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  "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": "monthly",
  "unit": "mixed",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "product": "Invoicing and settlement in INR of India's trade (DBIE reports 1550, 1551)",
  "coverage": "How much of India's trade is priced and paid in rupees rather than dollars",
  "note": "RBI DBIE reports 1550 and 1551. Cumulative from April of each fiscal year (fiscal year to date), so values rise through the year and restart in April; shares in per cent, amounts in ₹ crore. The first point is the full year 2023-24 (as on March 2024). RBI has not published every month: missing months are disclosed per series.",
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  "2024-04-01",
  "2024-05-01",
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  "2024-07-01",
  "2024-08-01",
  "2024-09-01",
  "2024-10-01",
  "2024-11-01",
  "2024-12-01",
  "2025-01-01",
  "2025-02-01",
  "2025-03-01",
  "2025-04-01",
  "2025-05-01",
  "2025-06-01",
  "2025-07-01",
  "2025-08-01",
  "2025-09-01",
  "2025-10-01",
  "2025-11-01",
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  "2026-02-01",
  "2026-03-01",
  "2026-04-01",
  "2026-05-01",
  "2026-06-01",
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