Table 2: India's Current Account
							(Million US $)
Item		2003-04(P)	2002-03(R)		2001-02R		2000-01R
	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit
A. Current Account
1. Merchandise	64723	80177	53774	64464	44703	56277	45452	57912
2. Invisibles	52982	26967	41925	24890	36737	21763	32267	22473
a. Services	24949	18358	20763	17120	17140	13816	16268	14576
a1. Travel	4122	3511	3312	3341	3137	3014	3497	2804
a2. Transportation	3260	2331	2536	3272	2161	3467	2046	3558
a3. Insurance	420	363	369	350	288	280	270	223
a4. G.n.i.e.	282	212	293	228	518	283	651	319
a5. Miscellaneous	16865	11941	14253	9929	11036	6772	9804	7672
of which:Software Services	12200	450	9600	737	7556	672	6341	591
b. Transfers	23746	350	17640	802	16218	362	13317	211
b1. Official	563	0	451	0	458	0	252	0
b2. Private	23183	350	17189	802	15760	362	13065	211
c. Income	4287	8259	3522	6968	3379	7585	2682	7686
c1. Investment income	4132	7423	3405	6949	3254	7098	2554	7218
c2. Compensation to	155	836	117	19	125	487	128	468
employees
Total Current Account (1+2)	117705	107144	95699	89354	81440	78040	77719	80385
									(Million US $)
Item	1999-00 R		1998-99R		1997-98R		1996-97R		1995-96R
	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit	Credit	Debit
A. Current Account
1. Merchandise	37542	55383	34298	47544	35680	51187	34133	48948	32311	43670
2. Invisibles	30312	17169	25770	16562	23244	13237	21530	11209	17676	12216
a. Services	15709	11645	13186	11021	9429	8110	7599	6748	7357	7543
a1. Travel	3036	2139	2993	1743	2914	1437	2878	858	2713	1167
a2. Transportation	1707	2410	1925	2680	1836	2522	1953	2394	2011	2163
a3. Insurance	231	122	224	112	240	183	217	153	179	143
a4. G.n.i.e.	582	270	597	325	276	160	72	178	13	218
a5. Miscellaneous	10153	6704	7447	6161	4163	3808	2479	3165	2441	3846
of which:Software Services
b. Transfers	12672	34	10649	62	12254	45	12858	81	8890	39
b1. Official	382	0	308	1	379	0	423	13	351	6
b2. Private	12290	34	10341	61	11875	45	12435	68	8539	33
c. Income	1931	5490	1935	5479	1561	5082	1073	4380	1429	4634
c1. Investment income	1783	5478	1893	5462	1561	5020	1073	4380	1429	4634
c2. Compensation to	148	12	42	17	0	62	0	0	0	0
employees
Total Current Account (1+2)	67854	72552	60068	64106	58924	64424	55663	60157	49987	55886
Source: RBI Bulletin (2005) April and various issues