India, March 24 -- The figures are as stark as they can be. The education ministry states that the number of Indian students going abroad dropped from more than 9,00,000 in 2023 to just over 6,00,000 in 2025, or a massive drop of 30 per cent. Monthly outward remittances to fund overseas education has declined from more than $400 million in August 2024 to $165 million in December 2025, or a steep drop nearing 60 per cent. The drop is universal across the major education destinations such as the US, the UK, and Canada. The figures reveal several trends that have gone unnoticed, or were overlooked by experts and policy-makers. First, this indicates that the decline in students' interest, or inability to go, is not quite related to the India-...