Kathmandu. In the first four months of the current fiscal year, the current account and balance of payment position is in savings.

In the last four years, the current account has surplus of Rs 279.65 billion. In the same period of the previous year, the current account had surplus of Rs 147.78 billion.

The current account deficit stood at Rs 1.99 billion in US Dollars as against Rs 1.10 billion in the same period last year.

Net capital transfer in the review period stood at Rs 6.21 billion. Such transfers had amounted to Rs 2.47 billion in the same period of the previous year. As of mid-November, 2.49 billion foreign direct investment (equity only) has been inflowed. Such foreign direct investment (equity only) had amounted to Rs 5.76 billion in the same period of the previous year.

During this period, the balance of payment stood at Rs. 318.40 billion. The balance of payment was Rs 205.83 billion in the same period of the previous year.

The balance of payment in US Dollars stood at Rs. 2.26 billion in the review period as against Rs. 1.53 billion in the same period of the previous year.