Question : BPO Promotion Scheme

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

(a) whether the Government has launched the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) under Digital India Programme for raising employment especially for youth and to promote BPO/ITES operations in small/medium size cities as well as in rural areas;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of seats allotted, State-wise;
(c) whether the BPO/ITES seats have not been allotted to States/UTs as per the percentage of their population;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor;
(e) whether the Central Government has received any complaints from State Governments in this regard;
(f) if so, the State-wise details thereof; and
(g) the State-wise details of the outlay earmarked in this regard?

(a) to (d): Yes, Madam. Under Digital India programme, the Government has launched India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS), for creation of employment opportunities and promotion of investment in Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES) sector across the country particularly in small cities/towns including rural areas, by incentivizing setting up of 48,300 seats distributed among State/UTs based on their population percentage as per Census 2011(excluding Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, NCR, Kolkata, Hyderabad and States of NER). The details of seats allotted among States/UTs is at Annexure. The outlay of the scheme is ` 493 crore. Further, details of the scheme are available at www.meity.gov.in/ibps and https://ibps.stpi.in

(e): No, Madam.

(f): Does not arise.

(g): There is no State-wise outlay earmarked under IBPS, as the outlay is dependent/determined on the basis of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) requirement indicated, which may differ from State to State or within different locations in a State within the overall cap of financial support i.e. ` 1 lakh/seat.

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Annexure

IBPS BPO Seats Distribution across State(s)/UT(s) based on population % as per Census 2011
State/UT Population Population % Seats by population % Seats Rounded-off to nearest hundred
Andhra Pradesh 493,86,799 4.56 2,189 2200
Bihar 1040,99,452 9.61 4,615 4600
Chhattisgarh 255,45,198 2.36 1,132 1100
Goa 14,58,545 0.13 65 100
Gujarat 604,39,692 5.58 2,679 2700
Haryana* 230,44,841 2.13 1,022 1000
Himachal Pradesh 68,64,602 0.63 304 300
Jammu & Kashmir 125,41,302 1.16 556 600
Jharkhand 329,88,134 3.05 1,462 1500
Karnataka* 525,95,898 4.86 2,333 2300
Kerala 334,06,061 3.09 1,481 1500
Madhya Pradesh 726,26,809 6.71 3,219 3200
Maharashtra* 889,10,077 8.21 3,941 3900
Orrisa 419,74,218 3.88 1,861 1900
Punjab 277,43,338 2.56 1,230 1200
Rajasthan 685,48,437 6.33 3,039 3000
Telangana* 274,44,644 2.53 1,214 1200
Tamilnadu* 634,51,020 5.86 2,813 2800
Uttar Pradesh* 1991,69,960 18.39 8,827 8800
Uttarakhand 100,86,292 0.93 447 400
West Bengal* 771,63,579 7.13 3,422 3400
Andaman & Nicobar Island 3,80,581 0.04 17 100
Chandigarh 10,55,450 0.10 47 100
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 3,43,709 0.03 15 100
Daman & Diu 2,42,911 0.02 11 100
Lakshadweep 64,429 0.01 3 100
Puducherry 12,47,953 0.12 55 100
Total 10828,23,931 100.00 48,000 48,300

Note:
1. Total 48,000 seats have been distributed based on population percentage among States/UTs as per Census 2011, and then rounded-off to nearest 100.
2. Minimum seats support for a State/UT = 100
3. *Population of all the States of North East Region and Urban Agglomeration Population of certain cities [Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR (Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida), Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune] is subtracted from the respective State''s Population and subsequently from overall population of Country.



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