Lok Sabha Question No. 3636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Cyber Services to Gram Panchayats
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Locket Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Navneet Ravi Rana, Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3636

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 22.03.2023

## CYBER SERVICES TO GRAM PANCHAYATS

## 3636.  SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:    MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:   SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will  the  MINISTER  OF  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  started  the  Common  Service  Centres  (CSC)  to  provide cyberservices to the Gram Panchayats and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the number of said CSCs set up in the country, district and State/UT-wise including West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Haryana, particularly in Sonipat constituency;
- (c) the time by which the said dedicated CSCs will be set up in all the Gram Panchayat across the country including West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Haryana;
- (d) the status of implementation of 'Digital India' scheme in the country;
- (e) whether all the villages and remotely located towns of the country have been connected with basic communications/internet services;
- (f)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  said  connectivity  with  respect  to  Amravati  Parliamentary Constituency and if not, the reasons therefor and the time by which the connectivity is likely to be provided to the said Constituency; and

(g) whether in view of online classes the Government is providing basic internet facilities to all  the  villages  in  order  to  enable  youth,  particularly  of  rural  areas  to  get  education  in  the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)  to  (c):Common  Services  Centres  (CSCs)  have  been  setup  under  and  initiative  of  the Electronics  and  Information  Technology.  CSC  e-Governance  Services  India  Limited,  a special  purpose  vehicle  (SPV),  is  the  implementing  agency.  The  CSC  initiative  aims  to deliver e-services to rural citizens through CSCs and expand the CSC network till the Gram Panchayat level. Over 400 services are being delivered through CSCs, including government services, financial services and services related to Aadhaar, various social welfare schemes, education, telemedicine, travel bookings, utility payments, etc.

As per information furnished by CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, as on 31.1.2023, 5,23,208  CSCs  were  functional  across  the  country,  out  of  which  4,15,228  CSCs  were functional at the Gram Panchayat level. The State- and Union-territory-wise and district-wise number of CSCs, including in the States of West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Haryana, as on 31.1.2023, are at Annexure-I. Further, the total number of CSCs in Sonipat district is 920, including 605 CSCs in the rural area of the district.

CSCs are run on a self-sustainable basis by village level entrepreneurs and the setting up of CSCs  in  a  particular  locality  depends  upon  a  number  of  factors,  such  as  the  viability  of operations,the  demand  for  its  services  and  the  footfalls  at  the  Centres.  The  implementing agency makes efforts on an ongoing basis to improve the viability by expanding the bouquet of  services  and  strengthening  the  integrated  delivery  platform.  The  number  of  GPs  with atleast one functional CSC in the States of West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Haryana are as below (as on 31.1.2023):

|   S. No. | State       | Total number of GPs [as per Local Government Directory (LGD)]   | Number of GPs with atleast one functional CSC   |
|----------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | West Bengal | 3,341                                                           | 3,291                                           |
|        2 | Bihar       | 8,385                                                           | 8,385                                           |
|        3 | Maharashtra | 27,875                                                          | 27,875                                          |
|        4 | Haryana     | 6,197                                                           | 6,091                                           |

- (d): Government has launched the Digital India programme with the vision of transforming India  into  a  digitally  empowered  society  and  a  knowledge-based  economy,  by  ensuring digital  access,  digital  inclusion,  digital  empowerment  and  bridging  the  digital  divide.  The programme is centred on three key vision areas, namely, digital infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, governance and services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens. Digital  India  is  an  umbrella  programme  that  covers  multiple  projects  of  various  Central Ministries/Departments and States and Union Territories (UTs). The status of some of the key initiatives undertaken by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the programme is at Annexure-II.
- (e): The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has apprised that it has been implementing the BharatNet project in a phased manner to create network to connect Gram Panchayats  (GPs)/  villages  with  broadband  in  the  country.  This  infrastructure  is  leased  to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)/Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for provision of Internet connectivity in GPs/villages. Under the BharatNet Project, as of February 2023,the number of GPs planned was 2,64,388 and the number of GPs made service-ready was 1,89,256.

DoT  has  further  informed  that,  as  of  March  2022,  around  6,05,230  number  of  villages out 6,44,131 villages, have mobile connectivity in the country.

- (f): DoT  has apprised that thestatus of BharatNet implementation in the Amravati Parliamentary Constituency and mobile coverage is as follows:
- (i) Number of GPs planned for BharatNet: 478
- (ii) Number of BharatNet-service-ready GPs: 478
- (iii) Number of villages in the Amravati District, Maharashtra having mobile connectivity(as of March 2022): 1,808

DoT has further apprised that, on 30.6.2021, the scope of BharatNet was extended upto all inhabited  villages  beyond  GPs,  and  the  target  for  completion,  including  for  Amravati Parliamentary Constituency, is the year 2025.

- (g): DoT has apprised that Government is implementing various schemes under the Universal Service Obligation Fund to provide telecom connectivity in all remaining uncovered villages, in a phased manner. A list of major schemes is at Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I

State- and Union-territory-wise number of CSCs (as on 31.1.2023)

|   S.N. | State/Union territory   | Total number of CSCs (urban andrural)   | Functional CSCs at the Gram Panchayat level   |
|--------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh          | 10,148                                  | 7,556                                         |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh       | 211                                     | 158                                           |
|      3 | Assam                   | 12,606                                  | 11,517                                        |
|      4 | Bihar                   | 54,356                                  | 48,660                                        |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh            | 19,143                                  | 15,305                                        |

| 6   | Goa                                      | 234      | 174      |
|-----|------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
| 7   | Gujarat                                  | 15,669   | 10,998   |
| 8   | Haryana                                  | 19,585   | 13,729   |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh                         | 5,225    | 4,594    |
| 10  | Jharkhand                                | 21,674   | 18,958   |
| 11  | Karnataka                                | 9,655    | 6,317    |
| 12  | Kerala                                   | 7,479    | 5,833    |
| 13  | Madhya Pradesh                           | 44,406   | 33,696   |
| 14  | Maharashtra                              | 57,024   | 44,422   |
| 15  | Manipur                                  | 958      | 780      |
| 16  | Meghalaya                                | 954      | 849      |
| 17  | Mizoram                                  | 419      | 286      |
| 18  | Nagaland                                 | 518      | 359      |
| 19  | Odisha                                   | 17,395   | 15,273   |
| 20  | Punjab                                   | 11,211   | 7,799    |
| 21  | Rajasthan                                | 23,553   | 19,098   |
| 22  | Sikkim                                   | 112      | 96       |
| 23  | Tamil Nadu                               | 14,510   | 9,786    |
| 24  | Telangana                                | 7,100    | 5,098    |
| 25  | Tripura                                  | 1,856    | 1,577    |
| 26  | Uttar Pradesh                            | 1,20,076 | 95,579   |
| 27  | Uttarakhand                              | 9,450    | 7,007    |
| 28  | West Bengal                              | 25,448   | 23,026   |
| 29  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 91       | 63       |
| 30  | Chandigarh                               | 133      | 10       |
| 31  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 106      | 72       |
| 32  | Delhi                                    | 4,233    | 176      |
| 33  | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 7,284    | 6,125    |
| 34  | Ladakh                                   | 101      | 88       |
| 35  | Lakshadweep                              | 10       | 10       |
| 36  | Puducherry                               | 275      | 154      |
|     | Total                                    | 5,23,208 | 4,15,228 |

Source: CSC e-Governance Service India Limited

## District-wise number of CSCs (as on 31.1.2023)

|   S.N. | State / Union territory     | District                 |   Total number of CSCs (urban and rural) |   Functional CSCs at Gram Panchayat level |
|--------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Nicobar                  |                                        2 |                                         2 |
|      2 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | North and Middle Andaman |                                       41 |                                        41 |
|      3 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | South Andamans           |                                       48 |                                        20 |
|      4 | Andhra Pradesh              | Alluri Sitharama Raju    |                                      200 |                                       198 |
|      5 | Andhra Pradesh              | Anakapalle               |                                       23 |                                        12 |
|      6 | Andhra Pradesh              | Anantapur                |                                      695 |                                       523 |
|      7 | Andhra Pradesh              | Annamayya                |                                      309 |                                       251 |
|      8 | Andhra Pradesh              | Bapatla                  |                                       21 |                                        14 |
|      9 | Andhra Pradesh              | Chittoor                 |                                      383 |                                       301 |
|     10 | Andhra Pradesh              | East Godavari            |                                      576 |                                       476 |
|     11 | Andhra Pradesh              | Eluru                    |                                       42 |                                        16 |
|     12 | Andhra Pradesh              | Guntur                   |                                      647 |                                       375 |
|     13 | Andhra Pradesh              | Kakinada                 |                                       72 |                                        27 |
|     14 | Andhra Pradesh              | Konaseema                |                                      405 |                                       361 |
|     15 | Andhra Pradesh              | Krishna                  |                                      639 |                                       410 |
|     16 | Andhra Pradesh              | Kurnool                  |                                      752 |                                       558 |
|     17 | Andhra Pradesh              | Nandyal                  |                                       42 |                                        11 |
|     18 | Andhra Pradesh              | Ntr                      |                                      375 |                                       318 |
|     19 | Andhra Pradesh              | Palnadu                  |                                      506 |                                       394 |
|     20 | Andhra Pradesh              | Parvathipuram            |                                       23 |                                        14 |
|     21 | Andhra Pradesh              | Prakasam                 |                                      836 |                                       653 |
|     22 | Andhra Pradesh              | Spsr Nellore             |                                      536 |                                       328 |
|     23 | Andhra Pradesh              | Sri Sathya Sai           |                                      357 |                                       280 |

