Ministry of Electronics & IT(MeitY) has issued a press release on the setting up of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres. Government of India is focused to expand the digital opportunities to smaller & newer towns in the country and to ensure that every young Indian can be a participant in the one trillion-dollar digital economy vision.
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under MeitY, is instrumental in taking the Government initiative across the country including smaller towns. Based on the proposals received from respective State Government(s), STPI has set-up 63 STPI centres across the country. Additionally, Government of India has also approved 22 new STPI centres across the country. State/UT-wise list of existing and approved STPI Centres are at Annexure-I and II.
Further, under the Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) scheme 19 Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Clusters and 3 Common Facility Centres (CFCs) are accorded approval in 15 States across the country. The details of these EMCs are placed at Annexure-III.
Based on further requirement for strengthening of infrastructure to create robust electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country, MeitY has introduced Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme on 1st April 2020 with receipt of application up to March 2023. Under EMC 2.0 scheme, 3 applications for setting up of EMC project in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra have been approved. The details of these EMCs are placed at Annexure-IV.
STPI has established one Electropreneur Park (EP) 1.0 in Delhi University for catering the needs of start-ups in the field of ESDM domain. Currently, EP is operational from IIIT-Delhi.
