Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) the aims and objectives of India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) and funds allocated by the Government since its commencement, year and State/UT-wise;
(b) whether the scheme has adequately created the employment opportunities for the youth, since its inception; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the number of employment generated there under during the same period, State/ UT-wise?
(a) to (c): To create employment opportunities and dispersal of IT/ITES industry in small cities and towns including rural areas (excluding metro locations), Government had launched India BPO Promotion Scheme on 28th December 2015. The scheme aims to incentivize setting up of 48,300 seats BPO/ITES operations by providing financial support up to Rs. 1 lakh per seat in the form of viability gap funding for capital and operational expenditure along with special incentives like encouraging employment to women and physically disabled persons, promoting local entrepreneurs etc. The disbursements of financial support are directly linked with the objective i.e. employment generation by the units. Since the inception of the scheme, 243 units have started BPO/ITES operations for a total of 47,244 seats across 22 States/UTs of the country (excluding North Eastern Region as that is covered under North East BPO Promotion Scheme), providing direct employment to over 33,000 persons. The duration of IBPS was up to 31.03.2019. The State wise details of BPO/ITES units who started operations under the scheme is at Annexure.
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Annexure
Details of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS
S.No
State/UT Name Units Seats* Employment
1 Andhra Pradesh 45 13584 8749
2 Bihar 12 2300 1095
3 Chandigarh U.T. 1 100 58
4 Chhattisgarh 4 400 194
5 Gujarat 1 100 10
6 Haryana 3 300 151
7 Himachal Pradesh 3 250 144
8 Jammu & Kashmir 8 400 559
9 Jharkhand 20 2950 1752
10 Karnataka 11 2400 1353
11 Kerala 3 400 205
12 Madhya Pradesh 6 1300 1155
13 Maharashtra 16 3445 2059
14 Odisha 21 2232 1894
15 Puducherry U.T. 1 100 105
16 Punjab 10 2600 3481
17 Rajasthan 3 400 579
18 Tamil Nadu 47 6865 8035
19 Telangana 3 2398 210
20 Uttar Pradesh 13 3320 902
21 Uttarakhand 6 500 295
22 West Bengal 6 900 182
Total 243 47,244 33,167
*The budget allocation for each State is according to seats allocated.
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