Lok Sabha Question No. 192 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: IT Hubs in Small Cities
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *192

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.03.2020

## IT HUBS IN SMALL CITIES

## *192.    SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop Information Technology (IT) Hubs in small cities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to give an impetus to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) :    A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *192 FOR 04.03.2020  REGARDING  IT HUBS IN SMALL CITIES

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(a) and (b):  Government of India has taken various initiatives for demographically distributing IT/ ITeS industry including in small cities. 60 Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres have been established till date of which 52 centres are in Tier II/ III cities. Further, Government has approved 23 new STPI centres in Tier II/ III locations.  List of existing and approved STPI Centres are at Annexure-I and II.

In addition to the STPI centres, Government has notified 237 SEZs in IT/ ITeS Sector, majority of  which  are  in  Tier  II/  III  locations.  Under  the  Electronics  Manufacturing  Clusters  (EMC) scheme of Government of India, under implementation since 2017, 20 Greenfield EMCs and 3 Common Facility Centres (CFCs) have been established across the country aimed at promoting employment through electronic manufacturing primarily in Tier II/ III locations. Details of these EMCs are at Annexure-III.

For providing job incentives and demographically distributing BPO operations, Government is implementing the BPO promotion schemes, namely India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) and North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS). Under these Schemes, incentives are provided for setting  up  of  BPO  IT/  ITeS  operation  and  thus,  creating  opportunities  for  establishing  53,300 seats. Since inception, 262 units have started BPO/ ITeS operations for a total of 49,009 seats in over 100 Tier II/ III cities across 28 States/ UTs of the country.

Further,  Government  has  notified  National  Policy  on  Software  Products  (NPSP)  and  National Policy  on  Electronics  (NPE)  in  the  year  2019  to  move  the  IT-Sector  up  the  value  chain  with special emphasis provided for Tier II/ III locations. In accordance with NPSP, Government has approved the Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 95.03 crore for establishing software product incubation facilities in 11 Tier II/ III STPI centres.

- (c):    As per extant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, 100% FDI is allowed in IT sector under automatic route and in electronics manufacturing, FDI upto 100% is permitted under the automatic route, subject to applicable laws/ regulation; security and other conditionalities. Also, for easing FDI approvals, cell has been created in MeitY for expediting FDI proposal received. Rs. 1,09,572 crore FDI has been invested in Computer Software and Hardware during FY 20162019 and Rs. 28,081 crore in current financial year till September, 2019.

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## State-wise list of existing STPI centres

|   S. N | State             | Centre Name        |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada           |
|      2 |                   | Tirupati           |
|      3 |                   | Vijayawada         |
|      4 |                   | Vizag              |
|      5 | Assam             | Guwahati           |
|      6 | Bihar             | Patna              |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh      | Bhilai             |
|      8 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        |
|      9 |                   | Surat              |
|     10 | Haryana           | Gurgaon            |
|     11 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             |
|     12 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              |
|     13 |                   | Srinagar           |
|     14 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             |
|     15 |                   | Deoghar            |
|     16 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru          |
|     17 |                   | Hubli              |
|     18 |                   | Mangalore          |
|     19 |                   | Manipal            |
|     20 |                   | Mysore             |
|     21 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|     22 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            |
|     23 |                   | Bhopal             |
|     24 |                   | Indore             |
|     25 | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad         |
|     26 |                   | Kolhapur           |
|     27 |                   | Nagpur             |
|     28 |                   | Nasik              |
|     29 |                   | Mumbai             |
|     30 |                   | Pune               |
|     31 | Manipur           | Imphal             |
|     32 | Meghalaya         | Shillong           |
|     33 | Mizoram           | Aizawl             |
|     34 | Odisha            | Berhampur          |
|     35 |                   | Bhubaneswar        |
|     36 |                   | Rourkela           |
|     37 | Pondicherry       | Pondicherry        |
|     38 | Punjab            | Mohali             |
|     39 | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             |
|     40 |                   | Jodhpur            |
|     41 | Sikkim            | Gangtok            |
|     42 | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai            |
|     43 |                   | Coimbatore         |
|     44 |                   | Madurai            |
|     45 |                   | Tirunelveli        |
|     46 |                   | Trichy             |
|     47 | Telangana         | Hyderabad          |
|     48 |                   | Warangal           |
|     49 | Uttar Pradesh     | Allahabad          |

## Annexure-I

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|   S. N | State       | Centre Name   |
|--------|-------------|---------------|
|     50 |             | Kanpur        |
|     51 |             | Lucknow       |
|     52 |             | Noida         |
|     53 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun      |
|     54 | West Bengal | Durgapur      |
|     55 |             | Haldia        |
|     56 |             | Kharagpur     |
|     57 |             | Kolkata       |
|     58 |             | Siliguri      |
|     59 | Tripura     | Agartala      |
|     60 | Goa         | Goa           |

