Lok Sabha Question No. 4063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Digitization of Villages in Gujarat
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4063

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18.03.2020

## DIGITIZATION OF VILLAGES IN GUJARAT

## 4063. SHRIMTI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a)    the  details  of  the  villages  digitized  by  the  Government  in  the  State  of  Gujarat  so  far, district-wise;
- (a) the funds allocated to Gujarat for digitization of the said villages so far; and
- (b) the facilities being provided at present in the above-mentioned digital villages?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a):    Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  initiated  the  Digital Village Pilot project on 31 st October 2018 covering 700 Gram Panchyats/villages across the country under the pilot implementation which includes 33 Gram Panchayats (GP)/villages of Gujarat, one  each from  the 33 districts in Gujarat. District wise  list of  the  Gram Panchayats/villages is enclosed at Annexure .
- (b):    The  Digital  Village  Pilot  Project  is  being  implemented  across  India  through  CSC  eGovernance Service India Limited under the Digital India Scheme which is a Central Sector Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology.  The  tentative  funds requirement  for  the  State  of  Gujarat,  under  the  project  for  three  years  to  cover  33  Gram Panchayat/villages is approximately Rs.326.70lakhs.
- (c):    The  project  is  provisioning  the  services  of  -  Health  -  Tele-Health  &  Tele-Veterinary consultation, Education, Financial Inclusion Awareness Programme, Skill Development and Solar  panel  powered  street  lights  (8  lights  per  village)  including  Government  to  Citizens Services (G2C), B2C Services.

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## Annexure

|   Sl No | District        | Block       | Village                |
|---------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Ahmedabad       | Detroj      | Katosan road (Sunvala) |
|       2 | Amreli          | Khambha     | Khaddar                |
|       3 | Anand           | Sojitra     | Kasor                  |
|       4 | Aravalli        | bayad       | sathamba               |
|       5 | Banaskantha     | Dantiwada   | Bhadli Zat             |
|       6 | Bharuch         | Amod        | Sarbhan                |
|       7 | Bhavnagar       | Sihor       | Ishvariya              |
|       8 | Botad           | Botad       | turkha                 |
|       9 | Chhota Udaipur  | Kawant      | Panwad                 |
|      10 | Devbhumi dwarka | Dwarka      | Bhimrana               |
|      11 | Dahod           | Limkheda    | Moti Bandibar          |
|      12 | Gandhinagar     | Kalol       | Jaspur                 |
|      13 | Gir Somnath     | Veraval     | Bherala                |
|      14 | Jamnagar        | jamnagar    | Medi                   |
|      15 | Junagadh        | Mendarda    | Nani Khodiyar          |
|      16 | Kheda           | Mahemdabad  | Modaj                  |
|      17 | Kutch           | Anjar       | Navagam                |
|      18 | Mahisagar       | Kadana      | Sanghari               |
|      19 | Mehsana         | Kadi        | Nani Kadi              |
|      20 | Morbi           | Wankaner    | Tithva                 |
|      21 | Navsari         | Bansda      | Pipalkhed              |
|      22 | Narmada         | Garudeshwar | Kavadiya koloni        |
|      23 | Panchmahal      | Ghoghamba   | Jitpura                |
|      24 | Patan           | saraswati   | Vagdod                 |
|      25 | Porbandar       | Kutiyana    | Bavlavadar             |
|      26 | Rajkot          | Jasdan      | Kalasar                |
|      27 | Sabarkantha     | Prantj      | Sonasan                |
|      28 | Surat           | Mahuva      | Karcheliya             |
|      29 | Surendranagar   | chuda       | Bhanejada              |
|      30 | Tapi            | kukarmunda  | Kukarmunda             |
|      31 | Dang            | Waghai      | Lavariya( Bhendmal)    |
|      32 | Vadodara        | Padra       | Kanzat                 |
|      33 | Valsad          | Kaparada    | Mandva                 |