Lok Sabha Question No. 121 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Information Technology Hubs in Bihar
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *121

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.02.2021

## INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HUBS IN BIHAR

## *121.   SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

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 in Bihar 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. *121 FOR 10.02.2021 REGARDING INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY HUBS IN BIHAR

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(a) and (b): Government of India has taken various initiatives for promoting IT/ ITeS industry in various parts of country including Bihar. Till date, 60 Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres have been established of which 52 centres are in Tier II/ III cities.This includes one STPI Centre in Bihar at Patna (Patliputra). Government has also approved two new STPI Centres for Bihar  at  Darbhanga  and  Bhagalpur.The  STPI  Centre  at  Patna  (Patliputra)  is  being  augmented through  provision  of  additional  1  Lakh  Sq.  Ft.  of  space.  List  of  existing  and  approved  STPI Centres are at Annexure-I and II.

Further, for creation of employment opportunities in IT/ ITeS industry particularly in Tier II/ Tier III  cities,  Government  is  implementing  India  BPO  Promotion  Scheme  (IBPS).  Under  this Scheme, incentives are provided for setting up  of BPO IT/  ITeS operation. 12BPO units have started  BPO/  ITeS  operations  in  Bihar  while  providing  direct  employment  to  more  than  1500 people.

National  Policy  on  Software  Products  (NPSP)  -  2019  has  been  notified  by  the  Governmentto promote software product ecosystem in the country. 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  in12  Tier  II/  III  STPI  centres including an incubation facility in Bihar at Patna.

Till  date,  8,817  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  have  been  connected  with  High  Speed  Optical  Fibre Network in Bihar and are ready to provide Digital Services. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has  established  a  Digital  Government  Research  Centre  in  Patna  for  promoting  state  of  art  eGovernance services. A cloud enabled Data Centre has also been established in Patna which is operational since June 2019.

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) has established a facility to promote research and development in the field of Cyber-security and Forensics, Internet of Everything, Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced Analytics in Patna, Bihar.

For  providing  IT  services  to  rural  and  semi-  urban  population,  Government  is  supporting establishment  of  Common  Service  Centres  (CSCs).  A  total  of  34,495  CSCs  are  functional  in Bihar of which 29,684 CSCs are in Gram Panchayats.

- (c):    As  per  extant  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI) policy, 100%  FDI is allowed in  IT sector under automatic routesubject to applicable laws/ regulations. A total of Rs. 1,39,217 crore FDI has been committed in Computer Software and Hardware during FY 2017-2020 and Rs. 1,31,169 crore in current financial year till September, 2020.

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Annexure-I Sate-wise list of 60 existing 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 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        |
|      9 | Gujarat           | Surat              |
|     10 | Haryana           | Gurgaon            |
|     11 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             |
|     12 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              |
|     13 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar           |
|     14 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             |
|     15 | Jharkhand         | Deoghar            |
|     16 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru          |
|     17 | Karnataka         | Hubli              |
|     18 | Karnataka         | Mangalore          |
|     19 | Karnataka         | Manipal            |
|     20 | Karnataka         | Mysore             |
|     21 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|     22 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            |
|     23 | Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal             |
|     24 | Madhya Pradesh    | Indore             |
|     25 | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad         |
|     26 | Maharashtra       | Kolhapur           |
|     27 | Maharashtra       | Nagpur             |
|     28 | Maharashtra       | Nasik              |
|     29 | Maharashtra       | Mumbai             |
|     30 | Maharashtra       | Pune               |
|     31 | Manipur           | Imphal             |
|     32 | Meghalaya         | Shillong           |
|     33 | Mizoram           | Aizawl             |
|     34 | Odisha            | Berhampur          |
|     35 | Odisha            | Bhubaneswar        |
|     36 | Odisha            | Rourkela           |
|     37 | Pondicherry       | Pondicherry        |
|     38 | Punjab            | Mohali             |
|     39 | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             |
|     40 | Rajasthan         | Jodhpur            |
|     41 | Sikkim            | Gangtok            |
|     42 | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai            |
|     43 | Tamil Nadu        | Coimbatore         |

|   S. N | State         | Centre Name   |
|--------|---------------|---------------|
|     44 |               | Madurai       |
|     45 |               | Tirunelveli   |
|     46 |               | Trichy        |
|     47 | Telangana     | Hyderabad     |
|     48 |               | Warangal      |
|     49 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad     |
|     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           |

## Annexure-II

## State-wise list of approved new 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             |