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Date : Jul 31, 2026
Table 126 : Standard Presentation of India’s Balance of Payments as per BPM6 US Dollars
(US$ Million)
Item/Year 2022-23 2023-24
Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Current Account (1.A+1.B+1.C) 921865 988848 -66984 942848 968882 -26033
1.A Goods and Services (1.A.a+1.A.b) 781402 903410 -122008 782505 864665 -82159
1.A.a Goods (1.A.a.1 to 1.A.a.3) 456073 721364 -265291 441443 686354 -244911
1.A.a.1 General merchandise on a BOP basis 454399 686348 -231949 439285 640812 -201527
1.A.a.2 Net exports of goods under merchanting 1674 - 1674 2158 - 2158
1.A.a.3 Nonmonetary gold - 35016 -35016 - 45542 -45542
1.A.b Services (1.A.b.1 to 1.A.b.13) 325329 182046 143283 341062 178311 162752
1.A.b.1 Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others 1511 215 1296 1446 118 1328
1.A.b.2 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e. 209 1872 -1664 206 1492 -1286
1.A.b.3 Transport 36091 40617 -4526 29183 29256 -72
1.A.b.4 Travel 27049 28447 -1398 33704 33701 4
1.A.b.5 Construction 3826 2840 985 4579 2789 1791
1.A.b.6 Insurance and pension services 3277 2347 930 3326 2917 408
1.A.b.7 Financial services 7815 5708 2106 8051 4560 3491
1.A.b.8 Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e. 1265 10639 -9374 1555 14986 -13431
1.A.b.9 Telecommunications, computer, and information services 152285 19773 132512 163610 20934 142676
1.A.b.10 Other business services 80350 59706 20644 88570 59331 29239
1.A.b.11 Personal, cultural, and recreational services 3906 5452 -1546 4437 6319 -1882
1.A.b.12 Government goods and services n.i.e. 683 1015 -332 609 1088 -479
1.A.b.13 Others n.i.e. 7063 3414 3649 1785 820 965
1.B Primary Income (1.B.1 to 1.B.3) 27845 73769 -45923 41455 91191 -49736
1.B.1 Compensation of employees 6732 3421 3311 7529 3700 3829
1.B.2 Investment income 15799 68815 -53016 28031 85644 -57613
1.B.2.1 Direct investment 8384 41211 -32827 9299 49895 -40596
1.B.2.2 Portfolio investment 265 10128 -9864 437 10201 -9764
1.B.2.3 Other investment 605 17151 -16547 2468 24689 -22221
1.B.2.4 Reserve assets 6545 324 6222 15827 859 14968
1.B.3 Other primary income 5315 1533 3782 5895 1847 4048
1.C Secondary Income (1.C.1+1.C.2) 112618 11669 100948 118888 13026 105863
1.C.1 Financial corporations, nonfinancial corporations, households, and NPISHs 112465 10689 101776 118712 12081 106631
1.C.1.1 Personal transfers (Current transfers between resident and/non-resident households) 109611 7736 101876 115551 8474 107077
1.C.1.2 Other current transfers 2854 2953 -99 3161 3607 -446
1.C.2 General government 153 981 -828 176 945 -768
2 Capital Account (2.1+2.2) 677 795 -118 673 764 -91
2.1 Gross acquisitions (DR.)/disposals (CR.) of non-produced nonfinancial assets 168 240 -72 77 279 -201
2.2 Capital transfers 509 555 -46 596 485 111
3 Financial Account (3.1 to 3.5) 702268 634143 68126 851246 825525 25722
3.1 Direct Investment (3.1A+3.1B) 75232 47246 27986 74926 64774 10152
3.1.A Direct Investment in India 71355 29349 42006 71302 44472 26830
3.1.A.1 Equity and investment fund shares 66705 27094 39611 65585 41334 24251
3.1.A.1.1 Equity other than reinvestment of earnings 47600 27094 20506 45817 41334 4483
3.1.A.1.2 Reinvestment of earnings 19105 - 19105 19768 - 19768
3.1.A.2 Debt instruments 4650 2255 2395 5716 3137 2579
3.1.A.2.1 Direct investor in direct investment enterprises 4650 2255 2395 5716 3137 2579
3.1.B Direct Investment by India 3877 17897 -14020 3624 20302 -16678
3.1.B.1 Equity and investment fund shares 3877 13183 -9305 3624 14896 -11272
3.1.B.1.1 Equity other than reinvestment of earnings 3877 8771 -4894 3624 9111 -5487
3.1.B.1.2 Reinvestment of earnings - 4412 -4412 - 5786 -5786
3.1.B.2 Debt instruments - 4714 -4714 - 5406 -5406
3.1.B.2.1 Direct investor in direct investment enterprises - 4714 -4714 - 5406 -5406
3.2 Portfolio Investment 309857 315009 -5152 466115 422034 44081
3.2.A Portfolio Investment in India 307473 312301 -4828 462573 417947 44626
