India's services trade surplus rises to $53.39 billion in Q2

Kolkata: India logged a $53.392 billion surplus from international trade in services in the second quarter, higher than the first quarter's $52.2 billion, according to Reserve Bank of India's provisional data released Friday.

The country received $113.029 billion under this head during the three months while it paid $59.637 billion, the data showed. September saw the biggest surplus at $19.208 billion while it was $17.647 billion and $16.537 billion in July and August respectively.