How India's monsoon shaped this year's food inflation
A patchy June and a heavy August moved vegetable prices more than any policy decision did. We trace the rain, mandi by mandi.
Meera Kulkarni
External Sector
Current Account Deficit
1.1%
+0.2ppfrom 0.9%
As of 31 March 2026Quarterly
The external deficit remains modest by historical standards
Current account deficit, % of GDP, quarterly
Source: RBI Balance of Payments; illustrative seriesShare or embed this chart
What this measures
The current account deficit captures India's overall external balance — trade in goods and services, income, and transfers like remittances — as a share of GDP. A wider CAD generally means the economy leans more on foreign capital to fund itself.
Source & release schedule
Reserve Bank of India, Balance of Payments
Released quarterly, roughly three months after quarter-end.
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