UK framing document on outsourcing

The British government is preparing a document on outsourcing, which would facilitate innovation by British companies and help them become globally competitive, British minister for trade Ian Pearson said here on Tuesday.

However, he did not elaborate on the content of the document, which is to be ready in two months.

It appears that the document would enable the British companies to tap Indian expertise in software development and business process outsourcing in a much bigger way. Mr Pearson, who is in India, accompanied by a 20-member business delegation met Union commerce minister Kamal Nath and British exhibitors at the auto expo in New Delhi on Monday.

On Tuesday, the team met Tamil Nadu government officials and later at a press conference, the minister said, “Tamil Nadu is good for doing business. It has a great deal of manufacturing expertise and cutting edge technologies in software development.”