Tech consultancy giant Accenture has proposed building a new campus in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with plans to eventually add about 12,000 jobs to its India workforce, three people familiar with the development told Reuters .

The proposal follows similar deals made by IT firms Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Cognizant, both of which have taken advantage of a new state policy that offers leased land at just 0.99 rupees (around $0.0112) per acre to large employers willing to generate jobs.

India already serves as Accenture’s largest global hub, with more than 300,000 of its 790,000 employees based in the country.

Accenture makes land request in Visakhapatnam

As part of its plan, Accenture has requested around 10 acres of land in the port city of Visakhapatnam

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