New Delhi, June 03: Amid rising concerns over anti-outsourcing legislations being proposed by certain states in the US, Nasscom on Tuesday estimated that US economy could save $10-$11 billion by offshoring work to India. "Savings to the US economy by offshoring to India could be $10-$11 billion in 2003-04. In fact the total benefits to the US economy including savings, hi-tech imports from US to India, contribution by Indian IT professionals to US social security is projected to be about $16.8 billion", Nasscom said in a study here.
On the proposed bills banning outsourcing to India by certain states in US, Nasscom president Kiran Karnik said, there would be no immediate impact as these outsourcing bills have just been introduced and would need to pass through various stages in order to become laws.
He, however, pointed out that the visa issue was a matter of "great concern".
"Any reduction in the number of visas will have an impact on the industry only in 2005-06. The increased trends of more projects moving offshore will also offset impact if any," Karnik said.
By September this year the number of H1B visas would fall to 65,000 again after being raised to 1.95 lakh earlier. Bureau Report