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Date : Aug 29, 2025
Table 127 : India’s Overall Balance of Payments - US Dollar
(US$ Million)
Item/Year 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A. Current account                  
1. Merchandise 320431 477937 -157506 296300 398452 -102152 429164 618623 -189459
2. Invisibles (a+b+c) 321712 188862 132850 307253 181188 126065 369600 218906 150694
a) Services 213191 128269 84922 206090 117524 88565 254527 147011 107516
i) Travel 29998 22011 7987 8483 11507 -3024 9099 16272 -7173
ii) Transportation 20988 24285 -3297 21854 19755 2099 32660 35836 -3177
iii) Insurance 2431 1738 692 2376 2058 318 3316 2076 1241
iv) G.n.i.e. 659 1107 -448 630 1021 -392 803 968 -165
v) Miscellaneous 159115 79128 79987 172746 83182 89564 208649 91859 116790
of which : Software services 93102 8459 84643 99997 10257 89741 122093 12554 109540
Business services 45716 46881 -1165 49161 49522 -361 58967 51681 7286
Financial services 4734 2919 1814 4338 4763 -424 5472 5620 -147
Communication services 2723 1296 1426 2801 1438 1363 3137 1130 2007
b) Transfers 83356 8147 75208 80328 6868 73460 89322 8875 80447
i) Official 161 1170 -1009 143 1122 -979 195 978 -783
ii) Private 83195 6977 76217 80185 5746 74439 89127 7898 81230
c) Income 25166 52446 -27281 20835 56796 -35960 25751 63020 -37269
i) Investment income 19542 49752 -30210 14840 53993 -39154 19391 59957 -40565
ii) Compensation of employees 5623 2694 2929 5996 2802 3193 6360 3063 3296
Total Current account (1+2) 642143 666799 -24656 603553 579640 23912 798764 837529 -38766
B. Capital account                  
1. Foreign investment (a+b) 368534 324118 44417 400001 319909 80092 478000 456191 21809
a) Foreign direct investment (i+ii) 77794 34780 43013 86286 42330 43955 88235 49649 38587
i) In India 74390 18384 56006 81973 27046 54927 84835 28605 56231
Equity 51734 18212 33522 61088 26983 34105 59684 27189 32495
Reinvested earnings 14175 0 14175 16935 0 16935 19347 0 19347
Other Capital 8482 173 8309 3950 63 3887 5805 1416 4389
ii) Abroad 3403 16396 -12993 4313 15285 -10972 3400 21044 -17644
Equity 3403 7572 -4168 4313 5583 -1271 3400 10061 -6661
Reinvested earnings 0 3151 -3151 0 3013 -3013 0 3379 -3379
Other capital 0 5674 -5674 0 6688 -6688 0 7604 -7604
b) Portfolio investment 290741 289337 1403 313715 277579 36137 389764 406542 -16777
i) In India 284128 283576 552 312005 273279 38725 385710 399781 -14071
FIIs 284128 283576 552 312005 273279 38725 385710 399781 -14071
of which:                  
Equity 215270 215709 -438 269762 230937 38825 343081 358702 -15621
Debt 68858 67868 990 42243 42342 -99 42629 41079 1550
GDRs/ADRs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Abroad 6612 5761 851 1711 4299 -2589 4054 6761 -2706
2. Loans (a+b+c) 94239 68553 25686 85650 78747 6903 105457 71851 33605
a) External assistance 9330 5579 3751 16898 5731 11167 10990 5625 5366
i) By India 8 113 -105 38 82 -44 51 65 -14
ii) To India 9323 5466 3856 16860 5649 11211 10940 5560 5379
b) Commercial borrowings 46149 23188 22960 31388 31522 -134 30110 21975 8135
i) By India 6843 5563 1280 2863 3237 -374 1884 1156 728
ii) To India 39305 17625 21680 28525 28285 240 28226 20819 7407
c) Short term to India 38759 39785 -1026 37365 41494 -4130 64356 44252 20105
i) Suppliers’ Credit >180 days & Buyers’ Credit 37359 38233 -873 35284 39984 -4700 45447 44252 1196
ii) Suppliers’ credit up to 180 days 1400 1552 -152 2080 1510 570 18909 0 18909
3. Banking capital (a+b) 84716 90031 -5315 74284 95351 -21067 102886 96217 6669
a) Commercial Banks 84603 89255 -4653 73662 94583 -20921 102497 95386 7111
i) Assets 26819 31225 -4406 23603 44975 -21372 50645 48592 2053
ii) Liabilities 57784 58030 -246 50059 49608 451 51851 46794 5058
of which: Non-Resident Deposits 55490 46863 8627 46465 39101 7364 45395 42161 3234
b) Others 113 776 -663 621 767 -146 390 831 -441
4. Rupee debt service 0 69 -69 0 64 -64 0 71 -71
5. Other capital 62549 44087 18462 39090 41233 -2143 75059 51265 23794
Total capital account (1 to 5) 610038 526858 83180 599025 535304 63721 761402 675595 85807
C. Errors & omissions 1856 882 974 951 1298 -347 1433 974 459
D. Overall balance (A+B+C) 1254037 1194539 59498 1203529 1116242 87286 1561599 1514098 47501
E. Monetary movements (i+ii) 0 59498 -59498 0 87286 -87286 16024 63524 -47501
i) I.M.F. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Foreign exchange reserves (Increase- / Decrease+) 0 59498 -59498 0 87286 -87286 16024 63524 -47501
of which: SDR Allocation - - - - - - 0 17862 -17862
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TABLE 127 : INDIA’S OVERALL BALANCE OF PAYMENTS - US DOLLAR (Concld.)
