Lok Sabha Question No. 1789 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Digital Villages
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1789

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2019

## DIGITAL VILLAGES

## 1789        SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

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

- (a)  the  district-wise  number  and  details  of  villages  made  digital  in  the  State  of    Gujarat  at present;
- (b) funds allocated so far to the State of Gujarat for making the said villages digital; and
- (a) the various facilities being provided in the said digital villages at  present?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):    Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has  approved  the  Digital Village  project  on  31 st October  2018.  700  Gram  Panchyats/villages  across  the  country  are covered under pilot implementation which includes 33 Gram Panchayats (GP)/villages one each from the 33 districts in Gujarat. District wise list of the Gram Panchayats/villages is enclosed at Annexure .
- (b):  The Digital Village Project of MeitY is being implemented across India through CSC EGovernance Service India Limited as a project under the Digital India Scheme which is a Central Sector  Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology.  The  tentative  funds requirement for the State of Gujarat to cover 33 Gram Panchayat/villages is approximately Rs. 326.70 lakhs.
- (c):  The project is envisaged to reach out services of - Health Services - Tele-Health & TeleVeterinary  consultation,  Education  Service,  Financial  Services,  Skill  Development  and  Solar panel powered street lights including Government to Citizens Services (G2C), B2C Services.

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## Annexure

|   Sl No | District        | Block       | Village                |
|---------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Ahmedabad       | Detroj      | Katosan road (Sunvala) |
|       2 | Amreli          | Khambha     | Khaddar                |
|       3 | Anand           | Sojitra     | Kasor                  |
|       4 | Aravalli        | bayad       | sathamba               |
|       5 | Banaskantha     | Dantiwada   | Bhadli Zat             |
|       6 | Bharuch         | Amod        | Sarbhan                |
|       7 | Bhavnagar       | Sihor       | Ishvariya              |
|       8 | Botad           | Botad       | turkha                 |
|       9 | Chhota Udaipur  | Kawant      | Panwad                 |
|      10 | Devbhumi dwarka | Dwarka      | Bhimrana               |
|      11 | Dahod           | Limkheda    | Moti Bandibar          |
|      12 | Gandhinagar     | Kalol       | Jaspur                 |
|      13 | Gir Somnath     | Veraval     | Bherala                |
|      14 | Jamnagar        | jamnagar    | Medi                   |
|      15 | Junagadh        | Mendarda    | Nani Khodiyar          |
|      16 | Kheda           | Mahemdabad  | Modaj                  |
|      17 | Kutch           | Anjar       | Navagam                |
|      18 | Mahisagar       | Kadana      | Sanghari               |
|      19 | Mehsana         | Kadi        | Nani Kadi              |
|      20 | Morbi           | Wankaner    | Tithva                 |
|      21 | Navsari         | Bansda      | Pipalkhed              |
|      22 | Narmada         | Garudeshwar | Kavadiya koloni        |
|      23 | Panchmahal      | Ghoghamba   | Jitpura                |
|      24 | Patan           | saraswati   | Vagdod                 |
|      25 | Porbandar       | Kutiyana    | Bavlavadar             |
|      26 | Rajkot          | Jasdan      | Kalasar                |
|      27 | Sabarkantha     | Prantj      | Sonasan                |
|      28 | Surat           | Mahuva      | Karcheliya             |
|      29 | Surendranagar   | chuda       | Bhanejada              |
|      30 | Tapi            | kukarmunda  | Kukarmunda             |
|      31 | Dang            | Waghai      | Lavariya( Bhendmal)    |
|      32 | Vadodara        | Padra       | Kanzat                 |
|      33 | Valsad          | Kaparada    | Mandva                 |