Turning the tide on brain drain

Addressing this issue could have a big payoff for the government

About 32 million people born in India prefer to live abroad. Approximately 18 million have become citizens elsewhere, and around 14 million are non-resident Indians, or NRIs. A substantial portion of the diaspora is highly educated. Many went abroad to study and subsequently found employment. Others are high-net-worth individuals, who opted to pay for golden visas in places like Dubai and Singapore, where taxes are low and the ease of doing business is high. 

The first few waves of Indian immigration consisted of slave labour transported to run plantations in Fiji and Guyana, and build railways in Africa. They were