New Delhi, March 26 -- Accenture Plc is outpacing India's top IT firms in securing lucrative, large-scale contracts, fuelled by its robust consulting businesses and early adoption of generative AI solutions. The global consulting and technology giant has widened its significant lead in deals exceeding $100 million, a stark contrast to the challenges faced by India's homegrown IT services industry.

The world's biggest IT services company, which follows a September-August financial calendar, bagged 62 large deals--deals with quarterly bookings of more than $100 million--in the first half of the fiscal year, following 125 such deals in fiscal 2024.

At Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, Infosys Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd, Wipro Ltd and Tech Mahi...