Click here to Visit the RBI’s new website

Annual Report


Note : To read the chapter of your choice, please click on the links below. You can also read past reports by accessing the archives in the right panel.
(27 kb) or (14 kb)
Date : Aug 27, 2015
India’s Overall Balance of Payments
(US $ million)
  2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15P
1 2 3 4 5 6
A. CURRENT ACCOUNT          
1 Exports, f.o.b. 256,159 309,774 306,581 318,607 316,741
2 Imports, c.i.f. 383,481 499,533 502,237 466,216 460,920
3 Trade Balance -127,322 -189,759 -195,656 -147,609 -144,179
4 Invisibles, Net 79,269 111,604 107,493 115,212 116,242
a) ‘Non-Factor’ Services of which : 44,081 64,098 64,915 72,965 75,683
Software Services 50,905 60,957 63,504 66,958 70,400
b) Income -17,952 -15,988 -21,455 -23,028 -24,983
c) Private Transfers 53,125 63,469 64,342 65,481 66,275
5 Current Account Balance -48,053 -78,155 -88,163 -32,397 -27,937
B. CAPITAL ACCOUNT          
1 Foreign Investment, Net (a+b) 42,127 39,231 46,711 26,386 73,561
a) Direct Investment 11,834 22,061 19,819 21,564 32,627
b) Portfolio Investment 30,293 17,170 26,891 4,822 40,934
2 External Assistance, Net 4,941 2,296 982 1,032 1,630
3 Commercial Borrowings, Net 12,160 10,344 8,485 11,777 2,729
4 Short Term Credit, Net 12,034 6,668 21,657 -5,044 -924
5 Banking Capital of which : 4,962 16,226 16,570 25,449 11,618
NRI Deposits, Net 3,238 11,918 14,842 38,892 14,057
6 Rupee Debt Service -68 -79 -58 -52 -81
7 Other Capital, Net @ -12,416 -6,929 -5,047 -10,761 1,426
8 Total Capital Account 63,740 67,755 89,300 48,787 89,959
C. Errors & Omissions -2,636 -2,432 2,689 -882 -616
D. Overall Balance [A(5)+B(8)+C] 13,050 -12,831 3,826 15,508 61,406
E. Monetary Movements (F+G) -13,050 12,831 -3,826 -15,508 -61,406
F. IMF, Net          
G. Reserves and Monetary Gold (Increase -, Decrease +) of which : SDR allocation -13,050 12,831 -3,826 -15,508 -61,406
Memo: As a ratio to GDP          
1 Trade Balance -7.5 -10.3 -10.7 -7.9 -7.0
2 Net Services 2.6 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.7
3 Net Income -1.1 -0.9 -1.2 -1.2 -1.2
4 Current Account Balance -2.8 -4.2 -4.8 -1.7 -1.3
5 Capital Net (Excld. changes in reserves) 4.5 3.0 5.1 3.4 7.4
6 Foreign Investment, Net 2.5 2.1 2.5 1.4 3.6
P: Provisional.
@: 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.

Top