Lok Sabha Question No. 786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Common Service Centres
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 786

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.12.2017

## COMMON SERVICE CENTRE

## 786.    PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

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

- (a). whether the Government proposes to set up/open Common Service Centres (CSC) in all districts;
- (b). if so, the details thereof; and
- (c). the details/number of Common Service Centres opened in the country; State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM)

- (a) and (b): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has initiated a project namely 'Common Services Centre (CSC) 2.0' in August, 2015 under Digital India Programme for a period of four years, which envisages setting up of at least one CSC at Gram Panchayat (GP) to cover all the 2.5 lakh GPs across the country.

Till October, 2017, there are 2,69,608 Common Services Centres (CSCs) across the country; among which, 1,70,657 CSCs are at Gram Panchayat (GP) level.

- (c):   The number of CSCs opened in the country (State/UT-wise) are as follows :

| STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                | State                                                 | No. of Gram Panchayat (GP)                            | Total No. of CSCs including GP                        | No. of CSCs at GP level                               |
| 1                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 10778                                                 | 6376                                                  | 3905                                                  |
| 2                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 1767                                                  | 71                                                    | 53                                                    |
| 3                                                     | Assam                                                 | 2662                                                  | 2892                                                  | 2145                                                  |
| 4                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 8284                                                  | 20976                                                 | 13110                                                 |
| 5                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 10995                                                 | 11856                                                 | 8555                                                  |
| 6                                                     | Goa                                                   | 191                                                   | 45                                                    | 33                                                    |
| 7                                                     | Gujarat                                               | 13620                                                 | 13531                                                 | 7576                                                  |
| 8                                                     | Haryana                                               | 6207                                                  | 8644                                                  | 5489                                                  |
| 9                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 3226                                                  | 2731                                                  | 2156                                                  |
| 10                                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                                        | 4202                                                  | 1897                                                  | 1277                                                  |
| 11                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 4358                                                  | 10532                                                 | 6067                                                  |
| 12                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 6028                                                  | 5851                                                  | 2772                                                  |
| 13                                                    | Kerala                                                | 979                                                   | 2308                                                  | 1238                                                  |

| STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF CSCs AS ON 31 OCTOBER, 2017   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                | State                                                 | No. of Gram Panchayat (GP)                            | Total No. of CSCs including GP                        | No. of CSCs at GP level                               |
| 14                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 22825                                                 | 19268                                                 | 14199                                                 |
| 15                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | 28053                                                 | 29977                                                 | 20684                                                 |
| 16                                                    | Manipur                                               | 163                                                   | 628                                                   | 317                                                   |
| 17                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 1463                                                  | 201                                                   | 80                                                    |
| 18                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 776                                                   | 118                                                   | 110                                                   |
| 19                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 1123                                                  | 146                                                   | 130                                                   |
| 20                                                    | Odisha                                                | 6801                                                  | 7771                                                  | 6319                                                  |
| 21                                                    | Punjab                                                | 13016                                                 | 6125                                                  | 3996                                                  |
| 22                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | 9891                                                  | 13382                                                 | 9156                                                  |
| 23                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 176                                                   | 35                                                    | 25                                                    |
| 24                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 11649                                                 | 8751                                                  | 5019                                                  |
| 25                                                    | Telangana                                             | 8695                                                  | 5509                                                  | 3165                                                  |
| 26                                                    | Tripura                                               | 1038                                                  | 427                                                   | 361                                                   |
| 27                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 59019                                                 | 65371                                                 | 41254                                                 |
| 28                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 7958                                                  | 4720                                                  | 4233                                                  |
| 29                                                    | West Bengal                                           | 3342                                                  | 17063                                                 | 7101                                                  |
|                                                       | State Total                                           | 249285                                                | 267202                                                | 170525                                                |
|                                                       | Union Territory                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |
| 1                                                     | Andaman & Nicobar                                     | 70                                                    | 52                                                    | 22                                                    |
| 2                                                     | Chandigarh                                            | 24                                                    | 77                                                    | 23                                                    |
| 3                                                     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                   | 10                                                    | 25                                                    | 10                                                    |
| 4                                                     | Daman and Diu                                         | 15                                                    | 12                                                    | 1                                                     |
| 5                                                     | Delhi                                                 | 0                                                     | 2111                                                  | 0                                                     |
| 6                                                     | Lakshadweep                                           | 10                                                    | 3                                                     | 2                                                     |
| 7                                                     | Puducherry                                            | 98                                                    | 126                                                   | 74                                                    |
|                                                       | UT Total                                              | 227                                                   | 2406                                                  | 132                                                   |
|                                                       | GRAND TOTAL                                           | 249512                                                | 269608                                                | 170657                                                |

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