India hopeful of H-1B visa solution |
India is hopeful of finding a solution soon to the concerns of tech firms regarding a possible clamp down on work visa programmes such as H-1B by the US administration, information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in New Delhi on Feb 10. He said that they are working closely with the external affairs ministry to make them aware of the problems highlighted (by tech firms) so that the external affairs ministry can in turn highlight the same with their counterparts in the US. India`s IT industry, he noted, plays a key role in the US as it has paid nearly $20 billion in taxes in the US and created more than 400,000 employment opportunities in America while providing high quality services Fortune 500 companies. His remarks came a day after commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman met top government officials, including the secretaries of external affairs, finance, telecommunication, electronics and IT and commerce, and industry representatives to discuss the possible tightening of the US visa regime. Sitharaman earlier said India is closely monitoring developments and is constantly in touch with US authorities.
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