Expectedly capital flows into India have slowed in the recent times; the figures of Q1 of 2012–13 except for non-resident deposit flows have particularly been very disappointing. (Table 2)  8  BIS central bankers’ speeches  A number of policy measures have been undertaken to augment the capital flows into India given the general risk-off sentiment prevailing the global markets.
With deregulation of interest rate on NRE deposit schemes and increase in the spread for FCNR (B) deposits, greater non-resident Indian (NRI) deposit flows have been facilitated. In 2011–12, NRI deposit flows witnessed a sharp rise of more than 200 per cent and stood at $ 11.9 billion as compared with an inflow of $ 3.2 billion in 2010–11.