Lok Sabha Question No. 3080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Delayed Implementation of Programmes under Digital India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BAHADUR SINGH KOLI

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

- (a) the details of the programmes under digital India that are delayed for implementation and the steps taken by the Government to deal with the same;
- (b) the State-wise details of the achievements made under the said programmes including the State of Rajasthan; and
- (c) the details of the programmes being implemented in Rajasthan under the aforesaid programmes along with their names?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI K. J. ALPHONS)

(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  &  States/UTs  and  is  being  coordinated  by  MeitY.  So  far  no  significant  delay  in  the implementation of various projects/schemes under Digital India programme has been observed. The Government has  taken  necessary  measure  to  implement  project  in  timely  manner  such  as  holding  regular  Empowered Committee  meeting/Projects  Review  &  Monitoring  Group(PRSG)  and  Review  meetings.  Regular  meeting  of Apex Committee meeting chaired  by  Cabinet  Secretary  is  being  held  to  monitor  the  progress  of  Digital  India programme. The meetings of Apex Committee on Digital India were held on 26.11.2014, 28.02.2015, 15.10.2015, 16.06.2016 and 23.03.2017.

- (a) and  (c):  Status  of  some  of  the  key  initiatives  being  implemented  in  the  States/UTs  including  State  of Rajasthan are as follows:
-  State  Wide  Area  Network  (SWAN): Under  this  Scheme,  technical  and  financial  assistance  are  being provided to the States/UTs for establishing SWANs to connect all State/UT Headquarters up to the Block level  via  District/  sub-Divisional  Headquarters,  in  a  vertical  hierarchical  structure  with  a  minimum bandwidth capacity of 2 Mbps per link. Presently, SWANs have been made operational in all States/UTs except Jammu & Kashmir and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
-  State Data Centre (SDC): Under the SDC Scheme, establishing Data Centres in all the States/UTs has been proposed  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.  Presently,  28  SDCs  have  been  made  operational  in  the  States/UTs  including  State  of Rajasthan.
-  e-District: The e-District Mission Mode Project (MMP) aims to provide high volume citizen centric services which are delivered from the district or sub-district level and are currently not covered by any other MMP. eDistrict services have been launched in 649 districts (including 40 pilot districts) across 32 States / UTs. 105 e-Services launched by Rajasthan state using NIC's ServicePlus framework under e-District project in all 33 districts
-  Common Services  Centre  (CSC)  2.0: MeitY  has  initiated  a  project  namely  'Common  Services  Centre (CSC) 2.0' in August, 2015 at a total project outlay of Rs. 475.11 Cr for a period of four years, which aimed to set up at least one CSC at Gram Panchayat (GP) level to cover all the 2.5 lakh GPs across the country including  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh.  The  key  objective  of  CSCs  is  to  deliver  various  citizen  centric services,  such  as,  Government  to  Citizen  (G2C),  Business  to  Citizen  (B2C)  services,  financial  inclusion services, educational services, skill development services etc.
- Till February, 2018, there are 2,92,481 Common Services Centres (CSCs) functioning across the country, of which,  1,83,184  CSCs  are  at  Gram  Panchayat  (GP)  level.  There  are  14,421  Common  Services  Centres (CSCs) functioning across the State of Rajasthan; among which, 9,638 CSCs are at Gram Panchayat (GP) level. The number of CSCs in the country (State/UT-wise) is shown in Annexure.
-  Enabling Schools with Smart Virtual Class Room Facility: The objective of the project is to set-up smart virtual class room facilities in 3500 Govt. owned / controlled schools plus 50 DIET in seven pilot States of Himachal, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tripura, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with the focus to improve the quality of education to students from remote/ rural part of the country. In State of Rajasthan, High end
- smart  virtual  classrooms  have  been  established  in  all  11  DIETs  and  Smart  virtual  classrooms  have  been established in 770 schools.
-  Electronic  Manufacturing  Cluster(EMC): EMC  scheme  was  notified  in  2012  to  provide  support  for creation of state-of-art infrastructure for attracting investments in Electronics  Systems  Design  and Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector. MeitY has accorded 2 final approvals for setting up of Greenfield EMC at Alwar District in state of Rajasthan.
-  Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA): The  Government  has approved  a scheme titled 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA) in February, 2017 to usher in  digital  literacy  in  rural  India  by  covering  6  crore  rural  households  (one  person  per  household)  by  31st March, 2019.  In the state of Rajasthan, the indicative target for Rajasthan under the PMGDISHA scheme is 37,12,000.  Presently,  a  total  of  6,87,443  candidates  have  been  registered  in  the  state.  A  total  of  6,85,125 candidates have been trained out of which 3,28,205 candidates have been duly certified under the scheme.

