Overview
- Tata Consultancy Services reported 376 layoffs at its Pune campuses across two quarters, according to a written reply in the Maharashtra legislative council.
- The labour minister said TCS has 45,575 employees in Pune and clarified that the reductions were at middle and senior managerial levels.
- The government rejected media claims suggesting tens of thousands of retrenchments across multiple Maharashtra cities and said it is monitoring the IT sector.
- TCS HR head Sudeep Kunnumal earlier said the firm is not targeting a specific number for cuts, describing recent headcount movement as a mix of voluntary and involuntary attrition.
- Employee group FITE challenged the official figure, alleging 2,000–2,500 workers were forced to resign in recent months and urging a government investigation.