Slowdown hits office rental growth

The elbow room for increase in rental is highly limited in the near-term, said Parth Mehta, Managing Director, Paradigm Realty.

Share buyback to attract higher tax

Indian IT stepped up payout of free cash flow through a mix of dividend and buyback (more tax efficient) in the past three years.

2 million people would be trained in digital technology in the next three to four years from 0.6 million people currently.

Banking is the largest vertical for IT companies. At a broader level, spending growth in the vertical will be slower than in 2018.

India’s unemployment rate rose to 7.2 per cent last month, up from 5.9 per cent in February 2018.

Low single-digit, need-based, lateral hiring may take place across Indian technology landscape.

According to India Skills Report, almost 64 per cent employers have a positive outlook on hiring.

GST invoice for functions performed by employees in head office that has helped branches in other states.

While US growth continued to linger in mid single digits, Europe was the key driver clocking 17 per cent YoY growth.

Indian tech firms used to underpay their Indian employees in US, until a parity pay was made mandatory by Trump Administration.