IT sector on recovery path

Why is it in the news ?
  • In joint statement, the international IT experts have affirmed that after some years of a dry drive, Indian tech firms now seem to have established themselves firmly as digital transformation agents in the global market.
  • Growth is picking up for the Indian IT sector and the good news is that most players have a strong hiring plan in place.
More in the news
    • Last fiscal’s performance numbers posted by the country’s leading players reflect a clear upswing in the market.
    • All the digital pilot projects that were under way over the last couple of years are now going mainstream and are being scaled into enterprises.
    • The industry continues to expand above the rate of growth of global GDP.
    • This is driven by digital transformation and increasingly the modernisation of IT movement which continues to gather steam.
    • This otherwise promising outlook was somewhat clouded by a slowing global GDP for all areas outside the U.S. and the cannibalisation effect that modernisation is having on legacy IT and BPO.
    • Market cannibalization is a sales loss caused by a company's introduction of a new product that displaces one of its own older products rather than increasing the company's overall market share.
    • IT Sector in India:
      (1) India is the leading sourcing destination across the world, accounting for approximately 55% market share of the US$ 185-190 billion global services sourcing business in 2017-18.
      (2) Indian IT & ITeS companies have set up over 1,000 global delivery centres in about 80 countries across the world.
      (3) India has become the digital capabilities hub of the world with around 75% of global digital talent present in the country.
      (4) India’s IT & ITeS industry grew to US$ 181 billion in 2018-19.
      (5) Exports from the industry increased to US$ 137 billion in FY19 while domestic revenues (including hardware) advanced to US$ 44 billion.
    Source
    The Hindu, Ibef.




    Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 13th May 2019