India’s outsourcing industry is battling a rising number of “résumé cheats” – recruits who lie about their experience or qualifications – in a struggle that could be critical to the long-term prosperity of the business.

Recent high staff turnover at large outsourcing groups has been partly owing to the weeding out of résumé cheats who were able to penetrate the industry during the past two years when growth was high and companies were hiring tens of thousands of people each quarter.