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NEW DELHI, INDIA — India’s technology sector has crossed the US$300 billion annual revenue milestone for the first time, with NASSCOM’s Quarterly Industry Review for March 2026 confirming the industry is on track to reach US$315.4 billion in FY26, a 6.1% year-on-year rise from US$297 billion in FY25.
The landmark figure arrives as three converging forces, surging AI services demand, rapid Global Capability Center (GCC) expansion, and rising United States visa costs are accelerating a structural shift in how multinational companies deploy India delivery strategies.
AI services revenue reaches $10–12 billion in FY26
NASSCOM projects AI-specific revenue from Indian services firms at US$10 billion to US$12 billion in FY26, as enterprise clients move beyond pilots to scaled deployments generating measurable returns.
The industry body clarified that this figure does not include AI-specific revenues for all firms, and revenues are set to rise “significantly” in the next few years.
For outsourcing buyers, the figures mark a meaningful inflection point.
AI-augmented BPO and knowledge process outsourcing services sourced from India are growing in both volume and complexity, with more than two million professionals upskilled in AI during the year, including 200,000 to 300,000 in advanced AI capabilities, according to NASSCOM’s Strategic Review 2026.
The talent picture is more nuanced than the headline numbers suggest. Hiring is expected to shift from volume to skill mix, reflecting greater AI-driven productivity gains passed through to clients.
For BPO and shared-services operations that rely on high-volume entry-level intake, this raises real questions about pipeline depth and cost-per-hire trajectories.
H-1B fee hike deepens India’s offshore delivery advantage
The US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions — effective from the 2026 application cycle — is reinforcing India’s structural advantage as an offshore delivery base.
Indian IT firms have been repositioning ahead of the change: the industry is spending more than US$1 billion on local upskilling and recruitment in the U.S., and the number of local hires has increased significantly, according to NASSCOM’s September 2025 statement.
With the fee now in force, the incentive to deepen India delivery rather than place workers onshore is growing stronger.
A US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visas could add hundreds of millions in costs for major players, “prompting the shift of work offshore and pushing firms to strengthen delivery models in India and non-US hubs,” said Biswajeet Mahapatra, Principal Analyst at Forrester.
The H-1B dynamic intersects with accelerating GCC growth: the overall GCC ecosystem in India numbers over 1,580 centers, with the GCC market size crossing US$46 billion.
For global buyers reassessing India sourcing strategies, the NASSCOM Quarterly Industry Review for March 2026 provides the freshest available data on talent availability, cost trajectories, and sector-level performance.
The sector is projected to add 135,000 jobs on a net basis in FY26, pushing total direct employment to nearly six million — a 2.3% increase over last year.
Several of India’s largest IT services firms — including Wipro ranked #3, TCS ranked #8, Tech Mahindra ranked #9, Infosys ranked #11, and HCLTech ranked #12 — rank in the OA500 2025, Outsource Accelerator’s objective index of the world’s 500 leading outsourcing companies.
For outsourcing buyers evaluating India as a delivery destination, the $300 billion milestone marks a qualitative shift as much as a quantitative one. NASSCOM’s framing — “steering through the tides of uncertainty” — reflects an industry recalibrating from scale-led growth to value, innovation, and AI-driven productivity.
The breadth of India’s BPO sector, the depth of its GCC ecosystem, and an accelerating skilling agenda position the country as the primary beneficiary of near-term offshoring momentum — even as AI begins to redraw the boundaries of what work can be sourced at all.