• Harleen Gill

Emigration flows are growing in volumes, as many young Indians from all strata of the society are migrating to other countries making the composition of emigrants’ heterogeneous and complex. According to NSS 64th round, there were 4.44 million emigrants from India in 2007-08 out of which 1.5 million belonged to Kerala followed by 0.49 million in Tamil Nadu, 0.43 million in Andhra Pradesh and 0.38 million in Punjab. In International out-migration, Punjab from north is also in the forefront like Kerala in the south (NSS, 2008). It is estimated that 368 thousand Punjabi were living outside India during 2007-2008. Based on National Sample Survey (NSSO) 64th round, the paper intends to analyse the wide disparity of emigration rate across the districts of Punjab. The paper will examine the characteristics of emigrants, reasons of emigration and region-wise receipts of remittances. Furthermore, remittances will be gender segregated. The paper shall add to the understanding of dynamics of remittances which are considered to play an important role in economic development of the state.

Emigrants, Remittances, NSSO, Punjab

"INWARD REMITTANCES AND INTERNATIONAL OUT-MIGRATION: EVIDENCES FROM PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.1267-1270, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809A91.pdf

"INWARD REMITTANCES AND INTERNATIONAL OUT-MIGRATION: EVIDENCES FROM PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp1267-1270, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809A91.pdf