The hike is subject to approval by the shareholders. Infosys announces salary hike of 6% effective October. On October 12, 2012 13:27 (IST). Infosys, India's second biggest IT exporter, has announced a salary hike for over 1.5 lakh employees it employs in India and overseas.Infosys had deferred wage hike in April and said it would decide on the same in October.n April 01, 2015 17:18 (IST). The Indian economy is expected to grow at the fastest pace in many years, but for lakhs of employees in the country's over $100 billion IT sector, the new fiscal year has begun on a sour note with Infosys announcing an average salary hike of just 6.5 per cent.