Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4316
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4316
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4316
(a) whether the objective of the India BPO Promotion Scheme was to create opportunities for the youth
living in rural areas so that they do not need to migrate to urban clusters;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the India BPO Promotion Scheme has been given the special focus of the Government to
develop the North East regions of India, if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the said scheme provide special incentives of upto Rs. 1 lakh per seat in the form of Viability
Gap Funding (VGF) and disbursement of financial support under these schemes is directly linked with
employment generation, if so, the details of beneficiaries, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh since
inception of the said scheme; and
(e) the details of the total seats under India BPO Promotion Scheme and under North East BPO
Promotion Scheme distributed across different States including Madhya Pradesh in proportion to their
population?
ANSWER
MINISTER of STATE for ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI K. J. ALPHONS)
(a) and (b): India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) 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.
(c): 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 for creation of employment opportunities for
the youth and growth of IT/ITeS Industry in the North East Region.
(d): The IBPS and NEBPS 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. The disbursement of financial support
under these schemes is directly linked with employment generation. The employment target under the
schemes is 1.5 times the number of BPO/ITeS seats. Companies achieving at least 50% of the employment
target can also avail financial support on pro-rata basis. Till now 180 units for a total of 31,732 seats under
IBPS, and 20 units for a total of 2,060 seats under NEBPS have been approved. For the State of Madhya
Pradesh, 3 units have been approved for a total of 900 seats. The State wise list of units approved under
IBPS and NEBPS is at Annexure-I.
(e): The total 48,300 seats in IBPS have been distributed across the States/ UTs based on respective
population percentage as per Census 2011. Thus for the State of Madhya Pradesh a total of 3200 seats has
been allocated. The State/ UT wise list of seats distributed under IBPS based on population percentage is at
Annexure-II. However, there is no State wise distribution of seats in NEBPS; the total 5,000 seats are for the
entire North East Region.
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Annexure-I
List of approved units under IBPS
Annexure-II
IBPS Seats Distribution across State(s)/UT(s) based on population % as per Census 2011
Seats Rounded-off to
State/UT Population Population % Seats by population % 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 from overall population of Country.
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