By country
Layoffs in India
37 sourced layoff rounds at 33 companies in India between Apr 2022 and Jul 2026: 64,927 people in the rounds where a number was given. Each one links to the article or filing it came from. The list covers what we have been able to source, not every cut in the country.
People affected
65K
Where a number was given
Companies
33
With a sourced round
Rounds
37
Apr 2022 → Jul 2026
Every round, newest first
- GoKwik−100
The ecommerce checkout software company cut onboarding, implementation and tech staff as it automated more of its operations.
About the figure: Reported range of 100 to 120; the company did not respond to questions.
Enterprise SaaS · Source: Inc42
- Opendoor (India)−250
The American home buying company closed its Hyderabad and Bengaluru offices and moved the work to small AI native teams in the United States.
Construction & Real Estate · Source: Inc42
- Adda247−200(20% of workforce)
The test preparation company restructured ahead of a planned stock market listing.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- Clear (ClearTax)−130(16% of workforce)
The tax filing software company called it a strategic organisational restructuring; the cuts came a month after it launched an AI filing assistant.
About the figure: Headcount estimate of 130 to 140 comes from provident fund records; the company confirmed about 16%.
Fintech · Source: Inc42
- Tata Consultancy Services−12,200(2% of workforce)
TCS said it will cut about 2% of its workforce, roughly 12,200 jobs, mostly in middle and senior management; its CEO attributed the cuts to skill mismatch and limited deployment opportunities rather than AI.
IT Services & Consulting · Source: Reuters
- Reliance Industries−42,000(11% of workforce)
The annual report showed a smaller workforce for the year to March 2024, with most of the drop in the retail arm.
About the figure: A net headcount fall over a full financial year disclosed in the annual report, including voluntary separations, not a single layoff announcement.
Retail & Corporate · Source: TechCrunch
- Unacademy−250
The cut came during merger talks and brought total job losses at the company to about 2,000 since 2022.
EdTech · Source: TechCrunch
- WayCool−200
Third round within a year at the food distribution company.
Consumer Goods & Food · Source: Inc42
- Ola−180
Ride hailing company cut jobs and parted with its chief executive four months after appointing him.
Transportation & Delivery · Source: TechCrunch
- Healthify−150(27% of workforce)
The fitness and nutrition app cut mostly sales and product staff about a year after a 30 million dollar funding round.
Consumer Tech · Source: Inc42
- The Good Glamm Group−150(15% of workforce)
The beauty and personal care company cut staff after integrating the brands it had acquired.
Consumer Goods & Food · Source: Inc42
- Pristyn Care−120
The surgery care provider confirmed cuts affecting under 8% of its 1,700 staff, mostly entry level and support roles.
Pharma & Healthcare · Source: Inc42
- Swiggy−400(7% of workforce)
Second round in a year at the food delivery company, ahead of its planned stock market listing.
Transportation & Delivery · Source: TechCrunch
- Simplilearn−200
The Bengaluru online course provider cited poor performance; affected staff said no recent review had taken place.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- Adda247−250
The test preparation company cut sales, content and faculty staff, including at its StudyIQ unit.
About the figure: Reported range of 250 to 300 employees.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- Chargebee−100(10% of workforce)
Second round in ten months at the subscription billing software company, after about 142 jobs went in late 2022.
About the figure: Reported range of 100 to 120 employees.
Enterprise SaaS · Source: Inc42
- Mobile Premier League (MPL)−350(50% of workforce)
Gaming company halved its staff weeks after India announced a 28% tax on online real money games.
Gaming · Source: TechCrunch
- Spinny−300(4.5% of workforce)
The used car marketplace cut roles while consolidating its operations under a single brand.
E-commerce · Source: Inc42
- CoinDCX−71(12% of workforce)
The crypto exchange blamed a prolonged bear market and the effect of a transaction tax on Indian exchanges.
Crypto · Source: Inc42
- Times Internet−100(5% of workforce)
The digital arm of the Times Group confirmed a cut of about 5% of its staff and full severance for those affected.
Media & Streaming · Source: Inc42
The lending and insurance company led by Sachin Bansal cut staff across departments, with product teams hit hardest.
Fintech · Source: Inc42
- WayCool−300
The Chennai food distribution company cut staff a year after raising 117 million dollars; it had about 2,500 employees.
Consumer Goods & Food · Source: Inc42
- Byju's−500
Further cuts reached beyond sales roles as the company tried to improve its finances during a dispute with lenders.
About the figure: Reported range of 500 to 1,000 from one unnamed source; the company declined to comment.
EdTech · Source: TechCrunch
- GitHub (India)−100
The developer platform owned by Microsoft let go of virtually its whole engineering team in India as part of a global 10% cut.
Enterprise SaaS · Source: TechCrunch
The parent of ShareChat shut its fantasy gaming platform Jeet11 and let its team go.
Social Media · Source: Inc42
- Vedantu−385
Fourth round of 2022 at the online tutoring company, taking its total for the year past 1,100.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- Udaan−350
Second round of 2022 at the B2B marketplace, after 180 jobs went in June.
About the figure: Another report cited on the page put the total as high as around 1,000.
E-commerce · Source: Inc42
- Zomato−100(4% of workforce)
Reported plan to cut at least 4% of staff across product, tech, catalogue and marketing.
About the figure: Zomato described it as regular performance based churn of under 3% of its workforce.
Transportation & Delivery · Source: Inc42
- Unacademy−350(10% of workforce)
Second round of 2022 at the test preparation company, which warned staff of harsh economic conditions.
EdTech · Source: TechCrunch
- Byju's−2,500(5% of workforce)
Phased cut across product, content, media and technology teams as the company targeted profitability.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- Fraazo−150
Mumbai grocery delivery startup cut staff and shut more than 50 dark stores during a funding crunch.
E-commerce · Source: Inc42
The coding school owned by Byju's cut staff citing business restructuring, a month after about 1,000 employees resigned over a return to office order.
About the figure: Company confirmed the layoffs but not the number.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- Toppr (Byju's)−350
Cuts came a year after Byju's bought Toppr, with content and media teams hit hardest.
EdTech · Source: Inc42
- CityMall−191(30% of workforce)
Gurugram social commerce startup cut roles three months after raising 75 million dollars.
About the figure: The 30% share is a TechCrunch estimate from LinkedIn data, not a company figure.
E-commerce · Source: TechCrunch
- MFine−600(75% of workforce)
Bengaluru telemedicine startup let go of most of its staff after running short of funds; it later merged with the diagnostics arm of LifeCell.
About the figure: Figure comes from employees and sources who spoke to Inc42, not a company statement.
Consumer Tech · Source: Inc42
- Cars24−600(6% of workforce)
Used car marketplace cut staff across divisions five months after a 400 million dollar funding round.
E-commerce · Source: TechCrunch
- Meesho−150
Cut full time roles while restructuring its Superstore grocery service, months after a large funding round.
E-commerce · Source: Inc42
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