{
  "id": 12888629,
  "title": "Laid off techie paid ₹92 lakh tax last year, now struggling to find ₹90 lakh yearly job: 'Leaving India soon'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/laid-off-techie-paid-92-lakh-tax-last-year-now-struggling-to-find-90",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T14:35:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/laid-off-techie-paid-rs-92-lakh-tax-last-year-now-struggling-to-find-rs-90-lakh-yearly-job-leaving-india-soon-11791468002876.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A senior Uber engineer, who paid ₹92 lakh in income tax last year, has expressed his struggle to secure another job offering a salary of ₹90 lakh a year. The engineer claimed he was laid off while on paternity leave, which he criticized as insufficient. He also criticized Uber's paternity leave policy and stated that he would leave India soon, urging others to do the same for their family's well-being.",
  "summary": "The engineer claimed that he paid ₹92 lakh in income tax to the Indian government during the previous financial year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}