About STPI-Kharagpur:
STPI's this center was established in the year 2004 with an objective to encourage, promote and boost of software exports from Tier-III & III cities in the Kharagpur region. It has privilege to be situated in the city known better for its world class Institute such as IIT. It is spread over 3 acres of campus & is surrounded with Industries. Centre has adequate facility to cater the need of IT/ITES companies in and around Kharagpur. STPI provides services such as STP/EHTP statutory services, Incubation services, Datacom services, NOC operations and PMC services. Kharagpur being an Industrial as well as educational hub has great potential to become IT hub in the state of West Bengal.
Services at STPI-Kharagpur
SoftLink – Internet Leased Line:STPI-Kharagpur offers high-speed Premium Internet Leased Line Service at competitive rates . This service is being offered to fulfill the needs of the IT industry dedicated Internet access with security, quality and reliability.
Being a Category 'A’ Internet Service Provider (ISP), STPI is peering with Tier-1 Service Providers and Offers Carrier Neutral Service.
Service and Benefits
- Network Redundancy at all levels (ie.last mile, router, switch and connectivity to Internet gateway on transmission level).
- Robust Network with Multi-homed Gateway.
- Traffic monitoring with comprehensive Network Management System (NMS).
- 24*7*365 technical support, handled by well-qualified technical team.
- Online bandwidth statistics to monitor the usage and enable customer to forecast future requirements.
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) uptime of more than 99.5%.
- Bandwidth on Demand (BoD) service for the existing Internet Leased Line Service customers.
Last Mile Connectivity (Local Loop):At STPI-Kharagpur we provide last mile connectivity to our customers on radio as well on fiber & copper .
SafeNet - Clean Internet:
This service is also known as Clean Bandwidth or Virtual Unified Threat Management service (VUTM). The raw Internet traffic will be filtered, scanned and cleaned at the STPI Internet Gateway before it reaches customer network. Increased network security without having to invest on expensive on premise security hardware. Integrates critical security functions such as firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, anti-virus, web content filtering, application content filtering, malware, Botnet etc., Provides Remote admin service for managing Firewall rules, Web filtering etc. Clean Internet service helps customers to manage compliance requirements by automatically enforcing corporate-level polices.
Incubation Services at STPI Kharagpur
STPI Kharagpur providing Incubation Facility to encourage Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) to promote and motivate entrepreneurs in the field of IT/ITES in this region. It houses the 'Incubation Center' specially keeping in view the need for startup companies. It is furnished infrastructure & is fully equipped with Internet, Telephone, Fax, and Xerox, and 24-hour technical support.
Facilities available at STPI-Kharagpur Incubation Center
- STPI - has a incubation room with a floor area of approx. 200 Sq. Ft. each fully carpeted
- Approx.500 Sq.Ft raw space to be designed as per the need of incubate office
- Each incubation room has cubicle of approx.. 50 Sq. Ft.
- 24 hour high speed leased line connectivity
- Switched Local Area Network
- Fully air-conditioned rooms
- Telephone facility.
- Fax, printer, photocopier facility
- Fully air-conditioned
- Independent UPS of adequate capacity
- Meeting & Conference room of 6-seater capacity
- 24 hours security
- 24 hour CCTV surveillance
- E-mail / Web Hosting service, on request
- Co-location of server at network operation center, on request
- VAS service on request
- Mentorship to startups if required.
STP Scheme
The STP scheme is a 100 percent export-oriented scheme for the development and export of computer software, including export of professional services using communication links or physical media.
This scheme is unique in its nature as it focuses on one product/sector, i.e., computer software. The scheme integrates the government concept of 100 percent Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and the concept of Science Parks/Technology Parks, as operating elsewhere in the world.
"The unique feature of the STP scheme is the provisioning of single-point contact services for member units, enabling them to conduct exports operations at a pace commensurate with international practices"
Scheme Benefits & Highlights
- Approvals are given under single window clearance scheme.
- A company can set up STP unit anywhere in India.
- Jurisdictional STPI authorities’ clear projects costing less than Rs.100 million with Indian Investment.
- 100% Foreign Equity is permitted.
- All the imports of Hardware & Software in the STP units are completely duty free, import of second-hand capital goods also permitted.
- Re-Export of capital goods is also permitted.
- Simplified Minimum Export Performance norms i.e., "Positive Net Foreign Exchange Earnings"
- Use of computer system for commercial training purposes is permissible subject to the condition that no computer terminals are installed outside the STP premises.
- The sales in the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) shall be permissible up to 50% of the export in value terms.
- STP units are exempted from payment of corporate income tax up to 2011.
- The capital goods purchased from the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) are entitled for benefits like exemption of excise Duty & reimbursement of Central Sales Tax (CST).
- Capital invested by Foreign Entrepreneurs, Know-How Fees, Royalty, Dividend etc., can be freely repatriated after payment of Income Taxes due on them, if any.
- The items like computers and computers peripherals can be donated to recognized non-commercial educational institutions, registered charitable hospitals, public libraries, public funded research and development establishments, organizations of Govt. of India, or Govt. of a State or Union Territory without payment of any duties after two years of their import.
- 100% Depreciation on Capital Goods over a period of five years.
EHTP Scheme
Units undertaking to export their entire production of goods and services may be set up under the Electronic Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) Scheme. Such units may be engaged in manufacture and services.Commensurate with the policy to give a special thrust to export of electronic hardware, such units would be encouraged to be set up under the aforementioned export oriented scheme.
Scheme Benefits and Highlights
- EHTP unit may import free of duty all types of goods, including capital goods as defined in the EXIM Policy, required by it for manufacture, services, production and processing or in connection therewith.
- The units shall also be permitted to import goods, including capital goods, free of cost or on loan from clients required for the approved activity.
- EHTP units may procure goods required by them for manufacture, services, production and processing or in connection therewith, duty free, from bonded warehouses in the DTA set up under the Exim Policy.
- Positive Net Foreign Exchange Earnings against Export Earnings to be achieved over a period of five years.
About Kharagpur
Kharagpur is an industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district & is located in the southern part of West Bengal . It is about 104 km away from Kolkata and is well connected to the rest of the country by fast train and bus services.
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