Considering that 93 percent of the approximately 100,000 H4 spouses are women from India, its clear at whom it is targeted. And the changes in h1b seems to be working as indented.

>The US is no longer seen as a plum posting by senior IT services employees (of Indian IT companies).

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-how-it-serv...

>IT giant Infosys recently blamed the denial of H-1B visas by United States (US) for part of its growing employee attrition and said that it would introduce a "new value proposition" to help retain employees.

https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/jobs/infosys-h1b-visa-e...