Andhra Pradesh has been able to notch up the highest number of jobs at 12,234 out of the over 47,000 jobs created under the India BPO promotion scheme (IBPS) rolled out by the Centre to encourage ITeS players to set up shop in tier 2 and 3 centres.
AP stole a march over other states likeTamil Naduthat saw 9,401 BPO jobs being created followed byPunjab(4,463),Odisha(2,493),Maharashtra(2,353), Jharkhand (2,256) and Bihar (1,551).
When it comes to cities too, APsVisakhapatnamcreated the highest number of BPO jobs under the scheme at 7,738, followed by Nadus Coimbatore at 4,908, Punjabs Mohali at 4,453, Jharkhands Ranchi (2,162), Bhubaneswar in Odisha (1,901) and Patna in Bihar (1,324).