Remittances increased by 20.4 percent

Kathmandu: Remittance inflows has increased by 20.4 percent to Rs.378.04 billion in the review period against a decrease of 7.0 percent in the same period of the previous year.
Amid this, number of Nepali workers (institutional and individual-new) taking approval for foreign employment increased 102.5 percent to 195,196 in the review period.
The number of Nepali workers (Renew entry) taking approval for foreign employment increased 46.4 percent to 87,428
in the review period.
It had increased 249.1 percent in the same period of the previous year. Net transfer increased 20.2 percent to Rs.417.38 billion in the review period. Such a transfer had
decreased 6.9 percent in the same period of the previous year.