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Mumbai, June 30 (TIWN) India's current account deficit widened to $8.1 billion in Q4FY21 from a deficit of $2.2 billion in the preceding quarter.
On a YoY basis, the country's Balance of Payment was in surplus of $0.6 billion in Q4FY20. "India's current account balance (CAB) recorded a deficit of Q4:2020-21, primarily on account of a higher trade deficit and lower net invisible receipts than in the corresponding period of the previous year," the RBI said in a statement. "Net services receipts increased on the back of a rise in net earnings from computer, transport and business services on a year-on-year basis." However, private transfer receipts, mainly representing remittances by Indians employed overseas, increased to $20.9 billion, up by 1.7 per cent from their level a year ago. As per the RBI, in the financial account, net foreign direct investment fell to $2.7 billion from $12 billion in Q4FY20. "Net foreign portfolio investment (FPI) increased by $7.3 billion - mainly on account of net purchases in the equity market - as against a decline of $13.7 billion in Q4:2019-20."
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