| 24    | Andhra Pradesh                      | Srikakulam                  | 626   | 543     |
|-------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------|---------|
| 25    | Andhra Pradesh                      | Tirupati                    | 63    | 22      |
| 26    | Andhra Pradesh                      | Visakhapatanam              | 589   | 368     |
| 27    | Andhra Pradesh                      | Vizianagaram                | 285   | 254     |
| 28    | Andhra Pradesh                      | West Godavari               | 625   | 507     |
| 29    | Andhra Pradesh                      | Y.S.R.                      | 521   | 342     |
| 30    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Anjaw                       | 3     | 3       |
| 31    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Changlang                   | 35    | 32      |
| 32    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Dibang Valley               | 1     | 1       |
| 33    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | East Kameng                 | 6     | 3       |
| 34    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | East Siang                  | 9     | 4       |
| 35    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Kamle                       | 0     | 0       |
| 36    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | KraDaadi                    | 2     | 1       |
| 37    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | KurungKumey                 | 4     | 4       |
| 38    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Lepa Rada                   | 1     | 1       |
| 39    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Lohit                       | 11    | 6       |
| 40    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Longding                    | 6     | 6       |
| 41    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Lower Dibang Valley         | 9     | 7       |
| 42    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Lower Siang                 | 0     | 0       |
| 43    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Lower Subansiri             | 10    | 9       |
| 44    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Namsai                      | 18    | 15      |
| 45    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Pakke-Kessang               | 0     | 0       |
| 46    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Papum Pare                  | 44    | 19      |
| 47    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Shi Yomi                    | 0     | 0       |
| 48    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Siang                       | 1     | 1       |
| 49    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Tawang                      | 7     | 7       |
| 50    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Tirap                       | 14    | 12      |
| 51 52 | Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh | Upper Siang Upper Subansiri | 5 9   | 5 9     |
| 53    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | West Kameng                 | 11    | 8       |
| 54    | Arunachal Pradesh                   | West Siang                  | 5     | 5       |
| 55    | Assam                               | Bajali                      | 43    | 42      |
| 56    | Assam                               | Baksa                       | 311   | 311     |
| 57    | Assam                               | Barpeta                     | 956   | 897     |
| 58    | Assam                               | Biswanath                   | 227   | 217     |
| 59    | Assam                               | Bongaigaon                  | 415   | 382     |
| 60    | Assam                               | Cachar                      | 506   | 460     |
| 61    | Assam                               | Charaideo                   | 118   | 105     |
| 62    | Assam                               | Chirang                     | 218   | 198     |
| 63    | Assam                               | Darrang                     | 464   | 445     |
| 64    | Assam                               | Dhemaji                     | 551   | 514     |
| 65    | Assam                               | Dhubri                      | 993   | 904     |
| 66    | Assam                               | Dibrugarh                   | 339   | 302     |
| 67    | Assam                               | Dima Hasao                  | 29    | 16      |
| 68    | Assam                               | Goalpara                    | 559   | 525     |
| 69    | Assam                               | Golaghat                    | 378   | 347     |
| 70    | Assam                               | Hailakandi                  | 266   | 242     |
| 71    | Assam                               | Hojai                       | 395   | 360     |
| 72    | Assam                               | Jorhat                      | 290   | 258     |
| 73    | Assam                               | Kamrup (Rural)              | 599   | 586     |
| 74    | Assam                               | Kamrup Metropolitan         | 196   | 60      |
| 75    | Assam                               | KarbiAnglong                | 168   | 130     |
| 76    | Assam                               | Karimganj                   | 288   | 262     |
| 77    | Assam                               | Kokrajhar                   | 332   | 301     |
| 78 79 | Assam                               | Lakhimpur                   | 455   | 401 57  |
|       | Assam                               | Majuli                      | 57    | 587     |
| 80    | Assam                               | Marigaon                    | 628   | 852     |
| 81    | Assam                               | Nagaon                      | 924   |         |
| 82    | Assam                               | Nalbari                     | 282   | 266     |
| 83    | Assam                               | Sivasagar                   | 252   | 230 303 |
| 84    | Assam                               | Sonitpur                    | 331   |         |
| 85    | Assam                               | South SalmaraMancachar      | 304   | 304 94  |
| 86    | Assam                               | Tamulpur                    | 94    | 276     |
| 87    | Assam                               | Tinsukia                    | 315   |         |
|       |                                     | Udalguri                    | 271   | 233     |
| 88    | Assam                               |                             |       |         |

| 89      | Assam                     | West KarbiAnglong     | 52          | 50          |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 90      | Bihar                     | Araria                | 1,907       | 1,794       |
| 91      | Bihar                     | Arwal                 | 246         | 226         |
| 92      | Bihar                     | Aurangabad            | 1,050       | 926         |
| 93      | Bihar                     | Banka                 | 1,341       | 1,253       |
| 94      | Bihar                     | Begusarai             | 1,435       | 1,215       |
| 95      | Bihar                     | Bhagalpur             | 1,821       | 1,585       |
| 96      | Bihar                     | Bhojpur               | 1,027       | 845         |
| 97      | Bihar                     | Buxar                 | 644         | 564         |
| 98      | Bihar                     | Darbhanga             | 2,391       | 2,203       |
| 99      | Bihar                     | Gaya                  | 1,761       | 1,579       |
| 100     | Bihar                     | Gopalganj             | 1,566       | 1,446       |
| 101     | Bihar                     | Jamui                 | 995         | 912         |
| 102     | Bihar                     | Jehanabad             | 385         | 320         |
| 103     | Bihar                     | Kaimur(Bhabua)        | 708         | 631         |
| 104     | Bihar                     | Katihar               | 2,026       | 1,883       |
| 105     | Bihar                     | Khagaria              | 957         | 885         |
| 106     | Bihar                     | Kishanganj            | 1,093       | 984         |
| 107     | Bihar                     | Lakhisarai            | 443         | 350         |
| 108     | Bihar                     | Madhepura             | 1,407       | 1,324       |
| 109     | Bihar                     | Madhubani             | 2,647       | 2,507       |
| 110     | Bihar                     | Munger                | 636         | 502         |
| 111     | Bihar                     | Muzaffarpur           | 3,057       | 2,860       |
| 112     | Bihar                     | Nalanda               | 1,236       | 1,042       |
| 113     | Bihar                     | Nawada                | 906         | 811         |
| 114     | Bihar                     | West Champaran        | 1,977       | 1,733       |
| 115     | Bihar                     | Patna                 | 2,151       | 1,454 2,445 |
| 116 117 | Bihar Bihar               | East Champaran Purnia | 2,695       | 1,710       |
| 118     | Bihar                     | Rohtas                | 1,875 1,011 | 839         |
| 119     | Bihar                     | Saharsa               | 1,221       | 1,061       |
| 120     | Bihar                     |                       | 2,143       | 2,034       |
| 121     | Bihar                     | Samastipur Saran      | 2,034       | 1,824       |
| 122     | Bihar                     | Sheikhpura            | 297         | 218         |
| 123     | Bihar                     | Sheohar               | 382         | 352         |
| 124     | Bihar                     | Sitamarhi             | 2,082       | 1,927       |
| 125     | Bihar                     | Siwan                 | 1,736       | 1,616       |
| 126     | Bihar                     | Supaul                | 1,469       | 1,363       |
| 127     | Bihar                     | Vaishali              | 1,598       | 1,437       |
| 128     | Chandigarh                | Chandigarh            | 133         | 10          |
| 129     | Chhattisgarh              | Balod                 | 643         | 556         |
| 130     | Chhattisgarh              | Baloda Bazar          | 1,065       | 927         |
| 131     | Chhattisgarh              | Balrampur             | 648         | 590         |
| 132     | Chhattisgarh              | Bastar                | 381         | 317         |
| 133     | Chhattisgarh              | Bemetara              | 790         | 680         |
| 134     | Chhattisgarh              | Bijapur               | 84          | 67          |
| 135     | Chhattisgarh              | Bilaspur              | 1,300       | 915         |
| 136     | Chhattisgarh              | Dantewada             | 101         | 59          |
| 137     | Chhattisgarh              | Dhamtari              | 678         | 568         |
| 138     | Chhattisgarh              | Durg                  | 1,064       | 575         |
| 139     | Chhattisgarh              | Gariyaband            | 500         | 446         |
| 140     | Chhattisgarh              | GaurellaPendraMarwahi | 185         | 176         |
| 141 142 | Chhattisgarh              | Janjgir-Champa        | 1,460       | 1,278       |
|         | Chhattisgarh              | Jashpur               | 536         | 472         |
| 143 144 | Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh | Kabirdham             | 805         | 697 520     |
|         |                           | Kanker                | 606         |             |
| 145     | Chhattisgarh              | Khairagarh            | 181         | 159         |
| 146     | Chhattisgarh              | Kondagaon             | 354         | 310         |
| 147     | Chhattisgarh              | Korba                 | 770         | 544         |
| 148     | Chhattisgarh              | Korea                 | 455         | 376         |
| 149     | Chhattisgarh              | Mahasamund            | 907         | 775         |
| 150     | Chhattisgarh              | Manendragarh          | 110         | 74 53       |
| 151     | Chhattisgarh              | Mohla                 | 54          | 415         |
| 152     | Chhattisgarh              | Mungeli               | 496         |             |
| 153     | Chhattisgarh              |                       |             | 55          |
|         |                           | Narayanpur            | 71          |             |

