Year- and Month-wise Value of Outward Remittance Transfers made by Resident Indians under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)

The dataset contains year- and month-wise compiled data from the year 2011 to till date on the value of different types of remittances (money transacted) which have been by Indian resident individuals, under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). The types of remittances made include Deposits, Donations, Gifts, Investment in equity/debt, Maintenance of close relatives, Medical Treatment, Purchase of immovable property, Studies Abroad, Travels, etc. Notes: 1. The Liberalised Remittance Scheme enables all resident individuals, including minors, to freely remit up to USD 2,50,000 per financial year for any permissible current or capital account transaction or a combination of both. Further, resident individuals can avail of foreign exchange facility for the purposes mentioned in Para 1 of Schedule III of FEM (CAT) Amendment Rules 2015, dated May 26, 2015, within the limit of USD 2,50,000. 2. Others include items such as subscription to journals, maintenance of investment abroad, student loan repayments and credit card payments. 3. The RBI began publishing `remittance_sub_type` data from March 2026 onward, and currently this data is available only for travel-related remittances.