| The factors such as low tariffs, availability of | | | | Government agencies. This has secured the transfer |
| bandwidth at low cost, competition and growth in | | | | and handling of intellectual property in offshore |
| technology has made India the first pick for outsourcing | | | | outsourcing transactions. |
| software development jobs. But one thing that is often | | | | Indian Copyright Act of 1957 amended in 1994 to |
| ruled out of such discussions is the legislative | | | | outlaw software piracy: |
| framework of the country regarding offshore | | | | “Computer programme” has been included in the |
| software development. Apart from being the most | | | | literary work under Indian copyright act. "Computer |
| cost effective and resourceful option India also has the | | | | Programme" means a set of instructions expressed in |
| most well structured legislative framework for | | | | words, codes, and schemes or in any other form .This |
| offshore software development in the trail of | | | | protects the intellectual property of the clients in the |
| developing countries. After the enactment of | | | | form of idea, source code or software involved in |
| Information Technology Act 2000 the cyber frame | | | | offshore transactions outsourcing software |
| work of the country is not to be mistaken as a shady | | | | development to Indian companies. |
| affair. | | | | Legal framework for e-Commerce and |
| Legitimacy to digital signatures: | | | | e-Transactions: |
| Digital signatures play a crucial role in offshore | | | | India has well laid legislations for e-Commerce and |
| outsourcing especially in closing agreements. It not only | | | | e-Transactions including e-contracts, computer crime |
| saves the time but is also a secure way of | | | | prevention, electronic filing and documentation. This is |
| transferring codes and files over the internet. | | | | based by e-transactions law, privacy/data protection; |
| Therefore now companies can fall into contract | | | | information security law including cyber security, public |
| through electronic means in the light of secure identity | | | | key infrastructure, cyber crime, taxes; intellectual |
| and legality of documents provided by digital signatures. | | | | property, e-financial services and more. |
| Legal recognition of transactions through electronic | | | | Convergence Bill: |
| data inter-change: | | | | This is another thing facilitating offshore outsourcing |
| India laid the order for legal recognition for transactions | | | | transactions. This is a unified billing system that |
| carried out by means of electronic data interchange | | | | simplifies tax calculations, credits and adjustments, |
| and other means of electronic communication, | | | | handling collections, account suspension/reactivation |
| commonly referred to as "electronic commerce", | | | | due to non-payment, and reporting. Furthermore these |
| which involve the use of alternatives to paper-based | | | | billing systems are closely tied to customer care |
| methods of communication and storage of information | | | | systems that enable customer acquisition, service |
| and to facilitate electronic filing of documents with the | | | | order entry, and contact management. |