High-heeled Indians relocating overseas, pandemic no bar

According to recent data, despite travel restrictions across the globe, as many as 5,000 high-net-worth Indians left the country after the pandemic struck the world.

Despite travel restrictions and lockdowns across the world, as many as 5,000 high-net-worth Indians left the country after the pandemic struck the planet in 2020, available data show. The number of out-migration of dollar millionaires stood at 7,000 a year earlier, 5,000 in 2018, and 7,000 in 2017 when the world was open and without a pandemic, according to a Global Wealth Migration Review report.