Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government proposes to develop Information Technology (IT) Hubs in small cities and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
(c) whether the Government proposes to give an impetus to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in this regard and if so, the details thereof?
(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO. *192 FOR 04.03.2020 REGARDING IT HUBS IN SMALL CITIES
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(a) and (b): Government of India has taken various initiatives for demographically distributing IT/ ITeS industry including in small cities. 60 Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres have been established till date of which 52 centres are in Tier II/ III cities. Further, Government has approved 23 new STPI centres in Tier II/ III locations. List of existing and approved STPI Centres are at Annexure-I and II.
In addition to the STPI centres, Government has notified 237 SEZs in IT/ ITeS Sector, majority of which are in Tier II/ III locations. Under the Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) scheme of Government of India, under implementation since 2017, 20 Greenfield EMCs and 3 Common Facility Centres (CFCs) have been established across the country aimed at promoting employment through electronic manufacturing primarily in Tier II/ III locations. Details of these EMCs are at Annexure-III.
For providing job incentives and demographically distributing BPO operations, Government is implementing the BPO promotion schemes, namely India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) and North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS). Under these Schemes, incentives are provided for setting up of BPO IT/ ITeS operation and thus, creating opportunities for establishing 53,300 seats. Since inception, 262 units have started BPO/ ITeS operations for a total of 49,009 seats in over 100 Tier II/ III cities across 28 States/ UTs of the country.
Further, Government has notified National Policy on Software Products (NPSP) and National Policy on Electronics (NPE) in the year 2019 to move the IT-Sector up the value chain with special emphasis provided for Tier II/ III locations. In accordance with NPSP, Government has approved the Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 95.03 crore for establishing software product incubation facilities in 11 Tier II/ III STPI centres.
(c): As per extant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, 100% FDI is allowed in IT sector under automatic route and in electronics manufacturing, FDI upto 100% is permitted under the automatic route, subject to applicable laws/ regulation; security and other conditionalities. Also, for easing FDI approvals, cell has been created in MeitY for expediting FDI proposal received. Rs. 1,09,572 crore FDI has been invested in Computer Software and Hardware during FY 2016-2019 and Rs. 28,081 crore in current financial year till September, 2019.
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Annexure-I
State-wise list of existing STPI centres
S. N State Centre Name
1. Andhra Pradesh Kakinada
2. Tirupati
3. Vijayawada
4. Vizag
5. Assam Guwahati
6. Bihar Patna
7. Chhattisgarh Bhilai
8. Gujarat Gandhinagar
9. Surat
10. Haryana Gurgaon
11. Himachal Pradesh Shimla
12. Jammu and Kashmir Jammu
13. Srinagar
14. Jharkhand Ranchi
15. Deoghar
16. Karnataka Bengaluru
17. Hubli
18. Mangalore
19. Manipal
20. Mysore
21. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
22. Madhya Pradesh Gwalior
23. Bhopal
24. Indore
25. Maharashtra Aurangabad
26. Kolhapur
27. Nagpur
28. Nasik
29. Mumbai
30. Pune
31. Manipur Imphal
32. Meghalaya Shillong
33. Mizoram Aizawl
34. Odisha Berhampur
35. Bhubaneswar
36. Rourkela
37. Pondicherry Pondicherry
38. Punjab Mohali
39. Rajasthan Jaipur
40. Jodhpur
41. Sikkim Gangtok
42. Tamil Nadu Chennai
43. Coimbatore
44. Madurai
45. Tirunelveli
46. Trichy
47. Telangana Hyderabad
48. Warangal
49. Uttar Pradesh Allahabad
50. Kanpur
51. Lucknow
52. Noida
53. Uttarakhand Dehradun
54. West Bengal Durgapur
55. Haldia
56. Kharagpur
57. Kolkata
58. Siliguri
59. Tripura Agartala
60. Goa Goa
Annexure-II
State-wise list of approved STPI centres
S.N State Location
1 Madhya Pradesh Chhindwada
2 Jabalpur
3 Punjab Amritsar
4 Jharkhand Dhanbad
5 Jamshedpur
6 Bokaro
7 Uttar Pradesh Agra
8 Varanasi
9 Meerut
10 Gorakhpur
11 Nagaland Kohima
12 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
13 Odisha Balasore
14 Sambalpur
15 Jajpur
16 Angul
17 Koraput (Jayepore)
18 Bihar Darbhanga
19 Bhagalpur
20 Haryana Panchkula
21 Gujarat Bhavnagar
22 Karnataka Davangere
23 Himachal Pradesh Kangra
Annexure-III
Details of applications approved under EMC scheme
# State Location of EMC Area (Acres) Chief Promoter/ SPV
Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster
1 Andhra Pradesh
Village-Cherivi, Satyavedu Mandal,
Chittor District 94 Sri City Pvt. Ltd.
2 Vikruthamala Village, Yerpadu Mandal, Chittor District 501.40 Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (APIIC)
3 Renigunta and Yerpadu Mandal , Chittor District, Near Airport, Tirupati 113.27 Sri Venkateswara Mobile and electronics manufacturing hub Pvt. Ltd.
4 Assam Bongora, Palasbari Circle , Kamrup District ®, Assam 100 Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON)
5 Chhattisgarh Village-Tuta, Sector-22, Naya Raipur,Tehsil-Abhanpur, Raipur District 116.48 Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation ltd. (CSIDC)
6 Gujarat Village-Tunda, Taluka- Mundra, District-Kutch 631.38 Mundra Solar Techno park Private Limited (MSTPL)
7 Goa Village-Tuem , Taluka- Pernem Goa 147.55 Department of IT, Government of Goa
8 Jharkhand Adityapur,
Saraikela-Kharsawan District 82.49 Jharkhand Industrial Area
Development Authority (JIADA)
9 Kerala Kakkanad Village,Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District 66.87 Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA)
10
Madhya Pradesh Badwai-Bhopal 50 Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.(MPSEDC)
11 Purva-Jabalpur
40
12 Odisha Infovalley at Bhubaneswar Industrial Area, Khurda District 203.37 Odisha Industrial development Corporation (IDCO)
13 Rajasthan SPL-1, Salarpur, Khushkera, Bhiwadi 50.3 ELCINA Electronics Manufacturing Cluster Pvt. Ltd (EEMCPL)
14 Karoli Industrial Area, Bhiwadi, District-Alwar 121.51 Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation Ltd. (RIICO)
15 Telangana E-city, Hyderabad 603.52 Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC)
16 Maheshwaram, Ranga Reddy 310.70
17 Uttar Pradesh Plot No. 6/A, sector-24, Yamuna Expressway 100 U.P Electronics Corporation Limited (UPLC)
18 Plot No. -1, Block-C, Ecotech-VI Industrial Area, Greater Noida 99.41 TEGNA Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
19 West Bengal Sector-IV & V, Falta Industrial Centre, P.S Ramnagar, District South 24 Parganas 58.04 West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL)
20 Naihati town, North 24 Parganas district 70
Common Facility Centre (CFC) in Brownfield EMC
21 Karnataka
(CFC) Plot No. 336/4 & 336/5, Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysore 1.50 Mysore ESDM Cluster
22 Maharashtra
(CFC) Plot No.-P 30, Shendra Five Star Industrial Area, Aurangabad District 1.98 Deogiri Electronics Cluster Private Limited
23 Plot No. J/P-8, J 462 and J 462/P, Pimpri Industrial Area, Pune 0.61 MCCIA Electronic Cluster Foundation