India · Technology
Cross-border delivery accounted for 85% of India's software services supply
The Reserve Bank of India estimated US$202.7 billion in cross-border software services supply in 2025-26. Locally delivered services from overseas affiliates rose to US$17.9 billion, nearly matching the value associated with people working temporarily abroad.
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2024-25
Shared scale · 0 US$ billion to 202.7 US$ billion
2025-26
Shared scale · 0 US$ billion to 202.7 US$ billion
Both fiscal-year series use a shared dollar scale.
Cross-border services drove the biggest dollar increase
The largest category increased from US$185.4 billion to US$202.7 billion. It represented 84.7% of the broader mode-wise total in 2025-26, close to its 84.8% share in 2024-25. Source 1
Commercial presence rose as temporary presence fell
Software sales by overseas commercial presence rose US$4.0 billion to US$17.9 billion. The presence-of-persons category fell US$0.6 billion to US$18.4 billion. The gap between the two categories narrowed from US$5.1 billion to US$0.5 billion based on rounded figures. Source 1
The survey identifies local affiliate sales separately
RBI attributes sales made locally by overseas affiliates to commercial presence. Table 9 separately reports US$3.7 billion of software business sold by affiliates to India and US$4.8 billion to other countries. Those two columns have different destination scopes from locally supplied Mode 3. Source 1
Off-site supply has a different denominator
RBI's separate on-site and off-site classification puts off-site services at 91.7% of the US$221.4 billion total excluding overseas commercial presence. Its four-mode table uses a US$239.3 billion denominator and includes those local affiliate sales. Source 1