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US suspends major Indian IT firms from green card PERM programme
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Why a green card needs labour certification first: the PERM process every Indian diaspora answer should explain
The US Department of Labor has suspended Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro and HCL, along with Microsoft and Adobe, from the PERM programme used to certify labour for employment-based green cards.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The US Department of Labor has suspended Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro and HCL, along with Microsoft and Adobe, from the PERM programme used to certify labour for employment-based green cards.
PERM is the Program Electronic Review Management system through which employers must first obtain labour certification.
The step has implications for Indian IT professionals and the sector's US business model.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
முக்கிய உண்மைகள்
Remember these
- PERM stands for Program Electronic Review Management, run by the US Department of Labor
- Employers must obtain PERM labour certification before sponsoring a worker for an employment-based green card
- US DOL has suspended Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Microsoft and Adobe from the programme
- The step affects Indian IT professionals and the sector's US-centric business model
- Syllabus link: GS-II International Relations, Indian diaspora
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How the exam will ask it
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- PERM is the system through which US employers obtain labour certification from the Department of Labor, a prerequisite for employment-based green cards.
- A green card grants permanent residence in the US, whereas temporary work visas such as H-1B do not.
- The Indian diaspora in the US is a major source of remittances and soft power for India.
மெயின்ஸ்
GS-II: Indian diaspora and bilateral relations with the US. Issue: suspension of major Indian IT firms from PERM -> US labour-certification rules protecting domestic workers -> risk to professionals' green card prospects and the sector's onshore model -> way forward: diversify markets, boost local hiring and skilling, and raise the matter through diplomatic and trade dialogue.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
MoSPI has released a 2026-2030 roadmap that links India's tracking of sustainable-development metrics to which UN accounting framework?
- System of National Accounts 2008
- Millennium Development Goals framework
- Human Development Index methodology
- System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
விடையைக் காட்டு
விடை: D — Correct: System of Environmental-Economic Accounting — The roadmap aligns the national framework with the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), which measures natural-resource use alongside GDP. • System of National Accounts 2008 — wrong: The SNA 2008 measures conventional economic activity such as GDP; the roadmap is tied to the environmental accounting standard. • Millennium Development Goals framework — wrong: The Millennium Development Goals framework ended in 2015 and is not an accounting standard. • Human Development Index methodology — wrong: The HDI is a composite index published by UNDP, not an accounting framework.
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