Dubai: Accounting giant Ernst & Young is planning to increase its workforce by at least 6,500 people in the next financial year across the globe including India and China. Ernst & Young plans to increase its headcount heavily in the emerging markets by hiring 2,500 in India and China and 2,000 plus in the Middle East & North Africa, it said in a statement. Besides, the company also plans to hire over a 1,000 people in Africa and more than 1,000 in Russia. The new recruits would be across all four service lines - assurance, tax, transactions and advisory. E&Y earlier announced combined global revenues of $21.3 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.