The IT and ITES industry accounted for about 8% of India’s GDP in 2021. India is the world’s largest sourcing destination with the largest qualified pool of technical graduates. The IT sector generated a revenue of around USD 194 billion in FY21 and is expected to generate around USD 227 billion in FY22 with a growth rate of around 16%. In 2020, with the advent of enterprise allocation software, the cloud market became larger than the non-cloud market and is expected to double the size of the non-cloud market by 2025. Indian mobile gaming market, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, business intelligence and analysis and digital business solutions are expected to give a push to the IT and ITES industry in India. The push towards cloud services has been a major contributor to the growth of the IT sector in India. Industry leaders are expecting 2022 to be a growth year where they will focus on long term initiatives.
Typically the IT/ ITES industry has receivables in foreign currency. While 80% of the revenues are in USD, a part comes in currencies like GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, etc. Some firms also have receivables in currencies like Korean Won, Japanese Yen, etc. A part of the spending is in foreign currency as well especially on the marketing side and the cost of maintaining offices abroad. Typically the contracts are long-term in nature and hence Fx risk cycles are relatively longer. Fx volatility has a huge impact on profitability. So making a proper budget and managing the Fx effectively remains the key concern.
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