Lok Sabha Question No. 324 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Software Exports from Software Technology Parks
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *324

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024

## SOFTWARE EXPORTS FROM SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

## *324.     SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

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 Andhra Pradesh during each of the last five years, STP-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  incubation  the  facilities  established  by  Software  Technology  Parks  of  India (STPI) including funds sanctioned, released and utilized, State-wise;
- (c) the detailed status of the incubation centre at Andhra University including the funds allocated, disbursed, utilized 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.  *324  FOR  18.12.2024  REGARDING  SOFTWARE  EXPORTS FROM SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

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(a) to (d): The Government of India is making continuous efforts to promote IT industry across  India  including  smaller  cities  and  towns  and  has  initiated  multiple  schemes  and programmes for growth of IT industry in this regard.

The  Software  Technology  Park  (STP)  is  the  one  of  the  most  important  schemes  in  this effort. Under this scheme, Software Technology Parks have been established in 65 cities across India with 57 centres in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities like Kakinada, Tirupati, Vijayawada etc. The STP centres provide incubator facility which help entrepreneurs to convert their innovative ideas into startups. The incubator facility provides opportunity of meeting with investors like Venture Capitalists (VCs), mentors from IITs/NITs/Industry and networking opportunity with IT professionals through implementation of various schemes, programmes and Centres of Entrepreneurship.

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

The STPI centres across India provides facilities of about 4,000 plug and play incubation seats and about 5 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  350.19  crore,  with  released  amount  of  Rs.  203.55  crore  and utilized amount as Rs 157.19 crore with detailed attached at Annexure - III .

The incubation center at Andhra University is being developed on a 1-acre land allotted by the Andhra Pradesh Government near Andhra University Tech Hub (a-hub), A.U. College of Engineering Area (North Campus), Visakhapatnam. STPI has planned a ground plus 4 floors  building  with  a  built-up  area  of  about  30,000  sq.  ft.,  estimated  to  cost  Rs.  18.95 crore from its internal accruals. The tendering process has concluded, and work has been awarded on 29.10.2024.

