Lok Sabha Question No. 3479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-17
Subject: ‘Digital India’ Scheme in Bihar
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3479

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 17.03.2021

## DIGITAL INDIA SCHEME  IN BIHAR

## 3479.  SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

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

- (a) the details of the districts in Bihar particularly in Jehanabad, Gaya and Arwal districts where Digital India Scheme is implemented;
- (b) the number of persons in Bihar benefited through this scheme, district-wise;
- (c) the  amount  of  funds  allocated/released/utilised  by  the  Government  in  Bihar  under  the  aforesaid  scheme, district-wise; and
- (d) the reasons as to why the full utilisation of the funds allocated in Bihar under the scheme was not done?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has initiated the 'Digital India' programme with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledgebased economy by ensuring digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and bridging the digital divide. Digital India is an umbrella programme that covers multiple projects of various central Ministries/Departments & States/UTs. Each project has its own budgetary requirement and accordingly project-plan has been charted out by the implementing Ministry/departments and budget details are being maintained by concerned Ministries/Departments & States/UTs. All the eligible citizens can avail the various e-services offered under these schemes/projects. Some of the key initiatives taken by the Government under Digital India programme across the country including state of Bihar are as follows:

-  Common  Services  Centre  (CSC): The  Common  Services  Centres  are  service  (Government  to  Citizen  & Business to Citizen) delivery centres. Common Services Centres are internet enabled centres operated by local entrepreneur, called Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) and provide eServices to rural citizens. As on February, 2021, 3.73 Lakh Common Services Centres are functional including 2.78 lakh CSCs at Gram Panchayat levels. There are 34,495 functional Common Services Centers (CSCs) in the state of Bihar Bihar.  All the citizens of Bihar can benefit and avail e-services through Common Services Centers (CSCs). The District-wise number of Functional  CSCs  in  all  the  Districts  of  Bihar,  including  these  3  Districts  as  on    February,  2021  is  shown  in Annexure-I.
-  Digital  Village: MeitY  has  also  initiated  the  'Digital  Village  Pilot  Project'  in  October,  2018.  700  Gram Panchayats (GPs)/Village with atleast one Gram Panchayat/Village per District per State/UT are being covered under the project. The digital services being offered are Health, Education, Skill Development, and Financial Inclusion  including  Government  to  Citizens  Services  (G2C),  Business  to  Citizen  (B2C)  Services.  38  villages from  state  of  Bihar  have  been  covered  under  the  project  'Pilot  Project-  Implementation  of  Digital  Village.' District-wise list of villages including villages in Jehanabad, Gaya and Arwal districts is enclosed at AnnexureII.
-  e-District Mission Mode Project (MMP): e-District project has been implemented at district and sub-district levels  of  all  States/UTs,  benefitting  all  citizens  by  delivering  various  e-Services  such  as  Certificates  (Birth, Caste,  Death,  Income  and  Local  Resident),  Pension  (Old  Age,  Disability  and  Widow),  Electoral,  Consumer Court, Revenue Court, Land Record and services of various departments such as Commercial Tax, Agriculture, Labour, Employment Training & Skill Development etc. e-District services have been launched in 705 districts across 28 States/   5 UTs. 50 e-services have been launched in all 38 districts of Bihar.
-  Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan(PMGDISHA): MeitY is also implementing a scheme titled  'Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan  (PMGDISHA)'  to  usher  in  digital  literacy  in  rural India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household). So far, training has been imparted to 3.65 crore candidates and out of this more than 2.67 crore candidates have been certified. The scheme is applicable to all  rural  areas  of  the  country.    In  the  state  of  Bihar,  around  48,24,397  candidates  have  been  registered  and 40,22,488 candidates have completed the training out of which 28,81,774 have been duly certified. District-wise students registered and certified in the state of Bihar under PMGDISHA Scheme are enclosed at Annexure-III.

(c) and (d): Digital India is an umbrella programme that covers multiple projects of various central Ministries/Departments & States/UTs. Each project has its own budgetary requirement and accordingly project-plan has been charted out by the implementing Ministry/departments and budget details are being maintained by concerned Ministries/Departments  &  States/UTs.  There  is  no  provision  of  state-wise  allocation  of  funds  under  the  aforesaid schemes/projects.

