Lok Sabha Question No. 6149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Mobile Towers in Tribal Areas of Rajasthan
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6149 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## MOBILE TOWERS IN TRIBAL AREAS OF RAJASTHAN

†6149. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  install  towers  in  Uplagarh  and  Nichlagarh  tribal Panchayat area of Pindwaras, Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  villages  in  the  country  where  joint  service  centres  are  planned  to  be opened  in  collaboration  with  rural  entrepreneurs,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  region-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) plans to install mobile Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) at Uplagarh Village Panchayat of Pindwara in Rajasthan by December, 2018, while at present there is no plan for mobile BTS at Nichlagarh Village Panchayat of Pindwara in Rajasthan.

- (c) At  present,  no  Joint  Service  Centres  Project  is  under  consideration  to  be  opened  in collaboration with the rural entrepreneurs.  However, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  (MeitY),  Government  of  India  (GoI),  has  initiated  a  project  namely  'Common Services Centre (CSC) 2.0' in August, 2015 under Digital India Programme for a period of four years (by August, 2019), 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. The project is being implemented through M/s CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (a Special Purpose Vehicle of MeitY).

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. The implementation principle of CSC 2.0 is completely  based  on  a  service  delivery/transaction  oriented  self-sustainable  entrepreneurship model , with  the  objective to  enable  non-discriminatory  access  to  e-Services  to  citizens, especially in rural areas.

As on 28.02.2018, a total of 2,92,481 Common Services Centres (CSCs) are functioning across the country, out of which 1,83,184 CSCs are at Gram Panchayat (GP) level. State/UTwise number of CSCs in the country is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

| STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2018   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2018   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2018   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2018   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2018   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                 | State                                                  | No. of Gram Panchayat (GP)                             | Total No. of CSCs working in region                    | No. of CSCs at GP                                      |
| 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                                        |                                                        |                                                        |                                                        |
| 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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