Sunday, August 15, 2010

Do we need to facilitate migration and brain drain?

The US president has signed the H1-B bill escalating the fee for a work visa to the US from $320 to $2000 for anyone migrating there to work for companies that have more than 50% foreign workforce.

In response, India has said that it doesn't approve as this is discriminatory.

I have multiple problems with this.
  1. Do we need to tell another country what policies they must or must not follow when our own house is not in order?
  2. Do we have a right to question the policies of another democratic country which has the freedom to make its own choices?
  3. Do we WANT some of our brightest youngsters to migrate to the US? Why are we asking for migration to be facilitated?
India is a growing economic power with the ability to create job opportunities for its own talent. Why do we need the US to create jobs for our people?

I think the appropriate response would have been to not respond at all or to laud this move saying that we welcome it as it'll encourage our youngsters to stay at home and find work here. We claim that Indians run America. How about getting some of them to stay here and run India..

I think it's good move. America needs to protect jobs for the people there. they are going through a crisis. And if some company desperately needs outsiders, $2000 is not a high price to pay..

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