The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 2024-25 round of its Survey on International Trade in Banking Services (ITBS). The survey, conducted annually since 2006-07, provides information on financial services rendered by branches/subsidiaries/joint ventures of Indian banks operating abroad and branches/subsidiaries of foreign banks operating in India, based on explicit / implicit fees / commission charged to customers.

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of June 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates:

The value of exports and imports of services during May 2025 is given in the following table.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of May 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as on the fortnight ended May 30, 2025, grew by 9.8 per cent as compared to 16.2 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., May 31, 2024).

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-March 2025[1]. Key Features IIP during January-March 2025:  Net claims of non-residents on India declined by US$ 34.2 billion during Q4:2024-25 to US$ 330.0 billion as at end-March 2025.

The stock of external debt at end-March 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-March 2025 are presented below.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the fourth quarter (Q4), i.e., January-March of 2024-25 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-March 2024-25 are detailed below in Table 1.

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the fourth quarter (Q4), i.e., January-March 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q4:2024-25 • India’s current account balance recorded a surplus of US$ 13.5 billion (1.3 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2024-25 as compared with US$ 4.6 billion (0.5 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2023-24 and against a deficit of US$ 11.3 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2024-25. • Merchandise trade deficit at US$ 59.5 billion in Q4:2024-25 was higher than US$ 52.0 billion in Q4:2023-24. However, it moderated from US$ 79.3 billion in Q3:2024-25.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Jun. 21 Jun. 13 Jun. 20 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 4039 15962 17089 1128 13050 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.