The Naukri Job Speak Index for last month stood at 1,649, up 20 per cent compared to July 2013.
The prime minister said the country would give befitting response to every terrorist.
Technology market research firm Tech Market View said the contract, which is one of Wipro's largest deals group-wide, signals the growing influence of offshore-centric IT-BPO players in large scale UK outsourcing market.
"We are going to add 35,000 more people next year, which includes 13,000 people for the BPO operations," Infosys Member of the Board and Chief Financial Officer V Balakrishnan said.
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Eicher Motors Ltd on Thursday forayed into engineering services outsourcing with the acquisition of US-based company Design Intent Engineering and said it expected the new business to contribute $100 million in the next four years.
Government has no plans to appoint a regulator for overseeing labour conditions in BPO companies, Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes said on Wednesday. "Since labour laws are already applicable to BPOs and are regulated accordingly, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has no proposal to appoint a regulator for BPO companies," he said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
The burgeoning outsourcing business in India is not restricted to call centres anymore with data processing units coming up in large numbers but the absence of proper data security and cyber laws is hampering their business prospects, say experts.
Nasscom announced on Tuesday that it will soon introduce a `best practices' policy framework to streamline and standardise processes in the information technology-related services and business process outsourcing (ITeS-BPO) industry.
US President-elect Barack Obama is a solid supporter of the growing Indo-US strategic partnership and backs the landmark bilateral nuclear deal, but has strong views about outsourcing of American jobs overseas, a cause of concern for Indian businesses.
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Wipro Ltd will be allotted 10-12 acres of land in Coimbatore for setting up a centre for its business process outsourcing division.
Having touched export revenues of $59 billion last year, the industry is estimated to have grown by 19 per cent in this financial year, aggregating revenues worth $76 billion.
So far, all three have launched their own initiatives to train teachers and students in information technology. While Infosys BPO has Project Genesis to train faculty, which in turn teaches students, Wipro recently launched a similar programme called Mission 10x.
A leading Indian outsourcing company, Sutherland has signed a deal with Israeli company to use its voice-over-Internet protocol contact centre solution at its call centres in Mumbai and Chennai.
The resistance to outsourcing of jobs in the US may continue even after the November presidential elections, a representative of the United States' IT industry said in Chennai on Friday.
Riding the wave of growing reputation of Indians in the IT sector, many well-placed senior executives of Indian origin have influenced outsourcing-related decisions in India's favour.
Companies engaged in outsourcing, including those based in India, may find their businesses affected as state politicians in the United States, eager to keep jobs at home, are finding more ways to stem the flow of government work overseas.
The rise of the rupee seems to be burning a hole in the employers' pocket as a result of which they intend withdrawing several goodies offered to employees as a cost-cutting measure.
The controversy in the United States over outsourcing work in India has led to more business for the country from America and elsewhere as it has highlighted its low cost and expertise, media reports said.
High attrition, poor infrastructure and lack of data protection laws could derail India's booming outsourcing industry, the CEO of Indian software giant Infosys Technologies said on Wednesday.
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Officials in the government, however, said India could only lodge a protest and not take legal action against the US.
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