The details of upcoming incubation facilities at STPI 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. | Centre                    | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2022-23    | 2023-24     |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|        1 | Behrampur                 | 0.71        | 1.49        | 2.23        | 4.1        | 5.89        |
|        2 | Bengaluru                 | 1,92,615.20 | 2,10,581.43 | 2,56,687.12 | 3,53,371.8 | 4,07,088.72 |
|        3 | Bhilai                    | 86.77       | 124.91      | 111.59      | 73.55      | 81.28       |
|        4 | Bhopal                    | -           | 11.41       | 70.17       | 53.65      | 44.73       |
|        5 | Bhubaneswar               | 2,488.22    | 2,391.96    | 2,526.82    | 2,995.71   | 3,283.54    |
|        6 | Chennai                   | 46,049.48   | 47,079.77   | 55,973.62   | 71,391.98  | 77,421.44   |
|        7 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 72.85       | 64.14       | 90.079      | 112.5      | 132.42      |
|        8 | Coimbatore                | 697.79      | 921.2       | 1288.37     | 2,009      | 2,548.26    |
|        9 | Davanagere                | -           | -           | -           | -          | 0.5         |
|       10 | Dehradun                  | 137.85      | 165.95      | 191.35      | 213.49     | 241.11      |
|       11 | Durgapur                  | 72.56       | 101.53      | 81.98       | 93.75      | 110.4       |
|       12 | Gandhinagar               | 3,539.80    | 3995.4      | 4976        | 6836.41    | 8636.92     |
|       13 | Gangtok                   | 19.43       | 18.19       | 11.39       | 8.24       | 7.29        |
|       14 | Goa                       | 136.21      | 139.1       | 156.73      | 216.64     | 259.45      |
|       15 | Gurugram                  | -           | 24,140.46   | 32,227.2    | 47,040.52  | 52,931.70   |
|       16 | Guwahati                  | 22.27       | 20.66       | 23.63       | 30.02      | 42.51       |
|       17 | Hubballi                  | 61.68       | 101.42      | 122.17      | 90.26      | 58.2        |
|       18 | Hyderabad                 | 64,525.90   | 71574.19    | 89,846.67   | 119886.5   | 121115.57   |
|       19 | Indore                    | 756.72      | 875.08      | 1,008.63    | 1818.01    | 1915.61     |
|       20 | Jaipur                    | 1,195.17    | 1477.59     | 1592.06     | 2695.47    | 3217.82     |
|       21 | Jammu                     | -           | -           | 32.85       | -          | -           |
|       22 | Jodhpur                   | 16.70       | 20.91       | 18.51       | -          | -           |
|       23 | Kakinada                  | 16.89       | 14.83       | 25.65       | 22.98      | 31.59       |
|       24 | Kanpur                    | 0.91        | 3.89        | 7.78        | 5.53       | 5.45        |
|       25 | Kochi                     | -           | -           | -           | -          | 987.58      |
|       26 | Kolhapur                  | 128.89      | 139.96      | 161.62      | 176.57     | 189.51      |
|       27 | Kolkata                   | 7,103.29    | 7283.90     | 8361.40     | 12649.55   | 13029.69    |
|       28 | Lucknow                   | 233.38      | 243.90      | 286.53      | 524.69     | 640.16      |
|       29 | Madurai                   | 92.20       | 93.51       | 142.07      | 185.20     | 255.18      |
|       30 | Mangaluru                 | 619.12      | 455.75      | 380.25      | 473.56     | 539.15      |
|       31 | Manipal                   | 119.48      | 189.32      | 301.16      | 358.30     | 379.84      |
|       32 | Mohali                    | 1,223.53    | 1584.69     | 2136.89     | 3605.75    | 4228.36     |
|       33 | Mumbai                    | 40,538.23   | 43737.03    | 54,219.79   | 70266.02   | 76564.55    |
|       34 | Mysore                    | 1,057.90    | 757.83      | 749.44      | 875.25     | 1028.64     |
|       35 | Nagpur                    | 405.9       | 456.04      | 393.701     | 591.45     | 646.52      |
|       36 | Nasik                     | 210.88      | 244.90      | 332.1565    | 448.28     | 495.54      |
|       37 | Noida                     | 49,133.27   | 27524.23    | 37391.47    | 47446.54   | 50,119.10   |
|       38 | Patna                     | -           | -           | 1.56        | 3.08       | 0.74        |
|       39 | Pondicherry               | 125.07      | 294.73      | 292.89      | 323.75     | 301.59      |
|       40 | Pune                      | 50,157.15   | 56,938.83   | 70,487.11   | 94,106.69  | 1,05,818.98 |
|       41 | Ranchi                    | 14.24       | 29.57       | 42.65       | 46.14      | 53.14       |
|       42 | Rourkela                  | 7.4         | 7.87        | 10.38       | 10.97      | 13.43       |
|       43 | Shillong                  | 15          | 23.25       | 34.57       | 82.51      | 123.78      |

|   45 | Siliguri            | 4.28     | 5.62     | 6.6104   | 7.43     | 8.2      |
|------|---------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|   46 | Srinagar            | 6.24     | 6.81     | -        | 37.61    | 41.93    |
|   47 | Surat               | 30.99    | 20.81    | 25.04    | 43.86    | 66.29    |
|   48 | Thiruvanantha puram | 3,620.47 | 3,825.74 | 4,311.43 | 5,702.46 | 5,315.81 |
|   49 | Tirunelveli         | 1.81     | 4.24     | 2.97     | 5.56     | 3.7      |
|   50 | Tirupati            | -        | 11.16    | 14.74    | 11.12    | 9.39     |
|   51 | Trichy              | 79.58    | 254.47   | 280.17   | 377.21   | 449.14   |
|   52 | Vijayawada          | 111.64   | 75.13    | 109.91   | 138.19   | 184.21   |
|   53 | Visakhapatnam       | 718.24   | 781.9    | 775.82   | 917.02   | 2,625.04 |
|   54 | Warangal            | -        | -        | -        | -        | 1.05     |

