Lok Sabha Question No. 256 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Software Exports from Software Technology Parks
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Aashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *256

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.08.2025

## SOFTWARE EXPORTS FROM SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

## *256.     SHRI AASHTIKAR PATIL NAGESH BAPURAO:

- Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) the details of software exports from Software Technology Parks (STPs) across the country including STPs in Maharashtra during each of the last five years, STP-wise;
- (b) the details of incubation facilities established by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) including the funds sanctioned, released and utilized, State-wise;
- (c)  the  detailed  status  of  the  incubation  centre  at  Maharashtra  University  including  the  funds allocated, disbursed, utilised and progress achieved along with the reasons for construction delays, if any; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to establish additional incubation centres across the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA   STARRED QUESTION NO. *256 FOR 06.08.2025 REGARDING SOFTWARE EXPORTS FROM SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

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(a)to (d): 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 is 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:

- 68 STPI centres are established across the country, of which 60 are located in Tier-2 & Tier-3 cities
- In the last five years, STPI has established 9 new incubation centres established across the country in last 5 years
- Additionally, 15 new Centres of Entrepreneurship (CoEs) have been established, bringing the total number of CoEs to 24
- With a total outlay of Rs 445.77 Cr, STPI has supported 1121 startups through various schemes/programs of MeitY.
- Rs 39.86 Cr was disbursed as direct funding to 590 startups during last 3 financial years.

STP-wise software exports from Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Centres including Maharashtra during the last five years is attached as Annexure -I .

The STPI centres across India provides facilities of about 4,349 plug and play incubation seats and about 5.96 Lakh sq. ft. raw incubation space with details attached at Annexure -II.

STPI  Centres  are  running  24  Centres  of  Entrepreneurship  (COE)  supporting  startups  with sanctioned amount of Rs 350.74 crore, with released amount of Rs. 213.37 crore and utilized amount as Rs 173.38 crore. Details of CoEs are placed at Annexure -III .

At  present,  there  are  six  incubation  facilities  in  Maharashtra,  located  at  Chhatrapati  Sambhaji Nagar, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, and Pune. In addition, Centres of Excellence (CoEs)  in  Automotive  and  AgriTech  sectors  have  been  established  at  Pune  and  Akola, respectively.

The  details  of  upcoming  incubation  facilities  at  STPI  including  Maharashtra  are  attached  as Annexure -IV.

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Annexure -I STP-wise software exports from STPI during the last five years (Rs. In Cr)

|   Sl No. | State             | Centre         | 2020-21      | 2021-22      | 2022-23      | 2023-24      | 2024- 25*    |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada       | 14.83        | 25.65        | 22.98        | 31.59        | 77.51        |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Tirupati       | 11.16        | 14.74        | 11.12        | 9.39         | 40.97        |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada     | 75.13        | 109.91       | 138.19       | 184.21       | 208          |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatna m | 781.9        | 775.82       | 917.02       | 2,625.04     | 5,052.39     |
|        5 | Assam             | Guwahati       | 20.66        | 23.63        | 30.02        | 42.51        | 55.42        |
|        6 | Bihar             | Patna          | -            | 1.56         | 3.08         | 0.74         | 5.61         |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      | Bhilai         | 124.91       | 111.59       | 73.55        | 81.28        | 93.96        |
|        8 | Goa               | Goa            | 139.1        | 156.73       | 216.64       | 259.45       | 178.79       |
|        9 | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar    | 3995.4       | 4976         | 6836.41      | 8636.92      | 9528.95      |
|       10 | Gujarat           | Surat          | 20.81        | 25.04        | 43.86        | 66.29        | 56.99        |
|       11 | Haryana           | Gurugram       | 24,140.4 6   | 32,227.2 0   | 47,040.5 2   | 52,931.7 0   | 61,569.7 9   |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla         | 3.66         | 4.68         | 13.38        | 12.03        | 8.08         |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu          | -            | 32.85        | -            | -            | 0.09         |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar       | 6.81         | -            | 37.61        | 41.93        | 54.11        |
|       15 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi         | 29.57        | 42.65        | 46.14        | 53.14        | 47.76        |
|       16 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru      | 2,10,581 .43 | 2,56,687 .12 | 3,53,371 .80 | 4,07,088 .72 | 4,54,431 .79 |
|       17 |                   | Davanagere     | -            | -            | -            | 0.5          | 1.38         |
|       18 |                   | Hubballi       | 101.42       | 122.17       | 90.26        | 58.2         | 58.54        |

