India has sought Congressional help in addressing its concerns over what it calls certain 'discriminatory provisions' of the comprehensive immigration bill, which if passed into law would adversely impact Indian IT companies. "One of the concerns, Indian businesses are seeking to address, and where the U.S. Congress can help them, is about the current debate, on restrictions on the movement of high-skilled non-immigrant professionals
employed by Indian IT companies into the U.S.," says Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Charges d'Affaires of the Indian Embassy in the U.S.. "These discriminatory provisions, if enacted, will essentially create a market access barrier for
Indian IT companies in the U.S. and will not only cause damage to their operations, but will also impact the ability of U.S. companies, who depend on their services to innovate, grow and be competitive and affect the local economies."

India is benefiting from sending its skilled professionals to the U.S., and the combined trade and economic partnership could provide jobs for thousands of people across both countries. Today Indian top companies like TCS,
Wipro, Infosys and HCL employ well over 50,000 U.S. citizens, and support more than 280,000 other local U.S. jobs. He also added that such Indian companies are integral to the operations of many U.S. companies as they are helping them in developing new products and improving operations and efficiencies.

Sandhu addressed the 'Indian American Meetup'
event organized by the GOP Conference and the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the Capitol Hill and said,"These discriminatory provisions, if they are enacted,will essentially create a market access barrier for Indian IT companies in the U.S. and will not only cause damage to their operations, but will also impact the ability of U.S. companies, who depend on their services to innovate, grow and be competitive and affect the local economies."