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India business growing but on watch mode, says TCS

“Last quarter also, we had a growth in India and this quarter also, we expect to have growth in India; however, we want to still keep it on a watch mode because we are still waiting for more broad-based confidence to come back,” TCS Chief Financial Officer Rajesh Gopinathan told analysts.

September 15, 2014 / 10:30 IST
 
 
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Despite rising revenues from India, IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) remains cautious on the country, saying it is waiting for “more broad-based confidence” to come back.

The Mumbai-based firm, which registered revenues of over USD 3.6 billion in the April-June 2014 quarter, saw its India business grow at five percent.

“Last quarter also, we had a growth in India and this quarter also, we expect to have growth in India; however, we want to still keep it on a watch mode because we are still waiting for more broad-based confidence to come back,” TCS Chief Financial Officer Rajesh Gopinathan told analysts.

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He added that though the company is witnessing some amount of momentum, it is “early days yet” to call it a big turnaround.

“However, it will grow and we expect it to grow better than average this quarter also,” he said.

According to TCS’ Annual Report for FY2013-14, India accounted for 6.71 percent of the company’s revenue (Rs 5,487.8 crore) compared to Rs. 4,890.26 crore (7.76 percent) of the total revenues in fiscal 2013.

North America, which is the company’s largest market, accounted for 53.03 percent, followed by the UK (17.42 percent), Europe (11.22 percent) and the Asia-Pacific (7.22 percent).

Asked if the growth in India is coming from couple of clients or is more broad-based, Gopinathan said growth is coming from across both Government as well as the private sector.

“Is it broad-based? Technically, yes. But, does it give us confidence on it? Not yet,” he added.

TCS is scheduled to announce financial results for the July-September quarter on October 16.

first published: Sep 14, 2014 02:06 pm

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