Lok Sabha Question No. 2565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Digital Gram Yojna in Rajasthan
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena, Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2565

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2021

## DIGITAL GRAM YOJNA IN RAJASTHAN

## 2565. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA: SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) the salient features of Digital Gram Yojna;
- (b) the details of funds approved, allocated and utilized in Rajasthan so far under the scheme, Districtwise;
- (c) the number of villages and districts covered under the scheme in Rajasthan so far;
- (d) the details of the villages selected so far under the scheme in Dausa district of Rajasthan;
- (e) the details of target fixed and achievements made by the Government under the scheme; and
- (f) whether the Government is planning to link some more villages under the scheme and if so, the time by when these villages are likely to be linked?

## ANSWER

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

(a):   Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had initiated the Digital Village Pilot Project titled 'Pilot Project- Implementation of Digital Village' on 31 st October 2018 for duration of 3 years and not Digital Gram Yojna. 700 Gram Panchayats (GP)/Village (atleast one Gram Panchayat/village from each district of the State/UT) are being covered under the pilot implementation of the project. The Deliverables of the project are in the areas of Health, Education, Skill Development, and Financial Inclusion including G2C & B2C:

- i.  Education Service: Courses offered under this project are as (i) Basic Computer Course (BCC), (ii) Course on Computer Concept (CCC), (iii) Tally - Kaushal Praman Patra
- ii. Health Services - Tele-Health &  Tele-Veterinary consultation
- iii. Financial Inclusion- Financial inclusion Awareness programme
- iv. Solar street lights (8 Solar lights per village)
- v.  Skill  Development  -  skill  development  in  (i)  Automotive  Technician,  (ii)  Handset  repairing,  (iii)  Field Technician- Home Appliances, and (iv) Electrical Technician.
6. (b):  The Digital Village Pilot Project is being implemented across India through CSC e-Governance Service India Limited  under  the  Digital  India  Scheme  which  is  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Electronics  and Information Technology. The tentative funds requirement for the State of Rajasthan, under the project, to cover 33 villages is approximately Rs.329.83lakhs. The funds utilization is as below:

| State   | No of Digital Village   | Fund Sanctioned (in Rs.)   | Fund Received (in Rs.)   | Fund Utilized (in Rs.)   |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

## (c) and (d):  Out of 700 Village 33 villages of Rajasthan State has been covered for implementation of Digital Village pilot project. The list of the villages selected from Rajasthan is at Annexure- I

The name of the village selected in Dausa districts under the said project (i.e Digital Village Pilot Project) is:

|   S. N. | State     | District   | Sub-District Block   | Gram Panchayat   | Village Name   |
|---------|-----------|------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------|
|       1 | Rajasthan | Dausa      | Mahuwa               | Kherla Bujurg    | Kherla Bujurg  |

## (e): The detail of the target fixed and achievement of the total project.

|   Sr. N. | Service Categories                           | Services                                                                                         | Target (Y1+Y2+Y3)   | Achievement (Y1+Y2+Y3)   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | Base line Household Survey                                                                       | 4,20,000            | 4,51,515                 |
|        1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | Solar Street Lighting (8-Light per Village)                                                      | 5,600               | 5,600                    |
|        1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | NIELIT-Facilitation Center (1-Per Village)                                                       | 700                 | 700                      |
|        1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | Financial Awareness & Training Programme (Y1-1), Awareness campaigning & Training Program (Y2-1) | 1,400               | 700                      |
|        2 | Education                                    | BCC - Registration (Y1-70, Y2-42, Y3-28)                                                         | 98,000              | 59,721                   |
|        2 | Education                                    | CCC - Registration (Y1-35, Y2-21, Y3-14)                                                         | 49,000              | 30,260                   |
|        2 | Education                                    | Tally - Registration (Y1-5, Y2-3, Y3-2)                                                          | 7,000               | 5,180                    |
|        2 | Education                                    | Tally - Certification (Y1-5, Y2-3, Y3-2)                                                         | 7,000               | 1,028                    |
|        3 | Health                                       | Human Tele-consultation - Registration (Y1-600, Y2-360, Y3-240)                                  | 8,40,000            | 2,67,532                 |
|        3 | Health                                       | Veterinary Tele-consultation- Registration (Y1-150, Y2-90, Y3-60)                                | 2,10,000            | 76,073                   |
|        4 | Skill                                        | Automotive Service Technician- Registration (Y2- 1, Y3-1)                                        | 1400                | 1,329                    |
|        4 | Skill                                        | Handset Repair Engineer Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)                                                | 1400                | 1,320                    |

