Lok Sabha Question No. 5741 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Information Technology Hubs in cities
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Chandan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5741

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.04.2022

## INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HUBS IN CITIES

## 5741. SHRI CHANDAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop Information Technology hubs in small cities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to increase foreign direct investment in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):  Yes,  Sir.  Government  of  India  (GoI)  has  taken  various  initiatives  for  promoting  Information  Technology (IT)/ IT enabled Services (ITeS) industry across the country including small cities.
- (b): Till date, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics and  Information  Technology  has  established  62  STPI  Centres  across  the  country  for  promotion  of  IT/  ITeS industry. Out of these, 54 STPI Centres are in Tier II/ III cities. List of existing STPI Centres is at Annexure-I .

Further,  for  creation  of  employment  opportunities  and  dispersal  of  IT/  ITeS  industry  in  small  cities,  GoI  had launched India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) & North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS) under Digital India Program. These Schemes provide financial support up to Rs. 1 lakh per seat in the form of viability gap funding towards capital and operational expenditures for setting up of BPO/ ITeS operations. The duration of these  Schemes  was  up  to  31.03.2019  &  31.03.2020  respectively  to  invite  bids,  however  disbursements  may continue beyond this period.

- (c):  Government of India(GoI) has approved 22 new STPI centres in Tier II/ III locations. List of these newly approved STPI Centres is at Annexure-II.

As on date, 246 units have set up BPO/ ITeS operations under BPO Promotion schemes distributed across 27 States/ UTs across the country, providing direct employment to 50,515 persons.

Further,  GoI  has  approved  Next  Generation  Incubation  Scheme (NGIS) with total budget outlay  of Rs. 95.03 Crore over 3 year period for establishing software product incubation facilities in 12 STPI Centres located in Tier II/ III cities.

- (d):  Yes,  Sir.    It  has  been  endeavour  of  the  GoI  to  put  in  place  a  liberal  and  transparent  policy  for  attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), wherein most of the sectors are open to FDI under the automatic route.
- (e):  As per extant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, 100% FDI is allowed in IT sector under automatic route (except the land border sharing country with India) subject to applicable laws/ regulations; security and other conditions. A total of Rs. 2,93,838 Crore FDI has been committed in Computer Software and Hardware during FY 2018-2021and Rs. 76,068 crore in current financial year till December, 2021.

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## State-wise list of existing STPI centres

|   S.N. | Centre Name        | State             |
|--------|--------------------|-------------------|
|      1 | Kakinada           |                   |
|      2 | Tirupati           |                   |
|      3 | Vijayawada         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      4 | Vizag              |                   |
|      5 | Guwahati           | Assam             |
|      6 | Patna              | Bihar             |
|      7 | Bhilai             | Chhattisgarh      |
|      8 | Gandhinagar        | Gujarat           |
|      9 | Surat              |                   |
|     10 | Shimla             | Himachal Pradesh  |
|     11 | Jammu              | Jammu and Kashmir |
|     12 | Srinagar           |                   |
|     13 | Ranchi             | Jharkhand         |
|     14 | Deoghar            |                   |
|     15 | Bangalore          |                   |
|     16 | Hubli              |                   |
|     17 | Mangalore          |                   |
|     18 | Manipal            | Karnataka         |
|     19 | Mysore             |                   |
|     20 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala            |
|     21 | Gwalior            | Madhya Pradesh    |
|     22 | Indore             |                   |
|     23 | Bhopal             |                   |
|     24 | Aurangabad         | Maharashtra       |
|     25 | Kolhapur           |                   |
|     26 | Nagpur             |                   |
|     27 | Nasik              |                   |
|     28 | Navi Mumbai Pune   |                   |
|     29 | Imphal             |                   |
|     30 |                    | Manipur           |
|     31 | Shilong            | Meghalaya         |
|     32 | Berhampur          |                   |
|     33 | Bhubaneswar        | Odisha            |
|     34 | Rourkela           |                   |
|     35 | Pondicherry        | Pondicherry       |
|     36 | Mohali             | Punjab            |
|     37 | Jaipur             | Rajasthan         |
|     38 | Jodhpur            |                   |
|     39 | Gangtok            | Sikkim            |
|     40 | Chennai            |                   |
|     41 | Coimbatore         |                   |
|     42 | Madurai            |                   |
|     43 | Tirunelveli        |                   |
|     44 | Trichy             | Tamil Nadu        |
|     45 | Hyderabad          | Telangana         |
|     46 | Warangal           |                   |
|     47 | Allahabad          | Uttar Pradesh     |
|     48 | Kanpur             |                   |
|     49 | Lucknow            |                   |
|     50 | Noida              |                   |
|     51 | Meerut             |                   |
|     52 | Dehradun           | Uttarakhand       |
|     53 | Durgapur           | West Bengal       |

|   54 | Haldia    |          |
|------|-----------|----------|
|   55 | Kharagpur |          |
|   56 | Kolkata   |          |
|   57 | Siliguri  |          |
|   58 | Aizawl    | Mizoram  |
|   59 | Gurgaon   | Haryana  |
|   60 | Agartala  | Tripura  |
|   61 | Goa       | Goa      |
|   62 | Kohima    | Nagaland |

Annexure-II

List of upcoming STPI centres

| State             |   S.N | Location           |
|-------------------|-------|--------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh    |     1 | Chhindwada         |
| Madhya Pradesh    |     2 | Jabalpur           |
| Punjab            |     3 | Amritsar           |
| Jharkhand         |     4 | Dhanbad            |
| Jharkhand         |     5 | Jamshedpur         |
| Jharkhand         |     6 | Bokaro             |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     7 | Agra               |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     8 | Varanasi           |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     9 | Gorakhpur          |
| Kerala            |    10 | Kochi              |
| Arunachal Pradesh |    11 | Itanagar           |
| Odisha            |    12 | Balasore           |
| Odisha            |    13 | Sambalpur          |
| Odisha            |    14 | Jajpur             |
| Odisha            |    15 | Angul              |
| Odisha            |    16 | Koraput (Jayepore) |
| Bihar             |    17 | Darbhanga          |
| Bihar             |    18 | Bhagalpur          |
| Haryana           |    29 | Panchkula          |
| Gujarat           |    20 | Bhavnagar          |
| Karnataka         |    21 | Davangere          |
| Himachal Pradesh  |    22 | Kangra             |

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