| 19                      | Mangaluru                 | 455.75     | 380.25     | 473.56     | 539.15       | 691.89       |
|-------------------------|---------------------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
| 20                      | Manipal                   | 189.32     | 301.16     | 358.3      | 379.84       | 423.89       |
| 21                      | Mysore                    | 757.83     | 749.44     | 875.25     | 1028.64      | 1027.05      |
| 22 Kerala 23            | Kochi                     | -          | -          | -          | 987.58       | 1264.05      |
|                         | Thiruvanantha puram       | 3825.74    | 4311.43    | 5702.46    | 5315.81      | 5878.1       |
| 24 Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                    | 11.41      | 70.17      | 53.65      | 44.73        | 73.38        |
| 25                      | Indore                    | 875.08     | 1,008.63   | 1818.01    | 1915.61      | 1969.58      |
| 26 Maharashtra 27 28 29 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 64.14      | 90.079     | 112.5      | 132.42       | 137.75       |
|                         | Kolhapur                  | 139.96     | 161.62     | 176.57     | 189.51       | 195.92       |
|                         | Mumbai                    | 43737.0 3  | 54,219.7 9 | 70266.0 2  | 76564.5 5    | 86234.1 7    |
|                         | Nagpur                    | 456.04     | 393.701    | 591.45     | 646.52       | 612.8        |
| 30                      | Nasik                     | 244.9      | 332.156 5  | 448.28     | 495.54       | 478.96       |
| 31                      | Pune                      | 56,938.8 3 | 70,487.1 1 | 94,106.6 9 | 1,05,818 .98 | 1,21,203 .73 |
| 32 Meghalaya            | Shillong                  | 23.25      | 34.57      | 82.51      | 123.78       | 148.99       |
| 33                      | Behrampur                 | 1.49       | 2.23       | 4.1        | 5.89         | 10.97        |
| Odisha 34               | Bhubaneswar               | 2,391.96   | 2,526.82   | 2,995.71   | 3,283.54     | 3,817.81     |
| 35                      | Rourkela                  | 7.87       | 10.38      | 10.97      | 13.43        | 12.71        |
| 36 Pondicherry          | Pondicherry               | 294.73     | 292.89     | 323.75     | 301.59       | 360.98       |
| 37 Punjab               | Mohali                    | 1584.69    | 2136.89    | 3605.75    | 4228.36      | 4667.38      |
| 38                      | Jaipur                    | 1477.59    | 1592.06    | 2695.47    | 3217.82      | 3757.23      |
| Rajasthan 39            | Jodhpur                   | 20.91      | 18.51      | -          | -            | 0            |
| 40 Sikkim               | Gangtok                   | 18.19      | 11.39      | 8.24       | 7.29         | 7.13         |
| 41 Tamil Nadu           | Chennai                   | 47,079.7 7 | 55,973.6 2 | 71,391.9 8 | 77,421.4 4   | 82,084.6 3   |

|   42 |               | Coimbatore   | 921.2     | 1288.37    | 2,009     | 2,548.26   | 3,119.16   |
|------|---------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|
|   43 |               | Madurai      | 93.51     | 142.07     | 185.2     | 255.18     | 292.95     |
|   44 |               | Tirunelveli  | 4.24      | 2.97       | 5.56      | 3.7        | 195.89     |
|   45 |               | Trichy       | 254.47    | 280.17     | 377.21    | 449.14     | 745.13     |
|   46 | Telangana     | Hyderabad    | 71574.1 9 | 89,846.6 7 | 119886. 5 | 121115. 57 | 138844. 31 |
|   47 |               | Warangal     | -         | -          | -         | 1.05       | 1.86       |
|   48 |               | Kanpur       | 3.89      | 7.78       | 5.53      | 5.45       | 3.24       |
|   49 |               | Lucknow      | 243.9     | 286.53     | 524.69    | 640.16     | 721.06     |
|   50 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut       | -         | -          | -         | -          | 2.84       |
|   51 |               | Noida        | 27524.2 3 | 37391.4 7  | 47446.5 4 | 50,119.1 0 | 59,183.8 1 |
|   52 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun     | 165.95    | 191.35     | 213.49    | 241.11     | 248.42     |
|   53 | West Bengal   | Durgapur     | 101.53    | 81.98      | 93.75     | 110.4      | 114.83     |
|   54 |               | Kolkata      | 7283.9    | 8361.4     | 12649.5 5 | 13029.6 9  | 14187.6 9  |
|   55 |               | Siliguri     | 5.62      | 6.61       | 7.43      | 8.2        | 10.25      |

