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Is India Facing a Brain Drain?

A report by the Global Wealth Migration Review found that nearly 5,000 Indian millionaires — 2% of all high-net-worth individuals — moved abroad in 2020 alone. According to the UN World Migration Report 2020, India also had the highest number of migrants living abroad with over 17.5 million. The Indian government reassured parliament earlier this month that it had a “three-pronged strategy” to retain the best of India’s talent, after announcing that more than 600,000 people have given up their Indian citizenship in the last five years. there are benefits of Indians moving abroad, highlighting the role of remittances — financial or in-kind transfers — in the Indian economy. Since 2010, India has topped the list of remittance-recipient countries, receiving $87 billion (€77 billion) in 2021, typically from high-income countries.

— source newsclick.in | 18 Dec 2021

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