Lok Sabha Question No. 994 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: IT Hubs
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Arun Sao, Saikia Dilip, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 994

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 08.02.2023

## IT HUBS

## 994. SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a)  whether the Government plans to set up IT hub in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, North Eastern States and Rajasthan;
- (b)    the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  all  the  necessary  infrastructure  and facilities to set up IT hub in tier 2 and tier 3 cities so as to promote the IT industry in the country;
- (c)  whether the Government has any data on the total number of employees engaged in the IT hubs of India such as Bangaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai etc.;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  people  employed  in  these  hubs, State/UT-wise and district-wise including the district of Saran in Bihar; and
- (e)  the total remittances sent back annually by the employees in these IT hubs, State/UT-wise including Bihar during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Government of India is focused to take digital technologies across the countryto create employment  opportunities  and  to  ensure  that  every  young  Indian  regardless  of  his  or  her location  can  be  a  participant  in  one  trillion  dollar  digital  economy  vision  of  the  Hon'ble Prime  Minister  and  the  Government.Software  Technology  Parks  of  India  (STPI),  an autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), is instrumental in taking the Government initiative across the country including smaller towns. Till date, 63 STPI centres have been set-up across the country including 6 STPI centres in Maharashtra, 1 in Chhattisgarh, 1 in Bihar, 11 in North Eastern States and 2 in Rajasthan. Additionally,  Government  of  India  has  also  approved  22  new  STPI  centres  across  the country. State/UT-wise list of existing and approved STPI Centres are at Annexure-I and II.

(b): These STPI centres are offering state-of-art infrastructure facilities including plug-n-play facility,  centralized  computing,  and  High-Speed  Data  Communication.  Further,  Electronics Manufacturing  Clusters  (EMC)  scheme  has  been  notified  by  MeitY  in  October,  2012  to provide  support  for  the  creation  of  world-class  infrastructure  along  with  common  facilities and amenities for attracting investments in the electronics sector. The Scheme was closed for receipt  of  applications  from  October,  2017.  Under  the  scheme,  19  Greenfield  Electronics Manufacturing  Clusters  and  3  Common  Facility  Centres  (CFCs)  accorded  approval  in  15 States across the country. The details of these EMCs are placed at Annexure-III .

Based on further requirement for strengthening of infrastructure to create robust electronics manufacturing  ecosystem  in  the  country,  MeitY  has  introduced  Modified  Electronics

Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme on 1st April, 2020 with receipt of application upto March, 2023. Under EMC 2.0 scheme, 3 applications for setting up of EMC project in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra have been approved. The details of these EMCs are placed at Annexure-IV .

Government  had  also  launched  India  BPO  Promotion  Scheme  (IBPS)  &  North  East  BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS) under Digital India Program with the aim to create employment opportunities and dispersal of IT/ITES industry in small cities/towns by incentivize setting up of  BPO/ITES  operations.  The  duration  of  IBPS  and  NEBPS  was  up  to  31.03.2019  & 31.03.2020 respectively to invite new bids, however disbursements may continue beyond this period.  Under  these  schemes  246  units  have  set  up  BPO/ITES  operations  across  27 States/UTs of the country providing direct employment to 52065 persons.

National Policy on Software Products (NPSP) - 2019 has been notified by the Government to 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  in  12  Tier  II/  III  STPI centers  located  at  Agartala,  Bhilai,  Bhopal,  Bhubaneswar,  Dehradun,  Guwahati,  Jaipur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Mohali, Patna & Vijayawada.

(c)  and  (d):  As  per  the  data  provided  by  the National  Association  of  Software  and  Service Companies  (NASSCOM),  Indian  technology  Industry  had  employed  over  5.1  million employees till FY 2022. However, the employees of IT industry are working in hybrid mode wherein they have flexibility to work from a place outside the company premises and can also opt for work from home which may be in different State. Therefore, segregating IT employees State/ UT-wise may not be feasible.

(e):  Data regarding total remittances sent back annually by the employees in IT hubs has not been recorded by GoI.

