A C3B technical lead with 20 years of experience in TCS earning 17 LPA right now is working in a project. Is he under risk due to layoffs?

No one knows. Everything is uncertain. Even underpaid are getting fired . High packages ,Top performer, Low performers,RTO compliant and non compliant,billable ,non billable, bench,ptobabtioners contractor anyone can get fire. No one knows the exact reason for the names under the fluidity list.

Depends on multiple factors.. If he is billable/ project dependency/ previous appraisals/rto index/ rapport with management/ project profitability/ resource has rare skillset etc

I don't think so as he is under paid on this band

Is he in tnm billing??

20 yrs, tech lead, 17 lpa sounds underpaid. Is that person in TCS from the beginning of his career? If yes, he has slipped into a dangerous comfort zone. Must come out of that situation urgently, brush up his skills and switch to get a respectable ctc.

No not at all..since his salary is way lower than market value

Yes you are. You are a lead with limited technical knowledge.

No one knows. People should stop coming here to ask this.

Someone sitting in the same role for a long time irrespective of the salary could be at risk, unless he is a great value add

Even though he is working for peanuts, but quite sure he dosent work even that much