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India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed substantially to $18.2 billion in the quarter ended December 2022, or 2.2 percent of gross domestic product, from $30.9 billion in Q2FY23 (3.7 percent of GDP). Behind the lower CAD in Q3FY23 was the narrowing of the merchandise trade deficit to $72.7 billion from $78.3 billion in Q2FY23, in addition to robust services and private transfer receipts. The net outgo from the primary income account, mainly reflecting payments of investment income, increased to $ 12.7 billion in the December 2022 quarter. Private transfer receipts, mainly representing remittances from Indians employed overseas, amounted to $30.8 billion, an increase of 31.7 percent YoY.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.
The employee took the manager’s remark with a pinch of salt
Show a clean pairs of heels
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Sitting shotgun
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He has to abide by the hard and fast rules of the company
After all the media attention, the event turned out to be a damp squib and very few people attended it.
A government by the military class
Steal someone’s _______________
keep tabs on
A laughing stock