India’s external sector demonstrated remarkable resilience in the final quarter of financial year 2025-26, posting a surprise current account surplus despite an increasingly uncertain global environment marked by geopolitical tensions, rising crude oil prices and capital market volatility. Fresh data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed that the country recorded a current account surplus of $7.1 billion, equivalent to 0.7 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), during the January