Kathmandu. In the first two months of the current fiscal year 2083/84, the remittance inflow increased by 23.9 percent to Rs 436.36 billion.

The remittance inflow had grown by 33.1 per cent in the same period last year.

The remittance inflow in the month of August was Rs 221.31 billion. The remittance inflow in the same month of the previous year was Rs 174.67 billion.

The remittance inflow increased by 13.5 percent to 2.85 billion in US dollars till mid-September. The remittance inflow had increased by 27.6 percent in the same period last year.

Net secondary income (net transfer) stood at Rs 469.44 billion as of mid-August. Such income was Rs 384.88 billion in the same period last year.

As of mid-August, the number of Nepalis who have taken final labour permit (institutional and personal – new) for foreign employment is 78,320 and the number of those who have taken re-labour permit is 52,163. Such number were 90,198 and 45,884 respectively in the same period of the last fiscal year. The number of such people was higher in the same period of the last fiscal year as compared to the two months of the current fiscal year. The number of people going for foreign employment has decreased while the number of remittances has increased.