{"id":18663,"date":"2026-06-09T01:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/india-posts-7-1-billion-current-account-surplus-in-q4-as-services-exports-strengthen\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T01:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:58:43","slug":"india-posts-7-1-billion-current-account-surplus-in-q4-as-services-exports-strengthen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/india-posts-7-1-billion-current-account-surplus-in-q4-as-services-exports-strengthen\/","title":{"rendered":"India posts $7.1 billion current account surplus in Q4 as services exports strengthen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131588854,imgsize-1095241,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"India posts $7.1 billion current account surplus in Q4 as services exports strengthen\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>India recorded a current account surplus of $7.1 billion (0.7% of GDP) in the January-March quarter of FY26 supported by higher services exports and a rise in remittances from overseas Indians, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/reserve-bank-of-india\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Reserve Bank of India<\/a> data released on Monday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The surplus stood at $13.7 billion, or 1.4% of GDP, in the corresponding quarter of FY25, as reported PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>However, for the full financial year 2025-26, the current account deficit widened to $25.2 billion, or 0.6% of GDP, from $22.9 billion, or 0.6% of GDP, in FY25.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>According to the RBI&#8217;s report on Developments in India&#8217;s Balance of Payments during the Fourth Quarter (January-March) of 2025-26, the merchandise trade deficit widened to $83.4 billion in the March quarter from $59.3 billion a year earlier.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Despite the higher trade gap, net services receipts rose to $60.4 billion from $53.3 billion in the year-ago period.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Services exports recorded year-on-year growth in major segments, including computer services and other business services, the RBI said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Personal transfer receipts under the secondary income account, mainly reflecting remittances by Indians working overseas, increased to $43.5 billion in Q4 FY26 from $33.9 billion a year earlier.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>On the financial account side, foreign direct investment (FDI) posted a net inflow of $4.2 billion during the quarter, compared with $0.4 billion in the corresponding period last year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) recorded net inflows of $12 billion in the January-March quarter against net outflows of $5.9 billion a year ago, according to the RBI data.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The central bank also said net outgo under the primary income account, which largely reflects investment income payments, declined to $11.1 billion in Q4 FY26 from $11.9 billion in the year-ago period.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits registered net inflows of $3.3 billion during the quarter, higher than $2.8 billion in the corresponding period of FY25.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>&#8220;Foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 7.2 billion (on a BoP basis) in Q4 2025-26 as compared to an accretion of USD 8.8 billion in Q4 2024-25,&#8221; the RBI said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>For the full year FY26, net invisible receipts rose to $312 billion from $264 billion in FY25, driven primarily by higher net services receipts and personal transfers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Net invisible receipts comprise services, primary income and secondary income accounts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>The data also showed that net FDI inflows stood at $6.9 billion during FY26.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>However, FPIs recorded net outflows of $16.4 billion during the fiscal year compared with net inflows of $3.6 billion in FY25.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>India&#8217;s foreign exchange reserves declined by $23.6 billion on a balance of payments basis during FY26, compared with a depletion of $5 billion in the previous year, the RBI data showed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/india-posts-7-1-billion-current-account-surplus-in-q4-as-services-exports-strengthen\/articleshow\/131588839.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India recorded a current account surplus of $7.1 billion (0.7% of GDP) in the January-March quarter of FY26 supported by higher services exports and a rise in remittances from overseas Indians, according to Reserve Bank of India data released on Monday.The surplus stood at $13.7 billion, or 1.4% of GDP, in the corresponding quarter of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}