India has stepped up its lobbying effort against moves in the U. S. Congress to impose curbs on visas for skilled workers that threaten the South Asian nation’s tech sector, which employs more than 3.5 million people.
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said … New Delhi had reached out to the administration of President Donald Trump to stress the importance of India’s 150-billion US dollars IT services industry to U.S. citizens.
In an interview to a News Agency, the commerce Minister said that India’s investments in the United States have provided jobs to U.S. Citizens That has to be brought to the notice of the U.S. administration.”
The comments come days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Washington to keep an open mind on admitting skilled Indian workers.
New Delhi has backed a move by NASSCOM, India’s high-tech industry association, to lobby U.S. lawmakers and companies to urge the administration not to crack down on allowing its skilled workers into the United States.
A NASSCOM delegation is now in the United States to make its case to officials on Capitol Hill and in the White House.