Need to boost exports to deal with high CAD: RBI

19 Jun 2013 Evaluate

In order to deal with the challenge of high current account deficit (CAD), country would have to increase exports as India is a fast growing economy and import demand is bound to be high, the Reserve Bank of India Executive Director Deepak Mohanty said. In order to contain the high CAD, import measures like import duty has been hiked on gold imports and bank finance against pledge of gold has been restricted. The efficacy of these measures, however, is yet to be tested.

By adding further, D Mohanty said that in a scenario of sluggish global economy it is difficult to push up exports, however, the government has taken initiatives to diversify trade towards emerging markets. On the overall balance of trade, the CAD may remain high and would be needed to be financed through capital inflows. However, capital inflows to India have turned volatile, thus the financing of high CAD has become a challenge for the country. High gold import is one of the reasons for India's high CAD, which widened to record 6.7 per cent of GDP in the third quarter of FY13.

Referring to the global economy, D Mohanty said that international financial institutions (IFIs) like the IMF need to be more proactive to suggest ways to arrest further deterioration in global economic condition. Further, he said that speedy implementation of a complete banking union in the euro area with an integrated regulatory and supervisory structure is important.

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