Unlike overseas Chinese Community that has played a substantial role in foreign direct investment, nonresident Indians have been a source, to some extent, of professional, technical and managerial skills but not much in terms of large financial outlays. The non-resident deposits transferred to India account for only a miniscule proportion of their wealth holdings abroad.
Growth is not a sufficient condition for reduction of poverty, but it is, at one and the same time, the highway to raise the living standards of those who are able to work, and the provider of resources to support those who are unable to help themselves.