India, Dec. 18 -- At India's World magazine's annual conference on Mobility in early December, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar observed that remittances to India in 2024 were worth $135 billion, or almost twice the exports to the US. This, he argued, is in addition to assets created by Indians abroad and services generated in India. He was underscoring the importance of mobility of Indian skilled labour, global exposure for Indian students and the utility of 'circular mobility'.

It is abundantly clear that India's vast demographic dividend will take center stage in the "Global Workplace" which is increasingly dependent on skilled workforce from countries like India. As India asserts itself as the world's 'skill capital', Migration...