This decision was taken at Executive Council meeting of National Association of Software and Service Companies held in Pune.
From the perspective of an American worker who is being displaced it does not make a difference whether he is displaced by a visa-dependent company or a non-visa-dependent company or a 50-50 company or whatever: Nasscom president.
Earlier in the year, Modi government had moved WTO against the US imposing higher fee for applicants seeking two categories of non-immigrant temporary working visas
Nasscom has identified 4-5 different areas and is taking these recommendations to the government.
The country will witness a mushrooming of technology start-ups over the next five years.
75 per cent of new Internet users will come from rural areas
US is the largest market for the over $140 billion Indian IT services industry
The payments banks are intended to house transactional accounts for individuals, focusing on payments and remittances.
"The industry is looking at a rate of 12-16 per cent. So, it entirely depends on how it gets. But the bigger concern is how the GST is applied," said R Chandrashekhar, president of Nasscom.
Trai has invited comments till January 7 on its paper on differential data pricing.
Nasscom recommended that there should be 'no double dipping'.
The counting of votes of the 16th general elections are scheduled for May 16, following which the new Indian government will be formed.
In 2014, the country witnessed 800 new companies starting up, taking the total number of start-ups to 3,100, Nasscom said.
Nasscom had estimated 12-14 per cent growth for the Indian software services industry in FY'14, and it aimed to achieve revenue of $300 billion for the IT industry by 2020.
As many as 11,500 startups would come up in the country employing over 2,50,000 people by 2020, according to key findings of India Start-up Report 2014 of industry body Nasscom.
Modi govt is aiming to recast the urban landscape of the country by making cities more livable.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the India-US Startup Konnect and share his vision on 'Start up India, Stand up India' as part of his US visit later this month.
Europe is the second largest market for Indian IT-BPM industry.
If the visa issue ultimately requires certain other considerations at govt level, we will consider that, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa, which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations
India's software industry mounts two-pronged campaign to tackle Trump administration. Ayan Pramanik & Karan Choudhury report.
Given the sharp differences that the Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the White House has on various aspects of immigration reform including H-1B, the Congressional passage of the bill and its becoming a law as of now appears to be a tall order.
The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.
The NASSCOM report said Indian tech industry contributed more than $375 million to the US Treasury between fiscal year 2011-2015
Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar discusses the ramifications of Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' agenda with Raghu Krishnan.
Nasscom set up a task force last year, to position India as a global hub for providing cybersecurity solutions
They are asking TRAI to reject the plan in the interest of protecting the citizens' right to use Internet
Nasscom said growth for the current financial year (2016-17) was expected to be 8.6%
Underweight on the sector since January amid concerns over growth prospects; no early reversal seen
It's the second time Nasscom has projected single-digit growth in a decade.
The pace of job generation has slowed as IT firms look at automation to do testing
According to experts, while allegations against Indian IT firms of visa misuse are nothing new, this time the scrutiny could be much greater.
The guidance is expected to spell out what constitutes specialised skill
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
'India cannot function the Chinese way and the sooner people realise that, the better it will be.'
More than 250,000 gram panchayats are yet to be connected through broadband.
Sikka's regret over lack of strategic talk with clients hints at larger problem
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