Odisha exhausts quota under rural BPO scheme, gets 350 more seats

Odisha has exhausted its quota of 1,900 seats allocated under the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) envisaged under Digital India Programme for setting up of business process outsourcing (BPO) units in rural areas. 

In total, the state has signed master service agreements with 15 companies to create a total of 2,222 seats over and above its share of 1,900 seats. 

“The response for the scheme is better compared to other states. We have got another 350 seats to be created in the state during the sixth round of bidding. The seats are in addition to 2,222 seats created after the fifth round