Any changes in the visa regime may result in higher operational costs and shortage of skilled workers for the $110 billion Indian outsourcing industry.
Norms for e-commerce likely, arm's-length pricing set for change.
The NASSCOM report said Indian tech industry contributed more than $375 million to the US Treasury between fiscal year 2011-2015
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According to sources, Nadella will be visiting New Delhi on September 30 to take part in two events to be organised by Nasscom.
To increase local talent mix in the US like their major peer Infosys
Schmidt had a closed-door meeting with four start-ups in Bangalore.
The $100-billion export-driven sector has been vocal on the need to move up the value chain with increased automation, offering services bundled with software products and platforms.
The aviation ministry is not in the business of regulating tariffs, says its president Aditya Ghosh.
Notwithstanding the current Malaysian imbroglio involving Indian IT workers, India's software and services exports to that country stood at just Rs 70 crore in 2001-02.
BSE-IT index slumped over 10 percent after Infosys, the second-biggest software exporter, guided for a revenue growth of 6-10%, much below of 12-14% for the fiscal 2014.
The World Bank would outsource over $10 million IT work to India in the next 12 months through its existing Indian partners, Nasscom
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The bill introduced in the state of New Jersey proposes a ban on government outsourcing contracts to foreign countries.
Infosys management has guided for a seven per cent growth in FY15.
Unstated assumption is that the job applicant is in some way responsible for his employability problem, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
iSpirt to work closely with trade bodies including Nasscom in providing policy prescriptions.
During the visit, he will address a Nasscom meet and participate in a Google+ Hangout with students.
The quantum of hiring is likely to remain the same as that of the past financial year.
The Bombay Stock Exchange IT index has dipped almost 9% or 585 points at 6,210 compared to 1.56% fall in benchmark Sensex at 0917 hours.
Nasscom will give out future estimates in February.
Telcos propose licence regime for apps like WhatsApp, Skype.
IT industry body Nasscom said it is quite hopeful the final contour of the bill would be much more balanced than it is at present.
What impact will the Budget have on the IT sector?
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In its mid-year review, the software association Nasscom has revised its forecast for software and services exports (IT & ITeS) for the current fiscal year of 2012-13 to 11 per cent, from the 11-14 per cent range indicated at the beginning of the year.
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Software body Nasscom expressed its disappointment over the budget as it has no fresh proposals for the USD 100 billion Indian IT-BPO sector even as the industry's request to exempt SEZ income from Minimum Alternative Tax has been ignored.
People in India haven't seen what happens if the environment gets sour, the Softbank vice-chairman said.
At a time when the Indian information technology services industry is the focus of anti-outsourcing rhetoric, the global in-house centres (GICs) or captive units of multinational companies are increasing their offshore penetration.
India's roughly $150 billion outsourcing sector generates about three quarters of its revenue from the United States.
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.
Industry chieftains, strategists and analysts were unanimous that a slowdown, if at all happens again, won't affect the prospects of the $17-billion industry.
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