| Field Technician & Other Home Appliances- Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)   |   1400 | 1,318   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|
| Electrical Technician- Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)                      |   1400 | 1,362   |

## (f): Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  is  planning  to  expand,  effective  utilization  of  the  Bharatnet  enabled connectivity  for  transitioning  over  1  lakh  villages  into  digital  villages.  This  is  envisaged  to  be  achieved  by leveraging the grassroot agencies to facilitate efficient delivery of and easy access to services in education, health, skill, agriculture, rural e-commerce, financial inclusion etc.

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## Annexure-I

## List of village covered under Digital village Pilot Project in Rajasthan State

|   Sl No | State     | District       | Block      | Village          |
|---------|-----------|----------------|------------|------------------|
|       1 | Rajasthan | Bharatpur      | Bayana     | Farso Veerampura |
|       2 |           | Alwar          | Bansur     | Nangal Bhawsingh |
|       3 |           | Baran          | Baran      | Mathana          |
|       4 |           | Bikaner        | Pancho     | Bhamatsar        |
|       5 |           | Bundi          | Hindoli    | Tokra            |
|       6 |           | Churu          | Taranagar  | Meghsar          |
|       7 |           | Dausa          | Mahuwa     | Kherla Bujurg    |
|       8 |           | Dholpur        | Rajakhera  | Ganhedi          |
|       9 |           | Ganganagar     | Ganganagar | Fathui           |
|      10 |           | Hanumangarh    | Bhadra     | Ajeet Pura       |
|      11 |           | Jaipur         | Amber      | Achrol           |
|      12 |           | Jhalawar       | Nakoda     | Aklera           |
|      13 |           | Jhunjhunun     | Jhunjhunu  | Nayasar          |
|      14 |           | Karauli        | Mandawara  | Kailash Nagar    |
|      15 |           | Kota           | Itawa      | Rajopa           |
|      16 |           | Sawai Madhopur | Karmoda    | Soorwal          |
|      17 |           | Tonk           | Ganwar     | Malpura          |
|      18 |           | Sikar          | Piprali    | Harsh            |
|      19 |           | Barmer         | Balotra    | Mandapura        |
|      20 |           | Jaisalmer      | Jaisalmer  | Ajasar           |
|      21 |           | Pratapgarh     | Pratapgarh | Chiklad          |
|      22 |           | Banswara       | Ghatol     | Savniya          |
|      23 |           | Pali           | Desuri     | Ghenri           |
|      24 |           | Bhilwara       | Kotri      | Reeth            |
|      25 |           | Udaipur        | Gogunda    | Gogunda          |
|      26 |           | Rajsamand      | Khamnor    | Uthnol           |
|      27 |           | Nagaur         | Didwana    | Khakholi         |
|      28 |           | Jodhpur        | Phalodi    | Denok            |
|      29 |           | Jalore         | Ahore      | Agawari          |
|      30 |           | Dungarpur      | Dungarpur  | Dovda            |
|      31 |           | Ajmer          | Peesangan  | Kalesara         |
|      32 |           | Chittorgarh    | Nimbahera  | Binota           |

| 33   | Sirohi   | Sheoganj   | Kailash Nagar   |
|------|----------|------------|-----------------|

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