Tuesday, March 27, 2012

US threat to stop outsourcing from India

According to NASSCOM ( National Association of Software and Service Companies), India’s IT industry is concerned about US threats to stop outsourcing.

Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology informed the Rajya Sabha yesterday that the following issues have adversely impacted outsourcing from India:

(i) Steep Hike in Visa fees under (Public Law) PL 111-230( August 2010) ;

(ii) Extension of applicability of PL 111-230 under the James Zadroga Act (Dec. 2010);

(iii) Ohio State’s executive order banning offshore outsourcing (August 2010);

(iv) US Government decision to centralize Blanket L visa at Chennai Consulate (Nov 2011);

(v) Sharp jump in Visa rejection rates.

In a written reply, the Minister pointed out that as per the Department of Commerce (DoC), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, these issues have been raised regularly at most forums/meetings with US side. Concerns of Indian IT industry were also raised by NASSCOM and DoC in the INDIA-US ICT Working Group Meeting held in December, 2011 at New Delhi.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Go U.S . Finally people in U.S can get some job and proper salary for fulltime and contractors.

Anonymous said...

Go U.S. Finally people in U.S can get some jobs taking away by H1s and also proper rates for contracts and proper salary for fulltime.

Anonymous said...

Go U.S. Finally people in U.S can get some jobs taking away by H1s and also proper rates for contracts and proper salary for fulltime.