In the last financial year 081/82, remittances of 17 trillion 23 billion 27 billion rupees have entered the country. Remittances have increased by 19.2 percent compared to the previous financial year. In the financial year 080/81, the remittance inflow increased by 16.5 percent.

As in the previous month, remittances have set a new record in last June as well. According to Rashtra Bank, only 1 trillion 89 billion 11 billion rupees of remittances entered the country last June. In the same month of the previous year, such inflow was 1 trillion 17 billion 78 billion.

By the end of last June, the remittance inflow in US dollars increased by 16.3 percent and reached 12.64 billion. Last year, such flow increased by 14.5 percent. With the increase in the number of Nepalis going for foreign employment in the last financial year, there was also a positive effect on the remittance inflow.