Why are Indians Leaving India ? | The Truth Behind Mass Migration
Summary
TLDRThe script discusses the mass exodus of Indians seeking better opportunities abroad, with a focus on the middle class's struggle. It highlights issues like the low percentage of tax-paying citizens, the informal economy, toxic work culture, corruption, and the challenges of obtaining foreign citizenship. It also touches on the implications of this migration on the economy and the need for government intervention to improve living standards and work conditions.
Takeaways
- 🌍 A large number of Indians are migrating to OECD countries, with Indians topping the list of foreign nationals acquiring Canadian citizenship.
- 🚷 About 97,000 Indians were caught attempting to enter the US illegally, highlighting the issue of illegal immigration from India.
- 📊 In a span of 2.5 years, 2.8 million Indians went abroad on work visas, and 13 lakh Indian students are studying in 70 different countries, indicating a significant exodus for better opportunities.
- 💼 India is expected to lose 6,500 high net worth individuals in 2023 alone, suggesting that even the wealthy are seeking opportunities elsewhere.
- 💔 Less than 2% of India's population pays income tax, indicating a large informal economy and a lack of contribution to government revenue by a significant portion of the population.
- 🏢 The middle class in India feels neglected due to high tax contributions without receiving adequate benefits or public services in return.
- 🌾 Agricultural workers, including wealthy individuals, often avoid income tax through loopholes, contributing to the tax burden on the middle class.
- 🤯 High net worth individuals are leaving the country, which increases the tax rate for those who remain, further straining the middle class.
- 💼 Toxic work culture, long working hours, and lack of work-life balance in the corporate sector are pushing Indians to seek better working conditions abroad.
- 💰 Stagnant wages for corporate employees, especially fresh graduates, fail to keep up with inflation, leading to dissatisfaction and a desire to work abroad.
- 🚫 Corruption is deeply ingrained in daily life in India, affecting everything from real estate to education, and causing frustration among citizens.
- 🗺 India's low global passport ranking and issues with illegal immigration make it difficult for Indians to travel or migrate legally to developed countries.
- 🏙️ Poor air quality, inadequate infrastructure, and a widening wealth gap are further reasons why many Indians are choosing to leave for a better quality of life.
Q & A
Why are millions of Indians fleeing the country?
-The script suggests that various factors such as the desire for a better quality of life, toxic work culture, corruption, and a lack of government benefits despite high tax contributions are driving Indians to migrate to other countries.
How many foreign nationals migrated to an OECD country in the past year?
-The script mentions that 2.8 million foreign nationals migrated to an OECD country in the past year.
Which nationality topped the list of foreign nationals acquiring Canadian citizenship?
-Indians topped the list of foreign nationals acquiring Canadian citizenship.
How many Indians were caught at the US border attempting to enter illegally in the past year?
-About 97,000 Indians were caught at the US border while attempting to enter the country illegally in the past year.
What is the approximate number of Indians who have gone abroad on work visas in the past 2.5 years?
-In the past 2.5 years, about 28 lakh Indians have gone abroad on work visas.
How many Indian students are studying in different countries worldwide?
-There are 13 lakh Indian students studying across 70 different countries worldwide.
How many High Net Worth Individuals is India expected to lose in 2023 alone?
-India is expected to lose as many as 6,500 High Net Worth Individuals in 2023 alone.
What percentage of India's population paid income tax in 2023?
-Only 2.2 CR individuals, which is less than 2% of India's population, paid income tax in 2023.
What is the main issue with the tax-paying population in India according to the script?
-The script highlights that more than 90% of India's economy operates informally, and the middle class, despite paying taxes, feels neglected due to the lack of benefits and government services.
How does the script describe the work culture in India's private sectors?
-The script describes the work culture in India's private sectors as toxic, with long working hours, office politics, and a lack of work-life balance.
What is the script's perspective on the impact of corruption on daily life in India?
-The script suggests that corruption has become ingrained in daily life in India, affecting various aspects such as real estate, obtaining licenses, and even education, making it a significant factor for people to consider moving abroad.
How does the Indian passport's ranking affect its citizens' ability to travel abroad?
-India's passport ranking of 83 makes it challenging for its citizens to travel to developed countries without a valid visa, which is a motivation for some to seek foreign citizenship.
What are the script's comments on the air quality and infrastructure in Indian cities?
-The script points out that air quality in Indian cities like Mumbai and Kolkata is significantly worse compared to cities like New York, and the infrastructure, even in metro cities, is insufficient, as exemplified by the recent floods in Chennai.
What does the script suggest as a reason for the rich getting richer while the average person struggles?
-The script implies that the political system, where politicians are described as full-time actors and corruption as their birthright, contributes to the widening gap between the rich and the average person.
Outlines
🌍 Indian Migration and Tax Challenges
The script discusses the mass migration of Indians to OECD countries, with a focus on the reasons behind this trend. It highlights the high number of Indians caught attempting to enter the US illegally and the significant number of Indians studying and working abroad. The script also touches on the issue of tax evasion in India, with less than 2% of the population paying income tax, and the burden this places on the middle class. The lack of government benefits despite high tax contributions is emphasized, suggesting that this neglect is a driving factor for middle-class Indians to seek a better quality of life in other countries.
