GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1388
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12-03-2008

SETTING UP OF TECHNO ENTERPRENEURSHIP PARKS

1388.SHRI. AMIR ALAM KHAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has set up Techno Entrepreneurship Parks in various States;
(b) whether Government is considering to set up more such parks in the country, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the time by when these parks are likely to be set up?

ANSWER

MINISTER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES
(KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) Yes, Sir. The Government has set up Technology Entrepreneurship Parks in various States under different programmes and schemes of various Departments and Ministries. The Department of Science and Technology has promoted Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks (STEPs) established in academic institutions having R&D base.

(b) to (d): The proposals for setting up Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Parks (STEPs) are periodically received by different Ministries and Departments concerned. The Department of Science and Technology has set up STEPs at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in Uttarakhand and Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology has approved Software Technological Parks of India (STPI) centre at Varanasi and Agra in the State of Uttar Pradesh.