| APPENDIX TABLE 1: MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS (Concld.) |
| Item |
Average 2003-04 to 2007-08
(5 years) |
Average 2009-10 to 2013-14
(5 years) |
Average 2014-15 to 2018-19
(5 years) |
2022-23 |
2023-24 |
2024-25 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| VI. External Sector |
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|
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| VI.1 Balance of Payments@ |
|
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|
|
| a) Merchandise Exports (% change) |
25.3 |
12.2 |
1.6 |
6.3 |
-3.2 |
1.8 |
| b) Merchandise Imports (% change) |
32.3 |
9.7 |
2.7 |
16.6 |
-4.9 |
7.8 |
| c) Trade Balance/GDP (%) |
-5.5 |
-9.1 |
-6.2 |
-7.9 |
-6.7 |
-7.9 |
| d) Invisible Balance/GDP (%) |
5.2 |
5.8 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
6.6 |
| e) Current Account Balance/GDP (%) |
-0.3 |
-3.3 |
-1.4 |
-2.0 |
-0.7 |
-1.3 |
| f) Net Capital Flows/GDP (%) |
4.7 |
3.8 |
2.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
| g) Reserve Changes (BoP basis) [US $ billion] [Increase (-)/Decrease (+)] |
-40.3 |
-6.6 |
-28.2 |
9.1 |
-63.7 |
13.8 |
| VI.2 External Debt Indicators@@ |
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|
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| a) External Debt Stock (US$ billion) |
156.5 |
359.0 |
500.6 |
623.9 |
668.8 |
717.9 |
| b) Debt-GDP Ratio (%) |
17.8 |
20.9 |
21.4 |
19.1 |
18.5 |
19.1 |
| c) Import Cover of Reserves (in Months) |
14.0 |
8.5 |
10.3 |
9.6 |
11.3 |
10.5 |
| d) Short-term Debt to Total Debt (%) |
13.6 |
21.3 |
18.6 |
20.6 |
19.1 |
19.4 |
| e) Debt Service Ratio (%) |
8.3 |
5.6 |
7.7 |
5.3 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
| f) Reserves to Debt (%) |
113.7 |
84.8 |
76.2 |
92.7 |
96.7 |
88.6 |
| VI.3 Openness Indicators (%)@ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| a) Export plus Imports of Goods/GDP |
30.7 |
41.0 |
32.0 |
35.2 |
31.0 |
30.4 |
| b) Export plus Imports of Goods & Services/GDP |
41.3 |
53.2 |
43.7 |
50.4 |
45.3 |
45.5 |
| c) Current Receipts plus Current Payments/GDP |
47.1 |
59.4 |
49.4 |
57.1 |
52.5 |
53.5 |
| d) Gross Capital Inflows plus Outflows/GDP |
37.3 |
50.4 |
45.2 |
38.4 |
44.4 |
58.9 |
| e) Current Receipts & Payments plus Capital Receipts & Payments/GDP |
84.4 |
109.8 |
94.6 |
95.5 |
96.9 |
112.3 |
| VI.4 Exchange Rate Indicators |
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| a) Exchange Rate (Rupee/US Dollar) |
|
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|
|
| End of Period |
43.1 |
51.1 |
65.6 |
82.2 |
83.4 |
85.6 |
| Average |
44.1 |
51.2 |
65.6 |
80.4 |
82.8 |
84.6 |
| b) 40-Currency REER (% change) |
3.1^ |
0.8 |
1.8 |
-1.8 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
| c) 40-Currency NEER (% change) |
1.7^ |
-4.9 |
0.2 |
-2.1 |
-0.5 |
0.3 |
| d) 6-Currency REER (% change) |
5.7^ |
2.3 |
2.0 |
-0.4 |
-0.1 |
1.1 |
| e) 6-Currency NEER (% change) |
2.6^ |
-5.1 |
-1.1 |
-1.3 |
-2.7 |
-1.5 |
- : Not Available/Not Applicable.
* : Data are at 2011-12 base year series.
** : Data for 2024-25 are for kharif and rabi crops only (excluding summer crops) as per second advance estimates for agriculture production.
*** : Data pertain to stocks of rice and wheat as on March 31 for all years.
# : Data for 2024-25 are provisional.
## : Data for 2024-25 for Reserve Money pertain to March 28, 2025, while that of Money Supply relate to March 21, 2025.
† : Data in column 2 pertains to April 13, 2007 to March 28, 2008.
~ : Outstanding as on March 31.
~~ : Outstanding as on last Friday of the financial year.
$ : Data for 2024-25 are revised estimates. Ratios may vary from those published in the Union Budget due to revision in GDP numbers.
$$ : Data pertains to 28 states and 3 union territories (UTs). Data for 2023-24 and 2024-25 are accounts data and revised estimates, respectively.
@ : Data for 2024-25 are provisional and pertain to April-December 2024.
@@ : Data for 2024-25 are provisional and pertain to end-December 2024.
^ : Data in column 2 is average of period 2005-06 to 2007-08.
Note : 1. For Index of Industrial Production and Index of Eight Core Industries, data in columns 2, 3 and 4 are at 2011-12 base year.
2. Base year for CPI (All India) is 2012=100; base year for WPI is 2011-12=100 for annual data and 2004-05=100 for average of 5 years inflation; base for CPI-IW is 2001=100 till August 2020 and 2016=100 from September 2020 onwards.
3. For Average Daily G-sec Market Turnover, outright trading turnover is in central government dated securities (based on trading days).
4. LAF positive value means absorption.
5. Base year for 6- and 40-currency NEER/REER indices is 2015-16=100. REER figures are based on CPI.
Source : RBI, National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Food Corporation of India (FCI), Labour Bureau and Budget documents of the central and state governments. |
