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Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1820

The document is an answer from the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology to questions asked in the Lok Sabha about schemes being implemented by the Government to make information technology more accessible. Key schemes mentioned include Common Services Centres which provide internet access and e-services to rural citizens through local entrepreneurs, the Digital Village Pilot Project which provides digital services like telemedicine in 700 villages, and BharatNet which aims to provide broadband connectivity to all 250,000 gram panchayats. The e-District project delivers e-services like certificates and pensions to citizens in 721 districts across states. National Informatics Centre centres at state and district levels also provide citizen services to fulfill rural aspirations.

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Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1820

The document is an answer from the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology to questions asked in the Lok Sabha about schemes being implemented by the Government to make information technology more accessible. Key schemes mentioned include Common Services Centres which provide internet access and e-services to rural citizens through local entrepreneurs, the Digital Village Pilot Project which provides digital services like telemedicine in 700 villages, and BharatNet which aims to provide broadband connectivity to all 250,000 gram panchayats. The e-District project delivers e-services like certificates and pensions to citizens in 721 districts across states. National Informatics Centre centres at state and district levels also provide citizen services to fulfill rural aspirations.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1820
TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2019

SCHEMES ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1820. SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: -


(a). the salient features of the schemes being implemented by the Government to make Information Technology
more accessible in the country;
(b). whether the Government has made any effort to make Information Technology accessible to the people residing
in rural, hilly and remote areas;
(c). if so, the details thereof including that of Chhattisgarh;
(d). whether effective steps are being taken/proposed to be taken for the decentralisation of the Information
Technology Services in the country; and
(e). if so, the details thereof ?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI S. S. AHLUWALIA)

(a): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has initiated the ‘Digital
India’ programme with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Digital India is an umbrella programme that covers multiple projects of various Central Ministries/Departments and
States/UTs. The Digital India programme is centred on three key vision areas namely Digital Infrastructure as a Core
Utility to Every Citizen, Governance and Services on Demand and Digital Empowerment of Citizens.

(b) and (c): Some of the key initiatives taken by the Government to make Information Technology accessible to the
people residing in rural, hilly and remote areas including Chhattisgarh are as follows:
 Common Services Centre (CSC): Common Services Centres are internet enabled centres operated by local
entrepreneur, called Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) and provide eServices to rural citizens. For this,
MeitY has initiated a project namely “Common Services Centre (CSC) 2.0” in August, 2015 under Digital India
Programme, which envisages setting up of at least one CSC at Gram Panchayat (GP) to cover all the 2.5 lakh
GPs across the country. Over 300 digital services are being offered by these CSCs. The number of functional
CSCs (Urban & Rural) across the Country is 3,12,651 CSCs, out of which 2,12,718 CSCs are functional at
Gram Panchayat level.
 DigiGaon: MeitY has also initiated the ’Digital Village Pilot Project” in October, 2018. 700 Gram Panchayats
(GPs) with atleast one Gram Panchayat per District per State/UT are being covered under the project. The
digital services being offered are Digital Health Services (Tele-Health & Tele-Veterinary consultation),
Education Service, Financial Services, Skill Development, Solar panel powered street lights including
Government to Citizens Services (G2C), Business to Citizen (B2C) Services.
 BharatNet: BharatNet is an ambitious initiative to trigger a broadband revolution in rural areas. This project is
being implemented by Department of Telecommunications. BharatNet aims to connect all the 2,50,000 Gram
Panchayats in the country and provide 100 Mbps connectivity to all gram panchayats (GPs). 3,10,097 Kms
optical fiber has been laid connecting 1,23,489 Gram Panchayats. 1,16,876 Gram Panchayats are ready for
service.
 e-District Mission Mode Project (MMP): e-District project has been implemented at district and sub-district
levels of all States/UTs, benefitting all citizens by delivering various e-Services such as Certificates (Birth,
Caste, Death, Income and Local Resident), Pension (Old Age, Disability and Widow), Electoral, Consumer
Court, Revenue Court, Land Record and services of various departments such as Commercial Tax, Agriculture,
Labour, Employment Training & Skill Development etc. e-District services have been launched in 721 districts
across all States/ UTs.
(d) and (e): National Informatics Centre (NIC), an attached office of Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology (MeitY), has its State Centres at State level and District level all over India. These State and District
Centres continuously guide and assist the Government Officers in ICT applications. NIC also provides various
citizen centric services through its products and platforms such as e-Hospital, e-Counseling, Service plus, e-
Transport, Jeevan Pramaan, National Scholarship Portal etc which can also used by rural people and thus fulfilling
their aspiration. In addition to these, State e-Mission Team(SeMT) has also been deployed at each State/UTs.

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