Shashi Tharoor Warns of 5 Lakh IT Jobs at Risk in India

Imagine India's IT companies used to be like a big factory that hired lots of people to do simple coding jobs for companies around the world.

This worked well for a long time, making a lot of money.

But now, new smart computer programs, like AI, can do many of those simple jobs much faster and better.

This means the companies don't need as many workers, especially in the middle and senior levels.

So, a politician named Shashi Tharoor is warning that up to 500,000 IT jobs could be in danger.

He says the old way of doing business is 'obsolete,' and companies now want fewer workers who are super skilled in new technologies like AI.

This is also making it harder for new engineering graduates to find jobs because they need to learn these advanced skills, not just basic coding.

Some big companies in the US, like Amazon and Meta, have already laid off many people, and TCS in India is also cutting staff.