3.2.1 Equity and investment fund shares 273934 279906 -5972 408272 383004 25268
3.2.2 Debt securities 33539 32395 1144 54300 34942 19358
3.2.B Portfolio Investment by India 2384 2708 -324 3543 4087 -544
3.3 Financial derivatives (other than reserves) and employee stock options 21891 27253 -5363 22391 30282 -7891
3.4 Other investment 264909 223391 41519 287815 244733 43082
3.4.1 Other equity (ADRs/GDRs) - - - - - -
3.4.2 Currency and deposits 64350 55947 8403 89898 73946 15952
3.4.2.1 Central bank (Rupee Debt Movements; NRG) 75 661 -586 1322 72 1250
3.4.2.2 Deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank (NRI Deposits) 64274 55285 8989 88576 73875 14702
3.4.2.3 General government - - - - - -
3.4.2.4 Other sectors - - - - - -
3.4.3 Loans (External Assistance, ECBs and Banking Capital) 97286 82979 14308 117450 85485 31965
3.4.3.A Loans to India 95970 81953 14017 106238 70500 35738
3.4.3.B Loans by India 1316 1026 291 11212 14985 -3773
3.4.4 Insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes 204 252 -48 273 421 -148
3.4.5 Trade credit and advances 68330 61791 6539 58851 59684 -833
3.4.6 Other accounts receivable/payable - other 34739 22422 12317 21343 25196 -3853
3.4.7 Special drawing rights - - - - - -
3.5 Reserve assets 30379 21244 9135 - 63702 -63702
3.5.1 Monetary gold - - - - - -
3.5.2 Special drawing rights n.a. - - - - - -
3.5.3 Reserve position in the IMF n.a. - - - - - -
3.5.4 Other reserve assets (Foreign Currency Assets) 30379 21244 9135 - 63702 -63702
4 Total assets/liabilities 702268 634143 68126 851246 825525 25722
4.1 Equity and investment fund shares 368995 350396 18599 503687 474025 29662
4.2 Debt instruments 268155 240081 28074 326216 262601 63614
4.3 Other financial assets and liabilities 65118 43666 21452 21343 88898 -67555
5 Net errors and omissions 900 1924 -1024 1590 1188 402
(Continued)

Table 126 : STANDARD PRESENTATION OF INDIA’S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AS PER BPM6-US DOLLARS (Concld.)
(US$ Million)
Item/Year 2024-25 2025-26
Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net
1 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 Current Account (1.A+1.B+1.C) 1018622 1041569 -22947 1077768 1103008 -25240
1.A Goods and Services (1.A.a+1.A.b) 829634 927745 -98111 867440 988113 -120673
1.A.a Goods (1.A.a.1 to 1.A.a.3) 442082 729028 -286947 446147 783435 -337288
1.A.a.1 General merchandise on a BOP basis 441416 671022 -229606 444591 711458 -266867
1.A.a.2 Net exports of goods under merchanting 666 - 666 1557 - 1557
1.A.a.3 Nonmonetary gold - 58006 -58006 - 71977 -71977
1.A.b Services (1.A.b.1 to 1.A.b.13) 387553 198717 188836 421292 204678 216615
1.A.b.1 Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others 1069 119 950 1028 202 825
1.A.b.2 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e. 351 1097 -746 409 1465 -1055
1.A.b.3 Transport 33759 35029 -1270 31887 33605 -1718
1.A.b.4 Travel 34152 34843 -691 31880 35768 -3888
1.A.b.5 Construction 5341 3167 2174 5128 3572 1556
1.A.b.6 Insurance and pension services 3565 3035 529 3710 2685 1025
1.A.b.7 Financial services 8480 4068 4412 7551 3015 4536
1.A.b.8 Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e. 1786 17255 -15469 1834 18657 -16822
1.A.b.9 Telecommunications, computer, and information services 183347 24273 159074 206559 27256 179302
1.A.b.10 Other business services 107212 66646 40566 124179 69585 54594
1.A.b.11 Personal, cultural, and recreational services 4699 5755 -1056 5125 5285 -160
1.A.b.12 Government goods and services n.i.e. 641 1261 -620 626 1281 -655
1.A.b.13 Others n.i.e. 3151 2168 983 1376 2302 -926
1.B Primary Income (1.B.1 to 1.B.3) 53402 101742 -48340 55027 103235 -48208
1.B.1 Compensation of employees 8339 4079 4261 8608 4444 4163
1.B.2 Investment income 37600 95354 -57754 36899 95001 -58102
1.B.2.1 Direct investment 11681 55822 -44141 12574 57346 -44773
1.B.2.2 Portfolio investment 352 11096 -10744 367 9725 -9358
1.B.2.3 Other investment 3814 27611 -23797 4106 27275 -23169
