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'Software Technology Parks of India' (STPI) is a government agency

Government agency

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in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, established in 1991 under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is an Indian government ministry. It contains three departments:*Department of Telecommunications*Department of Information Technology*Department of Posts...

, that manages the Software Technology Park scheme. It is an export

Export

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oriented scheme for the development and export of computer software

Computer software

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, including export of professional services. The STP Scheme provides various benefits to the registered units, which includes 100% foreign equity, tax incentives, duty free import, duty free indigenous procurement, CST reimbursement, DTA entitlement, deemed export etc.

STPI has played a seminal role in India having earned a reputation as an information technology

Information technology

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superpower

Superpower

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. The exports done by STP units has crossed over Rs. 204440 crores in FY 2010-11. The state with the largest export contribution was Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

(see Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

) followed by Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

and Tamilnadu. STPI has a presence in many of the major cities of India including the cities of Bangalore

Bangalore

, Trivandrum, Bhilai

Bhilai

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, Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

, Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, Coimbatore

Coimbatore

Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....

, Hyderabad, Gurgaon

Gurgaon

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, Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

, Guwahati

Guwahati

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, Noida

Noida

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, Mumbai

Mumbai

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, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, Kanpur, Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, Dehradun

Dehradun

- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...

, Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

, Rourkela

Rourkela

Rourkela is located in the northwestern tip of the Indian state of Orissa at the heart of a rich mineral belt. It is situated about north of state capital Bhubaneswar.It is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by rivers. One of the largest steel plants of the Steel Authority of India...

, Ranchi

Ranchi

-Climate:Ranchi has a humid subtropical climate. However, due to its position and the forests around the city, it is known for its pleasant climate. Its climate is the primary reason why Ranchi was once the summer capital of the undivided State of Bihar...

, Gandhinagar, Imphal

Imphal

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, Shillong

Shillong

-Connectivity:Although well connected by road, Shillong has no rail connection and a proper air connection. Umroi Airport exists but has only limited flights.-Roadways:Shillong is well connected by roads with all major north eastern states...

, Nashik etc.

Besides regulating the STP scheme, STPI centers also provide variety of services, which includes High Speed Data Communication, Incubation facility, Consultancy, Network Monitoring, Data Center, Data Hosting etc. STPI provides physical hosting for the National Internet Exchange of India

National Internet Exchange of India

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.

The tax benefits under the Income Tax Act Section 10A applicable to STP units has expired since March 2011. While the Government has chosen not to extend the Sec 10A benefits against the demand by the IT units, most of the STP registered SME units shall be affected, who now will have to pay Income Tax on profits earned from exports.

Recently STPI has announced that it has appointed consulting firm Deloitte & Touche to study and prepare a draft incentive scheme for IT & ITEScompanies. It will help dispersal of IT industry in smaller cities and also support STPI-registered units which have not come under SEZs as well as other units which are not covered under any incentive scheme. This incentive scheme is seen as an alternate scheme to compensate the STPI units, but the same would be restricted to those units located in tier II and III cities.

State Wise exports made by STP units

Name of the State	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Andhra Pradesh	26122.00	31039.00	27665.85	28470.49
Assam				10.00
Chandigarh	455.11	539.00	434.35	470.89
Chattishgarh	0.22	1.83	4.50	4.17
Delhi	5264.00	1762.00	1892.49	1776.90
Gujarat	681.00	1268.13	1035.00	1150.31
Haryana	10960.00	12410.00	14795.36	12177.10
Himachal Pradesh	1.10	0.75	1.69	0.63
Jammu Kashmir	1.28	1.74	1.25	1.10
Jharkhand				2.10
Karnataka	55000.00	70375.00	67100.00	65423.00
Kerala	1201.00	1803.00	1956.45	1422.64
Madhya Pradesh	185.22	198.00	214.93	135.00
Maharashtra	35374.00	42360.88	45709.34	49873.78
Meghalaya				1.64
Orissa	844.00	1162.00	1116.83	1253.29
Pondicherry		64.00	78.65	142.00
Punjab	227.56	230.00	345.38	308.95
Rajsthan	275.30	358.00	520.36	461.06
Tamilnadu	28295.00	28355.58	26363.51	25465.00
Uttar Pradesh	10695.21	10264.36	10590.43	10281.60
Uttarakhand	9.31	21.00	174.16	86.19
West Bengal	4500.00	5129.00	5441.00	5665.00

All figures in Rs. Crores

National centres

STPI's national headquarters is in New Delhi

New Delhi

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. Major national centers include:

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