India Inc hiring may gather pace in Oct-Dec

KOLKATA: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be felt on corporate India’s hiring plans but there’s been a small pick-up in sentiment from the July-September quarter, the latest Manpower Employment Survey has revealed. However, hiring sentiment in four of seven Indian industry sectors is the weakest reported since the survey began 15 years ago. These are the manufacturing, mining and construction, services, and wholesale and retail