By the year 2025, there may be about 5 lakh jobs in India in the field of e-waste i.e electronic waste. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Finance Institute focused on the private sector in emerging markets, has conveyed this estimate.

According to IFC, there will be 450,000 direct jobs created by 2025 in complete chain-collection, aggregation, dismantling and recycling in the electronic waste area. In addition, thousands of indirect jobs will also be created. Also, there is a possibility of creating 180,000 jobs in allied sectors like transport and manufacturing.

IFC 2012 is operating in the e-waste area. According to the government's e-waste (Management and Handling) Rule 2016, a productive responsibility organization (PRO), named 'IFC' and 'Karoj Possible', to show that the ground level in India for the challenges of the region But solutions are possible, in 2017, the India E-Waste program was launched.

This program focuses on supporting the PRO model and developing the ecosystem for responsible e-waste management. Under the program, more than 4,000 metric tonnes of e-waste has been collected from citizens and corporations and it has been recycled responsibly.

2,260,000 citizens, including schoolchildren, have been made aware of safe disposal of unscrupulous electronics devices. IFC Senior Country Head Vikramjit Singh said, "IFC develops a solution to the private sector to solve the complex challenges facing the world.Through the India E-Waste Program, we have prepared a large and inclusive private sector-led solution that would promote formal employment in the fast-growing areas of India and create investment opportunities.  

India is one of the fastest growing markets for electronics and the demand here is expected to reach 400 billion dollars by 2020. Every year 20 lakh tons of e-waste is produced in India. It is expected to reach 50 million tonnes by 2020.  

According to India's e-waste (Management and Handling) Rule, 2011, the responsibility of the recycling and reducing of e-waste will be of the manufacturer. The manufacturer will open a collection center for this or start a tech back system.