INDIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT AT $663.8 BN IN MARCH 2024
The Business Guardian|June 30, 2024
India's international investment position (IIP) during January-March 2024 saw a rise in India's foreign liabilities attributed to higher inward direct investments, portfolio investments, loans as well as currency and deposits taken by resident entities even as trade credits recorded a marginal decline.
NIVEDITA MUKHERJEE

The country's external debt at the end of March 2024, was placed at USD 663.8 billion, an increase of USD 39.7 billion over its level at end-March 2023, as per Reserve Bank of India data.

Net claims of non-residents on India declined by USD 6.4 billion during Q4 2023-24 to USD 361.7 billion as at end-March 2024 while Indian residents' overseas financial assets recorded higher rise at USD 38.1 billion as compared to that in the foreign-owned assets in India of (USD 31.7 billion), which led to the decline in net claims of non-residents during the quarter.

Increase in the reserve assets at USD 23.9 billion was the dominant component of the rise in Indian residents' overseas financial assets during January-March 2024, followed by currency and deposits, and overseas direct investments.

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