Lok Sabha Question No. 4497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: e-District Project
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4497

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2017

## E-DISTRICT  PROJECT

## 4497:    SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is considering to cover all districts under e-district programme in the country.
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total amount of funds allocated for the said project; and (c) the State-wise and district-wise details of the proposed districts to be included under the said scheme during the year 2015-16 along with the budget allocated for the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b):  The e-District Mission Mode Project has been approved by the Government in April  2011with  financial  outlay  of  Rs  1663.08  Crores.  The  objective  of  the  project  is    to deliver identified high volume citizen centric services to citizens in  640 districts across the country.
- (c):  The  State-wise  budget  allocated  in  the  Scheme  during  the  year  2015-16  is  placed  at Annexure 1 .

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## Annexure 1

Details of budgetary # allocation under the project during 2015-16 are as under:

|   S. No | State/UT Name          |   No. of districts to be taken during 2015-16 | Budgetary allocation (Rs. in Lakhs) FY2015-16                                        |
|---------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar       |                                             3 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                                            16 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       3 | Bihar                  |                                            34 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       4 | Daman and Diu          |                                             2 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       5 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                             1 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       6 | Goa                    |                                             2 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       7 | Jammu &Kashmir         |                                            22 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       8 | Karnataka              |                                            30 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|       9 | Lakshadweep            |                                             1 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|      10 | Puducherry*            |                                             4 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|      11 | Sikkim                 |                                             4 | Funds have been already released before 2015-16 for implementation of eDistrict MMP. |
|      12 | Manipur*               |                                             9 | 1,101.08                                                                             |
|      14 | Tripura*               |                                             8 | 811.53                                                                               |
|      13 | Uttar Pradesh*         |                                            69 | 2,498.15                                                                             |
|      14 | West Bengal*           |                                            16 | 1140.4                                                                               |
|      15 | Assam*                 |                                            25 |                                                                                      |
|      16 | Delhi*                 |                                            11 |                                                                                      |
|      17 | Haryana*               |                                            20 |                                                                                      |
|      18 | Uttarakhand*           |                                            12 |                                                                                      |
|      19 | Chhattisgarh*          |                                            27 |                                                                                      |

- # No district-wise budget allocation under the scheme however, budgetary allocation are made as per various milestones to be achieved.
* States/UTs already have launched e-District services
- @ Funds have already been released to remaining states/UTs in earlier financial years as per the project milestone

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