CLASS 12 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 6: BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (NCERT CLASS 12 — MACROECONOMICS)
Balance of Payments 💱
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Key locations covered (12)
- BoP Concept
- Current Account Components
- Capital Account Components
- Forex Reserves India
- Exchange Rate Systems
- Depreciation vs Devaluation
- Rupee Movement
- Foreign Trade Policy
- Major Export Items
- Trade Agreements
- External Debt
- IMF and SDR
Sample questions (12 of 59)
Balance of Payments records?
All economic transactions between residents and non-residents in an accounting period
Two main accounts of BoP.
Current Account and Capital Account
BoP in accounting sense is always balanced. True/False?
True (Current + Capital + Errors = 0)
Disequilibrium in BoP is corrected by?
Exchange rate adjustment + Capital flows + Reserve drawdown
Capital controls aim to manage?
Volatile short-term capital flows
Mauritius route for FDI was due to?
Old India-Mauritius DTAA tax benefits (revised 2016)
RBI's interventions in forex market aim at?
Reducing rupee volatility (managed float)
Petro-dollar surplus countries recycle to India via?
Sovereign Wealth Funds + FDI (e.g., ADIA, Mubadala)
Current Account includes?
Trade Balance, Net Services, Net Income, Net Transfers
Trade Balance = ?
Exports of goods - Imports of goods
Net Invisibles include?
Services + Income + Transfers
India's Current Account Deficit (CAD) FY24.
About 0.7% of GDP
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 12 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 6: Balance of Payments (NCERT Class 12 — Macroeconomics). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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