Lok Sabha Question No. 5480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Digital Villages/Panchayats
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Midhun Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5480

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 05.04.2023

## DIGITAL VILLAGES/PANCHAYATS

## 5480.   SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the villages/panchayats in the country are proposed to be made digital;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the total number of villages/panchayats targeted to be covered by the Government under the said scheme;
- (d) the details of the villages/panchayats that have already been made digital so far under the scheme;
- (e) whether villages of Andhra Pradesh have been covered under it; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (f):  The  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  launched  the  Digital Village  Pilot  Project  on  31.10.2018  to  provide  government-to-citizen,  business-to-citizen, education,  health,  skill  development  and  financial  inclusion  services  in  700  villages  {one Gram Panchayat or village from each district of all States and Union territories (UTs)}across the country, on a pilot basis, including 13 villages in the State of Andhra Pradesh. State/UTwise number of villages is at Annex.

The facilities being provided in the said villages under the said project are as under:

- (i) Education service: Courses offered under this are Basic Computer Course, Course on  Computer  Concept,  Basic  Course  in  Information  Technology,  and  Tally  Kaushal Praman Patra.
- (ii) Health services: This covers tele-health andtele-veterinary consultations.
- (iii) Financial inclusion: This covers an awareness programme for financial inclusion.
- (iv) Solar-panel-powered streetlights: This coverseightsolar lights per village.
- (v) Skill development: This covers skilling for automotive technician, handset repairing, field technician - home appliances, and electrical technician.
- (vi) Government-to-citizen services and business-to-citizenservices

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Annex Villages covered under the Digital Village Pilot Project

| S.N.   | State / Union territory                  |   Number of villages |
|--------|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                    1 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                           |                   13 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                   21 |
| 4      | Assam                                    |                   33 |
| 5      | Bihar                                    |                   38 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh                             |                   27 |
| 7      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                    3 |
| 8      | Goa                                      |                    2 |
| 9      | Gujarat                                  |                   33 |
| 10     | Haryana                                  |                   22 |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh                         |                   12 |
| 12     | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                   20 |
| 13     | Jharkhand                                |                   24 |
| 14     | Karanataka                               |                   30 |
| 15     | Kerala                                   |                   14 |
| 16     | Ladakh                                   |                    2 |
| 17     | Lakshadweep                              |                    1 |
| 18     | Madhya Pradesh                           |                   51 |
| 19     | Maharashtra                              |                   34 |
| 20     | Manipur                                  |                   16 |
| 21     | Meghalaya                                |                   11 |
| 22     | Mizoram                                  |                    8 |
| 23     | Nagaland                                 |                   11 |
| 24     | Odisha                                   |                   30 |
| 25     | Puducherry                               |                    4 |
| 26     | Punjab                                   |                   22 |
| 27     | Rajasthan                                |                   33 |
| 28     | Sikkim                                   |                    4 |
| 29     | Tamil Nadu                               |                   32 |
| 30     | Telangana                                |                   30 |
| 31     | Tripura                                  |                    8 |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh                            |                   75 |
| 33     | Uttarakhand                              |                   13 |
| 34     | West Bengal                              |                   22 |
|        | Total                                    |                  700 |

Source:CSC e-Governance Service India Limited