Lok Sabha Question No. 1573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Digi-Gaon Project
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi, S. Ramalingam, Andimuthu Raja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1573

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 27.11.2019

## DIGI GAON PROJECT

## 1573. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY : SHRI RAMALINGAM S.: SHRI A. RAJA:

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

- (a) the salient features of Digi-Gaon Project;
- (b) the number of villages covered initially under the project across the country, State/UT-wise including the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  under  this  project  since  its  inception  across  the  country,  State/UT-wise including the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to expand this project across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to expand Common Service Centres (CSCs) under the aforesaid project and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including the State of Tamil Nadu along with the funds likely to be sanctioned for the same; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to include entrepreneurship opportunities for the rural residents specially women under the said project and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) initiated the Digital Village Pilot Project titled 'Pilot Project-  Implementation  of  Digital  Village'  on  31 st October  2018.  The  project  is  being  implemented  by  CSC  eGovernance Services  India  Limited.  700  Gram  Panchayats(GP)/Village  with  atleast  one GP/village  from  each  district  of  the  State/UT  are being covered under the pilot implementation of the project. The following are the salient feature of the project-

- i. Government to Citizens Services (G2C) - Pan Card Services, New Aadhaar enrolment, Updation and modification, Online registration for service selection board, Online registration for public service commission, online registration for Board of professional entrance examination.
- ii. B2C Services - Mobile / DTH recharge Ticket Booking (Rail/Air), etc.
- iii. Education Service: Courses offered under this project are as (i) Basic Computer Course (BCC), (ii) Course on Computer Concept (CCC), (iii) Tally - Kaushal Praman Patra
- iv. Health Services - Tele-Health &  Tele-Veterinary consultation
- v. Financial Inclusion- Financial inclusion Awareness programme
- vi. Solar panel powered street lights (8 Solar lights per village)
- vii. Skill Development - skill development in (i) Automotive Technician, (ii) Handset repairing, (iii) Field Technician- Home Appliances, and (iv) Electrical Technician.

700 Village across India from the State/UT are covered under the pilot implementation of the project. 32 villages one each from each of the 32 district of Tamil Nadu are being covered under Digital Village Pilot Project. State/UT wise list of the villages is enclosed at Annexure-I.

(c): The total budget outlay of the project is Rs.98.324Crores for the Project duration 36 months. The Project does not provision funds for State Governments or their agencies. So far, Rs.20.0 Crore has been released to the project implementing agency and Rs.11.178Crore has been utilized under the project. The tentative funds earmarked from MeitY for the State of Tamil Nadu to cover 32 villages under 'Pilot Project- Implementation of Digital Village' is Rs.319.8lakhs.

The State/UT wised funds utilization, as received from CSC eGovernance Service India Limited (Project Implementing Agency), is enclosed at Annexure-II.

- (d):    The  Digital  Village  Pilot  project  titled  'Pilot  Project-  Implementation  of  Digital  Village'  is  already  being  implemented across India as per details mentioned in Annexure-I
- (e):  CSC eGovernance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV) is the implementing Agency for the 'Pilot Project - Implementation of Digital Village' and there is no provision to expand CSCs under the said project.
- (f):   Under the project 'Pilot Project - Implementation of Digital Village', there is no specific provision for women. However, Skill Development component as mentioned in reply of para (a) & (b) above would help in entrepreneurship opportunity for rural residents.

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## Annexure-I

| SN   | State/UT           |   No. of District |
|------|--------------------|-------------------|
| 1    | Andaman Nicobar    |                 1 |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh     |                13 |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh  |                21 |
| 4    | Assam              |                33 |
| 5    | Bihar              |                38 |
| 6    | Chhatisgarh        |                27 |
| 7    | Dadar Nagar Haveli |                 1 |
| 8    | Daman &Diu         |                 2 |
| 9    | Goa                |                 2 |
| 10   | Gujarat            |                33 |
| 11   | Haryana            |                22 |
| 12   | Himachal Pradesh   |                12 |
| 13   | Jammu &Kashmir     |                22 |
| 14   | Jharkhand          |                24 |
| 15   | Karanataka         |                30 |
| 16   | Kerala             |                14 |
| 17   | Lakshadweep        |                 1 |
| 18   | Madhya Pradesh     |                51 |
| 19   | Maharashtra        |                34 |
| 20   | Manipur            |                16 |
| 21   | Meghalaya          |                11 |
| 22   | Mizoram            |                 8 |
| 23   | Nagaland           |                11 |
| 24   | Odisha             |                30 |
| 25   | Puducherry         |                 4 |
| 26   | Punjab             |                22 |
| 27   | Rajasthan          |                33 |
| 28   | Sikkim             |                 4 |
| 29   | Tamilnadu          |                32 |
| 30   | Telangana          |                30 |
| 31   | Tripura            |                 8 |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh      |                75 |
| 33   | Uttarakhand        |                13 |
| 34   | West Bengal        |                22 |
|      | Grand Total        |               700 |

