Lok Sabha Question No. 2466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Empowerment by Digital India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2466

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.12.2018

## EMPOWERMENT BY DIGITAL INDIA

## 2466.                   DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  assess  the  role  played  by Governments' Digital India Initiative in empowerment of people and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any study to measure the extent of adoption of digital technologies by the rural masses; and
- (c) if  so,  the  increase  in  digital  penetration  and  usage  of  e-Government  tools  in  the  last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a): Yes, Sir. Impact assessment of some of the initiatives has been carried out which gives a good  idea  of  empowerment  of  people  through  digital  India  initiatives.  Some  of  the assessments are as under:

- -MyGov, being a unique citizen engagement platform in India, is definitely a step in the right  direction,  in  line  with  the  need  of  the  hour  to  achieve  the  best  of  participatory governance.    It  has  also  marked  its  presence  as  an  authentic  space  for  Government Authorities to invoke citizen participation for policy formulation.
- -Government of India Capacity Building Schemes have benefitted & empowered people as follows.
-  Strong  correlation  between  training  undergone  and  increase  in  interest  for working  on        e-Governance  initiatives  leading  to  active  involvement  in  eGovernance projects.
-  Training content and delivery are found to be complementing the training needs.

(b) and (c):  No, Sir. No formal study to measure the adoption of digital technologies by the rural masses has been conducted. However, the statistics of e-transactions on e-Taal platform gives  an  indication  of  increase  in  digital  penetration  and  usage  of  e-Government  tools  in India. The State/UT-wise details of e-transactions in last 3 years are given in annexure.

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State/UT-wise details of e-transactions in last 3 years

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs              | Number of e-Transactions   | Number of e-Transactions   | Number of e-Transactions   |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs              | 2016                       | 2017                       | 2018                       |
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar    | 72,972                     | 13,77,925                  | 14,35,241                  |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh         | 1,02,29,87,178             | 64,38,45,985               | 1,48,79,18,931             |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1,68,008                   | 11,18,466                  | 11,06,838                  |
| 4.        | Assam                  | 88,72,562                  | 2,65,11,836                | 3,39,84,017                |
| 5.        | Bihar                  | 2,00,33,553                | 6,76,64,948                | 13,25,57,314               |
| 6.        | Chandigarh             | 25,16,225                  | 47,72,668                  | 47,79,213                  |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh           | 13,90,96,894               | 13,44,44,592               | 12,39,76,866               |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 29,18,907                  | 17,08,808                  | 6,51,476                   |
| 9.        | Daman and Diu          | 6,34,282                   | 6,08,569                   | 4,21,571                   |
| 10.       | Delhi                  | 4,57,98,618                | 7,01,47,235                | 5,96,59,985                |
| 11.       | Goa                    | 16,16,547                  | 38,09,091                  | 39,33,596                  |
| 12.       | Gujarat                | 58,27,78,726               | 53,34,92,632               | 45,69,92,952               |
| 13.       | Haryana                | 6,96,04,161                | 9,67,98,706                | 8,20,10,296                |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh       | 2,11,60,143                | 4,92,39,668                | 5,21,97,280                |
| 15.       | Jammu and Kashmir      | 29,06,716                  | 1,12,95,307                | 1,17,84,260                |
| 16.       | Jharkhand              | 1,55,67,182                | 2,20,99,853                | 3,45,87,708                |
| 17.       | Karnataka              | 5,78,33,338                | 10,89,79,492               | 12,11,17,144               |
| 18.       | Kerala                 | 76,61,68,814               | 28,14,10,539               | 50,81,28,699               |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep            | 18,46,724                  | 19,87,421                  | 11,56,415                  |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh         | 34,58,62,943               | 21,50,43,509               | 17,49,70,187               |
| 21.       | Maharashtra            | 3,08,29,411                | 13,43,92,929               | 14,49,20,070               |
| 22.       | Manipur                | 9,14,761                   | 18,89,527                  | 22,12,884                  |
| 23.       | Meghalaya              | 70,44,701                  | 87,10,663                  | 38,49,930                  |
| 24.       | Mizoram                | 13,82,039                  | 18,90,462                  | 20,08,271                  |
| 25.       | Nagaland               | 3,66,157                   | 22,06,192                  | 22,18,631                  |
| 26.       | Odisha                 | 4,16,09,577                | 6,19,44,886                | 6,82,73,166                |
| 27.       | Puducherry             | 25,97,317                  | 34,83,143                  | 30,96,578                  |
| 28.       | Punjab                 | 1,76,52,447                | 5,12,67,534                | 5,44,62,186                |
| 29.       | Rajasthan              | 9,44,01,988                | 22,79,32,719               | 24,58,42,004               |
| 30.       | Sikkim                 | 2,61,172                   | 7,61,753                   | 8,93,429                   |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu             | 26,20,40,977               | 36,35,30,943               | 36,85,26,982               |
| 32.       | Telangana              | 80,93,86,346               | 45,98,52,722               | 1,33,77,89,166             |
| 33.       | Tripura                | 17,04,438                  | 36,04,235                  | 33,46,522                  |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh          | 43,70,46,453               | 32,56,49,124               | 33,61,11,038               |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand            | 64,01,275                  | 2,01,17,163                | 2,11,65,078                |
| 36.       | West Bengal            | 12,45,82,990               | 29,76,21,468               | 26,64,65,013               |
|           | Total                  | 4,94,66,66,542             | 4,24,12,12,713             | 6,15,45,50,937             |

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## Annexure