Lok Sabha Question No. 1719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Work under Digital India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1719

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.07.2017

## WORK UNDER DIGITAL INDIA

## 1719.      SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a). the works undertaken by digital India in the capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi till date;
- (b). the number of people benefited by digital India in the district; and
- (c). the works still not completed in the above mentioned district under digital India and the time by which the works will be completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India is implementing the  Digital  India  programme  to  transform  India  into  a  digitally  empowered  society  and  knowledge economy. All the eligible citizens of the State of Jharkhand are being benefitted from various types of e-Governance services being offered through Common Services Centres ( CSCs) and online platforms. Some of the key initiatives undertaken in the capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi are as under:

- i). Common Services Centres (CSCs): CSCs are internet enabled centres to deliver various online services (eServices) to rural citizens . CSCs are the front-end delivery points for a range of citizen services. 930 Common Services Centres (CSCs) have been registered across the district of Ranchi till  June,  2017,  out  of  which,  535  are  at  Gram  Panchayat  (GP)  level.  Out  of  the  total  registered CSCs, 855 CSCs are functioning and transacting for delivery of eServices; of these 381 CSCs are functioning at GP level.
- ii). e-District Mission Mode Project  (MMP): e-District is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) that aims at electronic delivery of identified high volume citizen centric services at the district or sub-district level. The MMP is being implemented by State Governments/UTs Administrations through their designated agencies. 24 e-District services have been launched in Ranchi District till June, 2017.
- iii). State Data Centres (SDCs): Under the SDC Scheme, it is proposed to establish Data Centres in all  the  States/UTs  to  consolidate  services,  applications  and  infrastructure  in  order  to  provide efficient electronic delivery of Government to Government (G2G), Government to Citizen (G2C) and Government to Business (G2B) services. Jharkhand State Data Centre has been established in Ranchi in August, 2016.
- iv). Mobile  Seva: Mobile  Seva  integrated  with  various  government  departments  for  SMS  (Push  & Pull),  Unstructured  Supplementary  Service  Data(USSD)  and  Mobile  Applications.                    64 departments have been integrated with Mobile Seva platform for 9 Pull services.  More than 10 crore SMS have been sent using Mobile Seva platform.
- v). IT Oriented Handloom Sector Development Program: Centre  for  Development  of  Advanced Computing (CDAC) has setup five Computer-Aided Design(CAD) centres for artisans and weavers at Ranchi, Kharsawan, Deoghar, Latehar, Hazaribagh in the state of Jharkhand; Design training for 2 batches have been completed. Women Weavers Trainees have been  imparted modern Computer Aided Design (CAD) skills for their better livelihood through increased creativity and productivity. They have been trained as Master Trainers so that they can train other Jharkhand weavers in their Weaver Cluster also.
- vi). IT Training for Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe candidates of Jharkhand: IT Training has been conducted for 233 Scheduled Caste & Schedule Tribe candidates. Certificate Courses in Java  Programming,  Multimedia,  Web  Designing,  Network  Administration,  and  Global  Support Services have been conducted at Ranchi for 189 candidates.
- vii). Digital  Finance  Inclusion,  Awareness  &  Access  (DFIAA)  for  Digital  Payment: To  promote Digital  Payment,  Government  of  India,  in  collaboration  with  the  State  governments  and  district administration    organized  DigiDhan  Melas  in  100  different  cities  of  the  country  from  25 th December, 2016 till 14 th April, 2017. Digidhan Mela was organised on 1 st January 2017 in Ranchi. Approximately 7,53,403 number of people participated in the Mela.
- viii). Works  &  Accounts  Management  Information  System  (WAMIS): WAMIS  is  aimed  at automating functions of  departments engaged in planning, designing and monitoring construction activities. It was launched on 11 th February, 2017. WAMIS is being implemented in 6 Departments namely  Department  of  Rural  Works,  Water  Resources,  Drinking  Water  &  Sanitation,  Road Construction, Building construction, Forest & Environment covering over 400 division offices in the State of Jharkhand.
- ix). National Informatics Centre (NIC), an attached office of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has undertaken the following initiatives in the capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi:
-  National  Knowledge  Network  (NKN): A  High  speed,  Robust  and  Secure  network  to  provide Nation-wide  common  platform  for  Knowledge  sharing.  NKN  has  been  commissioned  in  all  13 Institutes at Ranchi, serving large number of students, faculties and researchers.
-  MNREGA - Soft (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Software): It is a Web based MIS and Online Payment system for beneficiaries using electronic Fund management System (eFMS). Total number of 3,23,200 beneficiaries are getting Online Payment in the current financial year i.e. 2017-18.
-  Targeted  Public  Distribution  System  (TPDS) :  It  is  an  online  Food  Grain  Allocation,  Supply Chain and Aadhaar Enable e-POS based Ration Distribution. Total number of 4,50,276 families have been benefitted.
-  Kerosene Oil DBT (Under TPDS) - Direct Benefit Transfer to the Account of beneficiary. Total number of 2,09,702 families have been benefitted.
-  ICT support to Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojna - Free LPG Connection to BPL families (Lady Members). Total number of 37,055 families has been benefitted.
-  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to Pensioners under National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) for  Old Age, Widow, persons with Disability etc. Total number of  1,03,293 persons have been benefitted
-  Land Records Computerisation: All  18  Anchals  of  District  Ranchi  are  Online.  66,366  people availed online Mutation services and 1,90,021 people availed Online Lagaan services.
-  Parivahan Portal for  Vehicle  Registrations  ( Vahan 4.0 )  and  Driving  Licenses  related  Services ( Sarathi 4.0 ): Total beneficiaries having Registered Vehicles are 7,72,404 and  Total beneficiaries having Driving Licenses are 1,50,000.
-  E-Procurement :  A  Digital  platform  for  Bidders  and  Government  Departments  for  online processing of tenders. 19,082 bidders have benefitted from e-Procurement system.
-  E-Prison -  Portal for Prisoners and Visitors management system including tracking of prisoners' movement. The Jail at Ranchi is fully computerized having full details of prisoners and visitors. Presently, there are 2,675 prisoners.

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