*Estimated

## Details of existing incubation facilities at STPI

|      |                   |                    | Incubation Space   | Incubation Space   |
|------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| S.N. | State             | Centre Name        | Raw in Sq. ft.     | No. of PnP Seats   |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada           | -                  | 121                |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh    | Tirupati           | 7694               | -                  |
| 3    | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada         | 22264              | 234                |
| 4    | Assam             | Guwahati           | 9849               | -                  |
| 5    | Bihar             | Patna              | 54867              | 103                |
| 6    | Bihar             | Bhagalpur          | -                  | 94                 |
| 7    | Bihar             | Darbhanga          | 9000               | 76                 |
| 8    | Chhattisgarh      | Bhilai             | 17955              | 117                |
| 9    | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        | -                  | 136                |
| 10   | Gujarat           | Surat              | -                  | 106                |
| 11   | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla             | 18874              | -                  |
| 12   | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu              | 4100               | -                  |
| 13   | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar           | 21439              | -                  |
| 14   | Jharkhand         | Ranchi             | 60661              | 122                |
| 15   | Jharkhand         | Deoghar            | 28258              | 64                 |
| 16   | Karnataka         | Bangalore          | -                  | 38                 |
| 17   | Karnataka         | Hubli              | -                  | 20                 |
| 18   | Karnataka         | Mangalore          | -                  | 86                 |
| 19   | Karnataka         | Davangere          | -                  | 102                |
| 20   | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram | -                  | 188                |
| 21   | Kerala            | Kochi              | 14557              | 135                |

## Annexure - II

|   22 | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior            | 5648   | -   |
|------|------------------|--------------------|--------|-----|
|   23 | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore             | -      | 20  |
|   24 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal             | 10184  | -   |
|   25 | Maharashtra      | Ch. Sambhaji Nagar | -      | 84  |
|   26 | Maharashtra      | Kolhapur           | -      | 44  |
|   27 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur             | -      | 227 |
|   28 | Maharashtra      | Nasik              | -      | 57  |
|   29 | Maharashtra      | Navi Mumbai        | -      | 53  |
|   30 | Maharashtra      | Pune               | 7890   | 354 |
|   31 | Manipur          | Imphal             | 1092   | -   |
|   32 | Meghalaya        | Shilong            | 2543   | -   |
|   33 | Odisha           | Berhampur          | 16000  | -   |
|   34 | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar        | 23151  | 14  |
|   35 | Odisha           | Rourkela           | 9908   | -   |
|   36 | Odisha           | Jajpur             | 5500   | 84  |
|   37 | Odisha           | Koraput            | 1200   | 70  |
|   38 | Punjab           | Mohali             | 28518  | 100 |
|   39 | Rajasthan        | Jaipur             | 8387   | 96  |
|   40 | Rajasthan        | Jodhpur            | 6448   | -   |
|   41 | Tamil Nadu       | Chennai            | 44794  | 151 |
|   42 | Telangana        | Hyderabad          | 46642  | 247 |
|   43 | Telangana        | Warangal           | -      | 64  |
|   44 | Uttar Pradesh    | Prayagraj          | 5916   | 46  |
|   45 | Uttar Pradesh    | Kanpur             | 3522   | 4   |
|   46 | Uttar Pradesh    | Lucknow            | 2476   | 26  |

|   47 |             | Noida     | -     | 13   |
|------|-------------|-----------|-------|------|
|   48 |             | Meerut    | 2284  | 133  |
|   49 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun  | 7839  | -    |
|   50 | West Bengal | Durgapur  | -     | 40   |
|   51 |             | Haldia    | -     | 41   |
|   52 |             | Kharagpur | 500   | 11   |
|   53 |             | Kolkata   | 56260 | 105  |
|   54 |             | Siliguri  | -     | 32   |
|   55 | Haryana     | Gurugram  | 16924 | 138  |
|   56 | Tripura     | Agartala  | 10966 | 220  |
|   57 | Goa         | Goa       | -     | 48   |
|   58 | Nagaland    | Kohima    | 2544  | 85   |

