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INDIA. S. IRUDAYA RAJAN. HIGHLIGHTS. EMIGRATION FROM AND REMITTANCES TO INDIA MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES: KERALA EXPERIENCE MACRO IMPACT. Emigration Estimates. High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora in 2001: 20 million (people of Indian origin and Non-Resident Indians): 16 million
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INDIA S. IRUDAYA RAJAN
HIGHLIGHTS • EMIGRATION FROM AND REMITTANCES TO INDIA • MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES: KERALA EXPERIENCE • MACRO IMPACT
Emigration Estimates • High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora in 2001: 20 million (people of Indian origin and Non-Resident Indians): 16 million • Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) in its first annual report, 2004-2005 states that Indian Diaspora is about 25 million. • MOIA in its latest annual report, 2012-13: 25 million in 183 countries.
Estimates of Non-Resident Indians • High Level Committee, 2001 • Gulf: 3.3 million • Europe: 0.2 million • Asia and Pacific: 0.2 million • Africa: 0.08 million • Central and South America: 7307 • USA: 1.7 million; UK: 1.2 million; Canada: 0.9 million; South Africa 1.0 million (PIO+NRI)
MOIA-RUIM-CDS Estimates • Based on our research in Kerala since 1998 • Our estimate: 12 million workers • 6 million in the Gulf • UAE No 1, followed by Saudi Arabia • What do other data sources tell us about Gulf Migration? • As per the latest MOIA annual report, 97% of the ECR passport holders left for Gulf.
Workers Granted Emigration Clearance by Major States, 1993-2012
Kerala Migration Surveys Kerala Migration Survey 1998 Kerala Migration Survey, 2003 Kerala Migration Survey, 2007 Kerala Migration Survey, 2008 Kerala Migration Survey, 2011 www.cds.edu
Emigrants, Return Emigrants and Non-Resident Keralites, 1998-2011
Population of Kerala and Emigration by Religion, 2011 ( in percent)
Percent of Households with Emigrant and possession of Very Good or Luxurious houses
Direct Benefits of Migration Savings and Investment Human Development (education and health) Unemployment and Poverty Standard of Living Reduce Inequality
Indirect effects of migration • Reductions in Fertility • Political participation (financing political parties and elections) • Philanthropy • Women empowerment • Knowledge and skills diffusion • Entrepreneurship and work culture