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Meal vouchers at Rs 200 per meal: Who gets income tax benefit and how the ‘working hours’ rule appliesThe increase in the tax-exempt limit for employer-provided meals to ₹200 per meal under Rule 15 of the Income-Tax Rules, 2026 marks a signi...- CFO brogues on ground in war room as West Asia war bitesIndia faces severe economic challenges from West Asian conflicts. Oil imports are disrupted, the Rupee has fallen, and foreign investors ar...
- From California to Bengaluru: How rightshoring is rewriting tech careersWhile US tech firms cut thousands of jobs due to AI-led efficiency, hiring remains strong in India, the Philippines and Brazil, where lower...
- India has become an epicentre of innovation in digital: Graig Paglieri, global CEO of Randstad DigitalRandstad Digital's CEO, Graig Paglieri, highlights India's pivotal role in digital innovation, surpassing its wage arbitrage status. India ...
- Why one Samsung strike doesn't signal crisisThe strike at Samsung's Tamil Nadu plant is an isolated issue that can be resolved with state government intervention. The Indian governmen...
- Create harmony in capital gains taxTaxation of capital gains from equity ownership has gained popularity in the Indian budget, aiming to direct household savings into more pr...
- How to fix skilling the competitionLegislation is needed to bring parity in working conditions among blue- and white-collar workers. Where this is not possible - for instance...
- Migrant workers, the tech versionThe longer trend of enterprises turning digital could be reinforced by a mild to severe recession in advanced economies. The Indian industr...
- Why moonlighting is here to stay despite IT majors losing sleep over itMoonlighting gives employees optionality, a freedom that could challenge the dominance enjoyed by the IT majors, and create a more equitabl...
- Top consultancy firms strengthen India team to ride WFH windfallPwC, EY, KPMG, Evalueserve, Alvarez & Marsal are pushing due diligence, deal preparation and documentation-related work to India, and passi...
- Offshored Information Technology jobs may not return homeThere is no doubt that India is still a highly attractive and viable option for low-cost labour, albeit not quite as good as it was 15 year...
- The great jobs drought beyond software servicesIT workers have a problem, but they are by far not the only ones among India’s 480 million-odd workforce who are staring at uncertainty.
- Bitcoin startup Unocoin pairs up with Bitwage to improve global wage distributionWith the service, Indian employees will be able to receive their wages in rupee terms from companies based in the US and Europe at better r...
- Will new CEO Vishal Sikka help Infosys reclaim its glory?Sikka's major challenge is to re-mould the 30-year old behemoth to cater to the current as well as fast evolving landscape of deliverables.
- Future scenarioWhen offshoring entered the popular lexicon, in the 1990s, it became shorthand for efforts to arbitrage labour costs by using lower-wage wo...
- Average wages in India could quadruple by 2030: PwC reportWage gap between developed countries & emerging market economies like India, China & Philippines, may shrink significantly by 2030.
- 'Blond humanoid' Eliza might take over low-end BPO workEliza is IPsoft's virtual service desk employee, and is someone you can see on your computing screens when you interact with her. She handl...
- IT cos face new challenges as sector maturesCurrency movement is not the only factor that is proving to be a nemesis for the Indian software industry.
- Surging rupee: No impact on IT salaries in short runIt looks like the wallets of techies would continue to bulge in the near future despite the fact that the surging rupee remains a big conce...
- India tops AT Kearney's Services IndexIndia has topped AT Kearney’s Global Services Location Index, racing past arch IT rivals like China, the Philippines and Mexico.
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