Remittance-Dependent States

Choropleth map of India by state: Remittance-Dependent States. Bihar and UP are the most remittance-dependent states — migrant earnings prop up rural consumption.
Bihar and UP are the most remittance-dependent states — migrant earnings prop up rural consumption.
Policy implication
Remittance dependence signals local job failure; when destination cities slow down, origin states face consumption crashes.
RBI/Census 2017Economyremittancesmigrationeconomy
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Data vintage. This map uses the 2011 Census, the latest published count by state and district. Populations and shares will have changed since. See the newer figures for this measure in the interactive atlas.

Source: RBI/Census (2017). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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