India received $11 billion in remittances from US: Pew Research

India has received nearly $11 billion in remittances from the US in 2015 ranking third after Mexico and China, according to a report released by Pew Research Centre.

Worldwide, an estimated $582 billion was sent by migrants to relatives in their home countries in 2015, a 2% decline from 2014, when the amount was $592 billion. This is the first drop in global remittances since 2009, when they fell by $8 billion amid the global financial crisis.