Indian IT troubles for US

Its election year in the US and two lawmakers have raised the outsourcing bogey again. Two American senators have alleged that Indian IT companies are displacing American workers by hiring Indians at lower wages and are misusing the H1B visas.

They have written to nine Indian companies asking them to explain how they are using the H-1B visa programme.

Indian companies have reacted to this saying these allegations are unfounded and that there has been no abuse of H-1B visas on their part.

The NASSCOM has gone one step ahead and has said that a trade issue is being confused with immigration and Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said that he will take up the matter with the G-4 in Brussels.