NEW DELHI - The
federal government has approved the setting up of
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) at 15 new
locations, the Lok Sabha (lower house) was informed
Wednesday.
In a written statement, Minister of
State for Information Technology and Communications
Shakeel Ahmad said that during the 10th plan it was envisaged
that 25 new STPIs would be set up, of which five are
already operational.
Between 2002 and 2004
software technology parks have been set up in
Pondicherry, Nasik, Allahabad, Kohlapur and Ranchi.
The 15 locations that have been cleared for
setting up of STPIs are Agra, Agartala, Bhopal,
Durgapur, Gantok, Goa, Gurgaon, Gwalior, Imphal, Jammu,
Jodhpur, Kharagpur, Shillong, Patiala and Patna.
The
minister said that at present 40 STPIs are
operational in India, of which six are in Maharashtra,
five each are in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu, four in Uttar Pradesh and two in Orissa. Assam,
Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Pondicherry,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and West Bengal have one
STPI each.
(Asia Pulse/PTI)
Jul 16, 2004
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