Lok Sabha Question No. 5411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Job Opportunities in IT Sector
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

- (a):  Yes, Sir.

(b):    India's  Digital  Economy  has  received  a  tremendous  boost  through  various  Government  Initiatives  such  as Digital India covering e-Government Services, Common Service Centres (CSCs), BPO Promotion Schemes, Digital Payments, Electronic Manufacturing, and Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan; e-Commerce, GST Network, Make in India, Start-up India, Skill India, e-Health, Smart Cities, and e-Agriculture Market Place/ Digital Mandis.

The  India  BPO  Promotion  Scheme  (IBPS)  of  the  Government  aims  to  incentivize  48,300  seats  BPO/ITeS operations, with an outlay of `493 crore, by 31.03.2019. The objectives of the scheme are to create employment opportunities for the youth and promotion of investment in IT/ITeS sector across the country, particularly in small cities/ towns including rural areas.   The total 48,300 seats in IBPS have been distributed across the States/ UTs based on respective population percentage as per Census 2011. The State/ UT wise list of seats distributed under IBPS based on population percentage is at Annexure-I .   Further, additional allocation of seats can be made to any State/ UT, based on demand, subject to overall availability of seats under the scheme.

Similarly, the Government has initiated a separate 'North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS)', with an outlay of ` 50 crore, to incentivize 5,000 seats BPO/ITeS Operations in the North East Region.   There is no State wise distribution of seats in NEBPS; the total 5,000 seats are for the entire North East Region.

The  Schemes  provide  financial  support  of  up  to  `1  lakh  per  seat  in  the  form  of  Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF) towards  Capital  and  Operational  expenditure.    The  Schemes  also  provide  special  incentives  to  the  units  for promoting employment to women and especially abled persons, setting-up operations in locations other than the State Capital, generating employment beyond target, and promoting local entrepreneurs, within the overall financial support of `1 lakh per seat.

(c) and (d):  As regards the employment in Electronics and IT sector, the number of employees has nearly become 39,68,000 in CFY 2017-18, an addition of 1,05,000, from 38,63,000 in FY 2016-17.  The hiring trend is projected to remain similar to CFY in the FY 2018-19.

The  Government  initiatives  such  as  Common  Service  Centres  (CSCs),  BPO  Promotion  schemes,  Electronic Manufacturing, Digital Payments, and Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan have generated nearly 15 lakh additional jobs over the last two years.  This includes about 5 lakh jobs generated by the growth in the Electronic Manufacturing Sector.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5411

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 28.03.2018

## JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN IT SECTOR

## 5411.   SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has provided sufficient financial and basic facilities to create job opportunities in the Information Technology and the Information Technology and Electronics Services (ITES) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the total number of IT and ITES employees working in the country; and
- (d) the number of new job opportunities likely to be created in these sectors in the near future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI K J ALPHONS)

The various initiatives of the Government including Digital India coupled with new and emerging technologies are enhancing the digital economy of the country and are creating IT and Electronics led new job opportunities in both traditional  as  well  as  new  sectors  of  the  economy  such  as  Transport,  Health,  Power,  Agriculture,  and  Tourism. According to NASSCOM, it is estimated that the IT-BPM sector would continue to hire at a rate of 3% to 3.5% year-on-year to reach 45,00,000 total jobs by 2022.

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## Annexure

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

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