Hyderabad: In the wake of H-1B visa crisis, Minister Ponnam Prabhakar urged the NRIs to invest in Telangana. He appealed to the NRIs to invest time, money and knowledge to develop the State’s villages and improve standard of living in the countryside. Speaking to media persons, the Minister alleged that the Central government has completely failed in upkeeping diplomatic relations with America. Following failure of diplomatic relations, there is every chance that pressure tactics are utilised to gain upper hand, hence imposition of restrictions. Prabhakar expressed serious concern over the unprecedented increase in the H-1B visa fee, expected to impact thousands of Indian professionals, particularly from Telangana and the wider IT community.