Remittances to India will decline by 9% in 2020: World Bank report

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Washington: The World Bank said on Thursday that remittances to India would fall by nine percent to US 76 billion due to the coronavirus and global economic recession.

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China, Mexico, the Philippines and Egypt are among the top five countries in 2020 after India in terms of remittances, according to a recent World Bank report. Amid the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic and economic crisis around the world, remittances from people working abroad will decrease by 14 percent by 2021 compared to 2019.

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