Dr. Jai Maharaj
2005-06-27 22:20:29 UTC
H1-B quota hike to help lawyers, teachers too
By G. Ganapathy Subramaniam and M. K. Venu
Times News Network
Friday, June 24, 2005
Indraprasth - India is looking to increase the quota of
US visas from 65,000 to 1,95,000 at the WTO negotiations
this year. It has made a formal request to the WTO and
the US with regard to the same.
Apart from techies, the other beneficiaries of H1B visas
include lawyers, accountants, teachers and healthcare
professionals. India would favourably consider demand
from the US and the EU for greater market for industrial
goods in the country if the request for liberalisation of
H1B visas is accepted, sources said.
The government is also looking at granting better market
in services as well as agriculture if the demand for more
visas is met. The visa issue is important to India, along
with other issues like elimination of export subsidies
for farm products in the US and the EU. Scrapping of
tariff peaks, which restrict market access to key goods
like agriculture, is also being pursued strongly.
Negotiations on services, agriculture and market access
for industrial goods -- technically called Nama (non-
agriculture market access) -- are picking up in the run up
to the Hong Kong ministerial meeting of the WTO slated
for December. In the case of services, the initial offers
of India would pertain to liberalisation of business
services, construction and related engineering services,
health-related services, tourism and travel-related
services, maritime services and transport services.
In certain cases, India has opened up the market for
foreign companies on its own and the offer at the WTO
would be to commit itself against reversal of market
access. In other words, market access would be bound in
a manner that makes it virtually impossible to close the
doors on foreign companies without facing serious
consequences.
As the time-consuming process of negotiations through
offers and requests moves ahead, India might work on
better market access to its partners only if other
countries are willing to liberalise Mode 4 and Mode 1
under the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services).
Initial offers were submitted at the end of last month
and negotiations with various partners are ongoing.
More at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1151071.cms
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By G. Ganapathy Subramaniam and M. K. Venu
Times News Network
Friday, June 24, 2005
Indraprasth - India is looking to increase the quota of
US visas from 65,000 to 1,95,000 at the WTO negotiations
this year. It has made a formal request to the WTO and
the US with regard to the same.
Apart from techies, the other beneficiaries of H1B visas
include lawyers, accountants, teachers and healthcare
professionals. India would favourably consider demand
from the US and the EU for greater market for industrial
goods in the country if the request for liberalisation of
H1B visas is accepted, sources said.
The government is also looking at granting better market
in services as well as agriculture if the demand for more
visas is met. The visa issue is important to India, along
with other issues like elimination of export subsidies
for farm products in the US and the EU. Scrapping of
tariff peaks, which restrict market access to key goods
like agriculture, is also being pursued strongly.
Negotiations on services, agriculture and market access
for industrial goods -- technically called Nama (non-
agriculture market access) -- are picking up in the run up
to the Hong Kong ministerial meeting of the WTO slated
for December. In the case of services, the initial offers
of India would pertain to liberalisation of business
services, construction and related engineering services,
health-related services, tourism and travel-related
services, maritime services and transport services.
In certain cases, India has opened up the market for
foreign companies on its own and the offer at the WTO
would be to commit itself against reversal of market
access. In other words, market access would be bound in
a manner that makes it virtually impossible to close the
doors on foreign companies without facing serious
consequences.
As the time-consuming process of negotiations through
offers and requests moves ahead, India might work on
better market access to its partners only if other
countries are willing to liberalise Mode 4 and Mode 1
under the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services).
Initial offers were submitted at the end of last month
and negotiations with various partners are ongoing.
More at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1151071.cms
Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti
Hindu Holocaust Museum
http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
http://www.hindu.org
http://www.hindunet.org
The truth about Islam and Muslims
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
The terrorist mission of Jesus stated in the Christian bible:
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not so send
peace, but a sword.
"For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
law.
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
- Matthew 10:34-36.
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
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owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
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