Lok Sabha Question No. 2153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Achievements of Mars Orbiter Mission
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2153

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.03.2017

## DIGITAL VILLAGE PANCHAYAT

## 2153           SHRI  HARIOM SINGH  RATHORE:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a)       whether the Government proposes to set up Digital village Panchayats in the country;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof, State and Union Territory-wise;
- (a) the  number  of  village  Panchayats  linked  with  digital  revolution  so  far,  State  and Union Territory-wise; and
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to remove the hurdles in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a),  (b)  and  (c):  In  line  with  the  vision  of  Digital  India,  Ministry  of  Electronics  and Information  Technology  (MeitY),  Government  of  India  has  envisaged  the  pilot  project  of DigiGaon to be implemented in 1050 Gram Panchayats (GPs) spread across 30 States and UT.  This  project  intends  to  provide  a  platform  for  availability  of  services  namely  teleeducation, tele-medicine, LED Street Lighting & Wi-Fi Hotspot and skill development to the people at the Gram Panchayat level in select block(s) across various States and UT.

For the purpose of identification of pilot block(s), the competent authorities in the pilot States and UTs   would be required to identify the pilot block for their respective States/UT.

The details of locations to be taken up under this pilot project, State and UT wise, are given in the Annexure.

(d):    The  project  has  been  conceptualized and approved in consultation withall pilot States and UT, line Ministries including Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, other agencies like NIC, ERNET, CDAC etc and industry players.

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## Annexure

|   S No. | State             | Category   |   Max No. of GPs |   No. of Lead Hospital* |   Max No. of PHCs* |   No. of Lead schools* |   Max No. of schools* |   Max No. of LED Lighting and wifi hotspot set ups* |
|---------|-------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Odisha            | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       2 | Gujarat           | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       3 | Rajasthan         | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       4 | West Bengal       | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       5 | Tamil Nadu        | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       6 | Karnataka         | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       7 | Andhra Pradesh    | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       8 | Telangana         | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|       9 | Maharashtra       | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      10 | Haryana           | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      11 | Uttar Pradesh     | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      12 | Kerala            | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      13 | Jharkhand         | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh    | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      15 | Bihar             | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      16 | Chhattisgarh      | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      17 | Punjab            | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      18 | Assam             | Large      |               39 |                       1 |                  3 |                     13 |                    39 |                                                  39 |
|      19 | Goa               | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      20 | Delhi             | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      21 | Tripura           | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      22 | Meghalaya         | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      23 | Manipur           | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      24 | J&K               | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      25 | Uttarakhand       | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      26 | Himachal Pradesh  | Medium     |               30 |                       1 |                  3 |                     10 |                    30 |                                                  30 |
|      27 | Sikkim            | Small      |               27 |                       1 |                  3 |                      9 |                    27 |                                                  27 |
|      28 | Nagaland          | Small      |               27 |                       1 |                  3 |                      9 |                    27 |                                                  27 |
|      29 | Mizoram           | Small      |               27 |                       1 |                  3 |                      9 |                    27 |                                                  27 |
|      30 | Arunachal Pradesh | Small      |               27 |                       1 |                  3 |                      9 |                    27 |                                                  27 |

-  *- Services to be provided under Service Model
-  **- To be implemented by the respective States/UTs Governments
-  Although it is desired that a State/UT proposes the number of GPs equal to the maximum number of GPs  as  identified  in  the  table  above  for  their  respective  States/UT,  however  in  case  the  State/UT competent  authority  are  not  able  to  propose  these  number  of  GPs,  lesser  number  of  GPs  may  be proposed.