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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicCurrent Account Deficit

Topic: Current Account Deficit

Foreign companies pulling out money actually shows ‘success story’ of India, says Economic Survey

Falling net FDI levels, it says, were driven by rising repatriation due to foreign investors realising higher returns on investments due to surging stock market.

Overdraft Facilities: Exploring the Safety Net of a Current Account

Overdrafts allow current account holders to withdraw more money than their account balance up to a predetermined limit, essentially borrowing from the bank.

Foreign direct investment flows likely to see modest pick-up in FY24, say economists

Net FDI flows in the first ten months of fiscal 2023 stood at $26.5 billion, a decline of 14.3% year-on-year.

How services trade surplus, led by robust exports, is helping balance India’s trade deficit

India’s merchandise trade deficit dipped to 12-month low of $17.7 bn in Jan, while services trade surplus rose to record $16.5 bn. Services exports jumped by more than $4 bn in December.

Economic Survey calls for close watch on India’s current account deficit, flags external risks

Strong domestic demand amidst high commodity prices will raise total import bill and contribute to unfavourable developments in the current account balance, warns report.

Excess imports, sluggish exports — what makes India’s current account deficit more challenging

Majority of the country's deficit is due to negative balance in merchandise account. India usually runs a surplus in services & remittances, but incurs deficit in trade of merchandise.

India’s current account deficit widens to 2.8% of GDP in Q1, highest in nearly 4 years

RBI data shows that India's CAD was around $23.90 billion in the first quarter of FY-22/23. Following the rising prices of commodities globally, the trade deficit also has been affected.

India’s trade deficit hit high of $31 billion in July — and it isn’t easing soon

Commerce Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam says country's trade deficit surged in July as elevated commodity prices and depreciating rupee inflated its import bill.

India records current account surplus of 0.9% despite Covid’s impact on economy

The RBI said the current account balance swung into surplus territory on the back of a sharp contraction in the trade deficit to $102.2 billion from $157.5 billion in 2019-20.

India records current account deficit of 0.2% of GDP in December quarter

In the current fiscal, as Covid impacted trade, current account had been in surplus in the previous two quarters, according to balance of payments data released by RBI Wednesday.

On Camera

After losing no.2 carmaker spot, Hyundai is betting big on the new Venue

Indian car buyers are just as tech-obsessed as their Chinese counterparts, and that obsession has taken precedence over handling and performance.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.