India’s CAD narrows to 0.2% of GDP in Q4 FY23:RBI

28 Jun 2023 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that India's current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to $1.3 billion or 0.2 per cent of GDP in the January-March quarter of FY23, mainly due to moderation in the trade deficit and a robust increase in services exports. However, for the 2022-23 fiscal, the current account balance recorded a deficit of 2 per cent of GDP compared to 1.2 per cent in 2021-22.

It highlighted India's current account deficit decreased to $1.3 billion (0.2 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2022-23 from $16.8 billion (2.0 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2022-231, and $13.4 billion (1.6 per cent of GDP) a year ago (Q4:2021-22). The sequential decline in CAD in the fourth quarter of 2022-23 was mainly on account of a moderation in the trade deficit to $52.6 billion from $71.3 billion in the preceding quarter, coupled with robust services exports.

Moreover, it mentioned net services receipts increased, on a sequentially and year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, on the back of a rise in net earnings from computer services. The central bank had been maintaining that the CAD, a key indicator of the country's balance of payments, would remain manageable.


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