Despite a higher CAD in the first quarter, capital inflows were broadly adequate to finance the current account gap, requiring only a marginal drawdown of foreign exchange reserves.
Professional forecasters have added to Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvurri Subbarao's dilemma on timing the exit from an accommodative monetary policy stance.
Reserve Bank-sponsored professional forecasters on Monday scaled down India's growth projection to 4.8 per cent for the current fiscal from 5.7 per cent estimated earlier.