Lok Sabha Question No. 1337 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Digital Village Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1337

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.02.2022

## DIGITAL VILLAGE  SCHEME

## 1337. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government had initiated the Digital Village Scheme in the year 2018;
- (b) if so, the details and the salient features of the scheme along with the state-wise details of the villages benefited under the scheme;
- (c) the  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  by  the  State  of  Maharashtra under the above said scheme till date, district-wise;
- (d) the  details  of  number  of  villages  and  districts  covered  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra especially in Ramtek Nagpur district under the aforesaid scheme till now;
- (e) the details of the target set and achievement made under the above said scheme; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  is  formulating  any  scheme  to  add  more  villages  under  the scheme and if so, the time by which these villages are likely to be added?

## ANSWER

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

(a),  (b)  and  (c):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY), Government of India (GoI) has initiated Digital Village Project on pilot scale on 31 st October, 2018 under which 700 villages (one village from each district) of all State/UT across the country, are covered. The list of the 700 villages is enclosed at weblink ( refer https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ODney0gMJHrhaO57izoOIHymwXxY9\_et/edit?usp=shar ing&ouid=114104362247024536597&rtpof=true&sd=true).

## The salient features of the Digital Village Pilot project are:

-  700 Gram Panchayat/villages with atleast one village from each district of the State/UT are covered under the pilot implementation of the project.
-  Digital Seva Portal (DSP) of CSCs in villages across the country is being leveraged for the delivery of services to the rural citizens.

The deliverables of the project are:

-  Education  Service:  Courses  offered  under  this  project  are  as  -  Basic  Computer  Course (BCC), Course on Computer Concept (CCC), Tally - KaushalPramanPatra
-  Health Services - Tele-Health & Tele-Veterinary consultation
-  Financial Inclusion- Financial inclusion awareness programme
-  Solar panel powered street lights (8 Solar lights per village)
-  Skill  Development  -  skill  development  in  -  Automotive  Technician,  Handset  Repairing, Field Technician- Home Appliances, and Electrical Technician.
-  Government  to  Citizen  Services  (G2C)  -  online  registration  for  professional  entrance examinations,  Pan  Card  Services,  new  Aadhaar  enrolment,  its  updation/modification, online  registration  for  service  selection  board,  online  registration  for  public  service commission, etc.
-  B2C Services - Mobile / DTH recharge, ticket booking (Rail/Air), etc.

Under the Digital  India  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  MeitY,  a  total  outlay  of  Rs  98.32  Crore  is allocated  for  implementation  of  Digital  Village  Pilot  project.  State-wise/UT-wise  specific allocation is not made under the pilot project.

(d): 34 villages (one village in each district) in Maharashtra are covered under the Digital Village Pilot Project. The List of villages in Maharashtra State, covered under the project is enclosed at Annexure-I.

Ramtek Nagar is a Municipal Council in Nagpur District. Village- Digdoh, Block- Hingna is covered under the Digital Village Pilot project in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra.

(e): The details of targets set and achievement under the Digital Village Pilot project in the 700 villages, covered under the project, are enclosed at Annexure-II .

(f):    The  pilot  phase of  the Digital Village project is currently under implementation in which 700  villages/Gram  Panchayat  with  at  least  one  village  from  each  district  of  the  State/UT  are covered.  Further,  4596  villages  are  being  made  digital  by  CSC  e-Governance  Service  India Limited  (CSC-SPV)  under  its  own  initiative  through  funds  sourced  from  Corporate  Social Responsibility (CSR) that includes 271 villages in Maharashtra. The list is at Annexure-III.

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Annexure-I List of 34 Villages in Maharashtra covered under the Digital Village Pilot Project of MeitY

|   SN | State       | District   | Block                | Village            |
|------|-------------|------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|    1 | Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | Rahata               | SavalvihirKh.      |
|    2 | Maharashtra | Akola      | Balapur              | Vyala              |
|    3 | Maharashtra | Aurangabad | Aurangabad           | Kachenr            |
|    4 | Maharashtra | Amaravati  | Nandgaon-Khandeshwar | MangrulChawala B.O |
|    5 | Maharashtra | Beed       | Kaij                 | Kothi              |
|    6 | Maharashtra | Bhandara   | Pauni                | Kondha             |
|    7 | Maharashtra | Buldhana   | Buldhana             | Yelgaon            |
|    8 | Maharashtra | Chandrapur | Chandrapur           | Pandharkawada      |
|    9 | Maharashtra | Dhule      | Dhule                | Velhane            |
|   10 | Maharashtra | Gadchiroli | Kurkheda             | Malewada           |
|   11 | Maharashtra | Gondia     | Goregaon             | Tumsar             |
|   12 | Maharashtra | Jalgaon    | Yawal                | Padalse            |
|   13 | Maharashtra | Kolhapur   | Shriol               | Ganeshwadi         |
|   14 | Maharashtra | Ratnagiri  | Khed                 | Ainavare           |
|   15 | Maharashtra | Palghar    | Palghar              | Saravali           |
|   16 | Maharashtra | Raigad     | Mangaon              | Goregaon           |
|   17 | Maharashtra | Thane      | Wada                 | Wada               |
|   18 | Maharashtra | Sindhudurg | Kudal                | Kadawal            |
|   19 | Maharashtra | Latur      | Ausa                 | Budhoda            |
|   20 | Maharashtra | Nagpur     | Hingna               | Digdoh             |
|   21 | Maharashtra | Nanded     | Ardhapur             | Lahan              |
|   22 | Maharashtra | Nandurbar  | Taoda                | Revanagar          |
|   23 | Maharashtra | Nashik     | Deola                | Lohoner            |
|   24 | Maharashtra | Osmanabad  | Osmanabad            | Yedshi             |
|   25 | Maharashtra | Parbhani   | Manwat               | AmbegaonChaharun   |
|   26 | Maharashtra | Pune       | Baramati             | Supe               |
|   27 | Maharashtra | Sangli     | Khanapur             | Salshinge          |

