Question : SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS

(a) the salient features of a `Software Technology Parks`;

(b) the number of such parks in the country, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government have any information regarding income generated by these parks during the last two years;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(e) whether any such parks have been set up/proposed to be set-up by the Union Government or with the assistance of the Union Government;

(f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(g) if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN)

(a): Software Technology Parks of India was established and registered as an Autonomous Society on 5th June, 1991 with the objective of establising and managing Infrastructural facilities including High Speed Data Communication facilities and extending other services like technology assessment and professional training to the software sector. The salient features of the STP Scheme are as follows:

- Approval under single window clearance
- 100% foreign equity permitted
- Imports are duty free
- Second hand capital goods can also be imported
- Custom bondling period is for 5 years, extendable to 10	years in case of products requiring significant capital	investment and infrastructure.
- Exemption of local taxes for domestic purchases
- Sales in the domestic market permissible upto 50% of the exports
- Exemption from Corporate income tax up to March 2010
- Export obligation on net foreign exchange is US $ 0.25m or 3 times	the CIF value of the goods imported, whichever is	more to be fulfilled over a period of 5 years.

S.No. Centre State 
1. Bangalore	Karnataka 

2. Pune Maharashtra 

3. Bhubaneswar Orissa 

4. Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 

5. Noida Uttar Pradesh
6. Gandhinagar Gujarat 

7 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 

8. Chennai Tamilnadu 

9. Mohali Punjab
10. Jaipur Rajasthan
11. Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
12. Coimbatore Tamilnadu
13. Manipal Karnataka
14. Mysore Karnataka
15. Guwahati Assam
16. Vizag Andhra Pradesh
17. Indore Madhya Pradesh
18. Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir
19. Calcutta West Bengal

S.No. Location	State 
1. Guwahati Assam 

2. Indore Madhya Pradesh 

3. Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir 

4. Hubli Karnataka 

5. Shimla Himachal Pradesh
6. Pondicherry Pondicherry 

7 Aurangabad Maharashtra 

8. Nagpur Maharashtra

S.No. Centre	State 
1. Nasik	Maharashtra 

2. Kolhapur	Maharashtra 

3. Warangal	Andhra Pradesh 

4. Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh 

5. Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
6. Dehradun Uttarnchal 

7 Mangalore	Karnataka 

8. Jammu	Jammu & Kashmir 

9. Rourkela Orissa
10. Calcutta West Bengal
11. Gurgaon	Haryana
12. Agartala Tripura
13. Shillong Meghalaya
14. Gangtok	Sikkim
15. Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
16. Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh
17. Trichy	Tamilnadu
18. Madurai	Tamilnadu
19. Thirunavelli	Tamilnadu
20. Salem	Tamilnadu