Lok Sabha Question No. 5431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Establishment of STPs in Buxar and Kaimur
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Sudhakar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5431

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 25.03.2026

## ESTABLISHMENT OF STPs IN BUXAR AND KAIMUR

## † 5431. SHRI SUDHAKAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any proposal for the establishment of Software Technology Parks, IT parks in the State of Bihar particularly in Buxar and Kaimur districts;
- (b) if so, the details of proposed locations, availability of land and necessary infrastructure thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has initiated any action regarding the preparation of a detailed project report, site identification or policy approval for setting up Software Technology Parks or Electronic Hubs in Buxar and Kaimur districts in view of the expansion of information technology in Bihar and if so, the current status thereof;
- (d) whether any project has been approved so far and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) if not, the proposed action-plan of the Union Government to boost employment generation, startups and digital infrastructure in said districts; and
- (f) whether the Union Government proposes to prioritise these regions in the future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f) : The Government of India is making continuous efforts to promote IT industry across India including smaller cities and towns. As a part of this initiative, 70 Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres have been established across India including 62 centres in Tier-II/Tier-III cities.

## STPI centres in Bihar:

Government has established 3 STPI centres in Bihar at Bhagalpur, Darbhanga and Patna with a total of 273 Plug & Play seats. These STPI centres provide Incubation services, High Speed Data Communication services, Cloud services and other statutory support services so that entrepreneurs with innovative ideas can establish their startups with the help of STPI.

The incubation facility provides opportunity of meeting with investors like Venture Capitalists (VCs), mentors from IITs/NITs/Industry and networking opportunity with IT professionals.

At  present,  STPI  does  not  have  any  proposal  in  consideration  for  establishment  of  new  STPI centres in the state of Bihar.

As  on  date,  12  IT/ITeS  companies  incubated  at  STPI  centres  in  Bihar  have  generated approximately  366  employment  opportunities. Additionally,  31  startups  from  Patna  supported under  the  Next  Generation  Incubation  Scheme  (NGIS)  generated  around  253  employment opportunities.

The  Incubation  Centre  at  IIT  Patna  under  the  Gen-Next  Support  for  Innovative  Startups (GENESIS) Scheme has been extending support to startups. Further, Government of India has undertaken a project for establishment of the Incubation Centre (Phase-II) in collaboration with IIT Patna and the Government of Bihar, with the objective of supporting 310 startups in the State of Bihar over a period of five years.

The Government is undertaking several initiatives under the Digital India Programme to strengthen digital  infrastructure  across  the  country,  including  Bihar.  These  include  the  development  and implementation of digital platforms such as National Knowledge Network (NKN), DigiLocker and Unified  Mobile Application  for  New-age  Governance  (UMANG),  as  well  as  the  provision  of secure  cloud  services  to  Government  departments  through  MeitY-empanelled  cloud  service providers.

Further,  initiatives  to  enable  online  delivery  of  citizen-centric  services  include  promotion  of Aadhaar-based  authentication  for  beneficiary  identification  and  expansion  of  service  delivery through Common Service Centres (CSCs) to provide assisted access to citizens, particularly in rural and remote areas.

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