Lok Sabha Question No. 2846 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Creation of Incubation Space by STPI
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri  Selvaganapathi T.M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2846

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.08.2025

## CREATION OF INCUBATION SPACE BY STPI

## 2846.   SHRI SELVAGANAPATHI T.M.:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is repositioning itself to be able to drive the next wave of digital transformation that is set to sweep across the country; (b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether it is also true that STPI is encouraging to shift Information Technology (IT ) and IT enabled services to smaller cities and towns and assisting entrepreneurs towards this move;
- (d) whether it is a fact that the STPI has created about 17 lakh sq.ft. incubation space in tier 2 and tier 3 cities to accommodate entrepreneurs; and
- (e)  whether it is  a  fact  that  the  STPI  has  created  24  centres  of  entrepreneurship  nationwide  to encourage a startup culture in the product space and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (e):   The Government of India is actively promoting the growth of the IT sector, especially in smaller towns and cities. The performance of this sector over the last 5 years and estimates for 2024-25 are mentioned below:

(in US$ Billion)

|               | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25(E)   |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| Exports       | 147       | 152       | 178       | 194       | 199.5     | 224.4        |
| Domestic      | 44        | 45        | 49        | 51        | 54.4      | 58.2         |
| Total Revenue | 191       | 196       | 227       | 245       | 254       | 282.6        |
| YoY Growth%   | 7.90%     | 2.09%     | 15.50%    | 7.90%     | 3.70%     | 11.25%       |

(E) = Estimate                                                                              Source: NASSCOM

The Software Technology Park of India (STPI) is the one of the most important schemes which has expanded the IT/ITES sector beyond major cities in India. For equitable IT-led growth panIndia, 68 STPI centres are established across the country, of which 60 are located in Tier-2 & Tier3 cities. State/UT wise list of STPI centres placed at Annexure - I.

The employment reported by STPI-registered units in non-metro cities for the financial year 2024 -25 is 2,98,250. In addition, approximately 9,800 jobs have been reported by startups from nonmetro areas that are supported under the CoEs and the Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS)

The total software exports achieved by STPIregistered units is approximately ₹10.64 lakh crore in FY 2024 -25.

STPI has been repositioning itself from providing 'single window' statutory services and High Speed  Data  Communication  (HSDC)  services  to  State-of-the-art  Incubation  services,  Project Management & Consultancy services and IT Managed services/co-location services to IT Industry as per their needs.

Further, STPI is nurturing the tech startup ecosystem across India through its 24 domain-specific Centres of Entrepreneurship (CoEs) and Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) by offering support across various aspects, including lab infrastructure, mentorship, IP filing, go-to-market strategy, market access and funding. Details of CoEs are placed at Annexure-II. Presently, STPI has established 18.36 lakh sq. ft. IT Grade Infrastructure across the country, out of which 12.17 lakh sq. ft. are in Tier II/II cities.

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## State/UT wise list of 68 STPI Centres

## Annexure -I

|   S.N. | Centre Name        | Tier        | State             |
|--------|--------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|      1 | Kakinada           | Tier II/III | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      2 | Tirupati           | Tier II/III | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      3 | Vijayawada         | Tier II/III | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      4 | Vishakhapatnam     | Tier II/III | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      5 | Guwahati           | Tier II/III | Assam             |
|      6 | Patna              | Tier II/III | Bihar             |
|      7 | Bhagalpur          | Tier II/III | Bihar             |
|      8 | Darbhanga          | Tier II/III | Bihar             |
|      9 | Bhilai             | Tier II/III | Chhattisgarh      |
|     10 | Gandhinagar        | Tier II/III | Gujarat           |
|     11 | Surat              | Tier II/III | Gujarat           |
|     12 | Shimla             | Tier II/III | Himachal Pradesh  |
|     13 | Jammu              | Tier II/III | Jammu and Kashmir |
|     14 | Srinagar           | Tier II/III | Jammu and Kashmir |
|     15 | Ranchi             | Tier II/III | Jharkhand         |
|     16 | Deoghar            | Tier II/III | Jharkhand         |
|     17 | Bangalore          | Tier I      | Karnataka         |
|     18 | Hubli              | Tier II/III | Karnataka         |
|     19 | Mangalore          | Tier II/III | Karnataka         |
|     20 | Manipal            | Tier II/III | Karnataka         |
|     21 | Mysore             | Tier II/III | Karnataka         |
|     22 | Davangere          | Tier II/III | Karnataka         |
|     23 | Thiruvananthapuram | Tier II/III | Kerala            |

