India's Balance of Payments (BoP) saw a significant improvement in the second quarter driven by strong inflows from Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPIs), External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs), and Non-Resident Indian (NRI) deposits, according to a report by Bank of Baroda.
This is a significant shift from the USD 8.7 billion deficit (1.0 per cent of GDP) reported in the third quarter, and a notable improvement compared to the USD 1.3 billion deficit (0.2 per cent of GDP) in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year.
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Credit rating agency ICRA in its report noted that it expects higher oil and gold imports to enlarge India's current account deficit to ~USD 30 billion (1.2 percent of GDP) in FY2018 from ~USD 20 billion in FY2017 (0.9 percent of GDP), arresting the trend