1.B.2.4 Reserve assets 21753 826 20928 19852 655 19197
1.B.3 Other primary income 7463 2309 5154 9521 3790 5731
1.C Secondary Income (1.C.1+1.C.2) 135585 12082 123503 155301 11660 143641
1.C.1 Financial corporations, nonfinancial corporations, households, and NPISHs 135426 10870 124556 155120 10326 144794
1.C.1.1 Personal transfers (Current transfers between resident and/non-resident households) 132065 7759 124305 151710 7637 144072
1.C.1.2 Other current transfers 3361 3111 250 3411 2689 722
1.C.2 General government 159 1212 -1052 180 1334 -1154
2 Capital Account (2.1+2.2) 755 948 -193 857 1357 -500
2.1 Gross acquisitions (DR.)/disposals (CR.) of non-produced nonfinancial assets 43 376 -334 100 796 -696
2.2 Capital transfers 712 572 140 757 561 196
3 Financial Account (3.1 to 3.5) 1155466 1133728 21738 1639113 1613231 25882
3.1 Direct Investment (3.1A+3.1B) 84190 83232 959 98325 91377 6947
3.1.A Direct Investment in India 80615 51486 29130 94836 54044 40791
3.1.A.1 Equity and investment fund shares 73752 49525 24226 87934 51186 36747
3.1.A.1.1 Equity other than reinvestment of earnings 50993 49525 1468 62282 51186 11096
3.1.A.1.2 Reinvestment of earnings 22759 - 22759 25651 - 25651
3.1.A.2 Debt instruments 6863 1960 4903 6902 2858 4044
3.1.A.2.1 Direct investor in direct investment enterprises 6863 1960 4903 6902 2858 4044
3.1.B Direct Investment by India 3575 31746 -28171 3489 37333 -33844
3.1.B.1 Equity and investment fund shares 3575 23791 -20216 3489 28987 -25498
3.1.B.1.1 Equity other than reinvestment of earnings 3575 16945 -13370 3489 21182 -17693
3.1.B.1.2 Reinvestment of earnings - 6846 -6846 - 7805 -7805
3.1.B.2 Debt instruments - 7955 -7955 - 8345 -8345
3.1.B.2.1 Direct investor in direct investment enterprises - 7955 -7955 - 8345 -8345
3.2 Portfolio Investment 639334 635770 3564 593688 610051 -16363
3.2.A Portfolio Investment in India 636263 632980 3283 588752 603946 -15194
3.2.1 Equity and investment fund shares 546592 562319 -15727 503600 522239 -18639
3.2.2 Debt securities 89671 70660 19010 85152 81707 3445
3.2.B Portfolio Investment by India 3072 2790 281 4935 6105 -1170
3.3 Financial derivatives (other than reserves) and employee stock options 23909 46052 -22143 26464 50432 -23968
3.4 Other investment 370371 336046 34325 885311 849644 35667
3.4.1 Other equity (ADRs/GDRs) - - - - - -
3.4.2 Currency and deposits 104994 88608 16387 102402 87588 14814
3.4.2.1 Central bank (Rupee Debt Movements; NRG) 448 224 224 571 170 401
3.4.2.2 Deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank (NRI Deposits) 104546 88383 16163 101830 87418 14413
3.4.2.3 General government - - - - - -
3.4.2.4 Other sectors - - - - - -
3.4.3 Loans (External Assistance, ECBs and Banking Capital) 160929 164940 -4011 680894 675605 5289
3.4.3.A Loans to India 118946 120293 -1346 96404 88050 8354
3.4.3.B Loans by India 41983 44647 -2664 584490 587556 -3066
3.4.4 Insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes 202 824 -622 191 234 -43
3.4.5 Trade credit and advances 68009 60855 7154 75454 61711 13744
3.4.6 Other accounts receivable/payable - other 36236 20819 15417 26370 24507 1863
3.4.7 Special drawing rights - - - - - -
3.5 Reserve assets 37660 32628 5032 35326 11727 23599
3.5.1 Monetary gold - - - - - -
3.5.2 Special drawing rights n.a. - - - - - -
3.5.3 Reserve position in the IMF n.a. - - - - - -
3.5.4 Other reserve assets (Foreign Currency Assets) 37660 32628 5032 35326 11727 23599
4 Total assets/liabilities 1155466 1133728 21738 1639113 1613231 25882
4.1 Equity and investment fund shares 651102 685303 -34201 626613 659183 -32570
4.2 Debt instruments 430467 394978 35489 950805 917814 32990
4.3 Other financial assets and liabilities 73897 53447 20450 61696 36234 25462
5 Net errors and omissions 1851 448 1402 2279 2421 -142
Notes : 1. n.i.e: not included elsewhere.
2. Data for 2025-26 are preliminary estimates.
3. Totals may not tally due to rounding off.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Reserve Bank of India.