TNPSC Thervupettagam

Overseas workers from TN

April 4 , 2021 1237 days 1250 0
  • One in every 10 individuals who went to work overseas from India in the past five years was from Tamil Nadu.
  • The state sent the second highest number of workers abroad during this period.
  • Kerala had the highest number of workers going abroad.
  • 13.1 lakh people from Tamil Nadu went abroad for work between January 2016 and March 18, 2021.
  • During the same period, 1.9 million people from Kerala travelled abroad for work.
  • Out of the total 1.3 crore job seekers from across the country in the past five years, Kerala and Tamil Nadu accounted for nearly 24%.
  • About 12.6 lakh people flew from Uttar Pradesh for work.
  • The data was provided by Union minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan in the Lok Sabha.

Note

  • 4.7 lakh people returned to Tamil Nadu under the Vande Bharat Mission.
  • The mission was aimed at repatriation of stranded and distressed Indian nationals across the globe during the pandemic.

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