State-wise list of approved STPI centres

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

## Annexure-II

## Details of applications approved under EMC scheme

| #                                             | State                                         | Location ofEMC                                                                  | Area (Acres)                                  | Chief Promoter/ SPV                                                          |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster  | Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster  | Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster                                    | Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster  | Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster                                 |
| 1                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                | Village-Cherivi, Satyavedu Mandal, Chittor District                             | 94                                            | Sri City Pvt. Ltd.                                                           |
| 2                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                | Vikruthamala Village, Yerpadu Mandal, Chittor District                          | 501.40                                        | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (APIIC)            |
| 3                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                | Renigunta and Yerpadu Mandal , Chittor District, Near Airport, Tirupati         | 113.27                                        | Sri Venkateswara Mobile and electronics manufacturing hub Pvt. Ltd.          |
| 4                                             | Assam                                         | Bongora, Palasbari Circle , Kamrup District ®, Assam                            | 100                                           | Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON)                   |
| 5                                             | Chhattisgarh                                  | Village-Tuta, Sector-22, Naya Raipur,Tehsil-Abhanpur, Raipur District           | 116.48                                        | Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation ltd. (CSIDC)           |
| 6                                             | Gujarat                                       | Village-Tunda, Taluka- Mundra, District- Kutch                                  | 631.38                                        | Mundra Solar Techno park Private Limited (MSTPL)                             |
| 7                                             | Goa                                           | Village-Tuem , Taluka- Pernem Goa                                               | 147.55                                        | Department of IT, Government of Goa                                          |
| 8                                             | Jharkhand                                     | Adityapur, Saraikela-Kharsawan District                                         | 82.49                                         | Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority (JIADA)                      |
| 9                                             | Kerala                                        | Kakkanad Village,Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District                           | 66.87                                         | Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA)            |
| 10                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                | Badwai-Bhopal                                                                   | 50                                            | Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.(MPSEDC)        |
| 11                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                | Purva-Jabalpur                                                                  | 40                                            | Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.(MPSEDC)        |
| 12                                            | Odisha                                        | Infovalley at Bhubaneswar Industrial Area, Khurda District                      | 203.37                                        | Odisha Industrial development Corporation (IDCO)                             |
| 13                                            | Rajasthan                                     | SPL-1, Salarpur, Khushkera, Bhiwadi                                             | 50.3                                          | ELCINA Electronics Manufacturing Cluster Pvt. Ltd (EEMCPL)                   |
| 14                                            | Rajasthan                                     | Karoli Industrial Area, Bhiwadi, District- Alwar                                | 121.51                                        | Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation Ltd. (RIICO) |
| 15                                            | Telangana                                     | E-city, Hyderabad                                                               | 603.52                                        | Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC)                |
| 16                                            | Telangana                                     | Maheshwaram, Ranga Reddy                                                        | 310.70                                        | Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC)                |
| 17                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                 | Plot No. 6/A, sector-24, Yamuna Expressway                                      | 100                                           | U.P Electronics Corporation Limited (UPLC)                                   |
| 18                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                 | Plot No. -1, Block-C, Ecotech-VI Industrial Area, Greater Noida                 | 99.41                                         | TEGNA Electronics Pvt. Ltd.                                                  |
| 19                                            | West Bengal                                   | Sector-IV &V, Falta Industrial Centre, P.S Ramnagar, District South 24 Parganas | 58.04                                         | West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL)     |
| 20                                            | West Bengal                                   | Naihati town, North 24 Parganas district                                        | 70                                            | West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL)     |
| Common Facility Centre (CFC) in BrownfieldEMC | Common Facility Centre (CFC) in BrownfieldEMC | Common Facility Centre (CFC) in BrownfieldEMC                                   | Common Facility Centre (CFC) in BrownfieldEMC | Common Facility Centre (CFC) in BrownfieldEMC                                |
| 21                                            | Karnataka (CFC)                               | Plot No. 336/4 &336/5, Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysore                           | 1.50                                          | Mysore ESDM Cluster                                                          |
| 22                                            | Maharashtra (CFC)                             | Plot No.-P 30, Shendra Five Star Industrial Area, Aurangabad District           | 1.98                                          | Deogiri Electronics Cluster Private Limited                                  |
| 23                                            | Maharashtra (CFC)                             | Plot No. J/P-8, J 462 and J 462/P, Pimpri Industrial Area, Pune                 | 0.61                                          | MCCIA Electronic Cluster Foundation                                          |

## Annexure-III