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## Annexure-I

| DISTRICT-WISE NUMBER OF FUNCTIONAL CSCs IN BIHAR AS ON28 th FEBRUARY, 2021   | DISTRICT-WISE NUMBER OF FUNCTIONAL CSCs IN BIHAR AS ON28 th FEBRUARY, 2021   | DISTRICT-WISE NUMBER OF FUNCTIONAL CSCs IN BIHAR AS ON28 th FEBRUARY, 2021   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                     | Total No. of CSCs (Urban + Rural)                                            | No. of CSCs (Rural - GP Level)                                               |
| ARARIA                                                                       | 1240                                                                         | 1120                                                                         |
| AURANGABAD                                                                   | 494                                                                          | 404                                                                          |
| BANKA                                                                        | 749                                                                          | 679                                                                          |
| BEGUSARAI                                                                    | 903                                                                          | 746                                                                          |
| BHAGALPUR                                                                    | 1027                                                                         | 855                                                                          |
| BHOJPUR                                                                      | 664                                                                          | 527                                                                          |
| BUXAR                                                                        | 429                                                                          | 363                                                                          |
| DARBHANGA                                                                    | 1593                                                                         | 1414                                                                         |
| GAYA                                                                         | 1040                                                                         | 893                                                                          |
| GOPALGANJ                                                                    | 1165                                                                         | 1039                                                                         |
| JAMUI                                                                        | 562                                                                          | 491                                                                          |
| JEHANABAD                                                                    | 199                                                                          | 156                                                                          |
| KAIMUR (BHABUA)                                                              | 432                                                                          | 355                                                                          |
| KATIHAR                                                                      | 1301                                                                         | 1160                                                                         |
| KHAGARIA                                                                     | 499                                                                          | 449                                                                          |
| KISHANGANJ                                                                   | 737                                                                          | 631                                                                          |
| LAKHISARAI                                                                   | 278                                                                          | 203                                                                          |
| MADHEPURA                                                                    | 885                                                                          | 808                                                                          |
| MADHUBANI                                                                    | 1808                                                                         | 1660                                                                         |
| MUNGER                                                                       | 357                                                                          | 254                                                                          |
| MUZAFFARPUR                                                                  | 1879                                                                         | 1716                                                                         |
| NALANDA                                                                      | 619                                                                          | 492                                                                          |
| NAWADA                                                                       | 511                                                                          | 441                                                                          |
| PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN                                                           | 1252                                                                         | 1030                                                                         |
| PATNA                                                                        | 1245                                                                         | 754                                                                          |
| PURBICHAMPARAN                                                               | 1749                                                                         | 1523                                                                         |
| PURNIA                                                                       | 1202                                                                         | 1060                                                                         |
| ROHTAS                                                                       | 735                                                                          | 571                                                                          |

| SAHARSA    |   851 |   693 |
|------------|-------|-------|
| SAMASTIPUR |  1490 |  1383 |
| SARAN      |  1457 |  1277 |
| SHEIKHPURA |   200 |   138 |
| SHEOHAR    |   274 |   251 |
| SITAMARHI  |  1223 |  1091 |
| SIWAN      |  1273 |  1147 |
| SUPAUL     |   978 |   858 |
| VAISHALI   |  1051 |   922 |
| ARWAL      |   144 |   130 |
| Total      | 34495 | 29684 |

Annexure-II

| List of villages in Bihar covered under Digital Village pilot project   | List of villages in Bihar covered under Digital Village pilot project   | List of villages in Bihar covered under Digital Village pilot project   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                | Block                                                                   | Village                                                                 |
| KISHANGANJ                                                              | THAKURGANJ                                                              | BESARBATI                                                               |
| MADHEPURA                                                               | SINGHESHWAR                                                             | GAURIPUR                                                                |
| SUPAUL                                                                  | KISHANPUR                                                               | ANDAULEE                                                                |
| MUZAFFARPUR                                                             | SARIYA                                                                  | GOPINATHPURDOKRA                                                        |
| EAST CHAMPARAN                                                          | DHAKA                                                                   | BAKHRI KHAJURI                                                          |
| BHOJPUR                                                                 | ARA                                                                     | JAMIRA                                                                  |
| SITAMARHI                                                               | PARIHAR                                                                 | SIRSIYA                                                                 |
| KHAGARIA                                                                | PARBATTA                                                                | MAHADDIPUR                                                              |
| ARWAL                                                                   | KARPI                                                                   | HAJIPUR                                                                 |
| ROHTAS                                                                  | NASRIGANJ                                                               | PARASIA                                                                 |
| AURANGABAD                                                              | AURANGABAD                                                              | RAJOI                                                                   |
| SAHARSA                                                                 | KAHRA                                                                   | BANGAON                                                                 |
| BHAGALPUR                                                               | SAHKUND                                                                 | KASWAKHERHI                                                             |
| GAYA                                                                    | GAYA SADAR                                                              | KUJAPI                                                                  |
| JEHANABAD                                                               | GHOSHI                                                                  | AHIASHA                                                                 |
| SIWAN                                                                   | ZIRADEI                                                                 | ZIRADEI                                                                 |
| BUXAR                                                                   | BUXAR                                                                   | DALSAGAR                                                                |
| SAMASTIPUR                                                              | UJIYARPUR                                                               | JANAKPUR                                                                |
| SHEIKHPURA                                                              | BARBIGHA                                                                | TEUS                                                                    |
| BEGUSARAI                                                               | GARHPURA                                                                | GARHPURA                                                                |
| WEST CHAMPARAN                                                          | LAURIYA                                                                 | DUMRA                                                                   |
| KATIHAR                                                                 | AMDABAD                                                                 | AMDABAD BLOCK HQ                                                        |
| VAISHALI                                                                | DESARI                                                                  | BHIKHANPURA                                                             |
| SARAN                                                                   | MAKER                                                                   | MAKER                                                                   |
| DARBHANGA                                                               | BAHADURPUR                                                              | ANDAMA                                                                  |
| SHEOHAR                                                                 | PIPRAHI                                                                 | NAYAGAON                                                                |

