‘Threat to long‑term employment patterns’: EY report reveals how AI can reshape India’s IT-services job market
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are likely to have a long‑term impact on employment for India’s skilled labour force and could alter the country’s IT services‑led growth model, consultancy EY said in the May 2026 edition of its Economy Watch report. The report flagged both the productivity upside from AI and the risks to jobs if workers fail to reskill quickly.
AI to reshape ’employment’ in IT services
EY said the fast evolution of generative AI and automation tools is expected to reshape employment patterns globally and will have particular implications for India, whose services exports are dominated by information technology (IT) and business process management sectors.
