Remittances to India by NRIs increased

 

New Delh, July 14, 2004
iRajya Sabha

The net amount of remittances sent by NRIs from different parts of the world during 2003-04 was 18,885 million US $ in terms of private transfers as compared to 14,807 million US $ in 2002-03. The remittances in terms of NRI Deposits were 3,628 million US $ in 2003-04 in comparison to 2,976 million US $ in 2002-03.

This information was given to Rajya Sabha today by the Minister of State (Independent charge) for NRI Affairs, Shri Jagdish Tytler in reply to a question by Shri Shahid Siddiqui.