Lok Sabha
As per the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the number of persons employed in the Information Technology – BPO sector during each of the last three financial years and the current financial year are as under:
Year Number
2006 1,293,000
2007 1,621,000
2008 2,010,000
2009 2,236,614
The above figures do not include employees in the hardware sector.
Department of Information Technology (DIT) in consultation with the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) had instituted a study entitled “Mapping the manpower skills in the IT hardware and electronics manufacturing industry” through Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT).
As per the findings of the study the human resource directly employed in the industry in the year 2007 is roughly of the order of 770,000. It is estimated that about 2.25 million persons would be directly employed in the industry by 2015 as against 0.77 million in 2007. The incremental human resource requirement has been estimated to be at around 1.5 million persons.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Harish Rawat in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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