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  "name": "Indians overseas and students in the United States",
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  "period": "2024",
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    "name": "United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Institute of International Education",
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    "The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.",
    "Student observations retain academic-year labels. Their structured dates use calendar-year precision because month boundaries are not recorded in this series.",
    "People born in India and living outside India, not citizenship or remittance data."
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  "attribution": "India by the numbers, Indians overseas and students in the United States, 2024, https://data.indiadispatch.com/world/indians-overseas. Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Institute of International Education.",
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