{
  "id": 16272484,
  "title": "Indians remit $2.7 billion overseas in August, led by travel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/indians-remit-2-7-billion-overseas-in-august-led-by-travel",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-24T03:30:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times - Top News",
    "slug": "the-economic-times-top-news",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/indians-remit-2-7-billion-overseas-in-august-led-by-travel/articleshow/135161011.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Outward remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) stood at $2.7 billion, with travel accounting for the largest chunk. Indians spent $1.6 billion on travel in August, from $1.7 billion in July, while $275 million were spent on maintenan-ce of relatives. Indian citizen spent $321 million on investments in equity and debt, while $191 million on studies abroad.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
        "title": "RBI's net dollar purchases hit record $43.26 billion in August: Bulletin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/rbis-net-dollar-purchases-hit-record-43-26-billion-in-august-bulletin",
        "published": "2026-10-23T14:08:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}