(US$ Million)
Item/Year 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net Credit Debit Net
1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
A. Current account                  
1. Merchandise 456073 721364 -265291 441443 686354 -244911 441790 729004 -287214
2. Invisibles (a+b+c) 465804 267568 198236 501417 282617 218800 576535 312689 263846
a) Services 325329 182046 143283 341062 178311 162752 387540 198717 188824
i) Travel 27049 28447 -1398 33704 33701 4 34152 34843 -691
ii) Transportation 36091 40617 -4526 29183 29256 -72 33748 35029 -1281
iii) Insurance 3277 2347 930 3326 2917 408 3563 3035 528
iv) G.n.i.e. 683 1015 -332 609 1088 -479 641 1261 -620
v) Miscellaneous 258229 109620 148609 274239 111349 162891 315437 124548 190889
of which : Software services 146775 15491 131284 160333 18259 142074 180626 21013 159612
Business services 80350 59706 20644 88570 59331 29239 107212 66646 40566
Financial services 7815 5708 2106 8051 4560 3491 8480 4068 4412
Communication services 5164 3384 1780 2916 1592 1325 2348 2091 258
b) Transfers 112630 11753 100877 118900 13115 105785 135593 12202 123391
i) Official 165 1064 -900 188 1034 -846 167 1332 -1165
ii) Private 112465 10689 101776 118712 12081 106631 135426 10870 124556
c) Income 27845 73769 -45923 41455 91191 -49736 53402 101771 -48369
i) Investment income 21114 70348 -49235 33926 87491 -53565 45063 97692 -52629
ii) Compensation of employees 6732 3421 3311 7529 3700 3829 8339 4079 4261
Total Current account (1+2) 921877 988932 -67055 942860 968971 -26111 1018326 1041694 -23368
B. Capital account                  
1. Foreign investment (a+b) 385089 362255 22834 541041 486808 54233 723525 719002 4523
a) Foreign direct investment (i+ii) 75232 47246 27986 74926 64774 10152 84190 83232 959
i) In India 71355 29349 42006 71302 44472 26830 80615 51486 29130
Equity 47600 27094 20506 45817 41334 4483 50993 49525 1468
Reinvested earnings 19105 0 19105 19768 0 19768 22759 0 22759
Other Capital 4650 2255 2395 5716 3137 2579 6863 1960 4903
ii) Abroad 3877 17897 -14020 3624 20302 -16678 3575 31746 -28171
Equity 3877 8771 -4894 3624 9111 -5487 3575 16945 -13370
Reinvested earnings 0 4412 -4412 0 5786 -5786 0 6846 -6846
Other capital 0 4714 -4714 0 5406 -5406 0 7955 -7955
b) Portfolio investment 309857 315009 -5152 466115 422034 44081 639334 635770 3564
i) In India 307473 312301 -4828 462573 417947 44626 636263 632980 3283
FIIs 307473 312301 -4828 462573 417947 44626 636263 632980 3283
of which:                  
Equity 273934 279906 -5972 408272 383004 25268 546592 562319 -15727
Debt 33539 32395 1144 54300 34942 19358 89671 70660 19010
GDRs/ADRs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Abroad 2384 2708 -324 3543 4087 -544 3072 2790 281
2. Loans (a+b+c) 100598 92329 8269 117329 110788 6541 171778 142577 29202
a) External assistance 11574 6053 5521 13825 6365 7460 14033 7775 6258
i) By India 31 90 -58 34 177 -143 24 103 -78
ii) To India 11542 5963 5579 13791 6188 7603 14009 7672 6337
b) Commercial borrowings 20695 24485 -3790 44653 44739 -86 89739 73950 15789
i) By India 1285 936 349 11178 14808 -3630 41959 44544 -2586
ii) To India 19410 23549 -4139 33476 29931 3545 47781 29406 18375
c) Short term to India 68330 61791 6539 58851 59684 -833 68006 60852 7154
i) Suppliers’ Credit >180 days & Buyers’ Credit 68330 55626 12704 54041 57172 -3130 56654 59096 -2443
ii) Suppliers’ credit up to 180 days 0 6165 -6165 4809 2512 2297 11352 1755 9597
3. Banking capital (a+b) 129368 108388 20980 148870 108327 40543 161923 171717 -9794
a) Commercial Banks 129293 107726 21566 147548 108255 39293 161475 171492 -10018
i) Assets 58387 46417 11970 47758 32198 15560 46671 75999 -29327
ii) Liabilities 70906 61309 9596 99790 76057 23733 114803 95494 19310
of which: Non-Resident Deposits 64274 55285 8989 88576 73875 14702 104546 88383 16163
b) Others 75 661 -586 1322 72 1250 448 224 224
4. Rupee debt service 0 68 -68 0 72 -72 0 70 -70
5. Other capital 57499 50571 6928 44668 56501 -11833 59601 66674 -7072
Total capital account (1 to 5) 672554 613611 58943 851908 762497 89411 1116827 1100039 16788
C. Errors & omissions 900 1924 -1024 1590 1188 402 1996 449 1547
D. Overall balance (A+B+C) 1595331 1604466 -9135 1796358 1732656 63702 2137149 2142181 -5032
E. Monetary movements (i+ii) 30379 21244 9135 0 63702 -63702 37660 32628 5032
i) I.M.F. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Foreign exchange reserves (Increase- / Decrease+) 30379 21244 9135 0 63702 -63702 37660 32628 5032
of which: SDR Allocation - - - 0 0 0 - - -
Notes : 1. G.n.i.e.: Government not included elsewhere.
2. Data for 2024-25 are preliminary estimates.
3. Total may not tally due to rounding off.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Reserve Bank of India.