NRIs to send $100: According to the World Bank, despite the turmoil in the global economy, remittances to lower and medium-income nations would go up by 5%.
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The news that Rishi Sunak was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or that Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella were appointed to lead major technology companies often gives Indians living in India who take pride in the accomplishments of their diaspora goosebumps. But beyond the feeling, more than 1.33 billion Indians now living and working outside of the nation contribute to their own country's economy by sending back cash. This number increases by about a million every year. Remittances are the cash that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Indians working outside of the nation and sending money back to their families in India are referred to as "remittances," and they are expected to reach a record high of $100 billion this year.
Expats overcoming the global economic crisis
Even while economies all around the globe, including those in the west, are experiencing volatility, the amount of money being sent back to low-income and middle-income nations has increased by as much as 5 percent, according to the World Bank. The significant increase in remittances to India may be attributed to the rising wages and competitive labor markets in developed nations, even though layoffs have occurred in the technology industry in the United States and other countries. Migration-related remittances have increased by almost 11 billion dollars since this time last year.
Raised by the value of the rupee's decline?
While a drop in the value of the Rupee is bad news for those of us living here at home, it usually results in a rise in the amount of money sent to India from outside. Since the U.S. dollar, the euro, and the pound sterling are all gaining ground versus the Indian rupee, those who earn their income in those currencies can increase their investments in India or the spending power of their relatives there. But although remittances are benefiting from the devaluation of the rupee, they are also contributing to 3% of India's GDP and improving its cash flow.
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The amount of money migrant workers in India send back to their relatives in India is far more than the amount migrant workers in Mexico, China, and the Philippines send back to their families. It is easy to see why there is such a disparity between the Chinese and Indian diasporas, given that China has six lakh individuals working in other nations. People working in high-paying jobs in the United Kingdom, the United States, or Singapore send the most money back to their families in India.
All Asian countries will experience a ten percent decrease in remittances, except India and Nepal, which both experienced growth in their remittances. The shakeups in the economies of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will also reduce the number of money migrants from those countries send home.
Picture: NRIs to send $100
The news that Rishi Sunak was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or that Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella were appointed to lead major technology companies often gives Indians living in India who take pride in the accomplishments of their diaspora goosebumps. But beyond the feeling, more than 1.33 billion Indians now living and working outside of the nation contribute to their own country's economy by sending back cash. This number increases by about a million every year. Remittances are the cash that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Indians working outside of the nation and sending money back to their families in India are referred to as "remittances," and they are expected to reach a record high of $100 billion this year.
