New Delhi, June 23 -- India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) expects the country's current account balance (CAB) to have registered a surplus of around USD7 billion (0.7 per cent of GDP) in the fourth quarter of recently concluded financial year 2024-25, higher than USD 4.6 billion (0.5 per cent of GDP) in the corresponding quarter of 2023-24.

CAB was in surplus, after a gap of three quarters in January-March 2025 quarter.

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