Finance minister Arun Jaitley has strongly raised concerns over the Trump Administration's move to tighten the H-1B visa programmes with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. He raised the issue of H-1B visas for skilled professionals from India. He also outlined the significant contribution which Indian companies and professionals are making to the US economy and expressed the hope that the US administration will take this aspect into consideration while taking any decision. He also stressed that they should continue to do so, which is in the best interest of the two countries.
The minister has discussed the critical economic issues like Indo-US investment initiative, infrastructure collaboration and NIIF (National Investment and Infrastructure Fund), collaboration with the US for Smart Cities Development. He also highlighted the notable progress made in the India-US relations over the last few years and India's ambitious reform agenda which was creating new opportunities towards a deeper economic engagement between the two countries.
Last week, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme to stop its abuse and ensure that the visas are given to the most-skilled or highest paid petitioners, a decision that would impact India's $150 billion IT industry. The Indian IT industry expressed serious concerns over this as these visas were mainly used by domestic IT professionals for short-term work in America.
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