## Details of Centres of Entrepreneurship (CoE)

|   S. No | State          | CoE Name                                                                                                                                                          |   Fund Sanctione d (In ₹ Cr) |   Fund Released (In ₹ Cr) |   Fund Utilized (In ₹ Cr) |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Kalpataru CoE at Vishakhapatnam                                                                                                                                   |                        20.32 |                     13.16 |                     13.16 |
|       2 | Delhi          | Electropreneur Park, Delhi                                                                                                                                        |                        21.1  |                     21.1  |                     21.1  |
|       3 | Gujrat         | FinTech CoE at Gandhinagar (FinGlobe)                                                                                                                             |                         5    |                      0.7  |                      0.44 |
|       4 | Haryana        | APIARY- A CoE in Blockchain at STPI Gurugram                                                                                                                      |                        25.26 |                      8.4  |                      5.47 |
|       5 | Karnataka      | Efficiency Augmentation (EA) CoE at Bengaluru                                                                                                                     |                        26.77 |                      7.6  |                      5.58 |
|       6 | Karnataka      | Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) at STPI Bengaluru                                                                                                                    |                        20    |                      5.19 |                      3.06 |
|       7 | Karnataka      | IoT OpenLab- A Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE) in Internet of Things at STPI Bangalore                                                                           |                        11.47 |                     10.71 |                      9.93 |
|       8 | Maharashtra    | MOTION - A COE in Autonomous Connected Electric Shared (ACES) Mobility at STPI Pune                                                                               |                        20    |                     20    |                     17.47 |
|       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 |                        10.95 |                      8.17 |                      8.17 |
|      10 | Assam          | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - I: Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture at Guwahati                                                 |                        30.73 |                     11.28 |                     11.28 |

## Annexure -III

|   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                                         | 38.03 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
|   14 | Mizoram           | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ) Phase - II: Gaming& Entertainment at Aizawl                                           | 38.03 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
|   15 | Nagaland          | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: Graphic Design at Kohima                                                 | 38.03 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
|   16 | Sikkim            | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: IT Application in Healthcare &Agritech at Gangtok                        | 38.03 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
|   17 | Tripura           | OCTANE CoE with Startup Innovation Zone (CoE-SIZ), Phase - II: Data Analytics& Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Agartala                 | 38.03 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
|   18 | Odisha            | Electropreneur Park (EP) - an Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) CoE at STPI Bhubaneswar                                | 22.44 | 19.79 | 10.88 |
|   19 | Odisha            | Virtual &Augmented Reality CoE (VARCoE) at IIT Bhubaneswar                                                                              | 10    | 10    | 8.57  |
|   20 | Odisha            | EmTekCoE at Bhubaneswar& Rourkela                                                                                                       | 21.25 | 14.28 | 5.95  |

|   21 | Punjab        | NEURON - 'Start -up Punjab Hub @STPI' (SPHS) at STPI Mohali                                                                             |   20.92 |   15.62 |   11.25 |
|------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|   22 | Tamil Nadu    | FinBlue- A CoE in FinTech, STPI Chennai                                                                                                 |   10.82 |    8.38 |    6.13 |
|   23 | Telangana     | IMAGE - A CoE in Gaming, Visual effects (VFX), Computer Vision and AI at STPI Hyderabad                                                 |   19.68 |   14.01 |   12.09 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh | MEDTECH- A CoE in Medical Electronics &Health Informatics at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow |   16    |   10.84 |   10.84 |

## Details of upcoming incubation facilities at STPI

|   Sl. No. | State             | Centre Name                                  | Built up Area (sq. ft.)   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizag                                        | 30,000                    |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar                                     | 14,811                    |
|         3 | Himachal Pradesh  | Kangra                                       | 35,600                    |
|         4 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla (Additional Incubation facility)      | 20,000                    |
|         5 | Jharkhand         | Dhanbad                                      | 50,800                    |
|         6 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi                                       | 65,000                    |
|         7 | Jharkhand         | Jamshedpur                                   | 67,800                    |
|         8 | Karnataka         | Bengaluru (Additional Incubation facility)   | 1,25,000                  |
|         9 | Karnataka         | Mysuru                                       | 40,000                    |
|        10 | Maharashtra       | Pune (Additional Incubation facility)        | 42,600                    |
|        11 | Odisha            | Balasore                                     | 20,000                    |
|        12 | Odisha            | Bhubaneswar (Additional Incubation facility) | 1,25,000                  |
|        13 | Odisha            | Rourkela (Additional Incubation facility)    | 40,000                    |
|        14 | Odisha            | Angul                                        | 18,000                    |
|        15 | Odisha            | Sambalpur                                    | 16,000                    |
|        16 | Punjab            | Amritsar                                     | 38,083                    |
|        17 | Uttar Pradesh     | Agra                                         | 23,000                    |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh     | Bareilly                                     | 22,000                    |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh     | Gorakhpur                                    | 24,500                    |
|        20 | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun (Additional Incubation facility)    | 30,000                    |

## Annexure -IV

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