| 154     | Chhattisgarh    | Raigarh            | 903      | 757     |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------|----------|---------|
| 155     | Chhattisgarh    | Raipur             | 1,320    | 654     |
| 156     | Chhattisgarh    | Rajnandgaon        | 1,062    | 888     |
| 157     | Chhattisgarh    | Sakti              | 162      | 132     |
| 158     | Chhattisgarh    | Sarangarh          | 239      | 214     |
| 159     | Chhattisgarh    | Sukma              | 102      | 81      |
| 160     | Chhattisgarh    | Surajpur           | 566      | 521     |
| 161     | Chhattisgarh    | Surguja            | 545      | 454     |
| 162     | Delhi           | Central Delhi      | 165      | 9       |
| 163     | Delhi           | East Delhi         | 430      | 10      |
| 164     | Delhi           | New Delhi          | 38       | 2       |
| 165     | Delhi           | North Delhi        | 273      | 35      |
| 166     | Delhi           | North East Delhi   | 702      | 19      |
| 167     | Delhi           | North West Delhi   | 715      | 24      |
| 168     | Delhi           | Shahdara           | 88       | 4       |
| 169     | Delhi           | South Delhi        | 585      | 18      |
| 170     | Delhi           | South East Delhi   | 236      | 6       |
| 171     | Delhi           | South West Delhi   | 557      | 32      |
| 172     | Delhi           | West Delhi         | 444      | 17      |
| 173     | Goa             | North Goa          | 119      | 97      |
| 174     | Goa             | South Goa          | 115      | 77      |
| 175     | Gujarat         | Ahmadabad          | 847      | 228     |
| 176     | Gujarat         | Amreli             | 363      | 245     |
| 177     |                 |                    | 626      | 459     |
| 178     | Gujarat Gujarat | Anand Arvalli      | 376      | 340     |
| 179     | Gujarat         | Banaskantha        | 1,026    | 892     |
| 180     | Gujarat         | Bharuch            | 318      | 255     |
| 181     | Gujarat         | Bhavnagar          | 519      | 337 150 |
| 182     | Gujarat         | Botad              | 185      |         |
| 183 184 | Gujarat Gujarat | Chhotaudepur       | 229      | 216 99  |
|         | Gujarat         | Dang               | 99       | 217     |
| 185 186 | Gujarat         | Devbhumi Dwarka    | 302 923  |         |
| 187     | Gujarat         | Dohad Gandhinagar  | 324      | 849 231 |
| 188     | Gujarat         | Gir Somnath        | 510      | 432     |
| 189     | Gujarat         | Jamnagar           | 318      | 169     |
| 190     | Gujarat         | Junagadh           | 315      | 187     |
| 191     | Gujarat         | Kachchh            |          | 327     |
|         |                 |                    | 450      |         |
| 192     | Gujarat         | Kheda              | 941 414  | 765 291 |
| 193     | Gujarat         | Mahesana Mahisagar |          | 360     |
| 194 195 | Gujarat         |                    | 434      |         |
| 196     | Gujarat Gujarat | Morbi Narmada      | 178 236  | 122 218 |
| 197     | Gujarat         | Navsari            | 443      | 372     |
|         | Gujarat         | Panch Mahals       | 739      | 604     |
| 198     |                 |                    |          | 213     |
| 199 200 | Gujarat Gujarat | Patan              | 325      | 103     |
| 201     | Gujarat         | Porbandar          | 198      | 198     |
|         |                 | Rajkot             | 414      | 482     |
| 202     | Gujarat Gujarat | Sabar Kantha Surat | 603 1127 | 356     |
| 203 204 | Gujarat         | Surendranagar      | 437      | 292     |
| 205     | Gujarat         | Tapi               | 298      | 277     |
| 206 207 | Gujarat         | Vadodara           | 598      | 300     |
|         | Gujarat         | Valsad             | 554      | 412     |
| 208     | Haryana         | Ambala             | 962      | 627     |
| 209     | Haryana         | Bhiwani            | 1,127    | 879     |
| 210     | Haryana         | Charkhi Dadri      | 466      | 412     |
| 211     | Haryana         | Faridabad          | 1010     | 326     |
| 212     | Haryana         | Fatehabad          | 817      | 602     |
| 213     | Haryana         | Gurugram           | 789      | 389     |
| 214     | Haryana         | Hisar              | 1,326    | 933     |
| 215     | Haryana         |                    | 671      | 492     |
| 216     | Haryana         | Jhajjar            | 1,220    | 893     |
| 217     | Haryana         | Jind Kaithal       | 905      | 682     |
| 218     | Haryana         |                    |          |         |
|         |                 | Karnal             | 1,296    | 960     |

| 219     | Haryana                             | Kurukshetra          | 869         | 645         |
|---------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 220     | Haryana                             | Mahendragarh         | 725         | 618         |
| 221     | Haryana                             | Nuh                  | 864         | 764         |
| 222     | Haryana                             | Palwal               | 932         | 676         |
| 223     | Haryana                             | Panchkula            | 296         | 161         |
| 224     | Haryana                             | Panipat              | 897         | 560         |
| 225     | Haryana                             | Rewari               | 729         | 583         |
| 226     | Haryana                             | Rohtak               | 563         | 344         |
| 227     | Haryana                             | Sirsa                | 1,022       | 809         |
| 228     | Haryana                             | Sonipat              | 920         | 605         |
| 229     | Haryana                             | Yamunanagar          | 1,179       | 769         |
| 230     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Bilaspur             | 248         | 230         |
| 231     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Chamba               | 356         | 340         |
| 232     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Hamirpur             | 398         | 357         |
| 233     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Kangra               | 1,288       | 1,154       |
| 234     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Kinnaur              | 90          | 90          |
| 235     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Kullu                | 375         | 321         |
| 236     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Lahuland Spiti       | 14          | 14          |
| 237     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Mandi                | 793         | 688         |
| 238     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Shimla               | 451         | 368         |
| 239     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Sirmaur              | 423         | 370         |
| 240     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Solan                | 364         | 301 361     |
|         | Jammu and                           |                      | 425         | 562         |
| 241     | Himachal Pradesh                    | Una                  |             |             |
| 242     | Kashmir                             | Anantnag             | 668         |             |
| 243 244 | Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and         | Bandipora Baramulla  | 316         | 254 564     |
|         | Kashmir                             |                      | 645         |             |
| 245 246 | Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir | Budgam Doda          | 597 290     | 548 276 219 |
| 247     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Ganderbal            | 236         |             |
| 248 249 | Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu Kathua         | 626 354     | 409 314     |
|         |                                     |                      |             | 155         |
| 250     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Kishtwar             | 172         |             |
| 251     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Kulgam               | 370 515     | 332         |
| 252     | Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir | Kupwara              | 286         | 492         |
| 253 254 | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Poonch               |             | 272         |
| 255     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Pulwama Rajouri      | 357 404     | 311 370     |
| 256     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Ramban               | 256         | 240         |
| 257     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Reasi                | 242         | 227         |
| 258     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Samba                | 164         | 139 173     |
| 259     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Shopian              | 188         |             |
| 260     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Srinagar             | 344         | 51          |
| 261 262 | Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand         | Udhampur Bokaro      | 254 1,201   | 217 1,037   |
| 263     | Jharkhand                           | Chatra               |             | 761         |
| 264     |                                     |                      | 820         | 1,274       |
| 265     | Jharkhand Jharkhand                 | Deoghar              | 1,481 1,292 | 933         |
| 266     | Jharkhand                           | Dhanbad              |             | 1,050       |
| 267     | Jharkhand                           | Dumka East Singhbhum | 1,131 867   | 642         |
| 268     | Jharkhand                           | Garhwa               | 1,007       | 931         |
| 269     | Jharkhand                           | Giridih              | 1,991       | 1,867       |
| 270     | Jharkhand                           | Godda                | 1,200       | 1,118       |
| 271     | Jharkhand                           | Gumla                | 547         | 501         |
| 272 273 | Jharkhand Jharkhand                 | Hazaribagh Jamtara   | 1,518 706   | 1,360 658   |
| 274     | Jharkhand                           | Khunti               | 298         | 270         |
|         | Jharkhand                           | Koderma              |             | 461         |
| 275 276 | Jharkhand                           | Latehar              | 542 628     | 570         |
| 277     | Jharkhand                           |                      |             | 249         |
| 278     | Jharkhand                           | Lohardaga Pakur      | 272 626     | 587         |
| 279     | Jharkhand                           |                      | 1,373       | 1,192       |
| 280     | Jharkhand                           | Palamu Ramgarh       | 575         | 496 1,117   |
| 281     | Jharkhand                           | Ranchi               | 1,447       |             |
| 282     | Jharkhand                           | Sahebganj            | 762         | 683         |
| 283     |                                     |                      |             |             |
|         | Jharkhand                           | Saraikela-Kharsawan  | 566         | 470         |

