Lok Sabha Question No. 5339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Export of Software
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: P. Velusamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5339

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 05.04.2023

## EXPORT OF SOFTWARE

## 5339.     SHRI VELUSAMY P:

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

- (a) whether the southern states are  accounting  for the majority of country's total  export of software as per NASSCOM and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Tamil Nadu has been among the top three States in terms of ICT investments and production and has emerged as a hub for software, hardware and R & D information, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  funds  released  under  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  scheme including the total number of beneficiaries under the said scheme;
- (d) whether the Government is having any special package for Tamil Nadu software industry; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):        Software  Technology  Parks  of  India  (STPI),  an  autonomous  society  of  Ministry  of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has its centres in the five southern states. The exports from STPI registered units in the southern states for the year FY 2021-22 is as under:

- 

Karnataka: ₹ 2,58,240.14 Cr

- 

Telangana: ₹ 89,846.67 Cr

-  Tamil Nadu: ₹ 57,687.20 Cr

-  Kerala: ₹ 4,311.43 Cr

-  Andhra Pradesh: ₹ 926.12 Cr

The total exports from STPI registered IT/ITeS units for the year 2021-22 is ₹ 6,28,329 Cr.

(b):  There  are  various  policies/scheme  of  Government  of  India  which  have  accelerated growth in production, employment generation and investments. Modified Special Incentive Scheme  (MSIPS),  Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Electronics  Component  and  Semiconductor (SPECS)  and  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  are  some  of  the  Schemes  that  have contributed to rise in electronics production and making India as electronics manufacturing hub for the world. Several large-scale investments in electronics sector  are being made by foreign  and  domestic  companies  as  a  consequence  of  these  policies  in  India  including  the state  of  Tamil  Nadu  where  manufacturing  facilities  have  been  set  up  for  mobile  phones, industrial electronics, computer hardware, etc. Further, Government had launched India BPO Promotion  Scheme  (IBPS)  to  promote  investment  in  IT/ITES  sector  and  creation  of employment  opportunities  in  small  towns/cities  in  which  227  units  have  setup  BPO/ITES operations in small cities/towns out of which 48 units are in Tamil Nadu.

(c):  Till  date,  INR  879.81  Cr  has  been  released  as  incentive  under  PLI  Scheme  for  Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing (LSEM) and there are 32 beneficiaries under the Scheme.

(d)  and  (e):  The  Government  of  India  is  promoting  the  software  industry  in  Tamil  Nadu through various programmes such as the Software Technology Park of India (STPI), India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS), Centre of Excellence in FinTech (FinBlue), iTamil Nadu Technology Hub (iTNT Hub) etc. These programmes promote investment in IT sector, offer access  to  plug-and-play  co-working  space,  mentorship,  venture  capital  network  etc  for nurturing deep / emerging tech innovation ecosystem in Tamil Nadu.

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