New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS): Hiring in India is likely to increase in the third quarter of the current fiscal, led by increased job opportunities in infrastructure, FMCG and retail sectors, says an industry survey.

Indian employers predict steady headcount growth during the October-December period, with 56 percent predicting an increase in headcount, 27 percent forecasting a decrease and 17 percent anticipating no change, according to a survey conducted by MyHiringClub.com, a hiring vendor consolidator.

The employment outlook survey, conducted among nearly 2,600 employers, revealed that infrastructure sector has the robust hiring plans with 100 percent employers saying they would increase the headcount.

Commenting on survey, Rajesh Kumar, CEO, MyHiringClub.com said: "Overall hiring activity is expected to be good in some industries, the infrastructure sector is doing robust hiring and they have plans for robust hiring activity in the third quarter also."

"IT and IT-enabled services sectors are still in wait-and-watch mode, because they don't want to incur more expenses given the uncertain global scenario," he said.

Infrastructure sector is followed by FMCG, with 69 percent surveyed employers saying they would increase headcount. In retail sector, 51 percent employers want to hire new people, in telecom sector, 49 percent and in automobile and manufacturing sectors, 32 percent employers said they would hire new people in the third quarter of 2011-12.