## Annexure - II

## State-wise Incubation facilities established in STPI

| S.N.   | Centre Name        | Incubation Space    | Incubation Space                 |
|--------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------|
| S.N.   | Centre Name        | Raw Space in sq. ft | No. of Plug and Play (PnP) Seats |
| 1      | Kakinada           | -                   | 121                              |
| 2      | Tirupati           | 7094                | -                                |
| 3      | Vijayawada         | 22264               | 234                              |
| 4      | Guwahati           | 9849                | -                                |
| 5      | Patna              | 11500               | -                                |
| 6      | Bhagalpur          | -                   | 116                              |
| 7      | Bhilai             | 18613               | 100                              |
| 8      | Gandhinagar        | -                   | 136                              |
| 9      | Surat              | -                   | 106                              |
| 10     | Shimla             | 18874               | -                                |
| 11     | Jammu              | 4100                | -                                |
| 12     | Srinagar           | 21439               | -                                |
| 13     | Ranchi             | 60001               | 122                              |
| 14     | Deoghar            | 28258               | 64                               |
| 15     | Bangalore          | -                   | 38                               |
| 16     | Hubli              | -                   | 20                               |
| 17     | Mangalore          | -                   | 86                               |
| 18     | Davangere          | -                   | 102                              |
| 19     | Thiruvananthapuram | -                   | 188                              |
| 20     | Kochi              | 14557               | 135                              |
| 21     | Gwalior            | 5647                | -                                |
| 22     | Indore             | -                   | 20                               |
| 23     | Bhopal             | 8467                | 14                               |
| 24     | Aurangabad         | -                   | 72                               |
| 25     | Kolhapur           | -                   | 62                               |
| 26     | Nagpur             | -                   | 227                              |
| 27     | Navi Mumbai        | -                   | 23                               |
| 28     | Pune               | 7890                | 369                              |
| 29     | Shillong           | 2543                | -                                |
| 30     | Berhampur          | 16000               | -                                |
| 31     | Bhubaneswar        | 23151               | 14                               |
| 32     | Rourkela           | 9908                | -                                |
| 33     | Mohali             | 28418               | 100                              |
| 34     | Jaipur             | 8387                | 90                               |
| 35     | Jodhpur            | 6448                | -                                |
| 36     | Chennai            | 44794               | 151                              |
| 37     | Hyderabad          | 36415               | 284                              |
| 38 39  | Warangal           | -                   | 64 46                            |
| 40     | Allahabad          | 5916 2714           | 19                               |
|        | Kanpur             | 1500                | 56                               |
| 41     | Lucknow            |                     |                                  |

|   42 |             | Noida     | -     | 13   |
|------|-------------|-----------|-------|------|
|   43 |             | Meerut    | 2284  | 133  |
|   44 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun  | 7757  | -    |
|   45 | West Bengal | Durgapur  | -     | 40   |
|   46 | West Bengal | Haldia    | -     | 41   |
|   47 | West Bengal | Kharagpur | 500   | 11   |
|   48 | West Bengal | Siliguri  | -     | 32   |
|   49 | Haryana     | Gurugram  | 16361 | 141  |
|   50 | Tripura     | Agartala  | 10966 | 220  |
|   51 | Goa         | Goa       | -     | 48   |
|   52 | Nagaland    | Kohima    | 2544  | 85   |

## Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoEs) by STPI

|   S. No | State             | CoE Name                                                                                                                                                          |   Fund Sanctioned (In ₹ Cr) |   Fund Released (In ₹ Cr) |   Fund Utilized (In ₹ Cr) |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kalpataru CoE at Rashtriya ISPAT Nigam Ltd. in Visakhapatnam                                                                                                      |                       20.32 |                     12.77 |                     12.77 |
|       2 | Delhi             | Electropreneur Park, at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD)                                                                            |                       21.1  |                     21.1  |                     21.1  |
|       3 | Gujrat            | FinTech CoE at GIFT City in 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 Jayanagar, Bengaluru                                                                                                          |                       26.77 |                      7.6  |                      5.45 |
|       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 |                      9.93 |                      9.93 |
|       8 | Maharashtra       | MOTION - A COE in Autonomous Connected Electric Shared (ACES) Mobility at STPI Pune                                                                               |                       20    |                     20    |                     16.34 |
|       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 |                       10.5  |                      6.12 |                      6.05 |
|      10 | Assam             | OctaNE CoE, Phase - I: Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture at Guwahati                                                                                        |                       30.73 |                     11.28 |                     10.52 |
|      11 | Manipur           | OctaNE CoE, Phase - I: Emerging Technologies in Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) at Imphal                                                                   |                       30.73 |                     11.28 |                     10.52 |
|      12 | Meghalaya         | OctaNE CoE, Phase - I: Animation in Shillong                                                                                                                      |                       30.73 |                     11.28 |                     10.52 |
|      13 | Arunachal Pradesh | OctaNE CoE, Phase - II: Geographic information system (GIS) & Drone Technology at Itanagar                                                                        |                       38.03 |                     14.14 |                     11.21 |

## Annexure - III

|   14 | Mizoram       | OctaNE CoE, Phase - II: Gaming & Entertainment at Aizawl                                                                                |       |       |       |
|------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
|   15 | Nagaland      | OctaNE CoE, Phase - II: Graphic Design at Kohima                                                                                        |       |       |       |
|   16 | Sikkim        | OctaNE CoE, Phase - II: IT Application in Healthcare & Agritech at Gangtok                                                              |       |       |       |
|   17 | Tripura       | OctaNE CoE, 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                                | 22.44 | 18.05 | 8.54  |
|   19 | Odisha        | Virtual &Augmented Reality CoE (VARCoE) at IIT Bhubaneswar                                                                              | 10    | 10    | 6.44  |
|   20 | Odisha        | EmTek CoEat Bhubaneswar &Satellite Centre at Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela                                     | 21.15 | 12.64 | 4.75  |
|   21 | Punjab        | NEURON - 'Start-up Punjab Hub @STPI' (SPHS) at STPI Mohali                                                                              | 20.92 | 14.58 | 10.48 |
|   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 | 13.14 | 11.3  |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh | MEDTECH- A CoE in Medical Electronics& Health Informatics at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow | 16    | 9.57  | 7.21  |

## Annexure - IV

## 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      | Itanagar      | 14,811                    |

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|    | Pradesh          |                                              |          |
|----|------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------|
|  3 | Bihar            | Darbhanga                                    | 16,200   |
|  4 | Bihar            | Patna (Additional Incubation facility)       | 1,00,000 |
|  5 | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra                                       | 35,600   |
|  6 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla (Additional Incubation facility)      | 18,000   |
|  7 | Jharkhand        | Dhanbad                                      | 50,800   |
|  8 | Jharkhand        | Jamshedpur                                   | 67,800   |
|  9 | Karnataka        | Bengaluru (Additional Incubation facility)   | 1,25,000 |
| 10 | Karnataka        | Mysuru                                       | 40,000   |
| 11 | Maharashtra      | Pune (Additional Incubation facility)        | 42,600   |
| 12 | Odisha           | Balasore                                     | 20,000   |
| 13 | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar (Additional Incubation facility) | 1,25,000 |
| 14 | Odisha           | Jajpur                                       | 20,000   |
| 15 | Odisha           | Koraput (Jayepore)                           | 10,800   |
| 16 | Odisha           | Rourkela (Additional Incubation facility)    | 40,000   |
| 17 | Odisha           | Sambalpur                                    | 16,000   |
| 18 | Punjab           | Amritsar                                     | 38,083   |
| 19 | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra                                         | 23,000   |
| 20 | Uttar Pradesh    | Bareilly                                     | 22,000   |
| 21 | Uttar Pradesh    | Gorakhpur                                    | 24,500   |
| 22 | Uttarakhand      | Dehradun (Additional Incubation facility)    | 30,000   |
| 23 | West Bengal      | Kolkata                                      | 1,93,000 |

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