| 284     | Jharkhand           | Simdega             | 206     | 188       |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|---------|-----------|
| 285     | Jharkhand           | West Singhbhum      | 618     | 543       |
| 286     | Karnataka           | Bagalkot            | 345     | 217       |
| 287     | Karnataka           | Ballari             | 241     | 131       |
| 288     | Karnataka           | Belagavi            | 826     | 588       |
| 289     | Karnataka           | Bengaluru Rural     | 193     | 156       |
| 290     | Karnataka           | Bengaluru Urban     | 553     | 60        |
| 291     | Karnataka           | Bidar               | 396     | 276       |
| 292     | Karnataka           | Chamarajanagara     | 139     | 112       |
| 293     | Karnataka           | Chikkaballapura     | 170     | 116       |
| 294     | Karnataka           | Chikkamagaluru      | 132     | 92        |
| 295     | Karnataka           | Chitradurga         | 252     | 185       |
| 296     | Karnataka           | Dakshina Kannada    | 308     | 208       |
| 297     | Karnataka           | Davangere           | 332     | 199       |
| 298     | Karnataka           | Dharwad             | 400     | 227       |
| 299     | Karnataka           | Gadag               | 276     | 171       |
| 300     | Karnataka           | Hassan              | 307     | 222       |
| 301     | Karnataka           | Haveri              | 341     | 261       |
| 302     | Karnataka           | Kalaburagi          | 459     | 294       |
| 303     | Karnataka           | Kodagu              | 78      | 57        |
| 304     | Karnataka           | Kolar               | 167     | 108       |
| 305     | Karnataka           | Koppal              | 272     | 210       |
| 306     | Karnataka           | Mandya              | 266     | 189       |
| 307     | Karnataka           | Mysuru              | 401     | 222       |
| 308     | Karnataka           | Raichur             |         | 281       |
| 309     | Karnataka           | Ramanagara          | 402 217 | 143       |
| 310     | Karnataka           | Shivamogga          | 345     | 230       |
| 311     | Karnataka           | Tumakuru            | 391     | 292 220   |
| 312     | Karnataka           | Udupi               | 278     | 236       |
| 313     | Karnataka           | Uttara Kannada      | 302     |           |
| 314     | Karnataka           | Vijayapura          | 439     | 299       |
| 315 316 | Karnataka Karnataka | Vijaynagar Yadgir   | 195 232 | 148       |
| 317     | Kerala              |                     | 612     | 167 504   |
| 318     | Kerala              | Alappuzha Ernakulam | 562     | 377       |
| 319     | Kerala              | Idukki              | 303     | 272       |
| 320     | Kerala              | Kannur              | 602     | 445       |
| 321     | Kerala              | Kasaragod           |         | 281       |
| 322     |                     |                     | 322     |           |
|         | Kerala              | Kollam Kottayam     | 638     | 514 312   |
| 323 324 | Kerala Kerala       | Kozhikode           | 376     | 440       |
| 325     | Kerala              | Malappuram          | 605     | 572       |
| 326     | Kerala              | Palakkad            | 738 638 | 522       |
| 327     | Kerala              | Pathanamthitta      | 339     | 286       |
|         |                     |                     |         | 599       |
| 328     | Kerala              | Thiruvananthapuram  | 792     | 533       |
| 329 330 | Kerala Kerala       | Thrissur Wayanad    | 730 222 | 176       |
| 331     | Ladakh              | Kargil              | 74      | 67        |
| 332     | Ladakh              | LehLadakh           | 27      | 21        |
| 333     | Lakshadweep         | Lakshadweep         | 10      | 10        |
| 334     | Madhya Pradesh      | Agar Malwa          | 406     | 317       |
| 335     | Madhya Pradesh      | Alirajpur           | 470     | 427       |
| 336     | Madhya Pradesh      | Anuppur             | 624     | 538       |
| 337     | Madhya Pradesh      | Ashoknagar          | 541     | 430       |
| 338     | Madhya Pradesh      | Balaghat            | 1,217   | 1,097     |
| 339     | Madhya Pradesh      | Barwani             | 554     | 442       |
| 340     | Madhya Pradesh      | Betul               | 975     | 830       |
| 341     | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhind               | 688     | 435       |
| 342     | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal              |         | 258       |
| 343     | Madhya Pradesh      | Burhanpur           | 885 430 | 276       |
| 344     | Madhya Pradesh      | Chhatarpur          | 1,867   | 1,418     |
| 345     | Madhya Pradesh      | Chhindwara          | 1,431   | 1,101 925 |
| 346     | Madhya Pradesh      | Damoh               | 1,115   | 425       |
| 347     | Madhya Pradesh      | Datia               | 544     |           |
| 348     | Madhya Pradesh      |                     | 892     | 640       |
|         |                     | Dewas               |         |           |

| 349     | Madhya Pradesh                | Dhar                   | 948         | 768         |
|---------|-------------------------------|------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 350     | Madhya Pradesh                | Dindori                | 543         | 497         |
| 351     | Madhya Pradesh                | East Nimar             | 726         | 595         |
| 352     | Madhya Pradesh                | Guna                   | 859         | 632         |
| 353     | Madhya Pradesh                | Gwalior                | 904         | 361         |
| 354     | Madhya Pradesh                | Harda                  | 311         | 243         |
| 355     | Madhya Pradesh                | Hoshangabad            | 580         | 422         |
| 356     | Madhya Pradesh                | Indore                 | 1,056       | 356         |
| 357     | Madhya Pradesh                | Jabalpur               | 1,166       | 614         |
| 358     | Madhya Pradesh                | Jhabua                 | 481         | 411         |
| 359     | Madhya Pradesh                | Katni                  | 834         | 700         |
| 360     | Madhya Pradesh                | Khargone               | 930         | 771         |
| 361     | Madhya Pradesh                | Mandla                 | 925         | 832         |
| 362     | Madhya Pradesh                | Mandsaur               | 835         | 664         |
| 363     | Madhya Pradesh                | Morena                 | 1,160       | 785         |
| 364     | Madhya Pradesh                | Narsinghpur            | 621         | 483         |
| 365     | Madhya Pradesh                | Neemuch                | 529         | 366         |
| 366     | Madhya Pradesh                | Niwari                 | 282         | 242         |
| 367     | Madhya Pradesh                | Panna                  | 659         | 569         |
| 368     | Madhya Pradesh                | Raisen                 | 718         | 494         |
| 369     | Madhya Pradesh                | Rajgarh                | 991         | 810         |
| 370     | Madhya Pradesh                | Ratlam                 | 738         | 532 1,635   |
| 372     | Madhya Pradesh                |                        |             |             |
| 371     | Madhya Pradesh                | Rewa                   | 1,983       | 1,419       |
| 373     | Madhya Pradesh                | Sagar Satna            | 1,891       | 992         |
|         |                               |                        | 1,313       | 589         |
| 374     | Madhya Pradesh                | Sehore                 | 756         |             |
| 375 376 | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | Seoni Shahdol          | 863 961     | 757 820     |
| 377     | Madhya Pradesh                | Shajapur               |             |             |
| 378     | Madhya Pradesh                | Sheopur                | 538 334     | 432 265     |
| 379     | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | Shivpuri Sidhi         | 886 995     | 698 873     |
| 380 381 | Madhya Pradesh                | Singrauli              | 947         | 828         |
| 382     | Madhya Pradesh                | Tikamgarh              | 793         | 654         |
| 383     | Madhya Pradesh                | Ujjain                 | 1,074       | 719         |
| 384     | Madhya Pradesh                | Umaria                 | 544         | 477         |
|         | Madhya Pradesh                | Vidisha                | 1,093       | 832         |
| 385     |                               |                        |             | 2,236       |
| 386     | Maharashtra                   | Ahmednagar             | 2,625       |             |
| 387     | Maharashtra                   | Akola                  | 1,176       | 896         |
| 388     | Maharashtra                   | Amravati               | 1,716       | 1,403       |
| 389     | Maharashtra                   | Aurangabad             | 2,412       | 1,792 1,857 |
| 390     | Maharashtra                   | Beed                   | 2,315       | 1,065       |
| 391 392 | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Bhandara Buldhana      | 1,181 2,168 | 1,770       |
| 393     |                               | Chandrapur             | 1,278       | 1,076 1,019 |
|         | Maharashtra                   |                        | 1,331       |             |
| 394 395 | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Dhule Gadchiroli       | 826         | 737         |
| 396     | Maharashtra                   |                        | 1,198       |             |
| 397     |                               | Gondia                 |             | 1,066       |
|         | Maharashtra                   | Hingoli Jalgaon        | 1,165       | 955 1,774   |
| 398     | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Jalna                  | 2,294 2,013 | 1,679       |
| 399 400 | Maharashtra                   | Kolhapur               | 1,889 1,638 | 1,601       |
| 401 402 | Maharashtra                   | Latur Mumbai           | 625         | 1,256       |
| 403     | Maharashtra                   |                        | 236         | 5           |
| 404     | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Mumbai Suburban Nagpur | 1,833       | 7           |
|         |                               |                        |             | 1,234       |
| 405     | Maharashtra                   | Nanded                 |             | 1,975       |
| 406     | Maharashtra                   | Nandurbar              | 2,534 1,087 | 965         |
| 407     | Maharashtra                   | Nashik                 | 3,295 1,565 | 2,437 1,305 |
| 408     | Maharashtra                   | Osmanabad Palghar      |             | 810         |
| 409     | Maharashtra                   |                        | 1,126       |             |
| 410     |                               | Parbhani               | 1,703       | 1,184 1,727 |
| 411     | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Pune                   | 2,435       | 836         |
| 412     | Maharashtra                   | Raigad                 | 1,027       | 814         |
| 413     |                               |                        | 920         |             |
|         | Maharashtra                   | Ratnagiri              |             |             |

