service 0 597 -597 0 586 -586 0 606 -606
5. Other capital 369752 468202 -98450 518172 579492 -61320 477126 676151 -199024
Total capital account (1 to 5) 7055845 6316343 739502 9454139 9318654 135485 14239637 14226339 13298
C. Errors & omissions 13164 9844 3320 15724 3756 11967 20428 21138 -710
D. Overall balance (A+B+C) 14876242 14349310 526931 18088782 18131192 -42410 23790294 23998558 -208264
E. Monetary movements (i+ii) 0 526931 -526931 318081 275671 42410 312834 104570 208264
i) I.M.F. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Foreign exchange reserves (Increase- / Decrease+) 0 526931 -526931 318081 275671 42410 312834 104570 208264
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.