Lok Sabha Question No. 2191 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Data Centre Parks
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  2191

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.03.2020

## DATA CENTRE PARKS

## 2191      SHRI  RAJA  AMARESHWARA  NAIK:     SHRI BHOLA  SINGH: SHRI  VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:    SHRIMATI  SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH

DEO:

## DR.  JAYANTA  KUMAR ROY:         DR. SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  policy  to  enable  private  sector  to  build Data Centre Parks throughout the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  Government  has  any  plan  to  develop  new  technologies  like  Artificial  intelligence, Internet-of -Things (IoT), 3D printing, quantum computing, etc. and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the other steps being taken by the Government to harness the benefit of these technologies?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a):    Yes, Sir.  As per the budget announcement 2020-2021, Government proposes to soon bring out a  policy  to  build  Data  Center  Parks  throughout  the  country;  this  will  enable  firms  to  skilfully incorporate data in every step of their value chains.

(b) and (c):  Yes, Sir.  Government of India has launched a National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) at a total cost of Rs. 3660 Crores for a period of 5 years. NMICPS has plans to establish Technology Innovation Hubs in Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, Quantum Computing etc. The core activities of these hubs include: Technology Development, translational research and commercialization of new technologies, accelerate entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem development in these new technologies.

Under the Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme to promote tech entrepreneurship financial and technical support is provided to incubators engaged in supporting ICT startups  using  emerging  technologies  such  as  IoT,  AI,  Block-chain,  Robotics  etc.  in  areas  of societal  relevance.  The  Scheme will  be  implemented through 51 incubators through a three tiered structure  with  an  overarching  objective  to  promote  incubation  activities  at  institutes  of  higher learning and premier R&D organisations.

Further  in  order  to  foster  innovation  and  to  promote  start-ups  in  the  domains  of  Emerging Technologies like Internet of Things (IOT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality  (AR/VR),  Data  Analytics  etc,  MeitY  has  established  Centres  of  Excellence  (CoE).  These centres  connect  various  entities  such  as  start-ups,  enterprises,  venture  capitalists,  government  and academia to work on various problem areas and develop emerging Technologies based solutions.

MeitY through NIC & NICSI created Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics (CEDA) to support government departments to unlock the hidden potential of the data that they are generating as a part of the governance processes, and use it to improve the overall governance.

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