Lok Sabha Question No. 109 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-23
Subject: Software Technology Parks of India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAMESWAR TELI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  *109

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 23.11.2016

## SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA

## *109.       SHRI RAMESWAR TELI:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether  Software  Tech  Parks  have  been  set  up  in  various  places  and  if  so,  the locations where these have been set up during the last one year;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up Software Technology Parks in the rural areas;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated/being  allocated  for  the purpose in the current financial year, State and location-wise; and
- (d) the names of the States/UTs where such parks have been set up and are proposed to be set up, location-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a)  to  (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *109 FOR 23.11.2016 REGARDING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA.

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(a) to (d):   A total of 56 Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Centres have been setup across the country. State-wise list of STPI centres is at Annexure-I. During the last one year, two new STPI centres have been set-up in Gurgaon (Haryana) and Surat (Gujarat). The state-wise list of 23 STPI centres proposed to be set-up is at AnnexureII.

As  per  policy  for  setting  up  a  new  STPI  Centre,  State  Government  or  centres  of Excellence/Higher Educational Institution is required to provide minimum 2 acres of developed land or 50,000 sq. ft. built-up area free of cost on long term lease. In case, State Government/Centres of Excellence/Higher Educational Institution provides minimum 2 acres of land, STPI will construct minimum 20,000 sq. ft. built-up space. The cost for setting up of new STPI centre shall be borne by STPI only from its internal accruals. Hence, no funds are allocated by the Government for the same.

While the initiative for setting up a new STPI centre lies with the State Government, STPI jointly with the State Government concerned is required to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the export potential and commercial viability of the proposed location.

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Annexure-I State-wise list of existing STPI Centres

|   S.N | State             | Location           |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada           |
|     2 |                   | Tirupati           |
|     3 |                   | Vijayawada         |
|     4 |                   | Vizag              |
|     5 | Assam             | Guwahati           |
|     6 | Bihar             | Patna              |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh      | Bhilai             |
|     8 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        |
|     9 |                   | Surat              |
|    10 | Haryana           | Gurgaon            |
|    11 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             |
|    12 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              |
|    13 |                   | Srinagar           |
|    14 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             |
|    15 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru          |
|    16 |                   | Hubli              |
|    17 |                   | Mangalore          |
|    18 |                   | Manipal            |
|    19 |                   | Mysore             |
|    20 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|    21 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            |
|    22 |                   | Indore             |
|    23 | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad         |
|    24 |                   | Kolhapur           |
|    25 |                   | Nagpur             |
|    26 |                   | Nasik              |
|    27 |                   | Mumbai             |
|    28 |                   | Pune               |
|    29 | Manipur           | Imphal             |
|    30 | Meghalaya         | Shillong           |
|    31 | Mizoram           | Aizawl             |
|    32 | Odisha            | Berhampur          |
|    33 |                   | Bhubaneswar        |
|    34 |                   | Rourkela           |
|    35 | Pondicherry       | Pondicherry        |
|    36 | Punjab            | Mohali             |
|    37 | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             |
|    38 |                   | Jodhour            |
|    39 | Sikkim            | Gangtok            |
|    40 | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai            |
|    41 |                   | Coimbatore         |
|    42 |                   | Madurai            |
|    43 |                   | Tirunelveli        |
|    44 |                   | Trichy             |
|    45 | Telangana         | Hyderabad          |
|    46 |                   | Warangal           |
|    47 | Uttar Pradesh     | Allahabad          |

|   48 |             | Kanpur    |
|------|-------------|-----------|
|   49 |             | Lucknow   |
|   50 |             | Noida     |
|   51 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun  |
|   52 | West Bengal | Durgapur  |
|   53 |             | Haldia    |
|   54 |             | Kharagpur |
|   55 |             | Kolkata   |
|   56 |             | Siliguri  |

State-wise list of proposed STPI Centres

|   S.N | State             | Location          |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|     1 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar          |
|     2 | Bihar             | Bhagalpur         |
|     3 | Bihar             | Darbhanga         |
|     4 | Goa               | Goa               |
|     5 | Jharkhand         | Bokaro            |
|     6 | Jharkhand         | Deoghar           |
|     7 | Jharkhand         | Dhanbad           |
|     8 | Jharkhand         | Jamshedpur        |
|     9 | Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal            |
|    10 | Madhya Pradesh    | Chhindwada        |
|    11 | Madhya Pradesh    | Jabalpur          |
|    12 | Nagaland          | Kohima-Dimapur    |
|    13 | Odisha            | Angul             |
|    14 | Odisha            | Balasore          |
|    15 | Odisha            | Jajpur            |
|    16 | Odisha            | Koraput (jeypore) |
|    17 | Odisha            | Sambalpur         |
|    18 | Punjab            | Amritsar          |
|    19 | Tripura           | Agartala          |
|    20 | Uttar Pradesh     | Agra              |
|    21 | Uttar Pradesh     | Gorakhpur         |
|    22 | Uttar Pradesh     | Meerut            |
|    23 | Uttar Pradesh     | Varanasi          |

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## Annexure-II