On October 19, 2020 secretary-general at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Jose Angel Gurria Trevino unveiled the 44th edition of “International Migration Outlook 2020” in which India emerged as the second largest source country both in terms of the “total” inflow of new migrants to OECD countries during 2018 and also as regards the number of Indians acquiring citizenship of these countries.
- India overtook Romania to emerge as the second-largest source country. Notably, migration from India to OECD countries increased sharply by 10% and reached 3.3 lakh. It represents 5% of the overall migration to OECD countries.
- China grabbed the top spot while Romania stood at 3rd place.
Key Points:
–The total inflow of new migrants to OECD countries stood at 66 lakh, a marginal increase of 3.8% over the previous year.
–During 2018, about 4.3 lakh Chinese migrated to OECD countries, accounting for nearly 6.5% of the total migration inflows.
–The top 4 countries where Indians choose to become citizens are the United States (US), Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom (UK).
–Due to COVID-19 pandemic issuances of new visas in OECD countries saw a largest drop by 46% in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. In the second quarter, the decline was 72%.
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i.On 2nd September 2020, United Kingdom(UK) based Times Higher Education(THE) released the World University Rankings 2021 in which Indian Institute of Science(IISc) Bengaluru ranked under the 301-350 group ranking. University of Oxford of UK topped the list.
ii.On 1st September 2020, The National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs released an annual report titled “Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India(ADSI) 2019”. This is NCRB’s 53rd edition of the series which was started in 1967.
