US looking into India's concerns on outsourcing: Rao

Yoshita Singh
Boston, Sep 21 (PTI) India, which has conveyed its
concerns to the US on outsourcing and H1B visa fee hike, has
said the Obama administration is looking into the matter,
which can be resolved in a "very reasoned and rationale way"
given the maturity and increasing depth in bilateral ties.
It also cautioned against building up an "atmosphere of
accusations and counter-accusations" over the matter as such
things would not help solve it.
"It (outsourcing) is one of the issues in the (US-India)
relationship. We have taken it up with the American
administration at all levels. They are very aware of the
concerns that we have on this issue and the fact that our
companies are being targeted for no reason. This is an issue
that we would like to see addressed," Foreign Secretary
Nirupama Roo told reporters here.
Rao was in the city to deliver the third Harish Mahindra
Memorial Lecture at Harvard University. The lecture is given
in honour of industrialist Anand Mahindra's father, who was
the founding chairman of Mahindra Ugine Steel Company and a
Harvard alumnus.
Earlier, Rao was in Washington where she raised the issue
of H1B visa fee hike and ban on outsourcing by Ohio state,
apart from discussing President Barack Obama's November visit
to India with senior US officials.
"They (US officials) have told us that they are alert and
they have understood the depth of our concern on (outsourcing
ban). They are looking into the matter," Rao added.
Rao said it is because of a "measure of maturity" in
India-US relations that both countries are able to discuss
issues such as outsourcing and visa fee hike in a rationale
manner.
"Given the maturity and increasing depth in the
relationship, issues like this can be handled in a very
reasoned and rationale way," she said.
As the two countries seek to grow their "strategic global
partnership," Rao said "I don't think building up an
atmosphere of accusations and counter-accusations on the
issues (like outsourcing) is going to be very constructive or
conducive to solving it." (More) PTI YAS
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