New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Many of India's top companies dialled down on fresh hires in the last two years, at a time of rising cost controls and the advance of automation.

Among the 30 Sensex companies, total new hires at nine companies fell 27% in FY26 compared to FY24 while two companies hired more, a Mint analysis found. The remaining companies either do not disclose or only partially disclose fresh hiring numbers.







Among the Sensex companies, Reliance Industries Ltd, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India (SBI), Bharti Airtel Ltd, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, Tech Mahindra Ltd and PowerGrid Corp. have declared their new hiring numbers since at least FY24...