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Key takeaway
US administration suspends PERM green-card sponsorship for Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro, and HCL — a direct hit on the talent-retention model of Indian IT services
- Step 1 · The triggerWithheld This step of the chain is withheld. The reason is set out in the notice above — a deliberate omission, not missing data.
- Step 2 · Knock-onIndian IT services majors lose the primary retention mechanism for their US-based H-1B workforce, accelerating attrition and forcing costlier domestic US hiring or offshore substitution
- Step 3 · Knock-onUS project delivery costs rise and timelines stretch, pressuring fixed-margin contracts and triggering client renegotiation or vendor switching
- Step 4 · Knock-onIndian IT services firms conserve cash, delaying vendor payments and shrinking subcontractor scopes
- Step 5 · Reaches youIndian SMEs in the IT vendor ecosystem face a demand-down, credit-tightening double hit on revenue and working-capital availability
The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.
Source: Economic Times Top Stories
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