A study has shown that many companies in India are intending to give salary increments to their employees in 2021. As the economy moves to a recovery path after a sharp decline last year

amid the pandemic, a study has shown that many companies in India are intending to give salary increments to their employees in 2021. Staffing company Genius Consultants said that despite

the COVID crisis, companies will increase the salary of their employees. The company said that the market is expected to be stable, and the companies will also relook at their business

continuity strategy along with strengthening the workforce. The average increment range will be between 5 and 10 percent, as per the responses received. Apart from this, it has also been

and energy, real estate, retail, telecom, auto and ancillary. Out of this, 59% of the companies said that they want to increase the salary of their employees. Meanwhile, 20 percent of the

responders said the salary increment in 2021 will be less than five percent, whereas 21 percent of the respondents think there will be no pay rise in 2021 as well. 43 percent of the

participants have said there are openings for new recruitment's while 41 percent have indicated towards replacement hirings. Only 11 percent of the respondents said there is no hope of

fresh hiring. This means new job opportunities will also be created for experienced people. It has been revealed in the survey that more jobs will be created in the south region, as 37

percent hiring is expected from here, while in the western region of the country, the hiring will be 33 percent. Organisations will focus more on hiring mid-level candidates followed by

people with lesser experience and freshers and the workforce is likely to be a mix of women employees of around 51 percent and male of around 54 percent, respectively, according to the

study.