7 trillion 63 billion remittances were received in six months

Magh 20, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

7 trillion 63 billion remittances were received in six months

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In the first 6 months of the current financial year, seven billion 63 billion rupees of remittances have entered Nepal. Compared to the month of January of last year, the remittances received by Nepal increased by 4.1 percent during the same period of the current financial year. Remittances increased by 22.2 percent in the first six months of last financial year.

Remittance inflows in US dollars increased by 1.1 percent to 5.58 billion by December of this year. According to the data of Rashtra Bank, such flow increased by 19.5 percent last year.

Likewise, the number of Nepalese who took the final work permit (institutional and individual-new) for foreign employment in the last 6 months is 230,439 and the number of those who took the work permit again is 162,628. During the same period of last year, the number of Nepalis who took the final work permit (institutional and individual-new) was 2 lakh 6 thousand 390 and the number of those who got the work permit again was 1 lakh 33 thousand 940 respectively.

Kantipur

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