India, Feb. 24 -- The Bengaluru-based founder of a recruitment company has claimed that a candidate used their platform to land a job paying Rs.13 lakh per month. The job was attractive not just for its staggering package of Rs.1.5 crore per annum but also because it allowed the candidate to work from home. This, at least, was the claim made by Sumit Singh, founder of Rightfit.

Singh was responding to a social media thread on tech salaries in India when he made this revelation. His claim was met with a mixture of admiration and disbelief on X (formerly Twitter).

The conversation began when an X user named Saurabh claimed that it is easy to make Rs.5 lakh per month after three to four years of experience, if one is a techie in India. (Al...