Overview

• India’s Net Employment Outlook has climbed by 12 percentage points year-on-year to 42%, placing it just behind the UAE.
• Information technology continues to post a global outlook of 36%, while India’s financial and real estate sector leads at 43%.
• Large Indian companies with 1,000–4,999 employees report the highest optimism with a 52% hiring outlook.
• 82% of Indian employers plan to boost automation and 67% are adapting workforce strategies to meet evolving skill demands.
• Eighty-nine percent of companies cite trade-related risks affecting workforce planning, and 34% of employers planning staff cuts point to economic challenges as the main factor.