Economists and industry experts are saying that United States president Donald Trump's crackdown on the H-1B visa could prove to be counterproductive. Trump's move to steeply hike the yearly fee for H-1B visa applications could fasten American companies' shift of critical work to their India centres. If the president's visa curbs for foreign professionals continue to remain in force, US firms may begin to move high-end work linked to artificial intelligence (AI), product development, cybersecurity, and analytics to their centres in India, experts say.

What do experts say on firms' likely move?

Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, a former managing director of Cognizant India, has said such a rush could lead to "extreme offshoring" in some cases, according to Reuters. He added that the coronavirus pande

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