Lok Sabha Question No. 2696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Digital India Programme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2696

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2021

## DIGITAL INDIA PROGRAMME

## 2696.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) the main objective of Digital India Programme;
- (b) whether digital infrastructure is likely to be made available by the Government to every citizen of the country under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of Common Service Centres set up in the country to extend the benefit of Digital India, State/UT-wise including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  (MeitY), Government of India has initiated the 'Digital India' programme with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and  knowledge-based  economy  by  ensuring  digital  access,  digital  inclusion,  digital  empowerment  and bridging the digital divide. The Digital India 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. Some of the key initiatives taken by the Government to strengthen the digital infrastructure of the country for availability and access to citizens are as follows:

- Aadhaar: Aadhaar provides 12 digit biometric and demographic based identity that is unique, lifelong, online and authenticable. Over 128+ crore residents have been enrolled.
- Common Services Centre (CSC): The Common Services Centres are service (Government to Citizen & Business to Citizen) delivery centres. So far, 3.73 Lakh Common Services Centres are functional including 2.78 lakh CSCs at Gram Panchayat levels.
- Digital locker: Digital Locker provides an ecosystem with collection of repositories and gateways for issuers to upload the documents in the digital repositories. So far, 5.7 crore registered user of DigiLocker. 427 crore authentic documents have been issued. 965 Issuers and 154 Requestor organizations have been on-boarded.
- eSign framework  - Online Electronic Signature Service: eSign is an initiative for easy, efficient, and secure signing of electronic documents by an Aadhaar holder. Five agencies namely eMudhra Ltd., CDAC, (n)Code Solutions, NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd. and Capricorn have been empanelled to offer e-Sign Services. Over 12.50+ crore eSign have been issued.
- Meghraj and CSP: As  part  of  the  Digital  India  program,  Government  of  India  embarked  upon  an ambitious initiative known as MeghRaj, to utilize and harness the benefits of Cloud Computing. This

will ensure accelerating the delivery of e-services in the country and optimizing ICT spending of the Government.

- BharatNet: BharatNet is an ambitious initiative to trigger a broadband revolution in rural areas. This project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications. BharatNet aims to connect all the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country and provide 100 Mbps connectivity to all gram panchayats (GPs).  So  far,  a  total  number  of  1,54,096  Gram  Panchayats  (Including  Block  HQ)  have  been  made Service Ready.

(c): The State/UT wise status of the implementation of Common Services Centers(CSCs) under 'Digital India Programme' is as follows:

| State/UT wise status of Rollout of CSCs as on 31 st January, 2021   | State/UT wise status of Rollout of CSCs as on 31 st January, 2021   | State/UT wise status of Rollout of CSCs as on 31 st January, 2021   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                            | Functional CSCs (Urban + Rural areas)                               | Functional CSCs at Gram Panchayat level                             |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                      | 10260                                                               | 7529                                                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                   | 140                                                                 | 107                                                                 |
| Assam                                                               | 5842                                                                | 5018                                                                |
| Bihar                                                               | 34495                                                               | 29684                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh                                                        | 13931                                                               | 10698                                                               |
| Goa                                                                 | 94                                                                  | 56                                                                  |
| Gujarat                                                             | 12477                                                               | 8205                                                                |
| Haryana                                                             | 16865                                                               | 11616                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                    | 3665                                                                | 3163                                                                |
| Jharkhand                                                           | 14635                                                               | 12023                                                               |
| Karnataka                                                           | 10467                                                               | 5871                                                                |
| Kerala                                                              | 3938                                                                | 2976                                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                      | 30686                                                               | 21486                                                               |
| Maharashtra                                                         | 49362                                                               | 35344                                                               |
| Manipur                                                             | 894                                                                 | 707                                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                                           | 766                                                                 | 657                                                                 |
| Mizoram                                                             | 294                                                                 | 174                                                                 |
| Nagaland                                                            | 360                                                                 | 210                                                                 |
| Odisha                                                              | 12715                                                               | 10774                                                               |
| Punjab                                                              | 10112                                                               | 7039                                                                |
| Rajasthan                                                           | 15723                                                               | 11829                                                               |
| Sikkim                                                              | 52                                                                  | 37                                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu                                                          | 9955                                                                | 6147                                                                |
| Telangana                                                           | 8104                                                                | 5220                                                                |
| Tripura                                                             | 1020                                                                | 854                                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                       | 76444                                                               | 57913                                                               |
| Uttarakhand                                                         | 7322                                                                | 5266                                                                |
| West Bengal                                                         | 17253                                                               | 15017                                                               |
| State: Sub-total                                                    | 367871                                                              | 275620                                                              |

| State/UT wise status of Rollout of CSCs as on 31 st January, 2021   | State/UT wise status of Rollout of CSCs as on 31 st January, 2021   | State/UT wise status of Rollout of CSCs as on 31 st January, 2021   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                            | Functional CSCs (Urban + Rural areas)                               | Functional CSCs at Gram Panchayat level                             |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                           | 46                                                                  | 23                                                                  |
| Chandigarh                                                          | 71                                                                  | 9                                                                   |
| Dadra &NH, D&D                                                      | 53                                                                  | 34                                                                  |
| Delhi                                                               | 2775                                                                | 0                                                                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                   | 2850                                                                | 2259                                                                |
| Ladakh                                                              | 24                                                                  | 18                                                                  |
| Lakshadweep                                                         | 10                                                                  | 10                                                                  |
| Puducherry                                                          | 150                                                                 | 85                                                                  |
| UT : Sub-total                                                      | 5979                                                                | 2438                                                                |
| Total(State+UT)                                                     | 373850                                                              | 278058                                                              |

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