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Date : May 27, 2022
India’s Overall Balance of Payments
(US$ million)
  2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
A. CURRENT ACCOUNT          
1 Exports, f.o.b. 3,08,970 3,37,237 3,20,431 2,96,300 3,11,191
2 Imports, c.i.f. 4,69,006 5,17,519 4,77,937 3,98,452 4,46,835
3 Trade Balance -1,60,036 -1,80,283 -1,57,506 -1,02,152 -1,35,644
4 Invisibles, Net 1,11,319 1,23,026 1,32,850 1,26,065 1,09,077
a) ‘Non-Factor’ Services of which : 77,562 81,941 84,922 88,565 79,203
Software Services 72,186 77,654 84,643 89,741 80,274
b) Income -28,681 -28,861 -27,281 -35,960 -29,441
c) Private Transfers 62,949 70,601 76,217 74,439 59,880
5 Current Account Balance -48,717 -57,256 -24,656 23,912 -26,567
B. CAPITAL ACCOUNT          
1 Foreign Investment, Net (a+b) 52,401 30,094 44,417 80,092 24,947
a) Direct Investment 30,286 30,712 43,013 43,955 26,509
b) Portfolio Investment 22,115 -618 1,403 36,137 -1,562
2 External Assistance, Net 2,944 3,413 3,751 11,167 2,709
3 Commercial Borrowings, Net -183 10,416 22,960 -134 4,863
4 Short Term Credit, Net 13,900 2,021 -1,026 -4,130 13,284
5 Banking Capital of which : 16,190 7,433 -5,315 -21,067 12,631
NRI Deposits, Net 9,676 10,387 8,627 7,364 3,075
6 Rupee Debt Service -75 -31 -69 -64 -59
7 Other Capital, Net& 6,213 1,057 18,462 -2,143 30,935
8 Total Capital Account 91,390 54,403 83,180 63,721 89,309
C. Errors & Omissions 902 -486 974 -347 782
D. Overall Balance [A(5)+B(8)+C] 43,574 -3,339 59,498 87,286 63,524
E. Monetary Movements (F+G) -43,574 3,339 -59,498 -87,286 -63,524
F. IMF, Net 0 0 0 0 0
G. Reserves and Monetary Gold (Increase -, Decrease +) -43,574 3,339 -59,498 -87,286 -63,524
of which: SDR allocation 0 0 0 0 -17,862
Memo: As a ratio to GDP          
1 Trade Balance -6.0 -6.7 -5.6 -3.8 -5.9
2 Net Services 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.4
3 Net Income -1.1 -1.1 -1.0 -1.3 -1.3
4 Current Account Balance -1.8 -2.1 -0.9 0.9 -1.2
5 Capital Account, Net 3.4 2.0 2.9 2.4 3.9
6 Foreign Investment, Net 2.0 1.1 1.6 3.0 1.1
P: Data are provisional and pertain to April-December 2021.
& : 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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