Tuesday, July 08, 2014: The state IT (information and technology) department has requested the Centre to provide approval for six new STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) units for the state.
State IT and Energy minister Pranab Prakash Das, met the Union minister for Communications & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad at New Delhi and raised this demand.
The six locations recommended for the establishment of new STPI units are Jajpur, followed by Sambalpur, Angul, Jeypur, Rayagada and Kalahandi. Presently, there are four STPI centres in the state at Bhubaneswar, followed by Berhampur, Rourkela and Balasore.
Likewise, the IT minister also requested the Union minister to accord approval to the proposal of deploying a ITIR (Information Technology Investment Region) in Odisha. The DPR (detailed project report) for the ITIR was ratified by the high power committee of Government of India which is to be developed on an area spanning 10,210 acres of land, braving an investment of Rs 3,700 million.
Of the total land, there will be a processing area of 4,300 acres, which will house IT/ITes (enabled services), electronics hardware manufacturing (EHM) and research and development (R & D) centers. Das also requested Prasad to initiate steps aimed at the establishment of Taiwan Electronic Townships at Info- Valley in Bhubaneswar by considering the proposal of the state government.