## ANNEXURE

| STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF    | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF        | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.                    | State                     | No. of Gram Panchayat (GP) | Total No. of CSCs including GP | No. of CSCs at GP level   |
| 1                         | Andhra Pradesh            | 12917                      | 7951                           | 4391                      |
| 2                         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1814                       | 76                             | 59                        |
| 3                         | Assam                     | 2548                       | 3117                           | 2435                      |
| 4                         | Bihar                     | 8315                       | 22611                          | 14231                     |
| 5                         | Chhattisgarh              | 10948                      | 12780                          | 9014                      |
| 6                         | Goa                       | 191                        | 48                             | 37                        |
| 7                         | Gujarat                   | 14085                      | 14586                          | 7983                      |
| 8                         | Haryana                   | 6205                       | 9318                           | 5784                      |
| 9                         | Himachal Pradesh          | 3226                       | 2944                           | 2269                      |
| 10                        | Jammu &Kashmir            | 4167                       | 2046                           | 1567                      |
| 11                        | Jharkhand                 | 4398                       | 11397                          | 6785                      |
| 12                        | Karnataka                 | 6021                       | 6308                           | 3112                      |
| 13                        | Kerala                    | 939                        | 2499                           | 1371                      |
| 14                        | Madhya Pradesh            | 22771                      | 20835                          | 14976                     |
| 15                        | Maharashtra               | 27977                      | 32325                          | 21795                     |
| 16                        | Manipur                   | 165                        | 677                            | 334                       |
| 17                        | Meghalaya                 | 1463                       | 217                            | 90                        |
| 18                        | Mizoram                   | 713                        | 145                            | 116                       |
| 19                        | Nagaland                  | 1203                       | 157                            | 122                       |
| 20                        | Odisha                    | 6804                       | 8398                           | 6690                      |
| 21                        | Punjab                    | 12922                      | 6653                           | 4260                      |
| 22                        | Rajasthan                 | 9883                       | 14425                          | 9648                      |
| 23                        | Sikkim                    | 176                        | 32                             | 26                        |
| 24                        | Tamil Nadu                | 12507                      | 9542                           | 5289                      |
| 25                        | Telangana                 | 8687                       | 5938                           | 3335                      |
| 26                        | Tripura                   | 1178                       | 460                            | 380                       |
| 27                        | Uttar Pradesh             | 59018                      | 70916                          | 43825                     |
| 28                        | Uttarakhand               | 7957                       | 5088                           | 4460                      |
| 29                        | West Bengal               | 3328                       | 18394                          | 8657                      |
|                           | State Total               | 252526                     | 289883                         | 183041                    |
| Union Territory           | Union Territory           | Union Territory            | Union Territory                | Union Territory           |
| 1                         | Andaman &Nicobar          | 70                         | 56                             | 24                        |
| 2                         | Chandigarh                | 12                         | 83                             | 24                        |
| 3                         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       | 20                         | 27                             | 12                        |
| 4                         | Daman and Diu             | 14                         | 13                             | 2                         |
| 5                         | Delhi                     | 0                          | 2276                           | 0                         |
| 6                         | Lakshadweep               | 10                         | 8                              | 3                         |
| 7                         | Puducherry                | 98                         | 135                            | 78                        |

| UT Total    |    224 |   2598 |    143 |
|-------------|--------|--------|--------|
| GRAND TOTAL | 252750 | 292481 | 183184 |

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