Nasscom urges govt to consider stranded IT employees, family for evacuation

Bengaluru: Tech services industry body Nasscom has requested the Union government to bring back IT employees and their families stranded in 50 different countries, as the country is set to begin from Thursday a seven-day repatriation drive for stranded Indians in the US, UK, UAE and other countries.

The government has chalked out a plan to bring back 15000 Indians stranded globally with “compelling reasons” to be back in India.

The $192 billion IT-BPM industry body has informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) about the critical talent from various member companies such as Tata Consultancy ServicesNSE 1.44 %, InfosysNSE 0.74 %, WiproNSE -1.07 %, HCL TechNSE 2.49 %, Startek and many others being stranded and they should be considered for evacuation.