India's current account surplus moderated to USD 15.5 billion or 2.4percent of the GDP in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal. The same was at USD 19.2 billion or 3.8percent of the GDP in the preceding three months on account of a rise in the merchandise trade deficit, the RBI said on Wednesday.

A current account deficit of USD 7.6 billion or 1.1percent of the GDP was recorded in the second quarter of 2019-20. India recorded a current account surplus of 3.1percent of the GDP in the first half of the fiscal as against a deficit of 1.6percent in the corresponding period of 2019-20. This was mainly on account of a sharp contraction in the trade deficit.

The narrowing of the current account surplus in the second quarter of 2020-21 was due to a rise in the merchandise trade deficit to USD 14.8 billion from USD 10.8 billion in the preceding quarter, the RBI said.

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