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RBI releases provisional results of 2025-26 census on foreign liabilities and assets
बातमीत का?
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
2 मिनिटे
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.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
महत्त्वाची तथ्ये
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.
पूर्व · मुख्य
How the exam will ask it
पूर्व
- 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.
मुख्य
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
The annual census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) of Indian entities with direct investment is conducted by which institution?
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- Reserve Bank of India
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
- Securities and Exchange Board of India
उत्तर पहा
उत्तर: B — Correct: Reserve Bank of India — The Reserve Bank of India runs the FLA census and releases its results, using it to compile external-sector statistics. • Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation — wrong: MoSPI compiles national accounts and surveys, but the FLA census is not its exercise. • Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade — wrong: DPIIT frames FDI policy and publishes FDI inflow data, but does not run the FLA census. • Securities and Exchange Board of India — wrong: SEBI regulates securities markets and does not conduct this census.
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