Research and Data

The value of exports and imports of services during August 2025 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) April – 2025 32,853 (8.9) 16,912 (0.9) May – 2025 32,461 (9.6) 16,697 (-1.1)

The stock of external debt at end-June 2025 as well as revised data for earlier quarters are set out in Statements I (IMF format ) and II (old format). The major developments relating to India’s external debt as at end-June 2025 are presented below. Highlights • At end-June 2025, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 747.2 billion, an increase of US$ 11.2 billion over its level at end-March 2025 (Table 1).

The Reserve Bank today released data on India’s invisibles as per the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) format for April-June of 2025-26.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 26, 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Sep. 20 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 26447 29150 32445 3295 5998 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results of 2024-25 round of its survey on international trade in banking services (ITBS). This annual survey focuses on cross-border fund-based banking services (e.g., deposits, credit) as well as financial auxiliary services with explicit/implicit fees/commissions charged by foreign branches/ subsidiaries (including joint ventures) of Indian banks as well as foreign banks operating in India (details of the services are given in the Annex). The latest round of the survey covers 13 Indian banks having overseas branches/subsidiaries and 44 foreign banks having branches/subsidiaries in India.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released Supervisory Data Quality Index (sDQI) for SCBs for June 2025. It measures data quality in terms of the Accuracy, Timeliness, Completeness and Consistency in the submission of returns. The objective of sDQI is to assess the adherence to the principles enunciated in the Master Direction on Filing of Supervisory Returns 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the September 2025 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes one speech, seven articles and current statistics. The seven articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Flow of Financial Resources to Commercial Sector in India during 2024-25; III. The Untold Story of FinTech Customers’ Experience; IV. Review of Performance of the NBFC Sector; V. Impact of UPI on Cash Demand – Evidence from National and Subnational Levels; VI. Is Consumption Inequality Declining? – What the 2022-23 NSSO Survey Tells Us; and VII. Infrastructure - An Engine of India’s Growth Express.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 19, 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Sep. 13 Sep. 05 Sep. 12 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 29725 44070 29150 -14920 -575 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.