Question : Software Technology Parks

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

(a) whether the Government is pursuing a scheme of establishing Software Technology Parks (STP) across India through the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether software export parks will play a critical role in the vision to become a software export oriented nation and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government intends to target specific areas to develop them as model software export hubs in the country and if so, the details thereof;
(d) the details of operational STPs, State/UT-wise;
(e) the proposal under consideration of the Government regarding establishment of such parks across the country, State/UT-wise; and
(f) whether the Government has any plans to set up STPs in Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof; district-wise?

a): Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is the implementing agency for Software Technology Parks (STP) Scheme, which is a 100% export-oriented scheme for the development and export of computer software using data communication links or physical media, including export of professional services. Currently, 4186 export oriented IT/ ITeS units are registered with STPI across the country.

(b): The exports from the IT/ ITeS industry which is being witnessed by the country today, is mainly due to successful administration of the Software Technology Park (STP) Scheme during the last three decades. The exports made by the STP units in the FY 2018-19 stands at Rs. 4.21 lakh crore which is about 45 % of the total IT/ ITeS exports from the country in FY 2018-19.

(c): Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has established its 60 centres across India, out of which 52 are in Tier-II/ Tier-III cities. Further, 23 new STPI centres have been approved by the Government in Tier-II/ Tier-III cities with the intention to disperse IT/ ITeS industry beyond Tier-I locations.

(d): The State-wise list of operational STPI centres is at Annexure-I.
(e): The State-wise list of approved STPI Centres is at Annexure II.

(f): Six STPI centres are operational in Maharashtra at Pune, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad and Kolhapur. However, currently, there is no proposal under consideration of the Government to set-up new STPI Centres in Maharashtra.
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Annexure-I
List of operational 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 Goa Goa
9 Gujarat Gandhinagar
10 Surat
11 Haryana Gurgaon
12 Himachal Pradesh Shimla
13 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu
14 Srinagar
15 Jharkhand Ranchi
16 Deoghar
17 Karnataka Bengaluru
18 Hubli
19 Mangalore
20 Manipal
21 Mysore
22 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
23 Madhya Pradesh Gwalior
24 Indore
25 Bhopal
26 Maharashtra Aurangabad
27 Kolhapur
28 Nagpur
29 Nasik
30 Mumbai
31 Pune
32 Manipur Imphal
33 Meghalaya Shillong
34 Mizoram Aizawl
35 Odisha Berhampur
36 Bhubaneswar
37 Rourkela
38 Pondicherry Pondicherry
39 Punjab Mohali
40 Rajasthan Jaipur
41 Jodhour
42 Sikkim Gangtok
43 Tamil Nadu Chennai
44 Coimbatore
45 Madurai
46 Tirunelveli
47 Trichy
48 Telangana Hyderabad
49 Warangal
50 Uttar Pradesh Allahabad
51 Kanpur
52 Lucknow
53 Noida
54 Uttarakhand Dehradun
55 West Bengal Durgapur
56 Haldia
57 Kharagpur
58 Kolkata
59 Siliguri
60 Tripura Agartala



Annexure-II

List of upcoming STPI Centres

S.N State Centre Name
1 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
2 Bihar Bhagalpur
3 Darbhanga
4 Jharkhand Bokaro
5 Dhanbad
6 Jamshedpur
7 Madhya Pradesh Chhindwada
8 Jabalpur
9 Nagaland Kohima-Dimapur
10 Odisha Angul
11 Balasore
12 Jajpur
13 Koraput (Jeypore)
14 Sambalpur
15 Punjab Amritsar
16 Karnataka Davangere
17 Uttar Pradesh Agra
18 Gorakhpur
19 Meerut
20 Varanasi
21 Haryana Panchkula
22 Gujarat Bhavnagar
23 Himachal Pradesh Kangra