Lok Sabha Question No. 1267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Software Technology Parks
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS  AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1267

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 25.07.2018

## SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

## 1267. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

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

- (a) whether Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) have been set up in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the purpose for setting up of STPI;
- (c) the State-wise details of those software technology parks which have been registered and are functional at present;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up more STPI units in the country; and
- (e) if so, the names of the States/Union Territories where the Government proposes to set up these new STPI units?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S. S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a): Yes, Sir.
- (b): A total of 58 STPI centres are operational across the country, as of now, out of which 50 centres are in Tier II and Tier III cities. The objectives of setting up of STPI centres are:
-  To promote the region as one of the preferred IT destination and to attract IT/ ITeS/ BPO Units to the State;
-  To promote the export of IT Software and Services from the region thus contributing to Gross National Exports;
-  To  provide  Statutory  Services  under  Software  Technology  Park  (STP)  and  Electronic  Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) Schemes of the Government;
-  To provide High-Speed Data Communication and other value added services; and
-  Stimulate creation of direct and indirect employment opportunities.
- (c):  State-wise list of functional STPI centres is enclosed at Annexure- I.
- (d):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  sets-up  new  STPI  centres  in  the  country  based  on  the  demand  from  the respective State Governments. Towards this, the State Government/ Centres of Excellence/ Higher Educational Institution are required to provide:
-  minimum 2 acres of developed land free of cost on long term lease, or 50,000 sq. ft. built-up area free of cost on long term lease, and
-  Feasibility  study  by  STPI  jointly  with  the  State  Government/  Centres  of  Excellence/  Higher Educational Institution to assess the potential of the location.

In  case  the  State  Government/  Centres  of  Excellence/  Higher  Educational  Institution  provides  a  minimum  2 acres of land, STPI constructs a minimum 20,000 sq.ft. built-up space as per the approved policy guidelines for "Infrastructure development at STPI centre and populating of incubation facilities".

- (e): List of proposed new STPI centres is enclosed at Annexure- II.

## List of existing STPI Centres

|   # | State            | Centre Name        |
|-----|------------------|--------------------|
|   1 | Andhra           | Kakinada           |
|   2 | Pradesh          | Tirupati           |
|   3 |                  | Vijayawada         |
|   4 |                  | Vizag              |
|   5 | Assam            | Guwahati           |
|   6 | Bihar            | Patna              |
|   7 | Chhattisgarh     | Bhilai             |
|   8 | Gujarat          | Gandhinagar        |
|   9 |                  | Surat              |
|  10 | Goa              | Goa                |
|  11 | Haryana          | Gurgaon            |
|  12 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla             |
|  13 | Jammu and        | Jammu              |
|  14 | Kashmir          | Srinagar           |
|  15 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi             |
|  16 | Karnataka        | Bengaluru          |
|  17 |                  | Hubli              |
|  18 |                  | Mangalore          |
|  19 |                  | Manipal            |
|  20 |                  | Mysore             |
|  21 | Kerala           | Thiruvananthapuram |
|  22 | Madhya           | Gwalior            |
|  23 | Pradesh          | Indore             |
|  24 | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad         |
|  25 |                  | Kolhapur           |
|  26 |                  | Nagpur             |
|  27 |                  | Nasik              |
|  28 |                  | Mumbai             |
|  29 |                  | Pune               |

## List of upcoming STPI Centres

|   # | State             | Centre Name       |
|-----|-------------------|-------------------|
|   1 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar          |
|   2 | Bihar             | Bhagalpur         |
|   3 |                   | Darbhanga         |
|   4 | Jharkhand         | Bokaro            |
|   5 |                   | Deoghar           |
|   6 |                   | Dhanbad           |
|   7 |                   | Jamshedpur        |
|   8 | Madhya            | Bhopal            |
|   9 | Pradesh           | Chhindwada        |
|  10 |                   | Jabalpur          |
|  11 | Nagaland          | Kohima-Dimapur    |
|  12 | Odisha            | Angul             |
|  13 |                   | Balasore          |
|  14 |                   | Jajpur            |
|  15 |                   | Koraput (Jeypore) |

|   16 |               | Sambalpur   |
|------|---------------|-------------|
|   17 | Punjab        | Amritsar    |
|   18 | Karnataka     | Davangere   |
|   19 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra        |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur   |
|   21 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut      |
|   22 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi    |
|   23 | Haryana       | Panchkula   |
|   24 | Gujarat       | Bhavnagar   |

|   30 | Manipur       | Imphal      |
|------|---------------|-------------|
|   31 | Meghalaya     | Shillong    |
|   32 | Mizoram       | Aizawl      |
|   33 | Odisha        | Berhampur   |
|   34 |               | Bhubaneswar |
|   35 |               | Rourkela    |
|   36 | Pondicherry   | Pondicherry |
|   37 | Punjab        | Mohali      |
|   38 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur      |
|   39 |               | Jodhour     |
|   40 | Sikkim        | Gangtok     |
|   41 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai     |
|   42 |               | Coimbatore  |
|   43 |               | Madurai     |
|   44 |               | Tirunelveli |
|   45 |               | Trichy      |
|   46 | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |
|   47 |               | Warangal    |
|   48 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   |
|   49 |               | Kanpur      |
|   50 |               | Lucknow     |
|   51 |               | Noida       |
|   52 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|   53 | West Bengal   | Durgapur    |
|   54 |               | Haldia      |
|   55 |               | Kharagpur   |
|   56 |               | Kolkata     |
|   57 |               | Siliguri    |
|   58 | Tripura       | Agartala    |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure-I

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