Lok Sabha Question No. 1877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Status of Technology Hubs
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1877. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 3 RD  JULY, 2019.

## STATUS OF TECHNOLOGY HUBS

## 1877.  SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government is aware that India is fourth ranked destination spot in technology development hub;
- (b) if so, the present status of tech hubs in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  proposal  of  the  Government  to  set  up  and  expand  new  tech hubs and FDI investments in the country; and
- (d) the details of FDI received in actual during 2014-19 period therein?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री (श्री पीयूष गोयल) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): The  US  firm  KPMG  has  released  a  report  based  on  750  industry representatives  including  start-up  entrepreneurs  and  FORTUNE  500 executives titled 'The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies'. The Report ranks India in third place, as 13 percent of the respondents indicated  India's  potential  for  technology  breakthroughs.  However,  no such assessment is made by the Government.
- (b) & (c): Currently,  59  Software  Technology  Parks  of  India  (STPI)  Centres  are operational across the country out of which 51 Centres are in Tier-II/ III locations.  Further,  24  new  STPI  Centres  have  been  approved  by  the Governing Council of STPI which are at various stages of implementation. (Annexure 1 )

Technology Development Programmes (TDP): Department of Science and  Technology has been  implementing  Technology  Development Programmes  (TDP)  to  facilitate  conversion  of  proof-of-concepts  for technologies/  techniques/  processes/products  into  advance  prototypes for validation and demonstration in field settings. The main objectives of the program include:

- Support  R&D  for  development  of  innovative  technologies  in identified areas.
- Promote  application  of  advanced  technology  for  improving  the performance and value addition to existing technology.
- Capacity  building  in  the  area  of  technology  development  in terms of human resource and infra-structure.

The sub schemes of TDP are:

- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) aligning to Make in India
- Biomedical Device and Technology Development Program (BDTD) aligning to Swasth Bharat
- Device Development Program (DDP) aligning to Make in India
- Science and Heritage Research Initiative (SHRI)
- Technology  Development  Program  (TDP)  aligning  to  Make  in India
- Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR) aligning to Make in India
- Waste  Management  Technologies  (WMT)  aligning  to  Swachh Bharat and Smart City

No  data  of  FDI  is  maintained  based  on  Industrial  Estates  or  on geographical location other than States.

- (d): During the period 2014-2019  FDI  Inflow of US  $  286.28  billion (provisional) have been reported in the country.

******

## ANNEXURE 1

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)&  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1877 FOR ANSWER ON 3.7.2019

## List of existing STPI Centres

|   S.N | State             | Centre Name        | City type   |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada           | Tier II/III |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Tirupati           | Tier II/III |
|     3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada         | Tier II/III |
|     4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizag              | Tier II/III |
|     5 | Assam             | Guwahati           | Tier II/III |
|     6 | Bihar             | Patna              | Tier II/III |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh      | Bhilai             | Tier II/III |
|     8 | Goa               | Goa                | Tier II/III |
|     9 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        | Tier II/III |
|    10 | Gujarat           | Surat              | Tier II/III |
|    11 | Haryana           | Gurgaon            | Tier I      |
|    12 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             | Tier II/III |
|    13 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              | Tier II/III |
|    14 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar           | Tier II/III |
|    15 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             | Tier II/III |
|    16 |                   | Deoghar            | Tier II/III |
|    17 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru          | Tier I      |
|    18 | Karnataka         | Hubli              | Tier II/III |
|    19 | Karnataka         | Mangalore          | Tier II/III |
|    20 | Karnataka         | Manipal            | Tier II/III |
|    21 | Karnataka         | Mysore             | Tier II/III |
|    22 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram | Tier II/III |
|    23 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            | Tier II/III |
|    24 | Madhya Pradesh    | Indore             | Tier II/III |
|    25 | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad         | Tier II/III |
|    26 | Maharashtra       | Kolhapur           | Tier II/III |
|    27 | Maharashtra       | Nagpur             | Tier II/III |
|    28 | Maharashtra       | Nasik              | Tier II/III |
|    29 | Maharashtra       | Mumbai             | Tier I      |
|    30 | Maharashtra       | Pune               | Tier I      |
|    31 | Manipur           | Imphal             | Tier II/III |
|    32 | Meghalaya         | Shillong           | Tier II/III |
|    33 | Mizoram           | Aizawl             | Tier II/III |
|    34 | Odisha            | Berhampur          | Tier II/III |
|    35 | Odisha            | Bhubaneswar        | Tier II/III |
|    36 | Odisha            | Rourkela           | Tier II/III |
|    37 | Pondicherry       | Pondicherry        | Tier II/III |
|    38 | Punjab            | Mohali             | Tier II/III |
|    39 | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             | Tier II/III |
|    40 | Rajasthan         | Jodhour            | Tier II/III |
|    41 | Sikkim            | Gangtok            | Tier II/III |

|   42 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai     | Tier I      |
|------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|   43 |               | Coimbatore  | Tier II/III |
|   44 |               | Madurai     | Tier II/III |
|   45 |               | Tirunelveli | Tier II/III |
|   46 |               | Trichy      | Tier II/III |
|   47 | Telangana     | Hyderabad   | Tier I      |
|   48 |               | Warangal    | Tier II/III |
|   49 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   | Tier II/III |
|   50 |               | Kanpur      | Tier II/III |
|   51 |               | Lucknow     | Tier II/III |
|   52 |               | Noida       | Tier I      |
|   53 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    | Tier II/III |
|   54 | West Bengal   | Durgapur    | Tier II/III |
|   55 |               | Haldia      | Tier II/III |
|   56 |               | Kharagpur   | Tier II/III |
|   57 |               | Kolkata     | Tier I      |
|   58 |               | Siliguri    | Tier II/III |
|   59 | Tripura       | Agartala    | Tier II/III |

List of upcoming STPI Centres

|   S.N | State             | Centre Name       | City Type   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|     1 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar          | Tier II/III |
|     2 | Bihar             | Bhagalpur         | Tier II/III |
|     3 |                   | Darbhanga         | Tier II/III |
|     4 | Jharkhand         | Bokaro            | Tier II/III |
|     5 |                   | Dhanbad           | Tier II/III |
|     6 |                   | Jamshedpur        | Tier II/III |
|     7 | Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal            | Tier II/III |
|     8 |                   | Chhindwada        | Tier II/III |
|     9 |                   | Jabalpur          | Tier II/III |
|    10 | Nagaland          | Kohima-Dimapur    | Tier II/III |
|    11 | Odisha            | Angul             | Tier II/III |
|    12 |                   | Balasore          | Tier II/III |
|    13 |                   | Jajpur            | Tier II/III |
|    14 |                   | Koraput (Jeypore) | Tier II/III |
|    15 |                   | Sambalpur         | Tier II/III |
|    16 | Punjab            | Amritsar          | Tier II/III |
|    17 | Karnataka         | Davangere         | Tier II/III |
|    18 | Uttar Pradesh     | Agra              | Tier II/III |
|    19 |                   | Gorakhpur         | Tier II/III |
|    20 |                   | Meerut            | Tier II/III |
|    21 |                   | Varanasi          | Tier II/III |
|    22 | Haryana           | Panchkula         | Tier II/III |
|    23 | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar         | Tier II/III |
|    24 | Himachal Pradesh  | Kangra            | Tier II/III |

*******