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“A lot of new companies are setting up presence in the state and the existing ones are on expansion mode. We expect that about 20,000-25,000 new jobs would be added this year,” he said.

Last year IT companies in the state had hired almost 15,000 freshers pushing the number of total workforce to nearly a lakh. According to Das, major IT firms like PwC, Capgemini and Cognizant are expanding, making room for further job generation.

According to him, in last three years, the employment in IT sector at West Bengal has become almost 2.5 times in comparison to what it was in 2006. There are about 90,000 people working in the IT sector in the state at present.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an interactive session organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Das said, “it (land acquisition for the IT companies) has slowed our speed, but could not stop us. For us, 2009 was a golden year.” While, other states had witnessed a de-growth in the IT and ITeS space, West Bengal has reported a double digit growth during 2009.

West Bengal has increased land earmarked for the IT companies to about 300 acres at Rajarhat and handed it over to IT and IT infrastruture companies including TCS, Unitech, DLF, RMZ, Shapoorji Palonji. Moreover, the state has also earmarked 130 acres at Bantala and 10 acres at Nonadanga.
More than 20,000 are likely to be hired this year in the IT and IteS sector in the state, said state information technology minister Debesh Das.

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