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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 869
TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.02.2026
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARK IN BHAGALPUR
†869. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:
Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether a Software Technology Park (STP) has been set up in Bhagalpur city of Bihar;
(b) if so, the...
† O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 869
TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.02.2026 SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARK IN BHAGALPUR †869. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:
Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether a Software Technology Park (STP) has been set up in Bhagalpur city of Bihar;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the targets set up for STPI Bhagalpur; and
(d) the percentage of targets achieved and current status of the same? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) to (d): The Government of India is actively promoting growth of IT sector, especially in smaller cities and towns Government has set up 68 Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centres of which 60 centres are located in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. As a part of this initiative Software Technology Park has been set up in Bhagalpur, Bihar in Government Industrial Training Institute.
It offers incubation services, High Speed Data Communication services, Cloud services and other statutory support services. It has an incubator with 94 Plug-and-Play (PnP) incubation seats so that entrepreneurs with innovative ideas can establish and grow their startups with the help of STPI.
It has facilities for meeting investors, mentors and IT professionals so that young students of Bhagalpur and nearby areas get good opportunity for developing their ideas into startups. ******