Table 2 : Components of Current Account of Balance of Payments
Year Current Account Merchandise Invisibles
  Receipts Payments Net Receipts Payments Net Receipts Payments Net
Rs.crore
487684 1989-90 40713 50543 -9830 28229 40642 -12413 12484 9901 2583
569624 1990-91 46549 63915 -17366 33153 50086 -16933 13396 13829 -433
654729 1991-92 68372 70607 -2235 44923 51417 -6494 23449 19190 4259
752591 1992-93 81803 94567 -12764 54761 72000 -17239 27042 22567 4475
865805 1993-94 106648 110282 -3634 71147 83870 -12723 35501 26412 9089
1015764 1994-95 133168 143751 -10583 84329 112748 -28419 48839 31003 17836
1191813 1995-96 167925 187571 -19646 108482 146543 -38061 59443 41028 18415
1378617 1996-97 197286 213568 -16282 121193 173754 -52561 76093 39814 36279
1527158 1997-98 218948 239831 -20883 132703 190508 -57805 86245 49323 36922
1751199 1998-99 252895 269684 -16789 144436 199914 -55478 108459 69770 38689
1952036 1999-00 294202 314533 -20331 162753 240112 -77359 131449 74421 57028
2102314 2000-01 355630 367228 -11598 207852 264589 -56737 147778 102639 45139
2278952 2001-02 388453 372027 16426 213345 268300 -54955 175108 103727 71381
2454561 2002-03 462836 432176 30660 260079 311776 -51697 202757 120400 82357
2754621 2003-04 549328 485345 63983 303915 367301 -63386 245413 118044 127369
3149412 2004-05 693335 705509 -12174 381785 533550 -151765 311550 171959 139591
3580344 2005-06 863408 907145 -43737 465748 695412 -229664 397660 211733 185927
4145810 2006-07 1098553 1143896 -45343 579128 865404 -286276 519425 278492 240933
Annual Growth
1990-91 14.3 26.5 17.4 23.2   7.3 39.7  
1991-92 46.9 10.5 35.5 2.7   75.0 38.8  
1992-93 19.6 33.9 21.9 40.0   15.3 17.6  
1993-94 30.4 16.6 29.9 16.5   31.3 17.0  
1994-95 24.9 30.3 18.5 34.4   37.6 17.4  
1995-96 26.1 30.5 28.6 30.0   21.7 32.3  
1996-97 17.5 13.9 11.7 18.6   28.0 -3.0  
1997-98 11.0 12.3 9.5 9.6   13.3 23.9  
1998-99 15.5 12.4 8.8 4.9   25.8 41.5  
1999-00 16.3 16.6 12.7 20.1   21.2 6.7  
2000-01 20.9 16.8 27.7 10.2   12.4 37.9  
2001-02 9.2 1.3 2.6 1.4   18.5 1.1  
2002-03 19.1 16.2 21.9 16.2   15.8 16.1  
2003-04 18.7 12.3 16.9 17.8   21.0 -2.0  
2004-05 26.2 45.4 25.6 45.3   26.9 45.7  
2005-06 24.5 28.6 22.0 30.3   27.6 23.1  
2006-07 27.2 26.1 24.3 24.4   30.6 31.5  
 Per cent to GDP 
1989-90 8.3 10.4 -2.0 5.8 8.3 -2.5 2.6 2.0 0.5
1990-91 8.2 11.2 -3.0 5.8 8.8 -3.0 2.4 2.4 -0.1
1991-92 10.4 10.8 -0.3 6.9 7.9 -1.0 3.6 2.9 0.7
1992-93 10.9 12.6 -1.7 7.3 9.6 -2.3 3.6 3.0 0.6
1993-94 12.3 12.7 -0.4 8.2 9.7 -1.5 4.1 3.1 1.0
1994-95 13.1 14.2 -1.0 8.3 11.1 -2.8 4.8 3.1 1.8
1995-96 14.1 15.7 -1.6 9.1 12.3 -3.2 5.0 3.4 1.5
1996-97 14.3 15.5 -1.2 8.8 12.6 -3.8 5.5 2.9 2.6
1997-98 14.3 15.7 -1.4 8.7 12.5 -3.8 5.6 3.2 2.4
1998-99 14.4 15.4 -1.0 8.2 11.4 -3.2 6.2 4.0 2.2
1999-00 15.1 16.1 -1.0 8.3 12.3 -4.0 6.7 3.8 2.9
2000-01 16.9 17.5 -0.6 9.9 12.6 -2.7 7.0 4.9 2.1
2001-02 17.0 16.3 0.7 9.4 11.8 -2.4 7.7 4.6 3.1
2002-03 18.9 17.6 1.2 10.6 12.7 -2.1 8.3 4.9 3.4
2003-04 19.9 17.6 2.3 11.0 13.3 -2.3 8.9 4.3 4.6
2004-05 22.0 22.4 -0.4 12.1 16.9 -4.8 9.9 5.5 4.4
2005-06 24.1 25.3 -1.2 13.0 19.4 -6.4 11.1 5.9 5.2
2006-07 26.5 27.6 -1.1 14.0 20.9 -6.9 12.5 6.7 5.8
Source: see Table 1