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India Inc slams offshoring ban by Ohio
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NEW DELHI: The Indian government has protested the US state of Ohio’s decision to ban offshoring of government work to countries such as India, saying governor Ted Strickland’s decision violates the commitment made by G20 countries to fight protectionism.
Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar recently lodged a compliant against the decision with deputy US trade representative Michael Punke.
“Such restrictions have to go,” Mr Khullar said, adding that protectionist moves were not acceptable to India. The issue will also figure prominently in the India-US trade policy forum meeting later this month. It will be attended by commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma and US trade representative Ron Kirk.
The G20, a grouping of both developed and emerging economies, including India, had proclaimed last year that it would not repeat the mistakes of protectionism committed in previous eras.
India will also take up the US proposal to increase visa fees for professionals working in companies that have less than half of their total workforce hired locally.
Last month, Mr Strickland, through an executive order, banned outsourcing of government IT and back-office jobs to spur job growth in the state. The order makes US companies that outsource work to other countries ineligible for government contracts.
With the US unemployment rate nearing 10%, the cries for a ban on outsourcing jobs are getting louder in the country and there are apprehensions that other states may adopt measures similar to the one adopted by Ohio.
Only last week, the West Virginia Public Workers Union filed a lawsuit against proposed outsourcing of IT jobs by the state’s office of technology.
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Topics »us*rahul khullar*ohio*offshoring ban*it*india
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Ohio bans offshoring of IT projects by govt depts
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Ohio outsourcing ban is discriminatory & trade barrier: Nasscom
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Ohio bans offshoring of IT projects by govt depts
Infosys expresses concern over Ohio state govt's move
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has protested the US state of Ohio’s decision to ban offshoring of government work to countries such as India, saying governor Ted Strickland’s decision violates the commitment made by G20 countries to fight protectionism.
Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar recently lodged a compliant against the decision with deputy US trade representative Michael Punke.
“Such restrictions have to go,” Mr Khullar said, adding that protectionist moves were not acceptable to India. The issue will also figure prominently in the India-US trade policy forum meeting later this month. It will be attended by commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma and US trade representative Ron Kirk.
The G20, a grouping of both developed and emerging economies, including India, had proclaimed last year that it would not repeat the mistakes of protectionism committed in previous eras.
India will also take up the US proposal to increase visa fees for professionals working in companies that have less than half of their total workforce hired locally.
Last month, Mr Strickland, through an executive order, banned outsourcing of government IT and back-office jobs to spur job growth in the state. The order makes US companies that outsource work to other countries ineligible for government contracts.
With the US unemployment rate nearing 10%, the cries for a ban on outsourcing jobs are getting louder in the country and there are apprehensions that other states may adopt measures similar to the one adopted by Ohio.
Only last week, the West Virginia Public Workers Union filed a lawsuit against proposed outsourcing of IT jobs by the state’s office of technology.