India's IT firms are now making attempts to support their employees with a more mature set of priorities as the number of older staff members is constantly on the rise.

Initially, the Indian IT industry recruited young, fresh graduates, who were ready to stay back at work till late night or work even during weekends. As the IT firms were limited to certain big cities like Bangalore, these firms gave their employees incentives like free movie tickets and free meals.

But as the $108-billion IT industry has entered middle age, and its workforce of millions of people is also getting older, the firms are now under pressure to introduce a more mature set of priorities to attract and support their staff.

Megha Jain, a 34-year-old employee of an IT firm, said, "Middle-aged or married couples prefer to go back home on time, so don't like to stay back at work till late or do weekends. There is more focus by the company to fine-tune policies around work from home and overtime."

While some Indian firms are offering flexible working hours and extended time away from office, many other firms have teamed up with childcare centers to help their married employees manage.

As per available stats, the average age of Infosys employee jumped from 26 in March 2009 to 28 years in March 2013. At Wipro, 34.5 per cent of workers were aged between 30 and 50 at the end of March last year, up from 32.3 per cent two years earlier. The percentage of TCS employees with more than three years of experience jumped to 61 per cent by the end of March last year, from 50 per cent five years earlier.