Tumakuru, Sept. 21 -- Karnataka Home Minister G. Parmeshwara has said that the US's sharply rising H-1B visa fees are discouraging but that it can be advantageous to India, as it may lead to increased outsourcing to the country.

"This decision has probably been taken to discourage people from going and working in America. In one way, as Indians, we also look at it differently," Parmeshwara told ANI.

"Earlier, the Americans made a decision not to outsource to India or any other part of the world. But now, it's going to come back to India because India has the capacity to produce that kind of technical manpower. One way, it is discouraging. The other way, we would like to make use of it to our advantage," he added.

Meanwhile, earlier, th...