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|   S.No | State              |   No of Digital Village | Fund Sanctioned (in Rs.)   | Fund Allocated (in Rs.)   | Fund Utilized (in Rs.)   |
|--------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman Nicobar    |                       1 | 9,99,499.60                | 2,85,714.29               | 1,59,694.95              |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh     |                      13 | 1,29,93,494.80             | 37,14,285.71              | 20,76,034.33             |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh  |                      21 | 2,09,89,491.60             | 60,00,000.00              | 33,53,593.92             |
|      4 | Assam              |                      33 | 3,29,83,486.80             | 94,28,571.43              | 52,69,933.30             |
|      5 | Bihar              |                      38 | 3,79,80,984.80             | 1,08,57,142.86            | 60,68,408.05             |
|      6 | Chhatisgarh        |                      27 | 2,69,86,489.20             | 77,14,285.71              | 43,11,763.61             |
|      7 | Dadar Nagar Haveli |                       1 | 9,99,499.60                | 2,85,714.29               | 1,59,694.95              |
|      8 | Daman &Diu         |                       2 | 19,98,999.20               | 5,71,428.57               | 3,19,389.90              |

Annexure-II

|   9 | Goa              |   2 | 19,98,999.20   | 5,71,428.57    | 3,19,389.90    |
|-----|------------------|-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|  10 | Gujarat          |  33 | 3,29,83,486.80 | 94,28,571.43   | 52,69,933.30   |
|  11 | Haryana          |  22 | 2,19,88,991.20 | 62,85,714.29   | 35,13,288.87   |
|  12 | Himachal Pradesh |  12 | 1,19,93,995.20 | 34,28,571.43   | 19,16,339.38   |
|  13 | Jammu &Kashmir   |  22 | 2,19,88,991.20 | 62,85,714.29   | 35,13,288.87   |
|  14 | Jharkhand        |  24 | 2,39,87,990.40 | 68,57,142.86   | 38,32,678.77   |
|  15 | karanataka       |  30 | 2,99,84,988.00 | 85,71,428.57   | 47,90,848.46   |
|  16 | Kerala           |  14 | 1,39,92,994.40 | 40,00,000.00   | 22,35,729.28   |
|  17 | Lakshadweep      |   1 | 9,99,499.60    | 2,85,714.29    | 1,59,694.95    |
|  18 | Madhya Pradesh   |  51 | 5,09,74,479.60 | 1,45,71,428.57 | 81,44,442.38   |
|  19 | Maharashtra      |  34 | 3,39,82,986.40 | 97,14,285.71   | 54,29,628.25   |
|  20 | Manipur          |  16 | 1,59,91,993.60 | 45,71,428.57   | 25,55,119.18   |
|  21 | Meghalaya        |  11 | 1,09,94,495.60 | 31,42,857.14   | 17,56,644.43   |
|  22 | Mizoram          |   8 | 79,95,996.80   | 22,85,714.29   | 12,77,559.59   |
|  23 | Nagaland         |  11 | 1,09,94,495.60 | 31,42,857.14   | 17,56,644.43   |
|  24 | Odisha           |  30 | 2,99,84,988.00 | 85,71,428.57   | 47,90,848.46   |
|  25 | Puducherry       |   4 | 39,97,998.40   | 11,42,857.14   | 6,38,779.79    |
|  26 | Punjab           |  22 | 2,19,88,991.20 | 62,85,714.29   | 35,13,288.87   |
|  27 | Rajasthan        |  33 | 3,29,83,486.80 | 94,28,571.43   | 52,69,933.30   |
|  28 | Sikkim           |   4 | 39,97,998.40   | 11,42,857.14   | 6,38,779.79    |
|  29 | Tamilnadu        |  32 | 3,19,83,987.20 | 91,42,857.14   | 51,10,238.35   |
|  30 | Telangana        |  30 | 2,99,84,988.00 | 85,71,428.57   | 47,90,848.46   |
|  31 | Tripura          |   8 | 79,95,996.80   | 22,85,714.29   | 12,77,559.59   |
|  32 | Uttar Pradesh    |  75 | 7,49,62,470.00 | 2,14,28,571.43 | 1,19,77,121.14 |
|  33 | Uttarakhand      |  13 | 1,29,93,494.80 | 37,14,285.71   | 20,76,034.33   |
|  34 | West Bengal      |  22 | 2,19,88,991.20 | 62,85,714.29   | 35,13,288.87   |