| GOPALGANJ   | KUCHAIKOTE   | BIKARAMPUR      |
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
| MUNGER      | DHARHARA     | HEMJAPUR        |
| NALANDA     | BIHARSHARIFF | PAWA            |
| JAMUI       | GIDHAUR      | PATSANDA        |
| NAWADA      | NARHAT       | PUNAWAL         |
| BANKA       | AMARPUR      | DUMARIA         |
| KAIMUR      | NUAON        | CHANDES I       |
| PURNEA      | BKOTHI       | ARBANNA CHAKALA |
| MADHUBANI   | KALUAHI      | MALMAL NORTH    |
| ARARIA      | FORBESGANJ   | HARIPUR         |
| PATNA       | BAKHTIYARPUR | CHAMPAPUR       |
| LAKHISARAI  | BARAHIYA     | DUMARI          |

Annexure-III

## District-wise students registered and certified in the state of Bihar under PMGDISHA Scheme

| S. No.   | District Name      |   Students Registered |   Training Completed |   Certified Students |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | ARARIA             |                189877 |               168712 |               118427 |
| 2        | ARWAL              |                 34578 |                27767 |                20024 |
| 3        | AURANGABAD         |                116389 |                89336 |                71809 |
| 4        | BANKA              |                128245 |               100220 |                65736 |
| 5        | BEGUSARAI          |                104285 |                88370 |                63864 |
| 6        | BHAGALPUR          |                106718 |                85339 |                61053 |
| 7        | BHOJPUR            |                100556 |                85107 |                60154 |
| 8        | BUXAR              |                 98932 |                88910 |                64006 |
| 9        | DARBHANGA          |                 97735 |                84021 |                66305 |
| 10       | GAYA               |                128869 |               100473 |                70437 |
| 11       | GOPALGANJ          |                183902 |               153532 |               108858 |
| 12       | JAMUI              |                 63693 |                47370 |                33963 |
| 13       | JEHANABAD          |                 49016 |                41307 |                26901 |
| 14       | KAIMUR (BHABUA)    |                121290 |               104071 |                81666 |
| 15       | KATIHAR            |                214427 |               191673 |               137253 |
| 16       | KHAGARIA           |                 98556 |                86263 |                66308 |
| 17       | KISHANGANJ         |                 95969 |                85532 |                57869 |
| 18       | LAKHISARAI         |                 38599 |                28522 |                19334 |
| 19       | MADHEPURA          |                150158 |               131154 |                96408 |
| 20       | MADHUBANI          |                217942 |               173815 |               124373 |
| 21       | MUNGER             |                 51510 |                40539 |                29702 |
| 22       | MUZAFFARPUR        |                202106 |               160729 |               112520 |
| 23       | NALANDA            |                156460 |               139686 |                88397 |
| 24       | NAWADA             |                134224 |               108804 |                77629 |
| 25       | PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN |                263708 |               232920 |               168284 |
| 26       | PATNA              |                119322 |                92329 |                72789 |
| 27       | PURBICHAMPARAN     |                249991 |               219378 |               150618 |
| 28       | PURNIA             |                214685 |               192057 |               136379 |
| 29       | ROHTAS             |                164418 |               133338 |                99724 |
| 30       | SAHARSA            |                121365 |               102651 |                76794 |
| 31       | SAMASTIPUR         |                200198 |               158378 |               110943 |
| 32       | SARAN              |                121959 |                93527 |                59006 |
| 33       | SHEIKHPURA         |                 48765 |                43551 |                30135 |
| 34       | SHEOHAR            |                 35318 |                27991 |                20123 |
| 35       | SITAMARHI          |                 80522 |                58948 |                42762 |
| 36       | SIWAN              |                 76939 |                55619 |                41434 |
| 37       | SUPAUL             |                154571 |               131326 |                97494 |
| 38       | VAISHALI           |                 88600 |                69223 |                52293 |
|          | Total              |               4824397 |              4022488 |              2881774 |

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