🏭 Toxic Work Culture and Corruption in India
This paragraph delves into the demanding work culture in India's private sector, where long hours, office politics, and a lack of work-life balance are common. It points out the mental health risks associated with such an environment and criticizes the low pay for corporate employees, which has not kept pace with inflation. The script also addresses the widespread corruption in India, affecting everything from real estate to education, and its impact on daily life. The slow progress in combating these issues is contrasted with the immediate benefits of moving to countries with less corruption.
🛂 Passport Strength and Quality of Life Concerns
The final paragraph discusses the challenges of traveling with an Indian passport, ranking 83 globally, and the impact of illegal immigration on its strength. It also explores the desire for a foreign citizenship to gain access to better opportunities and global mobility. The script criticizes India's poor air quality, inadequate infrastructure, and the growing divide between the rich and the average citizen. It concludes with a commentary on the political landscape and corruption, suggesting that these issues are significant factors in the decision of many to leave India.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Exodus
💡OECD Countries
💡High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI)
💡Informal Economy
💡Middle Class
💡Tax Evasion
💡Work-Life Balance
💡Corruption
💡Global Passport Ranking
💡Quality of Life
💡Toxic Work Culture
Highlights
Millions of Indians are fleeing the country due to various issues.
2.8 million foreign nationals migrated to an OECD country, with Indians topping the list.
Approximately 97,000 Indians were caught attempting to enter the US illegally.
In 2.5 years, 28 lakh Indians went abroad on work visas.
There are 13 lakh Indian students studying in 70 different countries.
Indians are the highest number of foreign nationals acquiring Canadian citizenship.
India may lose 6,500 high net worth individuals in 2023 alone.
India's middle class faces challenges due to high tax contributions and lack of benefits.
Only 2.2% of India's population paid income tax in 2023.
More than 90% of India's economy operates informally, affecting tax contributions.
The government needs to focus on increasing the number of taxpayers in India.
Agricultural income loopholes are used by wealthy individuals to avoid income tax.
High net worth individuals leaving India impacts the middle class with increased tax rates.
Toxic work culture in India's corporate sector pushes people to seek opportunities abroad.
48% of India's corporate employees are at high risk of poor mental health due to work stress.
Average pay for fresh graduates in multinational corporations has not kept up with inflation.
Corruption is deeply ingrained in various aspects of life in India.
India's passport ranking is 83, affecting the ease of global travel for its citizens.
Illegal immigration and visa fraud weaken the Indian passport's strength.
Acquiring foreign citizenship offers opportunities and global mobility.
India's air quality and infrastructure issues contribute to the desire to leave.
The rich are getting richer while the average person struggles daily in India.
Transcripts
millions of Indians are now fleeing the
country 2.8 million foreign Nationals
migrated to an oecd country do you know
who topped this list Indians in the past
year about 97,000 Indians were caught at
the US border while attempting to enter
the country
illegally
in Just 2 and 1/2 years about 28 lakh
Indians have gone abroad on work
visas we have 13 lakh Indian students
studying across 70 different countries
worldwide highest number of foreign
Nationals acquiring Canadian citizenship
were Indians India is expected to
witness an exodus of scores of
millionaires and May in fact lose as
many as
6,500 High net worth individuals in 2023
alone despite being one of the fastest
growing economies globally ranked in the
top five and soon expected to achieve a
GDP of $4
trillion why is it that more people are
choosing to leave India middle class
middle
class if we facing why should not we the
citizenship if I will get the chance
there I will definitely live the
safan
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in 2023 only 2.2 CR individuals in India
paid income tax out of a population of
140 crores so this means that less than
2% of our population contributed to the
government's Revenue now these numbers
might be hard to digest because
everybody you know from your friends and
family and and acquaintances is either
working in a corporate or government job
and are paying taxes but the reality is
more than 90% of our economy is
operating informally meaning people are
doing jobs that are not tracked or
monitored by the government so this two
percentage of people who do pay taxes
are mostly middle class people the
middle class gets crushed because
despite their huge contributions in the
form of paying taxes they don't get a
lot of benefits that are typically
offered to citizens in other develop
countries be the condition of Roads the
quality of air the water supply health
care or even education
you now yes the government does provide
subsidies and other benefits to its
citizens but think about it if you are a
middleclass individual when was the last
time you used these benefits offered by
the government or got treated in a
government hospital or even enroll your
kids in a government School despite
their High tax contributions middleclass
people don't get much in return they
feel neglected so they choose to migrate
to other countries searching for a
better quality of
life to tackle this issue the government
needs to focus on increasing the overall
number of tax payers in the country for
instance about 45% of the labor force in
India is employed in agriculture and
their income is exempt from income tax
sure small family Farmers need a tax
break but there are huge businesses and
Wealthy individuals who are using this
loophole as a means to avoid paying
income tax from 2015 to 2017 there were
roughly 22,000 cases where individuals
had an agriculture income of more than 5
lakhs and were not taxed the math is
simple as the number of people paying
taxes goes down the effective tax rate
goes up
the tax rates are so bad right now that
even high net worth individuals are now
leaving the country this also impacts
the middle class because when these H
and I who pay hundreds of crores in
