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Appendices
Appendix 1: Macroeconomic Indicators
Descrip� on 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 *2010/11
GDP at current prices
(Rs. in bln.)
727.83 815.66 988.05 1,171.90 1,346.81
Gross consump� on/GDP 90.2 90.2 90.6 92.6 93.3
Gross domes� c
savings/GDP
9.8 9.8 9.4 7.4 6.7
Gross investment/GDP 28.7 30.3 31.7 35.0 30.2
Export/GDP 8.2 7.3 6.9 5.2 4.9
Import/GDP 26.8 27.2 28.8 32.3 28.9
Consumer price index
(% change)
6.4 7.7 13.2 10.3 9.6
Total revenue (% change) 21.3 22.7 33.3 25.4 14.7
Total govt. expenditure
(% change)
20.5 20.8 36.1 18.2 17.9
Revenue/GDP** 12.1 13.2 14.5 15.4 15.3
Tax revenue/GDP 9.8 10.4 11.8 13.3 13.1
Total govt. expenditure/GDP 18.4 19.8 22.2 22.2 23.0
Budget defi cit/GDP 4.1 4.1 5.0 3.5 3.8
Total outstanding debt
(Rs. in bln.)
320.4 366.0 399.8 403.9 430.6
Per capita outstanding
debt (Rs.)
12,117 12,331 13,505 14,292 14,905
Total outstanding debt/GDP 44.0 44.9 40.3 34.5 32.0
Total deposit
(Rs. in billions)***
N.A. N.A. 505.7 676.0 795.3
Total lending
(Rs. in billions)***
N. A. N. A. 358.51 495.2 622.6
Total deposit/GDP 46.0 51.7 55.5 52.5 50.8
Total domes� c credit/GDP 49.5 53.6 56.1 55.0 55.2
Remi� ance income
(Rs. in billions)
97.69 142.68 209.70 231.73 259.53
Remi� ance income/GDP 13.8 17.5 21.2 19.8 19.3
Current account
balance/GDP
-0.1 2.9 4.2 -2.8 -0.4
Balance of payments
(Rs. in billions)
5.90 29.68 41.28 -3.63 -8.0
Foreign exchange
reserves (Rs. bln.)
165.13 212.62 286.54 268.91 263.13
Exchange rate US$**** 70:49 65.02 76.88 74.54 72.39
Source: Economic Survey, July 2011; *Es� mates based on eight months; ** Revenue/
GDP ra� o includes both tax/GDP and non-tax/GDP ra� o; *** As of mid-July 2008, mid-
July 2009 and mid-July 2010; and **** Annual average of buying and selling rates.
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