Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India has been set up with distinct focus to boost up Software export from the country. STPI is constantly working with an objective to implement STP/EHTP scheme formulated by Govt. of India, set up and manage infrastructural facilities. The Headquarters is located in New Delhi with Director General Sh. Arvind Kumar as Chief Executive Officer. STPIs have been setup across the country and have presence in 62 locations and 11 Jurisdictional Directorates of which 54 centres are in Tier-II/III cities. For further details please refer our HQ website www.stpi.in
A resident of Patna is referred to via the demonym Patnaite According to 2011 provisional census data, Patna city had a population of 1,683,200 (before expansion of the city limits) within the corporation limits, with 894,158 men and 789,042 women. 11.32 per cent of the population was under six years of age, with 102,208 boys while 88,288 are girls. The sex ratio of 882 females per 1,000 males was lower than the national average of 944. The urban agglomeration had a population of 2,046,652 of which 1,087,864 are males and 958,788 are females. Patna metropolitan region constitutes the second largest metropolitan region in Eastern India. The religion data in 2001 indicated a majority of Hindus. The city has large communities of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhism in the city. The overall literacy rate is 84.71%, with the male literacy rate being 87.71% and the female literacy rate being 81.33%. Hindi is the official language of the state of Bihar but many other languages are spoken. The native dialect is Magadhi or Magahi, named after Magadha, the ancient name of Bihar. English is widely spoken by Patnaites, and other widely spoken dialects and languages include Bhojpuri, Maithili, Bengali, Urdu and Oriya.
Patna has long been a major agricultural center of trade, its most active exports being grain, sugarcane, sesame, and medium-grained Patna rice. There are multiple sugar mills still in existence in and around Patna. It is an important business and luxury brand center of eastern India. Reserve Bank of India's regional office at South Gandhi Maidan Marg, Patna
As of 2011, the economy of Patna has seen sustained economic growth. In particular, the economy has been spurred by growth in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry, the service sector, along with Green revolution businesses. In 2009, the World Bank stated Patna as the second best city in India to start up a business. GDP: ₹6.12 lakh crore (US$86 billion) (2019–20)GDP per capita: ₹46,664, the per capita income of Patna was ₹37,737.
Patna is the 21st fastest growing city in the world, and the fifth fastest growing city in India, and is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 3.72%.
STPI acts as front end on behalf of the Govt. of India to take care of all the statutory needs like project approval, import approvals, bonding, export certification etc. for the member unit registering under STP’s 100% EOU scheme formulated by Govt. of India. STPI also supports startup companies by providing incubation infrastructure, with all facilities like Internet, Telephony, Fax, Backup and captive power.
It is matter of pride that these facilities have contributed significantly to the growth of Software Export from the country. Today there are 59 STPI centers all over the country helping over 8000 STP units who are fulfilling the National dream of global leadership in software exports. A fact that is aptly proven by the stupendous growth in turnover of units in the STP centers, from ₹ 52 Crores in 1992-93,to a staggering ₹ 2,73,000.00 Crores in 2013-2014.
STPI acts as a resource center for the member software exporting units by offering general infrastructural facilities like ready to use built up space, centralized computing facility and High Speed Data Communication (HSDC).
Its nationwide presence has helped the growth of IT industry that are fulfilling the national dream of global leadership in IT exports.