The government has recorded some Rs 1200 billion in remittances in the last few months of the current fiscal year.

The remittance inflow increased by 19.02 percent as compared to the same period of the last fiscal year. The Nepal Rastra Bank released data on Monday that showed the country got Rs 1198 billion in remittances till the end of Baisakh month.

It increased by 23.4 percent in the same period of the last fiscal year. The review period witnessed the number of labor permits (institutional and individual) for foreign employment at 374 thousand, while 237 thousand people sought the labor permit for the second time.