| 414     | Maharashtra         | Sangli                       | 1,386   | 1143    |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 415     | Maharashtra         | Satara                       | 1,859   | 1,632   |
| 416     | Maharashtra         | Sindhudurg                   | 607     | 558     |
| 417     | Maharashtra         | Solapur                      | 2,355   | 1,895   |
| 418     | Maharashtra         | Thane                        | 1,531   | 625     |
| 419     | Maharashtra         | Wardha                       | 774     | 655     |
| 420     | Maharashtra         | Washim                       | 1,008   | 856     |
| 421     | Maharashtra         | Yavatmal                     | 1,893   | 1,577   |
| 422     | Manipur             | Bishnupur                    | 114     | 74      |
| 423     | Manipur             | Chandel                      | 13      | 13      |
| 424     | Manipur             | Churachandpur                | 125     | 125     |
| 425     | Manipur             | Imphal East                  | 145     | 115     |
| 426     | Manipur             | Imphal West                  | 142     | 89      |
| 427     | Manipur             | Jiribam                      | 11      | 8       |
| 428     | Manipur             | Kakching                     | 50      | 40      |
| 429     | Manipur             | Kamjong                      | 18      | 18      |
| 430     | Manipur             | Kangpokpi                    | 48      | 48      |
| 431     | Manipur             | Noney                        | 23      | 23      |
| 432     | Manipur             | Pherzawl                     | 8       | 8       |
| 433     | Manipur             | Senapati                     | 25      | 24      |
| 434     | Manipur             | Tamenglong                   | 28      | 28      |
| 435     | Manipur             | Tengnoupal                   | 24      | 24      |
| 436     | Manipur             | Thoubal                      | 116     | 75      |
| 437     | Manipur             | Ukhrul                       | 68      | 68      |
| 438     | Meghalaya           | East Garo Hills              |         | 25      |
| 439     | Meghalaya           | East Jaintia                 | 35      | 81      |
| 440     | Meghalaya           | Hills East Khasi Hills       | 81 188  | 146     |
| 441     | Meghalaya           | Eastern West Khasi Hills     | 38      | 33 56   |
| 442 443 | Meghalaya Meghalaya | North Garo Hills Ri Bhoi     | 61 84   | 77      |
| 444     | Meghalaya           | South Garo Hills             | 52      | 48      |
| 445     | Meghalaya           | South West Garo              | 96      | 96      |
| 446     | Meghalaya           | Hills South West Khasi Hills | 47      | 46      |
|         | Meghalaya           | West Garo Hills              | 126     | 116     |
| 447 448 | Meghalaya           | West Jaintia Hills           | 94      | 85      |
| 449     | Meghalaya           | West Khasi Hills             | 52      | 40      |
| 450     | Mizoram             | Aizawl                       | 92      | 25      |
| 451     | Mizoram             | Champhai                     | 27      | 18      |
| 452     | Mizoram             | Hnahthial                    |         | 7       |
|         |                     |                              | 7       | 3       |
| 453 454 | Mizoram Mizoram     | Khawzawl Kolasib             | 5 45    | 35      |
| 455     | Mizoram             | Lawngtlai                    | 52      | 50      |
| 456     | Mizoram             | Lunglei                      | 73      | 58      |
| 457     | Mizoram             | Mamit                        | 61      | 48      |
| 458     | Mizoram             | Saiha                        | 7       | 6       |
| 459     | Mizoram             | Saitual                      | 10      | 9       |
| 460     | Mizoram             | Serchhip                     | 40      | 27      |
| 461     | Nagaland            | Chumoukedima                 | 38      | 29      |
| 462     | Nagaland            | Dimapur                      | 70      | 26      |
| 463     | Nagaland            | Kiphire                      | 41      | 35      |
| 464     | Nagaland            | Kohima                       | 32      | 17      |
| 465     | Nagaland            | Longleng                     | 23      | 21      |
| 466     | Nagaland            | Mokokchung                   | 25      | 12      |
| 467     | Nagaland            | Mon                          | 112     | 83      |
| 468 469 | Nagaland            | Noklak                       | 7 51    | 7 46    |
|         | Nagaland            | Peren                        |         |         |
| 470     | Nagaland            | Phek                         | 28      | 21      |
| 471     | Nagaland            | Tseminyu                     | 0       | 0       |
| 472     | Nagaland            | Tuensang                     | 42      | 31      |
| 473     | Nagaland            | Wokha                        | 32      | 20      |
| 474     | Nagaland            | Zunheboto                    | 17      | 11      |
| 475     | Odisha              | Anugul                       | 446     | 413 920 |
| 476     | Odisha              | Balangir                     | 1,003   |         |
| 477     | Odisha              | Baleshwar                    | 1,162   |         |
|         |                     |                              | 676     | 1,048   |
| 478     | Odisha              | Bargarh                      |         | 625     |

| 479     | Odisha                | Bhadrak                      | 573     | 499     |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 480     | Odisha                | Boudh                        | 243     | 230     |
| 481     | Odisha                | Cuttack                      | 1,027   | 861     |
| 482     | Odisha                | Deogarh                      | 186     | 172     |
| 483     | Odisha                | Dhenkanal                    | 484     | 439     |
| 484     | Odisha                | Gajapati                     | 317     | 285     |
| 485     | Odisha                | Ganjam                       | 1,324   | 1,096   |
| 486     | Odisha                | Jagatsinghapur               | 545     | 500     |
| 487     | Odisha                | Jajapur                      | 757     | 715     |
| 488     | Odisha                | Jharsuguda                   | 233     | 174     |
| 489     | Odisha                | Kalahandi                    | 876     | 814     |
| 490     | Odisha                | Kandhamal                    | 268     | 238     |
| 491     | Odisha                | Kendrapara                   | 697     | 656     |
| 492     | Odisha                | Kendujhar                    | 593     | 529     |
| 493     | Odisha                | Khordha                      | 653     | 399     |
| 494     | Odisha                | Koraput                      | 325     | 276     |
| 495     | Odisha                | Malkangiri                   | 293     | 277     |
| 496     | Odisha                | Mayurbhanj                   | 876     | 781     |
| 497     | Odisha                | Nabarangpur                  | 553     | 520     |
| 498     | Odisha                | Nayagarh                     | 382     | 328     |
| 499     | Odisha                | Nuapada                      | 393     | 363     |
| 500     | Odisha                | Puri                         | 689     | 589     |
| 501     | Odisha                | Rayagada                     | 353     | 309     |
| 502     | Odisha                | Sambalpur                    | 401     | 304     |
| 503     | Odisha                | Sonepur                      |         | 270     |
| 504     | Odisha                | Sundargarh                   | 298 769 | 643     |
| 505     | Puducherry            | Karaikal                     | 51      | 31      |
| 506 507 | Puducherry Puducherry | Mahe Pondicherry             | 7 212   | 0 123   |
| 508     | Puducherry            | Yanam                        | 5       | 0       |
| 509     | Punjab                | Amritsar                     | 770     | 398     |
| 510     | Punjab                | Barnala                      | 252     | 177     |
| 511     | Punjab                | Bathinda                     | 471     | 273     |
| 512     | Punjab                | Faridkot                     | 257     | 191     |
| 513     | Punjab                | Fatehgarh Sahib              | 388     | 293     |
| 514     | Punjab                | Fazilka                      | 528     | 413     |
| 515     | Punjab                | Firozepur                    | 694     | 544     |
| 516     | Punjab                | Gurdaspur                    | 782     | 592     |
| 517     | Punjab                | Hoshiarpur                   | 583     | 480     |
| 518     | Punjab                | Jalandhar                    | 637     | 318     |
| 519     | Punjab                | Kapurthala                   | 269     | 172     |
| 520     | Punjab                | Ludhiana                     | 1,074   | 565     |
| 521     | Punjab                | Malerkotla                   | 93      | 50      |
| 522     | Punjab                | Mansa                        | 343     | 261     |
| 523     | Punjab                | Moga                         | 367     | 283     |
| 524     | Punjab                | Pathankot                    | 409     | 307     |
| 525     | Punjab                | Patiala                      | 866     | 616     |
| 526     | Punjab                | Rupnagar                     | 594     | 513     |
| 527     | Punjab                | S.A.S Nagar                  | 340     | 189     |
| 528     | Punjab                | Sangrur                      | 394     | 296     |
| 529     | Punjab                | Shahid Bhagat Singh          | 274     | 235     |
| 530     | Punjab                | Nagar                        |         |         |
| 531     | Punjab                | Sri Muktsar Sahib Tarn Taran | 377 449 | 277 356 |
| 532     | Rajasthan             | Ajmer                        | 928     | 676     |
| 533 534 | Rajasthan             | Alwar                        | 1,084   | 933     |
|         | Rajasthan             | Banswara                     | 620     | 559     |
| 535     | Rajasthan             | Baran                        | 688     | 563     |
| 536     | Rajasthan             | Barmer                       | 846     | 799     |
| 537     | Rajasthan             | Bharatpur                    | 757     | 565     |
| 538     | Rajasthan             |                              | 852     | 717     |
| 539     | Rajasthan             | Bhilwara Bikaner             | 673     | 533     |
| 540     | Rajasthan             | Bundi                        | 514     | 419     |
| 541     | Rajasthan             | Chittorgarh                  | 549 827 | 462     |
| 542     | Rajasthan             | Churu                        |         | 650     |

