Lok Sabha Question No. 878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Common Service Centres in Gram Panchyats
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 878

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.06.2019

## COMMON SERVICE CENTRES IN GRAM PANCHYATS

## 878      SHRI KANAKMAL  KATARA:

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

- (a) whether Common Service Centres (CSCs) have been set up in Gram Panchyats by  the Government of India to provide cyber services ;
- (b) if so, the  details thereof; and
- (c) the number of CSCs set up across the country  at present State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether any  time limit has been fixed for setting up of common service centres  in all Gram Panchayats of the country; and
- (e) if so, the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)    and  (b):  Yes,  Sir.    Common  Services  Centre  have  been  set  up  in  Gram  Panchayats  to provide  multiple  services  including  cyber  services.  These  are  managed  and  run  through  a special  purpose  vehicle  -  viz.  CSC-SPV.  As  of  31 st May  2019,  365918  CSCs  are  in operational in the country
- (c): The status of CSC set up in the country as on 31 st May, 2019 is at Annexure-I.
- (d) and (e):   It is proposed to set up at least one CSC per Gram Panchayat across the country by  August,  2019  subject  to  feasibility.  Details  of  numbers  of  CSCs  set  up  are  also  at Annexure-I.

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Annexure-I

| STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF ROLL OUT OF CSCs AS ON31MAY,2019   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF ROLL OUT OF CSCs AS ON31MAY,2019   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF ROLL OUT OF CSCs AS ON31MAY,2019   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF ROLL OUT OF CSCs AS ON31MAY,2019   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF ROLL OUT OF CSCs AS ON31MAY,2019   | STATE/UT-WISE STATUS OF ROLL OUT OF CSCs AS ON31MAY,2019   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                   | No. of Functional CSCs incl GP Level                       | No. of Functional CSCs at GP level                         |                                                            | No. of Functional CSCs incl GP Level                       | No. of Functional CSCs at GP level                         |
|                                                            | As on 31 May'19                                            | As on 31 May'19                                            | State/UT                                                   | As on 31 May'19                                            | As on 31 May'19                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                                             | 9305                                                       | 6560                                                       | Sub-Total Carried Over                                     | 218256                                                     | 158382                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                          | 203                                                        | 122                                                        | Punjab                                                     | 8829                                                       | 6825                                                       |
| Assam                                                      | 6370                                                       | 5439                                                       | Rajasthan                                                  | 16148                                                      | 11611                                                      |
| Bihar                                                      | 31758                                                      | 26012                                                      | Sikkim                                                     | 50                                                         | 36                                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                                               | 14716                                                      | 10478                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                 | 10860                                                      | 5936                                                       |
| Goa                                                        | 94                                                         | 64                                                         | Telangana                                                  | 5206                                                       | 3293                                                       |
| Gujarat                                                    | 12582                                                      | 7973                                                       | Tripura                                                    | 959                                                        | 764                                                        |
| Haryana                                                    | 12527                                                      | 8579                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                              | 78350                                                      | 58444                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                                           | 3708                                                       | 3253                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                | 6405                                                       | 4918                                                       |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                             | 3158                                                       | 2430                                                       | West Bengal                                                | 18444                                                      | 14993                                                      |
| Jharkhand                                                  | 14345                                                      | 11468                                                      | State Total                                                | 363507                                                     | 265202                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                  | 8937                                                       | 4646                                                       |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |
| Kerala                                                     | 4004                                                       | 2981                                                       | Andaman &Nicobar                                           | 54                                                         | 27                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                                             | 29318                                                      | 20472                                                      | Chandigarh                                                 | 84                                                         | 11                                                         |
| Maharashtra                                                | 51487                                                      | 35341                                                      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                        | 54                                                         | 26                                                         |
| Manipur                                                    | 803                                                        | 546                                                        | Daman &Diu                                                 | 39                                                         | 13                                                         |
| Meghalaya                                                  | 599                                                        | 491                                                        | Delhi                                                      | 1971                                                       | 0                                                          |
| Mizoram                                                    | 248                                                        | 55                                                         | Lakshadweep                                                | 12                                                         | 12                                                         |
| Nagaland                                                   | 279                                                        | 40                                                         | Puducherry                                                 | 197                                                        | 107                                                        |
| Odisha                                                     | 13815                                                      | 11432                                                      | UT Total                                                   | 2411                                                       | 196                                                        |
| Sub Total                                                  | 218256                                                     | 158382                                                     | GRANDTOTAL                                                 | 365918                                                     | 265398                                                     |

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