APPENDIX TABLE 1: MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS (Concld.) |
Item | Average 2003-04 to 2007-08 (5 years) | Average 2009-10 to 2013-14 (5 years) | Average 2014-15 to 2018-19 (5 years) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
VI. External Sector | | | | | | |
VI.1 Balance of Payments@ | | | | | | |
a) Merchandise Exports (% change) | 25.3 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 6.3 | -3.2 | 1.8 |
b) Merchandise Imports (% change) | 32.3 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 16.6 | -4.9 | 7.8 |
c) Trade Balance/GDP (%) | -5.5 | -9.1 | -6.2 | -7.9 | -6.7 | -7.9 |
d) Invisible Balance/GDP (%) | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.6 |
e) Current Account Balance/GDP (%) | -0.3 | -3.3 | -1.4 | -2.0 | -0.7 | -1.3 |
f) Net Capital Flows/GDP (%) | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
g) Reserve Changes (BoP basis) [US $ billion] [Increase (-)/Decrease (+)] | -40.3 | -6.6 | -28.2 | 9.1 | -63.7 | 13.8 |
VI.2 External Debt Indicators@@ | | | | | | |
a) External Debt Stock (US$ billion) | 156.5 | 359.0 | 500.6 | 623.9 | 668.8 | 717.9 |
b) Debt-GDP Ratio (%) | 17.8 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 19.1 |
c) Import Cover of Reserves (in Months) | 14.0 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
d) Short-term Debt to Total Debt (%) | 13.6 | 21.3 | 18.6 | 20.6 | 19.1 | 19.4 |
e) Debt Service Ratio (%) | 8.3 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
f) Reserves to Debt (%) | 113.7 | 84.8 | 76.2 | 92.7 | 96.7 | 88.6 |
VI.3 Openness Indicators (%)@ | | | | | | |
a) Export plus Imports of Goods/GDP | 30.7 | 41.0 | 32.0 | 35.2 | 31.0 | 30.4 |
b) Export plus Imports of Goods & Services/GDP | 41.3 | 53.2 | 43.7 | 50.4 | 45.3 | 45.5 |
c) Current Receipts plus Current Payments/GDP | 47.1 | 59.4 | 49.4 | 57.1 | 52.5 | 53.5 |
d) Gross Capital Inflows plus Outflows/GDP | 37.3 | 50.4 | 45.2 | 38.4 | 44.4 | 58.9 |
e) Current Receipts & Payments plus Capital Receipts & Payments/GDP | 84.4 | 109.8 | 94.6 | 95.5 | 96.9 | 112.3 |
VI.4 Exchange Rate Indicators | | | | | | |
a) Exchange Rate (Rupee/US Dollar) | | | | | | |
End of Period | 43.1 | 51.1 | 65.6 | 82.2 | 83.4 | 85.6 |
Average | 44.1 | 51.2 | 65.6 | 80.4 | 82.8 | 84.6 |
b) 40-Currency REER (% change) | 3.1^ | 0.8 | 1.8 | -1.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
c) 40-Currency NEER (% change) | 1.7^ | -4.9 | 0.2 | -2.1 | -0.5 | 0.3 |
d) 6-Currency REER (% change) | 5.7^ | 2.3 | 2.0 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
e) 6-Currency NEER (% change) | 2.6^ | -5.1 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -2.7 | -1.5 |
- : Not Available/Not Applicable. * : Data are at 2011-12 base year series. ** : Data for 2024-25 are for kharif and rabi crops only (excluding summer crops) as per second advance estimates for agriculture production. *** : Data pertain to stocks of rice and wheat as on March 31 for all years. # : Data for 2024-25 are provisional. ## : Data for 2024-25 for Reserve Money pertain to March 28, 2025, while that of Money Supply relate to March 21, 2025. † : Data in column 2 pertains to April 13, 2007 to March 28, 2008. ~ : Outstanding as on March 31. ~~ : Outstanding as on last Friday of the financial year. $ : Data for 2024-25 are revised estimates. Ratios may vary from those published in the Union Budget due to revision in GDP numbers. $$ : Data pertains to 28 states and 3 union territories (UTs). Data for 2023-24 and 2024-25 are accounts data and revised estimates, respectively. @ : Data for 2024-25 are provisional and pertain to April-December 2024. @@ : Data for 2024-25 are provisional and pertain to end-December 2024. ^ : Data in column 2 is average of period 2005-06 to 2007-08. Note : 1. For Index of Industrial Production and Index of Eight Core Industries, data in columns 2, 3 and 4 are at 2011-12 base year. 2. Base year for CPI (All India) is 2012=100; base year for WPI is 2011-12=100 for annual data and 2004-05=100 for average of 5 years inflation; base for CPI-IW is 2001=100 till August 2020 and 2016=100 from September 2020 onwards. 3. For Average Daily G-sec Market Turnover, outright trading turnover is in central government dated securities (based on trading days). 4. LAF positive value means absorption. 5. Base year for 6- and 40-currency NEER/REER indices is 2015-16=100. REER figures are based on CPI. Source : RBI, National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Food Corporation of India (FCI), Labour Bureau and Budget documents of the central and state governments. |