|   24 | Kochi                     | Tier II/III   |                |
|------|---------------------------|---------------|----------------|
|   25 | Gwalior                   | Tier II/III   | Madhya Pradesh |
|   26 | Indore                    | Tier II/III   | Madhya Pradesh |
|   27 | Bhopal                    | Tier II/III   | Madhya Pradesh |
|   28 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | Tier II/III   | Maharashtra    |
|   29 | Kolhapur                  | Tier II/III   | Maharashtra    |
|   30 | Nagpur                    | Tier II/III   | Maharashtra    |
|   31 | Nasik                     | Tier II/III   | Maharashtra    |
|   32 | Navi Mumbai               | Tier I        | Maharashtra    |
|   33 | Pune                      | Tier I        | Maharashtra    |
|   34 | Imphal                    | Tier II/III   | Manipur        |
|   35 | Shillong                  | Tier II/III   | Meghalaya      |
|   36 | Berhampur                 | Tier II/III   | Odisha         |
|   37 | Bhubaneswar               | Tier II/III   | Odisha         |
|   38 | Rourkela                  | Tier II/III   | Odisha         |
|   39 | Jajpur                    | Tier II/III   | Odisha         |
|   40 | Koraput (Jayepore)        | Tier II/III   | Odisha         |
|   41 | Pondicherry               | Tier II/III   | Pondicherry    |
|   42 | Mohali                    | Tier II/III   | Punjab         |
|   43 | Jaipur                    | Tier II/III   | Rajasthan      |
|   44 | Jodhpur                   | Tier II/III   | Rajasthan      |
|   45 | Gangtok                   | Tier II/III   | Sikkim         |
|   46 | Chennai                   | Tier I        | Tamil Nadu     |
|   47 | Coimbatore                | Tier II/III   | Tamil Nadu     |
|   48 | Madurai                   | Tier II/III   | Tamil Nadu     |

|   49 | Tirunelveli   | Tier II/III   |               |
|------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|   50 | Trichy        | Tier II/III   |               |
|   51 | Hyderabad     | Tier I        | Telangana     |
|   52 | Warangal      | Tier II/III   |               |
|   53 | Prayagraj     | Tier II/III   | Uttar Pradesh |
|   54 | Kanpur        | Tier II/III   |               |
|   55 | Lucknow       | Tier II/III   |               |
|   56 | Noida         | Tier I        |               |
|   57 | Meerut        | Tier II/III   |               |
|   58 | Dehradun      | Tier II/III   | Uttarakhand   |
|   59 | Durgapur      | Tier II/III   | West Bengal   |
|   60 | Haldia        | Tier II/III   |               |
|   61 | Kharagpur     | Tier II/III   |               |
|   62 | Kolkata       | Tier I        |               |
|   63 | Siliguri      | Tier II/III   |               |
|   64 | Aizawl        | Tier II/III   | Mizoram       |
|   65 | Gurugram      | Tier I        | Haryana       |
|   66 | Agartala      | Tier II/III   | Tripura       |
|   67 | Goa           | Tier II/III   | Goa           |
|   68 | Kohima        | Tier II/III   | Nagaland      |

Details of 24 Centres of Entrepreneurship (CoE)

|   S. No | State             | CoE Name                                                                                                                                                          |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kalpataru CoE at Vishakhapatnam                                                                                                                                   |
|       2 | Delhi             | Electropreneur Park, Delhi                                                                                                                                        |
|       3 | Gujrat            | FinTech CoE at Gandhinagar (FinGlobe)                                                                                                                             |
|       4 | Haryana           | APIARY- A CoE in Blockchain at STPI Gurugram                                                                                                                      |
|       5 | Karnataka         | Efficiency Augmentation (EA) CoE at Bengaluru                                                                                                                     |
|       6 | Karnataka         | Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) at STPI Bengaluru                                                                                                                    |
|       7 | Karnataka         | IoT OpenLab- A Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE) in Internet of Things at STPI Bangalore                                                                           |
|       8 | Maharashtra       | MOTION - A COE in Autonomous Connected Electric Shared (ACES) Mobility at STPI Pune                                                                               |
|       9 | Maharashtra       | FASAL (Fostering AgriTech Startups for Augmenting Livelihood) CoE at Akola-A CoE for IoT in Agriculture at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola |
|      10 | Assam             | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - I: Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture at Guwahati                                                 |
|      11 | Manipur           | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - I: Emerging Technologies in Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) at Imphal                            |
|      12 | Meghalaya         | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - I: Animation in Shillong                                                                               |
|      13 | Arunachal Pradesh | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: GIS& Drone Technology at Itanagar                                                                  |
|      14 | Mizoram           | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: Gaming& Entertainment at Aizawl                                                                    |
|      15 | Nagaland          | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: Graphic Design at Kohima                                                                           |

## Annexure-II

|   16 | Sikkim        | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: IT Application in Healthcare &Agritech at Gangtok                        |
|------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   17 | Tripura       | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: Data Analytics &Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Agartala                 |
|   18 | Odisha        | Electropreneur Park (EP) - an Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) CoE at STPI Bhubaneswar                                |
|   19 | Odisha        | Virtual &Augmented Reality CoE (VARCoE) at IIT Bhubaneswar                                                                              |
|   20 | Odisha        | EmTek CoE at Bhubaneswar& Rourkela                                                                                                      |
|   21 | Punjab        | NEURON - 'Start -up Punjab Hub@ STPI' (SPHS) at STPI Mohali                                                                             |
|   22 | Tamil Nadu    | FinBlue- A CoE in FinTech, STPI Chennai                                                                                                 |
|   23 | Telangana     | IMAGE - A CoE in Gaming, Visual effects (VFX), Computer Vision and AI at STPI Hyderabad                                                 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh | MEDTECH- A CoE in Medical Electronics &Health Informatics at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow |

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