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 "meta": {
  "dossier": "external-flows",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Database on Indian Economy (via the Data Bank)",
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "mock": false,
  "revisionPolicy": "Weekly reserves and daily rates are final on release. Investment flows, ECBs and LRS are revised in later Bulletins; external debt is provisional for a quarter, then partially revised.",
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "unit": "inr_crore",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "product": "External assistance (DBIE report 418)",
  "coverage": "Foreign aid to India: loans and grants authorised and used, debt service on them, and the net inflow, fiscal years, in rupees",
  "note": "RBI DBIE report 418, fiscal years plotted at April of the first year.",
  "latestPeriod": "2025-04"
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  "1983-04-01",
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  "1987-04-01",
  "1988-04-01",
  "1989-04-01",
  "1990-04-01",
  "1991-04-01",
  "1992-04-01",
  "1993-04-01",
  "1994-04-01",
  "1995-04-01",
  "1996-04-01",
  "1997-04-01",
  "1998-04-01",
  "1999-04-01",
  "2000-04-01",
  "2001-04-01",
  "2002-04-01",
  "2003-04-01",
  "2004-04-01",
  "2005-04-01",
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    104177,
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