India, Sept. 24 -- By Ayushi Agarwal

New York (US), September 24 (ANI): The recent H1B visa fee hike announced by the US administration will hit more to startups and innovation of the United States than India's IT services exports, said US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) President and CEO Mukesh Aghi.

In an exclusive conversation with ANI, Aghi said the move may in fact work in favour of India. "It works in favour of India because from a US perspective, H-1B was being abused in some manner, and they would like to bring in high-quality people to the US. That means, Indian workers coming to the US on H-1B will get much higher compensation. More importantly, low-end work will shift offshore to India. Even though there's a lot of...