Outsource Government Services

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Wednesday gave his nod to a proposal of the Arvind Kejriwal government to outsource private diagnostic and lab services to mohalla clinics.

Since 2005, BLS has been a service provider for governments and embassies around the world with regard to outsourcing visas, passport, consular, attestation and citizen services.

In a shocking case of neglect rats have allegedly nibbled the knees and limbs of a new born in a Jharkhand government hospital in Giridih, following which the services of two outsourced workers were terminated, officials said on Wednesday.

The government on Thursday announced simplified guidelines for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) players to reduce their compliance burden for the industry and facilitate "work from home" and "work from anywhere".

The government is not privatizing the Indian Railways but only outsourcing commercial and on-board services to private players in order to provide better facilities to commuters, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha today.

Services like transportation and admissions are generally outsourced so that institutions can focus on providing quality education.

Policy think-tank NITI Aayog has suggested outsourcing of public services to private hands in order to reduce dependence on the government administrative machinery. It has also recommended induction of specialists into the governance system through lateral entry, a move which, it says, will bring "competition to the established career bureaucracy".

IRDAI has imposed Rs 35 lakh fine on Bharti AXA General Insurance Co Ltd for violation of various norms including outsourcing activities and corporate governance guidelines.

Telangana government on Saturday decided to regularise the services of over 18,000 temporary employees and also "considerably" increase salaries of outsourced staffers working for the state.

The government has approved the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) for promotion of business process outsourcing (BPO)/ IT-enabled services (ITeS) operations across India with an outlay of about Rs 493 crore during the remaining period of the 12th Five Year Plan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

The cautious commentary by India's two large outsourcers has unnerved investors at a time when IT stocks have come under huge selling pressure. There's a churn going on in Indian stock markets with investors buying domestic focussed stocks amid expectations of a strong government post elections due in April and May. As a result, banking and capital...

Under the proposed legislation, the official quota of "H-1B" visas would increase by 69 per cent. However, the proposed overhaul has raised concerns in the Indian IT services sector as well as the government on certain clauses it deems as "discriminatory".

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Wednesday gave his nod to a proposal of the Arvind Kejriwal government to outsource private diagnostic and lab services to mohalla clinics.

Since 2005, BLS has been a service provider for governments and embassies around the world with regard to outsourcing visas, passport, consular, attestation and citizen services.

In a shocking case of neglect rats have allegedly nibbled the knees and limbs of a new born in a Jharkhand government hospital in Giridih, following which the services of two outsourced workers were terminated, officials said on Wednesday.

The government on Thursday announced simplified guidelines for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) players to reduce their compliance burden for the industry and facilitate "work from home" and "work from anywhere".

The government is not privatizing the Indian Railways but only outsourcing commercial and on-board services to private players in order to provide better facilities to commuters, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha today.

Services like transportation and admissions are generally outsourced so that institutions can focus on providing quality education.

Policy think-tank NITI Aayog has suggested outsourcing of public services to private hands in order to reduce dependence on the government administrative machinery. It has also recommended induction of specialists into the governance system through lateral entry, a move which, it says, will bring "competition to the established career bureaucracy".

IRDAI has imposed Rs 35 lakh fine on Bharti AXA General Insurance Co Ltd for violation of various norms including outsourcing activities and corporate governance guidelines.

Telangana government on Saturday decided to regularise the services of over 18,000 temporary employees and also "considerably" increase salaries of outsourced staffers working for the state.

The government has approved the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) for promotion of business process outsourcing (BPO)/ IT-enabled services (ITeS) operations across India with an outlay of about Rs 493 crore during the remaining period of the 12th Five Year Plan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

The cautious commentary by India's two large outsourcers has unnerved investors at a time when IT stocks have come under huge selling pressure. There's a churn going on in Indian stock markets with investors buying domestic focussed stocks amid expectations of a strong government post elections due in April and May. As a result, banking and capital...

Under the proposed legislation, the official quota of "H-1B" visas would increase by 69 per cent. However, the proposed overhaul has raised concerns in the Indian IT services sector as well as the government on certain clauses it deems as "discriminatory".