As per the new visa regime, the minimum wage of an H1-B visa holder is to be $130,000 per annum. Till very recently, Indians were the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa programme with 70 per cent of the total H-1B visa petitions approved in 2014 were for Indians. It needs to be credited for launching programmes like ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ and Digital India for encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation while understanding the relevance of technology. The next step should be to ensure that these countries can benefit from programmes like ‘Start-Up India’ and ‘Digital India’. Tridivesh Singh Maini is Assistant Professor with The Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat (India).

Source: dna May 16, 2017 02:37 UTC