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India Received $11 Billion In Remittances From US: Research

IANS, 01 Sep, 2016 11:41 AM
    India has received nearly USD 11 billion in remittances from the US in 2015 ranking third after Mexico and China, according to a report released by a American research centre.
     
    As such, India ranks third after Mexico (USD 24 billion) and China (USD 16 billion) in remittances from the US in 2015, Pew Research Centre said in its latest report.
     
    Worldwide, an estimated USD 582 billion was sent by migrants to relatives in their home countries in 2015, a two per cent decline from 2014, when the amount was USD 592 billion.
     
    This is the first drop in global remittances since 2009, when they fell by USD 8 billion amid the global financial crisis.
     
    Despite this recent decline, remittances sent by migrants are still about double what they were a decade ago, before the sharp decline in the global economy during the late 2000s.
     
    And, with the exception of 2009, migrant remittances worldwide have steadily climbed since the World Bank began releasing estimates in 1970.
     
    In all USD 133.5 billion in remittances was sent from the US to other countries in 2015. Interestingly Pew Research Centre said in the year 2015, about USD 8.4 billion in remittances was sent from India to other countries.
     
     
    The top remittances recipients' countries are India's neighbours lead by Bangladesh which received USD 4.4 billion followed by Pakistan (USD 2.34 billion), Nepal (USD 1 billion), Sri Lanka (USD 492 million), Burma (USD 41 million) and China (40 million).
     
    Curiously enough, the US received USD 6 million in remittances from India in 2015.
     
    Pew has based its report on data collected from the World Bank.
     
     
    According to Pew in 2015, India received nearly USD 69 billion in remittances from overseas, with the UAE leading with more than USD 12.5 billion.
     
    UAE was followed by the US and Saudi Arabia (about USD 10.5 billion). Notably India received remittances of more than USD 4.69 billion from Pakistan, which was followed by Kuwait (USD 4.5 billion), Qatar (about USD 4 billion), the UK (USD 3.6 billion), Oman (USD 3 billion) and Nepal (about USD 2.7 billion).
     
    Pew said in 2015 USD 5.1 billion in remittances was sent from Pakistan to other countries, of which India alone accounted for nearly USD 4.7 billion, followed by Bangladesh (252 million), Afghanistan (USD 107 million) and Myanmar (USD 72 million).
     
    On the other hand Pakistan received remittances of more than USD 19 billion from other countries in 2015.
     
    The list was topped by Saudi Arabia (USD5 billion), the UAE (USD 4.7 billion), India (USD 2.3 billion), the UK (USD 1.4 billion) and Kuwait (USD 981 million).

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