Lok Sabha Question No. 909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-07
Subject: Software Technology Parks
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  909

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 07.02.2018

## SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

## 909.   DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up software technology parks in the backward areas of the country including Odisha;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up such parks in Bargarh district of Odisha and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres are set-up at the initiative of State/ Union Territory Government(s). A total of 57 STPI centres have been setup across the country, out of which 49 centres are in nonmetro locations (State-wise list of STPI Centres is at Annexure-I). The State of Odisha has 3 STPI centres located at Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Rourkela. Further, 25 new STPI centres have been approved including 5 centres in the State of Odisha at Angul, Balasore,  Jajpur, Koraput (Jeypore) and Sambalpur. (State-wise list of new STPI Centres is at Annexure-II).

No proposal has been received from the State Government of Odisha for setting up of a STPI centre in Bargarh District.

## Annexure-I

## List of existing STPI Centres

|   S.N | State             | Centre Name        |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada           |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Tirupati           |
|     3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada         |
|     4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizag              |
|     5 | Assam             | Guwahati           |
|     6 | Bihar             | Patna              |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh      | Bhilai             |
|     8 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        |
|     9 | Gujarat           | Surat              |
|    10 | Haryana           | Gurgaon            |
|    11 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             |
|    12 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              |
|    13 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar           |
|    14 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             |
|    15 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru          |
|    16 |                   | Hubli              |
|    17 |                   | Mangalore          |
|    18 |                   | Manipal            |
|    19 |                   | Mysore             |
|    20 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|    21 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            |
|    22 | Madhya Pradesh    | 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 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar |
|   34 | Odisha        | Rourkela    |
|   35 | Pondicherry   | Pondicherry |
|   36 | Punjab        | Mohali      |
|   37 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur      |
|   38 | Rajasthan     | Jodhour     |
|   39 | Sikkim        | Gangtok     |
|   40 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai     |
|   41 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore  |
|   42 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai     |
|   43 | Tamil Nadu    | Tirunelveli |
|   44 | Tamil Nadu    | Trichy      |
|   45 | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |
|   46 | Telangana     | Warangal    |
|   47 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   |
|   48 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur      |
|   49 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|   50 | Uttar Pradesh | Noida       |
|   51 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|   52 | West Bengal   | Durgapur    |
|   53 | West Bengal   | Haldia      |
|   54 | West Bengal   | Kharagpur   |
|   55 | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|   56 | West Bengal   | Siliguri    |
|   57 | Tripura       | Agartala    |

Annexure-II

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

List of upcoming STPI Centres

|   22 |         | Meerut    |
|------|---------|-----------|
|   23 |         | Varanasi  |
|   24 | Haryana | Panchkula |
|   25 | Gujarat | Bhavnagar |