As it looks to create digital inclusion and equitable growth, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) will explore a mechanism wherein women, primarily house wives, can be empowered to run business process outsourcing (BPO) services from their homes.The Ministry is expected to give some kind of financial support to such women. The India BPO promotion scheme, which was conceived in 2014 with an aim to spread jobs across small towns, has already created employment fir 10,297 persons. "We have to be innovative to revolutionize this BPO movement. I have directed my department to explore and come out with schemes which allows women to carry out BPO work from home. Like a homegrown movement for BPO promotion. A group of 100 women can come together and work under one roof," Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.He further added newer ways should be looked at to make it convenient for women workforce to participate and contribute in country's growth.The scheme with an ...
