Lok Sabha Question No. 2661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Digital Villages of Gujarat
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2661

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## DIGITAL VILLAGES OF GUJARAT

## 2661.       SHRI  RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) the details of villages made digital in the state of Gujarat till now, district-wise along with the funds allocated so far therefore; and
- (b) The details of facilities being provided in those digital villages during the last three years;

## ANSWER

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

- (a):      Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  had  initiated  Digital Village Pilot project titled 'Pilot Project-Implementation of Digital Village' on 31 st October 2018.  700  Gram  Panchyats/villages  across  the  country  are  being  covered  under  pilot implementation which includes 33 Gram Panchayats (GP)/villages in Gujarat State (one each from  the  33  districts  of  Gujarat).  District  wise  list  of  the  Gram  Panchayats/villages  is enclosed at Annexure .

The Digital Village Project of MeitY is being implemented across India through CSC EGovernance Service India Limited as a project 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  Gujarat  to  cover  33  Gram  Panchayat/villages  is approximately Rs. 326.70 lakhs.

- (b):    The project is envisaged to reach out services of - Health Services - Tele-Health & Tele-Veterinary consultation, Education Service, Financial Services, Skill Development and Solar panel powered street lights including Government to Citizens Services (G2C), B2C Services in the villages.

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## Annexure

|   Sl No | District        | Block       | Village           |
|---------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Ahmedabad       | Detroj      | Katosan (Sunvala) |
|       2 | Amreli          | Khambha     | Khaddar           |
|       3 | Anand           | Sojitra     | Kasor             |
|       4 | Aravalli        | bayad       | sathamba          |
|       5 | Banaskantha     | Dantiwada   | Bhadli Zat        |
|       6 | Bharuch         | Amod        | Sarbhan           |
|       7 | Bhavnagar       | Sihor       | Ishvariya         |
|       8 | Botad           | Botad       | turkha            |
|       9 | Chhota Udaipur  | Kawant      | Panwad            |
|      10 | Devbhumi dwarka | Dwarka      | Bhimrana          |
|      11 | Dahod           | Limkheda    | Moti Bandibar     |
|      12 | Gandhinagar     | Kalol       | Jaspur            |
|      13 | Gir Somnath     | Veraval     | Bherala           |
|      14 | Jamnagar        | jamnagar    | Medi              |
|      15 | Junagadh        | Mendarda    | Nani Khodiyar     |
|      16 | Kheda           | Mahemdabad  | Modaj             |
|      17 | Kutch           | Anjar       | Navagam           |
|      18 | Mahisagar       | Kadana      | Sanghari          |
|      19 | Mehsana         | Kadi        | Nani Kadi         |
|      20 | Morbi           | Wankaner    | Tithva            |
|      21 | Navsari         | Bansda      | Pipalkhed         |
|      22 | Narmada         | Garudeshwar | Kavadiya koloni   |
|      23 | Panchmahal      | Ghoghamba   | Jitpura           |
|      24 | Patan           | saraswati   | Vagdod            |
|      25 | Porbandar       | Kutiyana    | Bavlavadar        |
|      26 | Rajkot          | Jasdan      | Kalasar           |
|      27 | Sabarkantha     | Prantj      | Sonasan           |
|      28 | Surat           | Mahuva      | Karcheliya        |
|      29 | Surendranagar   | chuda       | Bhanejada         |
|      30 | Tapi            | kukarmunda  | Kukarmunda        |

|   31 | Dang     | Waghai   | Lavariya( Bhendmal)   |
|------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|   32 | Vadodara | Padra    | Kanzat                |
|   33 | Valsad   | Kaparada | Mandva                |

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