Lok Sabha Question No. 614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: IT Hubs and BPO Centres
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  614

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.11.2019

## IT HUBS AND BPO CENTRES

## 614. DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  IT  hubs  in  major  cities  across  the  country  to provide employment to youth in the IT sector at local level;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the achievement made so far by the Government in this regard;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  open  BPO  centres  in  small  cities  to  provide employment to youth in IT sector at local level and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  details  of  BPO  centres  opened  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the further action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)  and  (b):    In  order  to  promote  investment  across  the  country, facilitate  balanced  regional development, generate employment and encourage & support individuals/entities having innovative ideas in IT/IT enabled Services(ITES) sector, a total of 59 centres of Software Technology Parks of India  (STPI),  an  autonomous  society  of  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  IT  (MeitY)  has  been  set  up across  the  country.  Further,  24  new  STPI  centres  are  proposed  to  be  setup  which  are  at  various stages of implementation.

(c) and (d): To create employment opportunities and dispersal of IT/ITES industry in small cities and towns (excluding metro locations), Government  had launched two  BPO promotion schemes, namely India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) and North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS). These  schemes  aim  to  incentivize  setting  up  of  53,300  seats  BPO/ITES  operations  by  providing financial support up to ₹ 1 lakh per seat in the form of viability gap funding. The disbursements of financial  support  are  directly  linked  with  the  objective  i.e.  employment  generation  by  the  units. Since  the  inception  of  these  schemes,  257  units  have  started  BPO/ITES  operations  for  a  total  of 48,519 seats across 28 States/UTs of the country, providing direct employment to approx 34,000 persons.  The  State  wise  details  of  BPO/ITES  units  started  operations  under  these  schemes  is  at Annexure .  The details of these schemes are at https://ibps.stpi.in/ and https://nebps.stpi.in/

- (e): The duration of IBPS and NEBPS was up to 31.03.2019. After review, NEBPS is extended by 1 year i.e. up to 31.03.2020. Further, to  create employment opportunities, specially for women and differently abled persons and expanding the base of available talent pool towards enablement thus of

the future growth of IT/ITES industry, MeitY has envisaged draft Promotion of Work From Home Jobs  in  IT/ITES  sector  (Prawah) Scheme  for  promotion  of  Work  From  Home  Jobs  in  IT/ITES

sector to promote New Mind-Set, by incentivizing 50,000 Work From Home jobs in IT/ITES sector across the country at an outlay of  about Rs. 271 crore for 3 years.

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Annexure Number of BPO/ITeS units started in each State/UT under IBPS and NEBPS

| List of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS/NEBPS   | List of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS/NEBPS   | List of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS/NEBPS   | List of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS/NEBPS   | List of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS/NEBPS   | List of BPO/ITES units started under IBPS/NEBPS   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                              | State/UT Name                                     | 2016                                              | 2017                                              | 2018                                              | 2019                                              |
| 1                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                    | 4                                                 | 8                                                 | 26                                                | 7                                                 |
| 2                                                 | Bihar                                             | 5                                                 | 1                                                 | 5                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 3                                                 | Chandigarh U.T.                                   | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| 4                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                      | 1                                                 | -                                                 | 3                                                 | -                                                 |
| 5                                                 | Gujarat                                           | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 |
| 6                                                 | Haryana                                           | -                                                 | -                                                 | 3                                                 | -                                                 |
| 7                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                  | 2                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 8                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                    | 7                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 |
| 9                                                 | Jharkhand                                         | -                                                 | -                                                 | 13                                                | 7                                                 |
| 10                                                | Karnataka                                         | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 5                                                 | 4                                                 |
| 11                                                | Kerala                                            | -                                                 | -                                                 | 2                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 12                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                    | 1                                                 | -                                                 | 5                                                 | -                                                 |
| 13                                                | Maharashtra                                       | 6                                                 | 2                                                 | 6                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 14                                                | Odisha                                            | 4                                                 | 3                                                 | 12                                                | 2                                                 |
| 15                                                | Puducherry U.T.                                   | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| 16                                                | Punjab                                            | -                                                 | 1                                                 | 7                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 17                                                | Rajasthan                                         | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 |
| 18                                                | Tamil Nadu                                        | 8                                                 | 9                                                 | 23                                                | 7                                                 |
| 19                                                | Telangana                                         | 1                                                 | -                                                 | 2                                                 | -                                                 |
| 20                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                     | 4                                                 | 1                                                 | 7                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 21                                                | Uttarakhand                                       | 1                                                 | -                                                 | 3                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 22                                                | West Bengal                                       | -                                                 | -                                                 | 4                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 23                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 |
| 24                                                | Assam                                             | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 3                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 25                                                | Manipur                                           | 2                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 |
| 26                                                | Meghalaya                                         | -                                                 | -                                                 | 2                                                 | -                                                 |
| 27                                                | Nagaland                                          | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| 28                                                | Tripura                                           | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 |
| Total                                             | Total                                             | 52                                                | 28                                                | 137                                               | 40                                                |
| Grand Total                                       | Grand Total                                       |                                                   |                                                   | 257                                               |                                                   |

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