|   28 | Maharashtra   | Satara   | Phaltan    | Gunware   |
|------|---------------|----------|------------|-----------|
|   29 | Maharashtra   | Solapur  | Solapur    | Kondi     |
|   30 | Maharashtra   | Wardha   | Deoli      | Bhidi     |
|   31 | Maharashtra   | Washim   | Mangrulpir | Tarhala   |
|   32 | Maharashtra   | Yavatmal | Babhulgaon | Alegaon   |
|   33 | Maharashtra   | Jalna    | Badnapur   | Dabahadi  |
|   34 | Maharashtra   | Hingoli  | Hingoli    | Adagaon   |

Annexure-II The details of physical targets fixed and achievement under the Digital Village Pilot project in the 700 villages

|   S N. | Service Categories Digital Village-   | Services Solar Street Light (8-Light per Village)     | Target 5,600   | Achievement 5,600   |
|--------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|      1 | Infrastructure and Services           | NIELIT-Facilitation Center (1-Per Village)            | 700            | 700                 |
|      1 | Infrastructure and Services           | Financial Inclusion Awareness Programme               | 1,400          | 1,400               |
|      2 | Education                             | BCC - Registration                                    | 98,000         | 65756               |
|      2 | Education                             | CCC - Registration                                    | 49,000         | 32640               |
|      2 | Education                             | Tally - Registration                                  | 7,000          | 6809                |
|      3 | Health                                | Human Tele Consultation- Registration                 | 8,40,000       | 7,93,789            |
|      3 | Health                                | Veterinary Tele Consultation - Registration           | 2,10,000       | 2,06,018            |
|      4 | Skill                                 | Automotive Service Technician- Registration           | 1,400          | 1,329               |
|      4 | Skill                                 | Handset Repair Engineer Registration                  | 1,400          | 1,320               |
|      4 | Skill                                 | Field Technician &Other Home Appliances- Registration | 1,400          | 1,324               |
|      4 | Skill                                 | Electrical Technician- Registration                   | 1,400          | 1,362               |

## Annexure-III State/UT wise detail of villages covered by CSC-SPV through CSR Fund support under its own initiative

|   S.N | State/UT           | No. of Digital Village (CSR)   |
|-------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|     1 | Andaman Nicobar    | -                              |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh     | 44                             |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh  | 1                              |
|     4 | Assam              | 73                             |
|     5 | Bihar              | 206                            |
|     6 | Chhattisgarh       | 536                            |
|     7 | Dadar Nagar Haveli | -                              |
|     8 | Daman &Diu         | -                              |
|     9 | Delhi              | 1                              |
|    10 | Goa                | -                              |
|    11 | Gujarat            | 156                            |
|    12 | Haryana            | 193                            |
|    13 | Himachal Pradesh   | 8                              |
|    14 | Jammu &Kashmir     | 5                              |
|    15 | Jharkhand          | 819                            |
|    16 | Karnataka          | 28                             |
|    17 | Kerala             | 1                              |
|    18 | Lakshadweep        | -                              |
|    19 | Madhya Pradesh     | 306                            |
|    20 | Maharashtra        | 271                            |
|    21 | Manipur            | 1                              |
|    22 | Meghalaya          | 45                             |
|    23 | Mizoram            | 1                              |
|    24 | Nagaland           | 1                              |
|    25 | Odisha             | 301                            |
|    26 | Puducherry         | -                              |
|    27 | Punjab             | 80                             |
|    28 | Rajasthan          | 650                            |
|    29 | Sikkim             | 1                              |
|    30 | Tamil Nadu         | 54                             |

| S.N   | State/UT      |   No. of Digital Village (CSR) |
|-------|---------------|--------------------------------|
| 31    | Telangana     |                             17 |
| 32    | Tripura       |                             16 |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh |                            575 |
| 34    | Uttarakhand   |                            160 |
| 35    | West Bengal   |                             46 |
|       | Total         |                           4596 |