STPIs' export share at 80%

The share of software technology parks of India (STPIs) in software exports has increased to 80 per cent in 2002-03 from less than 8 per cent in 1991, according to a parliamentary committee report. However, region-wise growth has been uneven.

"In 2002-03, the country's total software exports stood at about Rs 46,100 crore, out of which STPI's share was Rs 37,176 crore," the parliamentary standing committee on information technology, headed by Somnath Chaterjee, said.