A quiet anxiety has long shadowed India’s technology corridors, though it has mostly been obscured by narratives of boundless opportunity and perpetual reinvention. Multiple surveys have quantified this unease. Microsoft’s Work Trend Index 2023 found that nearly three‑quarters of Indian workers feared AI could threaten their roles. The government’s Economic Survey for 2024–25 echoed similar concerns, acknowledging that the rapid acceleration of AI has intensified apprehensions about the labour market’s future.Yet, in public discourse, sectoral leaders and industry bodies have largely preferred a rhetoric of inclusive progress and digital empowerment, seldom addressing the disruptive force AI might truly represent.
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