Lok Sabha Question No. 1820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Software Technology Parks
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Hemant Patil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1820

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 21.09.2020

## SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

## 1820.

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

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

- (a)  whether the Government is pursuing a scheme of establishing Software Technology Parks (STP) across India through the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether software export parks will play a critical role in the vision to become a software export oriented nation and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government intends to target specific areas to develop them as model software export hubs in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the details of operational STPs, State/UT-wise;
- (e) the proposal under consideration of the Government regarding establishment of such parks across the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (f)  whether the Government has any plans to set up STPs in Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof; districtwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):    Software  Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is the implementing agency for Software Technology Parks (STP) Scheme, which is a 100% export-oriented scheme for the development and export of computer software using data communication links or physical media, including export of professional services. Currently, 4186 export oriented IT/ ITeS units are registered with STPI across the country.
- (b): The  exports from the IT/ ITeS industry which is being witnessed by the country today, is mainly due to successful administration of the Software Technology Park (STP) Scheme during the last three decades. The exports made by the STP units in the FY 2018-19 stands at  Rs. 4.21 lakh crore which is about 45 % of the total IT/ ITeS exports from the country in FY 2018-19.
- (c):  Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has established its 60 centres across India, out of which 52 are in Tier-II/ Tier-III cities. Further, 23 new STPI centres have been approved by the Government in Tier-II/ TierIII cities with the intention to disperse IT/ ITeS industry beyond Tier-I locations.
- (d):   The State-wise list of operational STPI centres is at Annexure-I .
- (e):   The State-wise list of approved STPI Centres is at Annexure II.
- (f):  Six STPI centres are operational in Maharashtra at Pune, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad and Kolhapur. However, currently, there is no proposal under consideration of the Government to set-up new STPI Centres in Maharashtra.

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## List of operational 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 | Goa               | Goa                |
|     9 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        |
|    10 | Gujarat           | Surat              |
|    11 | Haryana           | Gurgaon            |
|    12 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             |
|    13 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              |
|    14 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar           |
|    15 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             |
|    16 | Jharkhand         | Deoghar            |
|    17 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru          |
|    18 | Karnataka         | Hubli              |
|    19 | Karnataka         | Mangalore          |
|    20 | Karnataka         | Manipal            |
|    21 | Karnataka         | Mysore             |
|    22 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|    23 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            |
|    24 | Madhya Pradesh    | Indore             |
|    25 | Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal             |
|    26 | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad         |
|    27 | Maharashtra       | Kolhapur           |
|    28 | Maharashtra       | Nagpur             |
|    29 | Maharashtra       | Nasik              |
|    30 | Maharashtra       | Mumbai             |
|    31 | Maharashtra       | Pune               |
|    32 | Manipur           | Imphal             |
|    33 | Meghalaya         | Shillong           |
|    34 | Mizoram           | Aizawl             |
|    35 | Odisha            | Berhampur          |
|    36 |                   | Bhubaneswar        |

## Annexure-I

|   37 |               | Rourkela    |
|------|---------------|-------------|
|   38 | Pondicherry   | Pondicherry |
|   39 | Punjab        | Mohali      |
|   40 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur      |
|   41 |               | Jodhour     |
|   42 | Sikkim        | Gangtok     |
|   43 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai     |
|   44 |               | Coimbatore  |
|   45 |               | Madurai     |
|   46 |               | Tirunelveli |
|   47 |               | Trichy      |
|   48 | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |
|   49 |               | Warangal    |
|   50 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   |
|   51 |               | Kanpur      |
|   52 |               | Lucknow     |
|   53 |               | Noida       |
|   54 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|   55 | West Bengal   | Durgapur    |
|   56 |               | Haldia      |
|   57 |               | Kharagpur   |
|   58 |               | Kolkata     |
|   59 |               | Siliguri    |
|   60 | Tripura       | Agartala    |

List of upcoming STPI Centres

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

## Annexure-II

|   18 |                  | Gorakhpur   |
|------|------------------|-------------|
|   19 |                  | Meerut      |
|   20 |                  | Varanasi    |
|   21 | Haryana          | Panchkula   |
|   22 | Gujarat          | Bhavnagar   |
|   23 | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra      |