Lok Sabha Question No. 165 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: Software Technology Parks
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *165

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.03.2016

## SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

## *165. SHRIMATI  RITA  TARAI :

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

- (a) the details of places where the Software Technology Parks of India (STPIs) have been setup or under implementation;
- (b) the funds made available and utilised for the purpose during the last three years, yearwise;
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to set up more STPIs at various  places including Jajpur, Angul and Sambalpur if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which pending projects are likely to be approved?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *165  FOR 09.03.2016 REGARDING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS.

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(a)    to  (d):  A  total  of  54  Software  Technology  Parks  of  India  (STPI)  centres  have  been  setup across the country. State-wise list of STPI centres is enclosed at Annexure-A. The state-wise list of  24  approved  new  STPI  centres  which  are  under  various  stages  of  implementation  is  at Annexure B.  Details of funds made available and utilised for the purpose during last three years, year-wise is as under:

| FY                | Location           | Grant-in-aid released   | Remarks   |
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
| Aizawl, (Mizoram) | Rs. 1,50,00,000    | utilised                | 2012-13   |
| -                 | Nil                | -                       | 2013-14   |
| Bhopal, (MP)      | Rs. 50,00,000      | utilised                | 2014-15   |
| Bhopal, (MP)      | Balasore, (Odisha) | Rs. 50,00,000           | utilised  |

The remaining expenditure towards establishment of a centre is borne  by STPI from its internal accruals. The proposal for setting up of Software Technology Parks of  India (STPIs) at Jajpur, Angul and Sambalpur has been approved on 23-11-2015 by the Governing Council (GC) of STPI and the same has been communicated to State Government of Odisha.

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ANNEXURE - A

List of 54 existing STPI Centres

|   SN | States           | Location           |
|------|------------------|--------------------|
|    1 |                  | Kakinada           |
|    2 |                  | Tirupati           |
|    3 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vijayawada         |
|    4 |                  | Vizag              |
|    5 | Assam            | Guwahati           |
|    6 | Bihar            | Patna              |
|    7 | Chhattisgarh     | Bhilai             |
|    8 | Gujarat          | Gandhinagar        |
|   09 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla             |
|   10 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Srinagar           |
|   11 |                  | Jammu              |
|   12 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi             |
|   13 |                  | Bangaluru          |
|   14 |                  | Hubli              |
|   15 | Karnataka        | Mangalore          |
|   16 |                  | Manipal            |
|   17 |                  | Mysore             |
|   18 | Kerala           | Thiruvananthapuram |
|   19 |                  | Indore             |
|   20 | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior            |
|   21 |                  | Aurangabad         |
|   22 |                  | Nagpur             |
|   23 | Maharashtra      | Nasik              |
|   24 |                  | Navi Mumbai        |
|   25 |                  | Kolhapur           |

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|   26 |               | Pune        |
|------|---------------|-------------|
|   27 | Manipur       | Imphal      |
|   28 | Meghalya      | Shillong    |
|   20 | Mizoram       | Aizwal      |
|   30 | Orissa        | Bhubaneswar |
|   31 | Orissa        | Rourkela    |
|   32 | Orissa        | Berhampur   |
|   33 | Pondicherry   | Pondicherry |
|   34 | Punjab        | Mohali      |
|   35 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur      |
|   36 |               | Jodhpur     |
|   37 | Sikkim        | Gangtok     |
|   38 | Tamilnadu     | Chennai     |
|   39 | Tamilnadu     | Coimbatore  |
|   40 | Tamilnadu     | Madurai     |
|   41 | Tamilnadu     | Tirunelveli |
|   42 | Tamilnadu     | Trichy      |
|   43 | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |
|   44 | Telangana     | Warangal    |
|   45 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur      |
|   46 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|   47 | Uttar Pradesh | Noida       |
|   48 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   |
|   49 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|   50 | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|   51 | West Bengal   | Durgapur    |
|   52 | West Bengal   | Kharagpur   |
|   53 | West Bengal   | Siliguri    |
|   54 | West Bengal   | Haldia      |

## List of approved STPI Centres to be set up State-wise

|   Sl. No. | Location          | State             |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Itanagar          | Arunachal Pradesh |
|         2 | Darbhanga         | Bihar             |
|         3 | Bhagalpur         | Bihar             |
|         4 | Jamshedpur        | Jharkhand         |
|         5 | Deoghar           | Jharkhand         |
|         6 | Dhanbad           | Jharkhand         |
|         7 | Bokaro            | Jharkhand         |
|         8 | Goa               | Goa               |
|         9 | Surat             | Gujrat            |
|        10 | Bhopal            | Madhya Pradesh    |
|        11 | Chinndwada        | Madhya Pradesh    |
|        12 | Jabalpur          | Madhya Pradesh    |
|        13 | Kohima- Dimapur   | Nagaland          |
|        14 | Balasore          | Odisha            |
|        15 | Angul             | Odisha            |
|        16 | Jajpur            | Odisha            |
|        17 | Koraput (jeypore) | Odisha            |
|        18 | Sambalpur         | Odisha            |
|        19 | Amritsar          | Punjab            |
|        20 | Agartala          | Tripura           |
|        21 | Agra              | Uttar Pradesh     |
|        22 | Gorakhpur         | Uttar Pradesh     |
|        23 | Meerut            | Uttar Pradesh     |
|        24 | Varanasi          | Uttar Pradesh     |