Officials said that manpower rationalisation is a routine exercise that primarily involves the redistribution of posts that have become redundant over time, reallocating them to critical operational and safety categories

TCS, India’s largest IT services firm, said the layoffs, amounting to roughly 2 per cent of its 6.13 lakh-strong workforce as of June 30, 2025, will mainly impact mid- and senior-level roles. Interestingly, the company had added 5,000 employees during the recently concluded June quarter