Initial government data showed on Sunday that India’s trade deficit reached $ 15.24 billion in April.
According to the figures, commodity exports rose to $ 30.21 billion in that month from $ 10.17 billion a year ago, while imports rose to $ 45.45 billion from $ 17.09 billion.
India underwent a strict lockdown last year to contain the outbreak of the Coronavirus, which led to a significant decline in foreign trade volumes.
Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Health in India announced the registration of 392,488 new cases of “Covid-19” during the past 24 hours, which brings the total number of cases to 19 million 557 thousand and 457 people