| 543     | Rajasthan             | Dausa                        | 703     | 616     |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 544     | Rajasthan             | Dholpur                      | 585     | 469     |
| 545     | Rajasthan             | Dungarpur                    | 409     | 390     |
| 546     | Rajasthan             | Ganganagar                   | 647     | 531     |
| 547     | Rajasthan             | Hanumangarh                  | 904     | 739     |
| 548     | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                       | 1,424   | 923     |
| 549     | Rajasthan             | Jaisalmer                    | 220     | 201     |
| 550     | Rajasthan             | Jalore                       | 755     | 693     |
| 551     | Rajasthan             | Jhalawar                     | 747     | 638     |
| 552     | Rajasthan             | Jhunjhunu                    | 787     | 614     |
| 553     | Rajasthan             | Jodhpur                      | 1,002   | 802     |
| 554     | Rajasthan             | Karauli                      | 506     | 367     |
| 555     | Rajasthan             | Kota                         | 731     | 381     |
| 556     | Rajasthan             | Nagaur                       | 1,241   | 1,064   |
| 557     | Rajasthan             | Pali                         | 851     | 707     |
| 558     | Rajasthan             | Pratapgarh                   | 319     | 266     |
| 559     | Rajasthan             | Rajsamand                    | 556     | 489     |
| 560     | Rajasthan             | SawaiMadhopur                | 344     | 278     |
| 561     | Rajasthan             | Sikar                        | 883     | 694     |
| 562     | Rajasthan             | Sirohi                       | 377     | 330     |
| 563     | Rajasthan             | Tonk                         | 577     | 468     |
| 564     | Rajasthan             | Udaipur                      | 647     | 562     |
| 565     | Sikkim                | East District                | 37      | 27      |
| 566     |                       | North District               | 8       | 8       |
| 567     | Sikkim                | Pakyong                      | 5       | 5       |
|         | Sikkim                | Soreng                       |         | 4       |
| 568     | Sikkim                |                              | 4       |         |
| 569 570 | Sikkim Sikkim         | South District West District | 33 25   | 28 24   |
| 571 572 | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Ariyalur Chengalpattu        | 289 195 | 258 174 |
| 573     | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                      | 337     | 14      |
|         | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore                   | 483     | 188     |
| 574 575 | Tamil Nadu            | Cuddalore                    | 625     | 451     |
| 576     | Tamil Nadu            | Dharmapuri                   | 527     | 445     |
| 577     | Tamil Nadu            | Dindigul                     | 379     | 254     |
| 578     | Tamil Nadu            | Erode                        | 386     | 218     |
| 579     | Tamil Nadu            | Kallakurichi                 | 280     | 251     |
| 580     | Tamil Nadu            | Kanchipuram                  | 325     | 169     |
| 581     | Nadu                  | Kanniyakumari                |         | 251     |
|         | Tamil                 |                              | 462     |         |
| 582 583 | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Karur Krishnagiri            | 317 533 | 216 431 |
| 584     |                       | Madurai                      | 381     | 193     |
| 585     | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu |                              |         | 51      |
| 586     | Tamil Nadu            | Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam  | 80 405  | 339     |
|         |                       |                              |         | 208     |
| 587 588 | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Namakkal Perambalur          | 309 223 | 190     |
| 589     | Tamil Nadu            | Pudukkottai                  | 369     | 279     |
| 590     | Tamil Nadu            | Ramanathapuram               | 475     | 348     |
| 591     | Nadu                  | Ranipet                      | 144     | 124     |
|         | Tamil Tamil Nadu      |                              | 645     | 412     |
| 592 593 | Tamil Nadu            | Salem                        | 297     | 196     |
|         |                       | Sivaganga                    |         | 237     |
| 594 595 | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Tenkasi                      | 274     | 400     |
| 596     | Tamil Nadu            | Thanjavur The Nilgiris       | 549 151 | 95      |
| 597     | Tamil Nadu            | Theni                        | 292     | 153     |
| 598     | Tamil Nadu            | Thiruvallur                  | 396     | 242     |
| 599     | Tamil Nadu            | Thiruvarur                   | 300     | 222     |
| 600 601 | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli Tirunelveli  | 624 360 | 448 165 |
| 602     | Tamil Nadu            | Tirupathur                   | 216     | 189     |
| 603     | Nadu                  | Tiruppur                     | 426     | 233     |
|         | Tamil                 |                              |         | 481     |
| 604     | Tamil Nadu            | Tiruvannamalai               | 617     | 248     |
| 605     | Tamil Nadu            | Tuticorin                    | 394     | 177     |
| 606     | Tamil Nadu            | Vellore                      | 328     |         |
| 607     | Tamil Nadu            | Villupuram                   | 557     | 426     |

| 608     | Tamil Nadu                               | Virudhunagar            | 560         | 410         |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 609     | Telangana                                | Adilabad                | 292         | 239         |
| 610     | Telangana                                | BhadradriKothagudem     | 341         | 294         |
| 611     | Telangana                                | Warangal Urban          | 152         | 87          |
| 612     | Telangana                                | Hyderabad               | 334         | 0           |
| 613     | Telangana                                | Jagitial                | 245         | 174         |
| 614     | Telangana                                | Jangoan                 | 103         | 82          |
| 615     | Telangana                                | JayashankarBhupalapally | 162         | 146         |
| 616     | Telangana                                | JogulambaGadwal         | 178         | 151         |
| 617     | Telangana                                | Kamareddy               | 142         | 115         |
| 618     | Telangana                                | Karimnagar              | 308         | 198         |
| 619     | Telangana                                | Khammam                 | 291         | 226         |
| 620     | Telangana                                | KumuramBheemAsifaba     | 117         | 108         |
| 621     | Telangana                                | d Mahabubabad           | 158         | 114         |
| 622     | Telangana                                | Mahabubnagar            | 247         | 182         |
| 623     | Telangana                                | Mancherial              | 168         | 110         |
| 624     | Telangana                                | Medak                   | 260         | 229         |
| 625     | Telangana                                | MedchalMalkajgiri       | 189         | 30          |
| 626     | Telangana                                | Mulugu                  | 95          | 95          |
| 627     | Telangana                                | Nagarkurnool            | 265         | 239         |
| 628     | Telangana                                | Nalgonda                | 355         | 278         |
| 629     | Telangana                                | Narayanpet              | 118         | 104         |
| 630     | Telangana                                | Nirmal                  | 168         | 122         |
| 631     | Telangana                                | Nizamabad               | 269         | 209         |
| 632     | Telangana                                | Peddapalli              | 136         | 84          |
| 633     | Telangana                                | RajannaSircilla         | 123         | 99          |
| 634 635 | Telangana Telangana                      | Ranga Reddy Sangareddy  | 463 187     | 237 133     |
| 636     | Telangana                                | Siddipet                | 234         | 185         |
| 637     | Telangana                                | Suryapet                | 349         | 295         |
| 638     | Telangana                                | Vikarabad               | 189         | 154         |
| 639     | Telangana                                | Wanaparthy              | 146         | 117         |
| 640     | Telangana                                | Warangal Rural          | 209         | 174 88      |
| 641     | Telangana                                | YadadriBhuvanagiri      | 107         |             |
| 642     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Dadra and Nagar Haveli  | 65          | 47          |
| 643     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman                   | 33          | 20          |
| 644     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Diu                     | 8           | 5           |
| 645     | Tripura                                  | Dhalai                  | 177         | 159         |
| 646     | Tripura                                  | Gomati                  | 250         | 222         |
| 648     | Tripura                                  | Sepahijala              | 192         | 165         |
| 649     | Tripura                                  | North Tripura           | 255         |             |
|         |                                          |                         | 294         | 225 265     |
| 650     | Tripura                                  | South Tripura           |             |             |
| 651     | Tripura                                  | Unakoti                 | 166         | 151         |
| 652     | Tripura Uttar Pradesh                    | West Tripura Agra       | 303 1,927   | 197         |
| 653 654 | Uttar Pradesh                            |                         | 1,480       | 1,274 1,027 |
| 655     |                                          | Aligarh                 | 1,308       | 1,140       |
| 656     | Uttar Pradesh                            | Ambedkar Nagar          | 1,534       |             |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                            | Amethi                  |             | 1,443       |
| 657 658 | Uttar Pradesh                            | Amroha                  | 1,466       | 1,155 782   |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                            | Auraiya                 | 1,009       |             |
| 659 660 | Uttar Pradesh                            | Ayodhya                 | 1,639       | 1,477 2,238 |
|         | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh              | Azamgarh Baghpat        | 2,481 726   | 541         |
| 661 662 | Uttar Pradesh                            | Bahraich Ballia         | 1,901       | 1,680 1,588 |
| 663     | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh              |                         | 1,817 1,119 | 989         |
| 664     | Uttar Pradesh                            | Balrampur Banda         |             | 685         |
| 665     |                                          |                         | 887         |             |
| 666 667 | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh              | Barabanki Bareilly      | 1,981 3,191 | 1,762 2,209 |
| 668     | Uttar Pradesh                            | Basti                   | 1,847 1,028 | 1,678 891   |
| 669     | Uttar Pradesh                            |                         |             |             |
|         |                                          | Bhadohi                 |             |             |

