NASSCOM reports
In '98 alone, The
Indian MT industry generated Rs. 140 Crore worth of tax-free foreign
exchange. We predict that the turnover is likely to touch the Rs.
10,000 Crore mark by 2008. An estimated 1,60,000 medical
transcriptionists are expected to be employed by the industry which
currently employs one-fifth that number.
Projects are that against the total
Indian exports of about US $ 34 billion, medical transcription is
expected to have a market potential of about US $ 17 billion to one
country alone viz. the USA.