taxes every year are moving out of the
country the government has to compensate
for this lost income by increasing the
overall tax rate the middle class finds
itself in a vulnerable position they are
mostly salaried employees working
corporate jobs and they don't protest or
go on strikes or voice out their
concerns so these people take the easy
way out by exploring options such as
student visas or wait for on-site
opportunities to move to developed
countries where they hope to lead a
better quality of life given the effort
they put in and the taxes they
pay another major reason why a lot of
Indians are moving abroad is to escape
the toxic work culture in India in
private sectors particularly in
corporate jobs having a healthy work
life balance is extremely rare despite
being 9 to5 on paper the reality is
people work for 10 to 12 hours every day
in addition to working hard employees
also deal with a ton of office politics
favoritism and drama when it comes to
performance reviews and
appraisals okay
what do we do with them we penalize them
managers and bosses in India have a
questionable reputation regardless of
the time of the day whether it's a
weekend late at night or even during
vacation they expect their subordinates
to make themselves available to work at
any given moment some studies show that
48% of India's corporate employees are
at high risk of poor Mental Health
Health on average a person spends about
90,000 hearts at work over a lifetime so
it's highly important to have a postive
work environment and despite all these
challenges the pay for corporate
employees especially the ones working in
mncs has been terrible over the past
decade the average pay for freshes in
mnc's has marginally increased from 2.45
to 3.5 lakhs failing to even keep up
with inflation why is it that fresh
salaries for engineers why is it not
gone up in the last so many years it's
still between the three 4 lakh range if
you look at it this way we actually are
paying uh based on the talent uh and and
we actually encourage people to
basically come at different CS of of
talent coming in and what's worse is a
lot of Industry leaders are now
expecting young people to work for 70
hours a week for iners must say this is
my country I want to work 70 hours a
week so to escape this toxic work
culture a lot of young individuals
eagerly await for on-site opportunities
and choose not to come back so unless
these issues are addressed and
governmental policies are established to
make sure that employees aren't
exploited this trend of people
preferring to go abroad for work is
likely to
persist corruption has seeped into
various aspects of lives from offering
bribes to buy real estate to obtaining a
driver's license to passport
verification to even paying off traffic
police we even have to pay several LHS
as a donation to get into engineering or
medical colleges even small shop owners
and Street vendors have to regularly pay
bribes to the police to avoid being
closed
down corruption has become so ingrain in
our lives that today when a government
official performs their duties honestly
it comes off as a surprise and is
praised as an exceptional act even
though that should be the standard way
of
working I understand that no country is
a corruption-free Utopia but the key
difference is that in developed
countries corruption occurs at higher
levels and has minimal impact on the
day-to-day life of
citizens in India money speaks more than
rules and regulations you can pretty
much get out of any situation with money
now changes are happening especially
with things like the digital India
campaign we can hope that these issues
will be resolved over time but it's a
slow progress so instead of waiting for
several years for things to be resolved
in India many young folks are choosing
to move abroad where they could lead A
Life That's devoid of
corruption currently India is ranked 83
in the global passport ranking this
means that traveling to developed
countries without a valid Visa is a
challenge and the situation is only
getting worse every
year two I have an idea why don't we all
fly down to Paris next week together I'm
Indian I need a visa I need a visa to
even visit the toilet a lot of this is
attributed to India's poor track record
of illegal immigration 97,000 Indians
have attempted to enter the US illegally
in the year 2023 most recently 66 people
from Gujarat were caught in France where
they plan to illegally cross the US
border even legal systems are being
manipulated by Indian
but it's been found that the H1B program
is now being abused there has been a
sharp increase in fraudulent efforts
according to authorities some companies
are manipulating the system to gain an
unfair
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Advantage there are even cases of people
cheating on the English proficiency test
to enter into these developed countries
these activities are increasingly
weakening the Indian passport and is
making it difficult for the average
person to travel abroad so a significant
motivation for individuals to leave
India is the prospect of acquiring a
foreign citizenship and consequently a
passport from a developed country having
a strong passport would open up a world
of opportunities like businesses
attending events conferences and
workshops worldwide making Global
Mobility more
convenient we all should take pride in
being Indians but at the same time we
shouldn't turn a blind eye when it comes
to pointing out issues in the country we
pay a huge premium to our lives when it
comes to air quality the air quality
index of cities like Mumbai or Kolkata
is about 170 for reference the aqi of
New York City is only
25 look at our infrastructure even Metro
cities like Chennai are insufficient to
protect people during the recent floods
we're reporting from bacheri in Chennai
due to the unprecedented rins that
pounded the city several parts several
pockets of Chennai are completely
flooded many aspects of our daily lives
go unnoticed we often live thinking that
everything is fine we are soon reaching
a point where people are preferring to
go abroad and only consider returning
for emotional reasons like friends or
family the rich are getting richer while
the average person is struggling every
day
I read this comment on Kora which kind
of sums it up politicians are full-time
actors and Corruption is their
Birthright what do you expect from a
common man who is powerless if given a
chance everyone will run
away
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