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Kerala's Remittance Rush From Abroad May Be Over For Good
"Gone to Gulf." That phrase came up a lot in conversations among grown-ups that I overheard as a schoolboy in Kerala during the early 1980s. My father, who managed a lobster-export business in the port of Kochi, was constantly griping about workers who quit on short notice - or none at all - to take up jobs in the Gulf cities of Muscat, Doha or Jed...
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In Last 6 Years, 10 Indian Workers Died Every Day In Gulf Nations: Report
About 10 workers from India died everyday on an average during the last six years in Gulf countries, which contribute over half of total foreign remittances to the country, a voluntary group has said on the basis of RTI replies.
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Remittances Rising, But Falling Migration Concern For States Like Kerala
At least 2.54 million households are managed by remittances in Kerala, data shows. One person supports almost close to four people in the state. Remittances from Gulf countries have been falling, data shows
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As "Gulf Money" Dries Up, Half-Built Bungalows In This Kerala Village
Every evening, three generations of worried Angatt family women meet outside a half-built bungalow in Venniyur village in Kerala.
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Disillusioned With The Middle-East, Kerala Diaspora Heads Back Home
Traditionally, remittances from the Middle East have been the mainstay of Kerala's economy, but with more and more of the state's diaspora bidding goodbye to the Gulf countries, things are going to change, once and for all.
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Remittances To India To Decline By 5 Per Cent In 2016: World Bank
India, the world's largest remittance recipient in 2015, may receive a remittance of USD 65.5 billion this year, a drop of 5 percent, the World Bank has said in a new report citing weak economic growth in remittances-source countries and cyclic low oil prices.
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As Oil Prices Collapse, Indians Left Unemployed Head Home From Gulf
Having quit his low-paid job with a contractor in Qatar, electrician Kurian Joseph scrabbles for work each day in his hometown in Kerala, a state that has one of India's highest unemployment rates.
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Kerala's Remittance Rush From Abroad May Be Over For Good
"Gone to Gulf." That phrase came up a lot in conversations among grown-ups that I overheard as a schoolboy in Kerala during the early 1980s. My father, who managed a lobster-export business in the port of Kochi, was constantly griping about workers who quit on short notice - or none at all - to take up jobs in the Gulf cities of Muscat, Doha or Jed...
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In Last 6 Years, 10 Indian Workers Died Every Day In Gulf Nations: Report
About 10 workers from India died everyday on an average during the last six years in Gulf countries, which contribute over half of total foreign remittances to the country, a voluntary group has said on the basis of RTI replies.
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Remittances Rising, But Falling Migration Concern For States Like Kerala
At least 2.54 million households are managed by remittances in Kerala, data shows. One person supports almost close to four people in the state. Remittances from Gulf countries have been falling, data shows
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As "Gulf Money" Dries Up, Half-Built Bungalows In This Kerala Village
Every evening, three generations of worried Angatt family women meet outside a half-built bungalow in Venniyur village in Kerala.
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Disillusioned With The Middle-East, Kerala Diaspora Heads Back Home
Traditionally, remittances from the Middle East have been the mainstay of Kerala's economy, but with more and more of the state's diaspora bidding goodbye to the Gulf countries, things are going to change, once and for all.
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Remittances To India To Decline By 5 Per Cent In 2016: World Bank
India, the world's largest remittance recipient in 2015, may receive a remittance of USD 65.5 billion this year, a drop of 5 percent, the World Bank has said in a new report citing weak economic growth in remittances-source countries and cyclic low oil prices.
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As Oil Prices Collapse, Indians Left Unemployed Head Home From Gulf
Having quit his low-paid job with a contractor in Qatar, electrician Kurian Joseph scrabbles for work each day in his hometown in Kerala, a state that has one of India's highest unemployment rates.
