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The US is enacting measures, like increased H-1B visa fees, that are negatively impacting India’s economy, particularly its tech sector. This follows earlier actions like tariffs and issues with the Chabahar port. While the US clarifies the H-1B fee only applies to new applications, uncertainty remains.
The takeaway for India is the need to reduce reliance on the US market and diversify its economic partnerships, strengthening ties with Europe, East Asia, and the Gulf. Simultaneously, India must invest in its own domestic economy to retain skilled workers and prevent a “brain blockage” as opportunities in the US diminish.
News summary provided by Gemini AI.
Tariff, Chabahar and now H1-B visa fees — all implying a crippling squeeze on India by the US. The latest in the line of the punitive measures by the Trump administration — the imposition of a $100,000 “one-time” fee on new H-1B visa applications — has jolted India’s technology sector. While the White House rushed to clarify that the measure applies only to new visas and not renewals, the disruption and uncertainty it triggered were immediate.
Ultimately, the lesson for India is that it can no longer put heavy reliance on a single market. New Delhi must diversify, deepening ties with Europe, East Asia and the Gulf to offset the narrowing space in Washington. At the same time, it must invest aggressively at home to retain and absorb its skilled workforce, lest the “brain drain” that fuelled its IT boom now turn into a “brain blockage”.
