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REAL SECTOR

National Accounts Aggregates

GDP in current prices, by expenditure approach

Millions Rupees

2008

820,814

727,089

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Household consumption expenditure **

Millions Rupees

2008

645,203

589,429

Government consumption expenditure

Millions Rupees

2008

81,482

66,847

Gross fixed capital formation

Millions Rupees

2008

172,746

148,421

Changes in inventories

Millions Rupees

2008

89,836

55,320

Exports of goods and services

Millions Rupees

2008

98,836

94,972

Imports of goods and services

Millions Rupees

2008

267,290

227,907

Industrial Production Index

Index

MMM/YY

106.4

107.4

LABOR MARKET
INDICATORS

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

Employment

Thousands of Persons/Percentage

2003/04 #

74.3

N/A

Unemployment

Thousands of Persons

2003/04

22.8

N/A

Wages/Earnings

Millions Rupees

MMM/YY

N/A

N/A

Consumer Price Index

Index Number

Mid-March 09

13.1

7.2

Current Macroeconomic Situation

Producer or Wholesale Prices (Encouraged)

Index Number

Mid-March 09

12.3

6.6

Wholesale prices 

FISCAL SECTOR 

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

General Government (or Public Sector Operations) - Statement of Sources and Uses of Cash

Millions Rupees

YYYY

Central Government Operations - Cash Flow Statement

Expenditure

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

91,749.0

78,392.6

Revenue

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

84,038.3

72,259.1

Fiscal deficit

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

11,304.3

87,88.3

Domestic Borrowing

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

8,700.0

87,00.0

External Borrowing

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

2,866.7

28,43.7

Cash Balance (+)/Overdraft (-)

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

22,575.2

20,052.4

Central Government Debt

Millions Rupees

Mid-July 08

353,299.7 

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Depository corporations survey—formerly Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector

Narrower (lower-ordered) monetary aggregates (such as M1 and M2)

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

172,651.10

141,215.40

Quasi Money

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

390,109.30

307,386.60

Domestic Claims

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

469,871.10

408,293.40

  -  Net claims on general government (covering central, state, and local governments)

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

66,960.90

77,806.30

 - Claims on nonfinancial public sector

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

5,944.30

4,602.10

 - Claims to private sector

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

390,355.80

320,260.90

 Net external position

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

216,736.90

146,964.20

Central Bank Survey—formerly Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank

Monetary Base

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

165,544.20

133,529.40

Claims on Central Government

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

23,539.40

24,390.80

Central Government Deposits

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

26,521.60

7,465.10

Claims on Private Sector

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

2,620.50

4,630.30

Claims on Banking Institutions

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

0.0

30.0

     Foreign Assets

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

219,119.80

144,900.60

     Foreign Liabilities

Millions Rupees

Mid-March 09

6,098.10

5,300.10

Interest Rates

Bank Rate

Percent per Annum

Mid-March 09

6.50 

6.25

Deposit Rate

Percent per Annum

Mid-March 09

7.00

6.75

Maximum Rate

Lending Rate

Percent per Annum

Mid-March 09

13.50

14.5

Maximum Rate

Government Bond Yield

Percent per Annum

Mid-March 09

8.00

7.5

Interest rate on Citizen Saving Certificate

Stock Market: Share Price Index (Encouraged)

Index

mid-March 09

667.20

714.76

EXTERNAL SECTOR 

Balance of Payments Aggregates

Current Account

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

382.2

-24.1

Converted into US dollar by monthly average buying rate

Exports of goods

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

611.5

619.8

Imports of goods

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-2,281.7

-2,148.8

Exports of services

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

455.2

389.5

Imports of services

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-578.2

-539.2

Income:  Credit

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

143.3

103.8

Income:  Debit

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-48.0

-55.2

Current transfers:  Credit

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

2,118.9

1,631.6

Current transfers:  Debit

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-38.8

-25.5

Capital Account

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

61.2

105.2

Capital account:  Credit

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

62.5

105.3

Capital account:  Debit

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-1.3

-0.1

Financial Account

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-380.5

-120.9

Direct investment abroad

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

0.0

0.0

Direct investment in reporting economy

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

14.0

-2.1

Portfolio investment:  Assets

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

0.0

0.0

Portfolio investment:  Liabilities

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

0.0

0.0

Other investment:  Assets

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-45.0

-90.7

Other investment:  Liabilities

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

275.0

208.9

Reserve assets

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-624.5

-237.0

Net errors and ommisions

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

-63.0

39.8

International Investment Position

Millions US Dollars

QX/YY or YYYY

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

International Reserves

   Foreign currency reserves

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

3,280.5 

2,821.9

   IMF reserve position

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

0.0

0.0

   SDRs

Millions US Dollars

Mid March/09

8.0

9.4

Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

Millions US Dollars

MMM/YY

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

Merchandise Trade (Foreign Trade)

Total exports (f.o.b.)

Millions Rupees

Mid March/09

585.0

592.0

Total imports (c.i.f.)

Millions Rupees

Mid March/09

2,324.9

2,184.7

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

External Debt

Millions US Dollars

Mid-March 09

NA

3330.58

Month end buying exchange rate

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

Exchange Rates

End of Period

Rupees per US Dollar

Mar/09

82.55

64.49

Buying rate

Period Average

Rupees per US Dollar

Mar/09

75.72

63.88

Buying rate

Units

Date of Latest

Latest Data

Previous Data

Population

Millions Units

2008

27.03

26.44

Health

YYYY

Education

YYYY

Poverty

Absolute poverty % of population

2003/04

30.85

41.76

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