India’s current account slips into deficit in Q2

Dec 31, 2021

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MUMBAI: India’s present account slipped right into a deficit of $9.6 billion or 1.3 per cent of GDP within the September quarter, the Reserve Financial institution stated on Friday. The present account, which information the worth of exports and imports of each items and providers together with worldwide transfers of capital, was in a surplus mode each within the quarter-ago and year-ago intervals.
India’s present account surplus had stood at $6.6 billion or 0.9 per cent of GDP within the April-June 2021 quarter, whereas within the year-ago interval (Q2FY22), the excess had stood at $15.3 billion or 2.4 per cent of the GDP, the information stated.
For the reporting quarter, the deficit was primarily on account of widening of commerce deficit to $44.4 billion from $30.7 billion within the previous quarter, and a rise in web outgo of funding earnings, the RBI stated.
Internet providers receipts decreased marginally over the previous quarter however elevated on a year-on-year foundation, on the again of sturdy efficiency of the exports of laptop and enterprise providers, it added.



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