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- Major companies including Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, Ola Electric and Zomato are carrying out layoffs in India, with Oracle emailing termination notices to about 3,000 employees on 1 September as part of a plan to cut 10% of its India workforce.
- Amazon has cut close to 14,000 roles since January as part of a 30,000 job reduction plan, while domestic firms have also reported over 200 cuts.
- Social media users and experts are speculating that AI adoption and automation are key drivers, though companies like Amazon and Oracle have publicly embraced AI without explicitly stating it as the reason for layoffs.
- Uncertainty is rising among skilled Indian tech workers, and economists warn that widespread AI-driven job losses could deepen wealth inequality and potentially cause political instability.
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