Lok Sabha Question No. 2721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: BPO Promotion Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2721

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.12.2019

## BPO PROMOTION SCHEME

## 2721.  SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

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

- (a)  whether the Government is implementing India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the fund used out of Rs. 493 crores allocated for IBPS in the financial year 2018-19; and
- (c)   the number of jobs created in the said financial year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Yes, Sir. To create employment opportunities and dispersal of IT/ITES industry in small  cities  and  towns,  Government  had  launched  India  BPO  Promotion  Scheme  (IBPS) (excluding    North  Eastern  States  and  metro  locations),  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  duration  of  the  scheme  was  up  to  31.03.2019.  The disbursement of financial support under this scheme is on reimbursement basis directly linked with  the  objective  i.e.  employment  generation  by  the  units.  After  generating  minimum employment  as  per  the  target  under  the  scheme,  BPO/ITeS  units  claim  reimbursement  of capital and operational expenditure. In FY 2018-19, Rs. 6.53 crore has been disbursed under IBPS. Till now, direct employment generation under IBPS is over 32,000. Till 31.03.2019 the direct employment generated under IBPS was 25,357 of which approx 15,000 is generated in FY  2018-19.  The  State/UT  wise  details  of  employment  generated  till  31.03.2019  is  at Annexure.

*******

## Annexure

## State/UT wise details of employment generated under IBPS till 31.03.2019

| State/UT          | Employment Reported   |
|-------------------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 6520                  |
| Bihar             | 1506                  |
| Chandigarh U.T.   | 36                    |
| Chhattisgarh      | 136                   |
| Gujarat           | 3                     |
| Haryana           | 113                   |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 16                    |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 509                   |
| Jharkhand         | 641                   |
| Karnataka         | 535                   |
| Kerala            | 43                    |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1085                  |
| Maharashtra       | 1836                  |
| Odisha            | 1550                  |
| Puducherry U.T.   | 156                   |
| Punjab            | 2558                  |
| Rajasthan         | 413                   |
| Tamil Nadu        | 6259                  |
| Telangana         | 177                   |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 935                   |
| Uttarakhand       | 248                   |
| West Bengal       | 82                    |
| Total             | 25,357                |

******