Current Account Deficit Challenges India's Economy

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The current account deficit is one of major challenges that Indian economy is facing. It has pulled down the economy growth to 4.8% from average growth of 5.5%. The current account records the trade of goods and services of an economy with other countries of the world. It consists of net exchange i.e. exports minus imports of goods, net exchange of services and net transfers to and from the country. Balance of the account before calculating the transfers is also called as balance of trade.

X = Exports of goods and services

M = Imports of goods and services

I =Invisibles (net)

NMG=Non-monetary movement of gold

CAB = (X – M) + I+ NMT

So now we can define current account deficit which means if CAB holds a negative value whereas if CAB has a positive value it will be called as current account surplus. Practically current account deficit, also referred as CAD, means there is negative balance of trade. In Indian economy the CAD occurred because there are more imports than exports. While a current account deficit can be considered akin to a country living “outside of its means," having a current account deficit is not inherently bad. If a country uses external debt to finance investments that have a higher return than the interest rate on the debt, it can remain solvent while running a current account deficit. If a country is unlikely to cover current debt levels with future revenue streams, it may become insolvent.

At this stage, it was perceived that a CAD level of around 1.6 per cent of GDP was sustainable.

during 2011-12, CAD exceeded the level of 4.0 per cent of GDP and there has been net drawdown of reserves to the extent of about USD 13 billion. CAD began rising in the second ha...

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