Employment generation: Rural BPO scheme creates jobs for over 11,500 people

With an outlay of Rs 4.93 billion, the scheme provides special incentives of up to Rs 1 lakh per seat in the form of viability gap funding

The government’s scheme to promote business process outsourcing (BPO) operations in rural areas has so far created over 11,500 jobs across the country. Almost 40 per cent of these positions have been filled by women candidates.

The scheme, conceived in 2014 under the Digital India Programme, seeks to incentivise establishment of 48,300 seats in respect of BPO operations across India. With an outlay of Rs 4.93 billion, the scheme provides special incentives of up to Rs 100,000 per seat in the form of viability gap funding. 

According to the latest information available with the Electronics and IT Ministry, 31,632 seats