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RBI releases provisional results of 2025-26 census on foreign liabilities and assets
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Stocks versus flows: how RBI's FLA census differs from the balance of payments, a GS3 external sector distinction
RBI published provisional 2025-26 FLA census results covering companies, LLPs, AIFs and partnership firms.
Why it matters: GS-3 core; factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The Reserve Bank released provisional results of the 2025-26 round of its annual census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) of Indian entities with inward or outward direct investment.
The census covers companies, LLPs, alternative investment funds and partnership firms, and captures direct and portfolio investment, trade credit, loans and deposits.
Stock positions in the census differ from the flows recorded in the balance of payments.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- The FLA census is an annual exercise run by the Reserve Bank of India; the provisional results are for the 2025-26 round.
- It covers Indian entities with inward or outward direct investment: companies, LLPs, alternative investment funds and partnership firms.
- It captures direct and portfolio investment, trade credit, loans and deposits.
- The census records stock positions (outstanding assets and liabilities), whereas the balance of payments records flows over a period.
- Its data feeds external-sector statistics such as India's international investment position.
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How the exam will ask it
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- The Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) census is conducted annually by the Reserve Bank of India, not by the Ministry of Statistics or DPIIT.
- The FLA census covers companies, LLPs, alternative investment funds and partnership firms that have received or made direct investment.
- FLA census figures are stock positions and can differ from BoP figures, which record flows during a period.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS Paper 3 (External sector): the issue is how reliably India measures its external assets and liabilities. The RBI's FLA census gives stock data on direct and portfolio investment, trade credit and loans, complementing BoP flow data and informing the international investment position. Implication: better data supports policy on capital flows and external vulnerability; way forward is timely, reconciled and transparent reporting by entities.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
ನೇರ ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ವಿದೇಶಿ ಹೊಣೆಗಾರಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಆಸ್ತಿಗಳ (FLA) ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ಗಣತಿಯನ್ನು ಯಾವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತದೆ?
- ಅಂಕಿಅಂಶ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯ
- ಭಾರತೀಯ ರಿಸರ್ವ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್
- ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಆಂತರಿಕ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ಇಲಾಖೆ
- ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸೆಕ್ಯುರಿಟೀಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ವಿನಿಮಯ ಮಂಡಳಿ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: B — ಭಾರತೀಯ ರಿಸರ್ವ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ FLA ಗಣತಿಯನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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