Lok Sabha Question No. 1988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Digital Villages
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1988

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.07.2019

## DIGITAL  VILLAGES

## 1988 SHRI PANKAJ  CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is preparing any action plan to make the villages in the country digital;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the number of villages targeted to be covered under the said action plan; and
- (d) the details of the benefits likely to be availed by the people of rural   areas there under?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) and (b):  Yes,  Sir.    Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has rolled out the Digital Village project on 31st October 2018 with a total project outlay of Rs. 98.324  Cr.  for  implementation  in  duration  of  3  years.  CSC  E-Governance  Service  India Limited is implementing this central sector scheme under the Digital India Programme.
- (c):        The  project  is  aimed  to  cover  700  Gram  Panchayats/Villages  with  atleast  one  Gram Panchayat/Village from each district of each of the States/UT across the country.
- (d):      The project envisages to demonstrate use of technology to deliver services pertaining to  Health  Services  -  Tele-Health  &  Tele-Veterinary  consultation,  Education  Services, Financial  Services,  Skill  Development  and  Solar  panel  powered  street  lights  and  various Government to Citizens Services (G2C) and other citizen Services. Details  are  attached  at Annexure.

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## Annexure

1. The key sub components envisaged under Digital Village pilot Project are:
2. (i) Government  to  Citizens  Services  (G2C): Such  as  e-District  Services,  SSDG (State Service Delivery  Gateway)  Services,  Online  registration for service selection board, Online registration for public service commission,  online registration for  Board of professional entrance examination, Pan Card Services, New Aadhaar enrolment, Updation and modification, etc,
3. (ii) Business-to-Citizen  Services(B2C): such  as  Mobile  Recharge:  Prepaid  mobile recharge and Post-paid bill payment, DTH  Recharge: DTH  recharge, E Commerce:  provide  online  market  place  to  promote  rural  market  products  in India,  Air  Ticketing:  Booking  of  flight  ticket,  Railway  Ticketing:  Booking  of Railway ticket, e-Learning etc,
4. (iii) Education Service: Courses offered under this  project are as           (i)  Basic Computer Course (BCC), (ii)  Tally  -  KaushalPramanPatra            (iii)  Course  on Computer Concept (CCC),
5. (iv) Digital Health Services: such as Tele Consultation, Veterinary Tele consultation.
6. (v) Financial Inclusion: Awareness campaign for access to  useful  and  affordable financial product and services to each individual of village such as access to Bank account,  Transactions,  Insurance  (Crop,  Health,  Life,  vehicle,  Cattle)  pension scheme, banking KIOSK and special drive like cashless payment.
7. (vi) LED Lighting: To install solar panel powered street light in the villages. Solar panels with battery backup for ensuring always-on, low-powered base-stations.
8. (vii) Skill  Development  services: Focused  skill  development  in  mobile  repairing, motor vehicle repairing- mechanic, equipment repairing- electrician, Technician, Handset Repair Engineer, Field Technician - Home Appliances
2. Project  Implementation  Monitoring: a  website  for  the  overall  monitoring  of  the village  where  all  the  information  of  village  with  daily  progress  has  been  made available. A Dashboard has been created at http://digital-village.in/ and access given to stakeholders for tracking and monitoring.

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