Softbank Inc. to invest $ 10 Billion in India!
Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, Australia, S. Africa are heavy investros in Indian IT.
US is huge. EU over the top. Korea, Russia, Taiwan big too. Missing ... or catching the bus are Iran, Mexico, Brazil and China.
IT investments flowing into India remain astounding compared to other inflows. Cisco, Fb, MS, TI, GE, Alcatel, Honeywell, ABB, Siemens, Fujitsu have often individually invested upto $ 1 Billion each. Shockingly, I recall Pakistan has been going through a rough time raising $ 1 Billion from aid agencies to repay debt etc. recently.
India's IT play absorbs over 250000 techies/yr. Total tech. HR is only 500000/yr. 10 million IT jobs and booming through the roof attracting mega Global funds. Think of all the govt., PSU, PWD's, Civil Works, Electric Co.'s, IR, Defence, Roads, Atomic, Outerspace, Airline Co.'s who must be crying to bag good techies. India's never had it so good- so fast in any vertical, doubt if comparable investments have flown into anything so fast-so big. No, to even Gulf oil. Oil has been happening for more then 1/2 century. The Thai motor play, Mexico's maquiladoras, Ozzy coal and ore, Singapore semi-conductors maybe.
Indo-Pak. free trade would have naturally meantime lots of fab., white collar jobs for Pak. middle class techies in India's Global IT play. Instead, Pak.'s middle-class origin professionals line up for Gulf or West visas where standards are out of reach for many. Pak.'s have to put in twice the effort for less then satisfactory output. It's hard to be Pakistani and Gulfie/Westerner, kind a bi-polar!