| 670     | Uttar Pradesh               | Bijnor                  | 2,547       | 2,008       |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 671     | Uttar Pradesh               | Budaun                  | 1,906       | 1,454       |
| 672     | Uttar Pradesh               | Bulandshahr             | 2,196       | 1,643       |
| 673     | Uttar Pradesh               | Chandauli               | 1,241       | 1,099       |
| 674     | Uttar Pradesh               | Chitrakoot              | 616         | 513         |
| 675     | Uttar Pradesh               | Deoria                  | 2,167       | 1,847       |
| 676     | Uttar Pradesh               | Etah                    | 1,146       | 893         |
| 677     | Uttar Pradesh               | Etawah                  | 1,109       | 801         |
| 678     | Uttar Pradesh               | Farrukhabad             | 1,335       | 1,011       |
| 679     | Uttar Pradesh               | Fatehpur                | 1,165       | 953         |
| 680     | Uttar Pradesh               | Firozabad               | 1,684       | 1,001       |
| 681     | Uttar Pradesh               | Gautam Buddha Nagar     | 742         | 250         |
| 682     | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad               | 1,254       | 376         |
| 683     | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghazipur                | 1,905       | 1,735       |
| 684     | Uttar Pradesh               | Gonda                   | 2,225       | 2,027       |
| 685     | Uttar Pradesh               | Gorakhpur               | 2,479       | 2,079       |
| 686     | Uttar Pradesh               | Hamirpur                | 738         | 537         |
| 687     | Uttar Pradesh               | Hapur                   | 788         | 607         |
| 688     | Uttar Pradesh               | Hardoi                  | 2,011       | 1,710       |
| 689     | Uttar Pradesh               | Hathras                 | 1,099       | 821         |
| 690     | Uttar Pradesh               | Jalaun                  | 952         | 650         |
| 691     | Uttar Pradesh               | Jaunpur                 | 2,334       | 2,061       |
| 692     | Uttar Pradesh               | Jhansi                  | 1,082       | 692         |
| 693     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kannauj                 | 859         | 644         |
| 694     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kanpur Dehat            | 1,256       | 1,064       |
| 695     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kanpur Nagar            | 1,607       | 769         |
| 696     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kasganj                 | 962         | 704         |
| 697     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kaushambi               | 1,036       | 901         |
| 698     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kheri                   | 2,190       | 1,948       |
| 699     | Uttar Pradesh               | Kushi Nagar             | 2,579       | 2,252       |
| 700     | Uttar Pradesh               | Lalitpur                | 747         | 597         |
| 701     | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow                 | 2,225       | 1,047       |
| 702     | Uttar Pradesh               | Maharajganj             | 2,146       | 2,004       |
| 703     | Uttar Pradesh               | Mahoba                  | 702         | 511         |
| 704     | Uttar Pradesh               | Mainpuri                | 1,305       | 940         |
| 705     | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Mathura                 | 1,219       | 799 1,009   |
| 706     | Uttar Pradesh               | Mau Meerut              | 1,258       |             |
| 707     | Uttar Pradesh               |                         | 1,836       | 1,013 1,302 |
| 708     |                             | Mirzapur                | 1,489 2,574 |             |
| 709 710 | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad Muzaffarnagar | 1,413       | 1,728 1,071 |
| 711     | Uttar Pradesh               | Pilibhit                | 1,943       | 1,631       |
| 712     | Uttar Pradesh               | Pratapgarh              | 2,237       | 2,038       |
|         | Uttar Pradesh               |                         |             |             |
| 713 714 | Uttar Pradesh               | Prayagraj Rae Bareli    | 3,695 1,630 | 3,281 1,450 |
| 715     | Uttar Pradesh               | Rampur                  | 1,962       | 1,554       |
| 716     | Uttar Pradesh               | Saharanpur              | 2,659       | 1,990       |
| 717     | Uttar Pradesh               | Sambhal                 | 1,633       | 1,282       |
| 718     | Uttar Pradesh               | Sant Kabeer Nagar       | 1,209       | 1,082       |
| 719     | Uttar Pradesh               | Shahjahanpur            | 2,042       | 1,685       |
| 720     | Uttar Pradesh               | Shamli                  | 732         | 481         |
| 721     | Uttar Pradesh               | Shravasti               | 700         | 645         |
| 722     | Uttar Pradesh               | Siddharth Nagar         | 1,984       | 1,825       |
| 723     | Uttar Pradesh               | Sitapur                 | 1,914       | 1,636       |
| 724     | Uttar Pradesh               | Sonbhadra               | 1,265       | 1,111       |
| 725     | Uttar Pradesh               | Sultanpur               | 1,372       | 1,291       |
| 726     | Uttar Pradesh               | Unnao                   | 1,754       | 1,484       |
| 727     | Uttar Pradesh               | Varanasi                | 1,880       | 1,483       |
| 728     | Uttarakhand                 | Almora                  | 710         | 660         |
| 729     | Uttarakhand                 | Bageshwar               | 303         | 282         |
| 730     | Uttarakhand                 | Chamoli                 | 424         | 387         |
|         |                             |                         |             | 257         |
| 731 732 | Uttarakhand                 | Champawat Dehradun      | 286         | 641         |
| 733     | Uttarakhand                 |                         | 1,294       | 1,058       |
| 734     | Uttarakhand Uttarakhand     | Haridwar                | 1,475       |             |
|         |                             | Nainital                | 1,027       | 673         |

| 735   | Uttarakhand   | PauriGarhwal      | 668      | 586      |
|-------|---------------|-------------------|----------|----------|
| 736   | Uttarakhand   | Pithoragarh       | 443      | 368      |
| 737   | Uttarakhand   | Rudra Prayag      | 255      | 240      |
| 738   | Uttarakhand   | Tehri Garhwal     | 472      | 416      |
| 739   | Uttarakhand   | Udam Singh Nagar  | 1,613    | 1,014    |
| 740   | Uttarakhand   | Uttar Kashi       | 480      | 425      |
| 741   | West Bengal   | North 24 Parganas | 1,865    | 1,440    |
| 742   | West Bengal   | South 24 Parganas | 1,993    | 1,861    |
| 743   | West Bengal   | Alipurduar        | 424      | 419      |
| 744   | West Bengal   | Bankura           | 1,250    | 1,173    |
| 745   | West Bengal   | Birbhum           | 1,421    | 1,300    |
| 746   | West Bengal   | Coochbehar        | 1,092    | 1,027    |
| 747   | West Bengal   | Darjeeling        | 277      | 218      |
| 748   | West Bengal   | Dinajpur Dakshin  | 910      | 839      |
| 749   | West Bengal   | Dinajpur Uttar    | 1,043    | 986      |
| 750   | West Bengal   | Hooghly           | 1,072    | 939      |
| 751   | West Bengal   | Howrah            | 793      | 698      |
| 752   | West Bengal   | Jalpaiguri        | 602      | 543      |
| 753   | West Bengal   | Jhargram          | 243      | 234      |
| 754   | West Bengal   | Kalimpong         | 43       | 41       |
| 755   | West Bengal   | Kolkata           | 187      | 0        |
| 756   | West Bengal   | Maldah            | 1,655    | 1,589    |
| 757   | West Bengal   | Medinipur East    | 1,913    | 1,799    |
| 758   | West Bengal   | Medinipur West    | 1,552    | 1,453    |
| 759   | West Bengal   | Murshidabad       | 2,300    | 2,123    |
| 760   | West Bengal   | Nadia             | 1,861    | 1,693    |
| 761   | West Bengal   | Paschim Bardhaman | 316      | 230      |
| 762   | West Bengal   | PurbaBardhaman    | 1,442    | 1,289    |
| 763   | West Bengal   | Purulia           | 1,194    | 1,132    |
|       | Total         |                   | 5,23,208 | 4,15,228 |

