The rapid rise of India's information technology outsourcing industry has been a success story in a country better known for its stifling bureaucracy and biting poverty.

NPR: US Immigration Bill Could Slow Indian Outsourcers

He runs Network 1 Consulting, an information-technology outsourcing business in Atlanta, as an S-Corporation.

WSJ: Small Businesses Puzzle Over Tax Strategy

Even Indian information-technology outsourcing companies are bringing operations to the U.S. Despite its far-flung location, Applabs, a large independent IT quality-assurance provider, has opened offices in Philadelphia and Lindon, Utah.

FORBES: Outsourcing--To America

Outsourcing information technology has exploded employment in India and parts of Eastern Europe.

FORBES: Outsourcing - Right or Wrong? 9 Key Questions

The challenge now facing the new ruling coalition is to extend the success of their information technology (IT) and outsourcing industries into the broader economy.

FORBES: A Richer Future For India

India's information-technology giants, stars of international outsourcing, bang their heads in Japan and South Korea, where conglomerates' ingrained habits of managing IT in-house persist.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

The South-East Asian upstart (population 101m) is unlikely ever to surpass the South Asian behemoth (1.2 billion) across the entire range of outsourcing offerings, which also include all kinds of information-technology services.

ECONOMIST: How the Philippines beat India in call centres