That is because you are looking at a cherry picked data to make your point. From the link:
The department-wise average and highest salaries are shown below. The overall average and highest salaries stand at 8.98 LPA and 68.5 LPA respectively.
So the average salary is 8.98 lakh. Unlike what you might like to believe there are many non-IT people working in IT, specially in places like IBM. So their salary will be even lower than 8.98 lakhs.
Of course.. It's not cherry picking. I said IT sector is doing pretty well in India. I never claimed anything other than that. Most majors have hard time finding any job in their sector.
And the point I am trying to make is - It is not the spring you believe it to be. Let's take a look at actual IBM India salary, should we? Here's the data from glassdoor:
https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Salary/IBM-Salaries-E354.htm
Most freshers get near to Associate Systems Engineer. The salary range is between 3.7 lakhs to 8.65 lakhs. This is farcry from what you believe it is. Yes, there are colleges whose salaries are pushed to the limit thanks to the startups but majority are not as well of as you might think.
> And the point I am trying to make is - It is not the spring you believe it to be. Let's take a look at actual IBM India salary, should we? Here's the data from glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Salary/IBM-Salaries-E354.htm
Yeah, I concede. For some reason, I had the belief that IBM is one of the better paying company in India, but it pays on the level of inferior consultancies.
So the average salary is 8.98 lakh. Unlike what you might like to believe there are many non-IT people working in IT, specially in places like IBM. So their salary will be even lower than 8.98 lakhs.