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## Sate-wise list of existing STPI Centres

|   S. No | State          | Centre Name   |
|---------|----------------|---------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Kakinada      |
|       2 |                | Tirupati      |
|       3 |                | Vijayawada    |

Annexure-I

|   S. No | State             | Centre Name        |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------|
|       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 |                   | Davangere          |
|      22 | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|      23 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior            |
|      24 |                   | Bhopal             |
|      25 |                   | Indore             |
|      26 | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad         |
|      27 |                   | Kolhapur           |
|      28 |                   | Nagpur             |
|      29 |                   | Nasik              |
|      30 |                   | Mumbai             |
|      31 |                   | Pune               |
|      32 | Manipur           | Imphal             |
|      33 | Meghalaya         | Shillong           |
|      34 | Mizoram           | Aizawl             |
|      35 | Odisha            | Berhampur          |
|      36 |                   | Bhubaneswar        |
|      37 |                   | Rourkela           |
|      38 | Pondicherry       | Pondicherry        |
|      39 | Punjab            | Mohali             |
|      40 | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             |
|      41 |                   | Jodhpur            |
|      42 | Sikkim            | Gangtok            |
|      43 | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai            |
|      44 |                   | Coimbatore         |
|      45 |                   | Madurai            |
|      46 |                   | Tirunelveli        |
|      47 |                   | Trichy             |
|      48 | Telangana         | Hyderabad          |
|      49 |                   | Warangal           |
|      50 | Uttar Pradesh     | Allahabad          |
|      51 |                   | Kanpur             |
|      52 |                   | Lucknow            |
|      53 |                   | Noida              |
|      54 |                   | Meerut             |
|      55 | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun           |
|      56 | West Bengal       | Durgapur           |
|      57 |                   | Haldia             |
|      58 |                   | Kharagpur          |

|   S. No | State    | Centre Name   |
|---------|----------|---------------|
|      59 |          | Kolkata       |
|      60 |          | Siliguri      |
|      61 | Tripura  | Agartala      |
|      62 | Goa      | Goa           |
|      63 | Nagaland | Kohima        |

## 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     | Gorakhpur         |
|    10 | Uttar Pradesh     | Bareilly          |
|    11 | Kerala            | Kochi             |
|    12 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar          |
|    13 | Odisha            | Balasore          |
|    14 | Odisha            | Sambalpur         |
|    15 | Odisha            | Jajpur            |
|    16 | Odisha            | Angul             |
|    17 | Odisha            | Koraput (Jeypore) |
|    18 | Bihar             | Darbhanga         |
|    19 | Bihar             | Bhagalpur         |
|    20 | Haryana           | Panchkula         |
|    21 | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar         |
|    22 | Himachal Pradesh  | Kangra            |

## Annexure-III

| S.No   | State          | Location                                                      | Area (Acres)   | Date of Approval   | Implementing Agency                                       | Financial Outlay (Rs. in crore)   | Financial Outlay (Rs. in crore)   |
|--------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        |                |                                                               |                |                    |                                                           | Project Cost                      | Grant- in-aid                     |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh | Sri City, Satyavedu Mandal, Chittor District                  | 94             | 20.07.2016         | Sri City EMC Pvt. Ltd.                                    | 56.75                             | 27.34                             |
| 2      |                | EMC-1@ Tirupati,Renigunta and YerpaduMandal ,Chittor District | 113.27         | 07.12.2017         | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. | 74.27                             | 37.13                             |

