Lok Sabha Question No. 3835 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: BPO Promotion Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, ARUN KUMAR, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3835

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.08.2017

## BPO PROMOTION SCHEME

## 3835. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

DR. ARUN KUMAR:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

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?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(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   | IBPS BPO Seats Distribution across State(s)/UT(s) based on population %as per Census 2011   | IBPS BPO Seats Distribution across State(s)/UT(s) based on population %as per Census 2011   | IBPS BPO Seats Distribution across State(s)/UT(s) based on population %as per Census 2011   | 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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