Almost 10% of SMBs (small and medium businesses with up to 999 employees) in India are planning to hire additional staff, according to a recent study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners. "The hiring growth of 10% is substantially less than the previous year’s 50%," says Kalyan Banga, Research Analyst at AMI-Partners. "However, it is still quite significant considering the global market’s current slowdown."