As per the ministry, the government has made concerted efforts to control the high external sector vulnerability inherited from the UPA government. The average current account deficit to gross domestic product has come down significantly to 1.1% between FY15-33, relative to an average of 2.3% of GDP between FY05-14. The ministry highlighted that India was almost 100% reliant on imported telecom equipment when the world was closing in on 3G.