Policy1 hOctober 10, 2026, 03:28

India calls Vance's 'indentured servants' remark deeply offensive

India's foreign ministry condemned US Vice President JD Vance's description of foreign workers hired by Microsoft as "indentured servants" as deeply offensive. The Labor Department had suspended eight companies, including Microsoft, Infosys and TCS, from the PERM green card sponsorship programme.

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India calls Vance's 'indentured servants' remark deeply offensive

Labor Department suspended PERM for Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini
Vance said Microsoft replaced laid-off American workers with lower-paid foreign ones
Microsoft is the biggest PERM user: 3,161 applications ruled on in fiscal year to September 2025
Indian IT stocks rose: TCS up 5.5%, Wipro 3.2%, HCL 2.9%, Infosys 2.7%

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Few H-1B workers transition to green cards via PERM: Nasscom

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India calls Vance's 'indentured servants' remark deeply offensive

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