India largest remittance receiving country in the world in 2016. India leads the table with 62.70 US$ billion followed by China
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
21-July-2017 17:26 IST
As per the World Bank, India is the largest remittance receiving country in the world in 2016. Remittances received by top 4 countries in 2016 are given in table 1.
Table 1: Top Four Remittance-Receiving Countries in the World (US$ billion)
2016
India 62.7
China 61.0
Philippines 29.9
Mexico 28.5
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Source: World Bank.
As per the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief 27 (April 2017), for the first time in recent history, remittance flows to developing countries registered a decline for two successive years. India, the largest remittance-receiving country worldwide, led the fall with a decrease of 8.9 per cent in remittance inflows. Low oil prices and weak economic growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is one of the major reasons for the fall in remittances.
The services sector is the major sector of the Indian economy in terms of the share in total GVA as can be seen in the following table.
Table 2: Share of Services Sector to total GVA
2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17PE | |
Share of Services in total GVA (%) | 51.8 | 52.9 | 53.8 |
Note: Services includes Trade, hotels, transport, communication and services related to broadcasting, financial, real estate & professional services & public administration, defence and other services.
PE: Provisional Estimates Source: CSO
This was stated by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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