Tamil Nadu seeks 10,000 seats under India BPO Promotion Scheme

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday asked the Centre to allot 10,000 seats under the ‘India BPO Promotion Scheme’ to the state, citing the success of the scheme. The scheme is synchronous with the state government’s vision for creating employment in the rural areas, he said.

In a letter to Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Palaniswami said the scheme has been successful in Tamil Nadu, resulting in providing 7,705 seats in Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Chennai jurisdiction (including 7,605 seats in Tamil Nadu and 100 seats in the Union Territory of