Visa fears spike IT companies’ US lobbying spendsIndia's largest IT company TCS has spent $30,000 on lobbying this year, the first time it has spent on lobbying since 2005.
16 Aug, 2013, 10.30 AM IST
US immigration bill delays IT dealsWhile employees on H-1 B visas may be restricted from working at customer sites, the bill also proposes to significantly increase fees for ...
07 May, 2013, 05.52 AM IST
Govt spends Rs 1 cr on US lobbying in Q1-2013A number of US cos are lobbying with their own lawmakers to seek their help in pushing further their business interests in India.
22 Apr, 2013, 03.41 PM IST
Indian companies hired lobbying firms in US: American House of Representatives recordsRanbaxy has paid USD 90,000 to the lobbying firm Patton Boggs for issues including "Preserve Access to Affordable Generics", according to a...
12 Dec, 2012, 04.59 PM IST
Reliance Industries halts US lobbying for third straight quarterRIL has kept its lobbying activities among the US lawmakers on hold for third quarter in a row, after having spent over $1 mn to its lobbyi...
22 Jul, 2012, 04.09 PM IST
Reliance Industries pauses on US lobbying; Govt spends Rs 3.7 cr in 2011-12As per the lobbying disclosure reports, leading lobbyist BGR did not indulge in any lobbying for its client, RIL, during the two quarters.
23 Apr, 2012, 12.57 PM IST
- 'Lobbying firm services used to seek media interviews for PM'
Open source documents reveal that the company's services were also used to fix a dinner appointment for the Indian ambassador with a luxury...
29 Jan, 2012, 12.01 PM IST
- Wipro, Cognizant spending large sums on lobbying in the US
While US keeps inventing reasons to make their life harder, Indian software cos are spending large sums hiring prof help to win friends in ...
08 Jul, 2011, 07.59 AM IST
- Reliance Industries cuts down US lobbying to record low
Prior to the latest quarter, RIL has been spending $190,000 on lobbying with the US lawmakers during the every quarter ever since the first...
09 May, 2011, 04.21 AM IST
- Reliance Industries Ltd cuts US lobbying spend to record low
The disclosure comes at a time when RIL is facing possible sanctions by the Barack Obama administration for its business ties with Iran.
09 May, 2011, 03.41 AM IST
- Indian govt, firms spent over $1.5 mn on US lobbying in 2010
With the US holding key to a vast number of issues affecting India and its corporates, the Indian government and companies together spent o...
23 Jan, 2011, 11.04 AM IST
- Indian govt cuts down heavily on US lobbying
India has cut down by a whopping over 97% on its lobbying expenses in US.
08 Aug, 2010, 06.34 PM IST
- India lobbies hard in US to stay ahead
India spent around $2.23 million since 2005 on engaging the lobby firm BGR.
29 Jan, 2009, 03.33 AM IST
- India sensed Obama win, hired pro-Democratic lobbyist
The government evidently foresaw the Democrat wave that swept the US in the recent elections. So India's lobbying image in Washington is ta...
18 Nov, 2008, 05.38 AM IST
- Patton Boggs to push India's interests on Capitol Hill
Patton Boggs is a Democrat-leaning law firm which will charge the government $700,000 annually, the same amount that India pays to other fi...
18 Nov, 2008, 04.23 AM IST
- India's N-deal lobbyist Blackwill says he's quitting
With the nuclear deal in a state of deep freeze, the Indian government's chief lobbyist in Washington, Robert Blackwill, will be leaving hi...
19 Apr, 2008, 08.07 AM IST
- CII amid top organisation in paying Congressional trips
CII was among the top international organisations paying for travel of American lawmakers between 2000 and 2005, but it had not registered ...
04 Jul, 2006, 10.00 PM IST