Source: CSC e-Governance Service India Limited

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Annexure-II

The  present  status  of  some  of  the  key  initiatives  undertaken  by  Ministry  of  Electronics  and Information Technology under the Digital India programme is as follows:

-  Aadhaar: Aadhaar  provides  12  digit  biometric  and  demographic  based  identity  that  is unique, lifelong, online and authenticable. Further to give statutory backing to Aadhaar 'The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016' was notified on 26th March 2016. Over 136 crore residents have been enrolled.
-  Common Service Centres (CSCs) : CSCs are offering government and business services in digital  mode in rural areas through  Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs). Over 400 digital services are being offered by these CSCs. As on 31.01.2023, 5,23,208 CSCs are functional (including  urban  &  rural  areas)  across  the  country,  out  of  which,  4,15,228  CSCs  are functional at Gram Panchayat level.
-  DigiLocker: DigiLocker  is  a  platform  for  storage,  sharing,  verification  of  documents  & certificates.  So  far,  15.40  crore  registered  users  are  registered  with  DigiLocker,  and  562 Crore  issued  documents  are  accessible  through  it.  2,311  Issuers  and  166  Requestor organizations have been on-boarded.
-  Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG): UMANG provides a unified  platform  to  all  Indian  Citizens  to  access  pan  India  e-Gov  services  ranging  from Central  to  Local  Government  bodies  and  other  citizen  centric  services.  Currently,  1,690 services  from  320  Central/State  Government  departments/agencies  of  34  States  /  Union territory  are  onboarded  on  UMANG,  along  with  20,197  services  of  Bharat  Bill  Payment System (BBPS) utility services.
-  e-Sign: e-Sign service facilitates instant signing of forms/documents online by citizens in a legally acceptable form. The services are being leveraged by various applications using OTP based authentication services of UIDAI. Total e-sign issued are 37.99 Crore and over 9.20 Crore e-Sign issued by CDAC.
-  API  Setu: API  Setu  platform  facilitates  implementation  of  Open  API  Policy  and  builds open and interoperable digital platform to enable seamless service delivery across government. 2642 APIs provided by various Central and State Government departments are published  on  the  platform  with  91  crore  transactions  made.  384  consumers  and  1,154 publishers are onboarded on the platform.
-  MyGov: It  is  a  citizen  engagement  platform  that  is  developed  to  facilitate  participatory governance. Presently, over3 crore users are registered with MyGov, participating in various activities hosted on MyGov platform.
-  MeriPehchaan: MeriPehchaan/ National Single Sign-On (NSSO) is a user authentication service wherein a single set of credentials can provide access to multiple online applications or services. Currently, 7,519 services with over 19.39 crore transactions are onboarded on the platform.
-  Digital  Village: The  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology  launched  the 'Digital Village Pilot Project' in October 2018. 700 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ villages with atleast  one  GP/village  per district  per  State  /  Union  territory  are  being  covered  under  the project.  The  digital  services  being  offered  are  digital  health  services,  education  service, financial services, skill development, solar-panel-powered streetlights, including government to citizens services and business to citizen services.
-  National roll-out of e-District Mission Mode Project (MMP): e-District is an MMPthat aims at electronic delivery of identified high volume citizen centric services at the district or sub-district  level.  Presently  4,671  e-services  have  been  launched  in  713  districts  across India.
-  Open Government Data Platform :Open Government Data platform has been developed to facilitate data sharing and promote innovation over non-personal data of Government. OGD India has 6 lakh resources, over 12,965catalogs contributed by 250 Ministry/Departments, 2,866 visualizations created, 1.82 lakh Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) created, 583  Chief  Data  Officers.  OGD  India  has  been  viewed  324.32  lakh  times  and  has  been downloaded 95.45 lakh times.
-  Jeevan Pramaan: Jeevan Pramaan envisages to digitise the whole process of securing the life  certificate  for  pensioner.  With  this  initiative,  the  pensioner  is  no  more  required  to physically  present  himself  or  herself  in  front  of  disbursing  agency  or  the  certification authority. Around704.03 lakh digital life certificates have been processed since 2014.
-  NCOG-GIS applications: TheNational Centre of Geo-informatics (NCoG) project is a GIS platform developed for sharing, collaboration, location based analytics and decision support system for Departments. So far, 671 applications across various domains are operational.
-  National Knowledge Network (NKN): A high-speed data communication network has been established  to  interconnect  institutions  of  higher  learning  and  research.  As  on  28.2.2023, 1,779 links to institutions have been commissioned and made operational. 559 NKN links have been connected to NIC district centres across India.
-  Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital SakshartaAbhiyaan (PMGDISHA): PMGDISHA was launched with the aim of ushering in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6crore rural households (one person per household). So far, 6.80 crore persons have been enrolled, 5.84 crore trained and 4.34 crore certified.
-  Unified Payment Interface (UPI) :Development of convenient modes of digital payments like BHIM-UPI, Aadhaar enabled Payment System, Bharat Bill Payment System, National Electronic  Toll  Collection  system  and  QR  code,  enablement  of  payment  acceptance infrastructure, incentives to merchants and users and awareness and capacity buildinghave resulted  in  acceptance  points  growing  from  0.11  crore  in June  2015 to   25.18  crore  in December 2022 (RBI data). As a result, India  has  emerged  as  the  world leader  in  digital payments penetration, with over 42% share in the world's real time payment transactions by volume (ACI Worldwide data for 2021).
-  FutureSkills Prime: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in collaboration with NASSCOM, has initiated a programme titled FutureSkills PRIME. The programme is aimed at re-skilling/up-skilling of information technology professionals in 10 new/emerging technologies, which include augmented/virtual reality, Internet of Things, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, additive manufacturing/ 3D printing,  cloud  computing,  social  andmobile,  cybersecurity  and  blockchain.  Under  the programme,  as  on  15.3.2023  a  total  of  12,98,384  candidates  have  signed  up  on  the Futureskills  PRIME  portal  (https://futureskillsprime.in/)  and  1,29,884  candidates  have completed their courses. Under a blended learning programme, C-DAC/NIELIT Resource Centres have trained 9,022 government officialsand 989 trainers.
-  Software Industry Promotion
- o BPO  schemes  The  Government  had  launched  the  India  BPO  Promotion  Scheme (IBPS) and the North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS) under the Digital India programme,  with  the  aim  of  creating  employment  opportunities  and  dispersal  of  the Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry in small cities and towns by incentivizing the setting up of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and ITES operations by providing financial support of up to ₹ 1 lakh  per  seat  in  the  form  of  viability  gap  funding  towards  capital  and  operational expenditures.  Under  IBPS  and  NEBPS,  246  BPO/ITES  units  have  started  operations covering 27 States and Union territories and are providing direct employment to over 51,919 persons.
- o National Policy on Software Products-2019: The policy aims to develop India as the global  software  product  hub,  driven  by  innovation,  improved  commercialization, sustainable  Intellectual  Property  (IP),  promoting  technology  start-ups  and  specialized skill sets. The followings major programmes are being implemented under the policy:
-  Innovation  Challenge  for  Development  of  Indian  Video  Conferencing Solution (Software Product)
-  ICT Grand Challenge (ICTGC) under National Policy on Software Products
-  Start-up Accelerator Programme of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development and Growth (SAMRIDH)
-  MeitY-NASSCOM  Start-up  Women  Entrepreneur  Award  for  Software Products
-  iTamil Nadu Technology (iTNT) Hub in Chennai
-  Centre  of  Excellence  on  Industry  4.0  at  Rashtriya  ISPAT  Nigam  Ltd.  Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP)

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## List of major schemes of the Department of Telecommunications

1. Under  LWE  Phase-I  scheme,  2,343  mobile  towers  have  been  installed  in  LWE  areas which including 96 mobile towers of the State of West Bengal and are providing services. Under LWE Phase-II scheme, 2,542 mobile towers at Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) identified locations are approved across the LWE States.
2. Scheme  for  providing  mobile  connectivity  in  354  villages  of  uncovered  border  areas including Ladakh and Kargil Region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and other priority areas
3. Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for mobile connectivity in the North Eastern Region  to  provide  mobile  coverage  in  uncovered  villages  and  along  with  the  National Highways
4. Scheme for providing 4G mobile connectivity in 502 uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts in four States, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
5. Scheme  for  provisioning  of  4G-based  mobile  service  in  7,287  uncovered  villages  of Aspirational Districts of five States (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha)
6. Laying  of  submarine  optical  fibre  cable  between  Chennai  and  Andaman  and  Nicobar Islands for providing connectivity to Andaman and Nicobar Islands
7. Submarine optical fibre connectivity between Kochi and Lakshadweep Islands
8. Mobile connectivity to cover uncovered villages and along National Highway (NH 223) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
9. BharatNet project to create network to connect all the Gram Panchayats and villages with broadband infrastructure

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