|   3 |                | EMC-II @ Tirupathi, Vikruthamala Village, YerpaduMandal, Chittor District   |   501.40 | 02.08.2017   | (APIIC)                                                                      |   248.89 |   98.46 |
|-----|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|
|   4 | Assam          | Bongora, Kamrup District, Assam                                             |   100    | 01.02.2018   | Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON)                   |   119.85 |   50    |
|   5 | Chhattisgarh   | Sector-22, Naya Raipur                                                      |   116.48 | 07.01.2016   | Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation ltd. (CSIDC)           |   103.88 |   43.08 |
|   6 | Goa            | Tuem, North Goa District                                                    |   147.55 | 03.03.2017   | Department of IT, Government of Goa                                          |   161.32 |   73.77 |
|   7 | Gujarat        | Mundra, Kutch District                                                      |   631.38 | 04.07.2016   | Mundra Solar Technopark Private Limited (MSTPL)                              |   745.14 |  315.69 |
|   8 | Jharkhand      | Adityapur, Saraikela- Kharsawan District                                    |    82.49 | 22.09.2015   | Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority (JIADA)                      |    97.88 |   41.48 |
|   9 | Kerala         | Kakkanad , Ernakulam District                                               |    66.87 | 24.08.2016   | Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA)            |    35.06 |   15.89 |
|  10 | Madhya Pradesh | Badwai-Bhopal                                                               |    50    | 25.08.2014   | Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development                                 |    47.19 |   20.86 |
|  11 | Madhya Pradesh | Purva-Jabalpur                                                              |    40    | 25.08.2014   | Corporation Ltd.(MPSEDC)                                                     |    38.57 |   17.76 |
|  12 | Odisha         | Infovalley, Bhubaneswar Industrial Area, Khurda District                    |   203.37 | 05.09.2016   | Odisha Industrial development Corporation (IDCO)                             |   200.76 |   93.09 |
|  13 | Rajasthan      | Salarpur Industrial Area, Khushkera, Bhiwadi                                |    50.3  | 15.09.2015   | ELCINA Electronics Manufacturing Cluster Pvt. Ltd (EEMCPL)                   |    46.09 |   20.24 |
|  14 |                | Karoli Industrial Area, Bhiwadi, District-Alwar                             |   121.51 | 15.12.2017   | Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation Ltd. (RIICO) |    29.13 |   11.49 |
|  15 | Telangana      | E-city, Hyderabad                                                           |   603.52 | 02.08.2017   | Telangana State Industrial                                                   |   667.6  |  252.42 |
|  16 |                | Maheshwaram, Ranga Reddy                                                    |   310.7  | 08.08.2017   | Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC                                            |   436.97 |  138.6  |
|  17 | Uttar Pradesh  | Ecotech-VI Industrial Area, Greater Noida                                   |    99.41 | 21.02.2018   | TEGNA Electronics Pvt. Ltd. (TEPL)                                           |   115.32 |   50    |

|   18 | West Bengal     | Falta , South 24 Parganas District           |   58.04 | 04.02.2016   | West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL)   |   58.86 |   25.64 |
|------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|---------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|   19 | West Bengal     | Naihati, North 24 Parganas district          |   70    | 31.08.2016   | West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL)   |   58.31 |   25.7  |
|   20 | Karnataka (CFC) | Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysore               |    1.5  | 15.09.2015   | Mysore ESDM Cluster                                                        |   48.53 |   32.31 |
|   21 | Maharashtra     | Shendra Industrial Area, Aurangabad District |    1.98 | 03.03.2017   | Deogiri Electronics Cluster Private Limited (DECPL)                        |   41.09 |   29.29 |
|   22 | Maharashtra     | Pimpri Industrial Area, Pune                 |    0.61 | 13.12.2017   | MCCIA Electronic Cluster Foundation (MECF)                                 |   67    |   50    |

## Annexure-IV

| S.No.   | State          | Location                                            | Area (Acres)   | Date of Approval   | Implementing Agency                                                          | Financial Outlay (Rs. in crore)   | Financial Outlay (Rs. in crore)   |
|---------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         |                |                                                     |                |                    |                                                                              | Project Cost                      | Grant-in- aid                     |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh | Kopparthy Village, Kadapa Y.S.R District            | 540            | 18.02.2021         | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (APIIC)            | 748.76                            | 350                               |
| 2       | Haryana        | Industrial Model Township (IMT) Sohna, Nuh District | 500            | 30.09.2021         | Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) | 662.08                            | 331.04                            |
| 3       | Maharashtra    | Ranjangaon Phase-III, Pune District                 | 297.11         | 31.10.2022         | Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)                        | 492.85                            | 207.98                            |

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