India may get $1 bln IT outsourcing contracts-paper

MUMBAI Nov 23 (Reuters) - Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy (TCS.BO), Infosys (INFY.BO) and Wipro (WIPR.BO) stand to gain contracts worth about $1 billion in the next one or two years as U.S. banks emerge from the troubled asset relief programme, the Economic Times reported on Monday.

The newspaper said JPMorgan (JPM.N), Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) that received approval to buy back government stake worth $68 billion earlier this year are among the firms seeking operational efficiencies by outsourcing non-core IT and back-office projects to India.

American Express (AXP.N), Bank of New York Mellon (BK.N) and Capital One, which have started repaying government debt, were also considering outsourcing, it said. (Writing by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan) ((devidutta.tripathy@thomsonreuters.com; +91 11 4178 1009; Reuters Messaging: devidutta.tripathy.reuters.com@reuters.net)) ((If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com))