Lok Sabha Question No. 2536 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Digital Villages
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Prathap Simha, Umesh G. Jadhav, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2536

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.08.2021

## DIGITAL VILLAGES

## 2536.   SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: DR. UMESH G. JADHAV: SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

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

- (a) the district-wise number and details of the villages made digital in the State of Karnataka at present;
- (b) funds allocated so far to the State of Karnataka for making the said villages digital; and
- (c) the various facilities being provided in the said digital villages at present?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):  One Village each from all 30 districts of the State of Karnataka are covered under the Digital Village Pilot project. Details are at Annexure I.

In addition, 19 villages are also being made digital by the CSC e-Governance Service India Limited (CSC-SPV) through funds sourced from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).The district-wise number and details of the villages is enclosed at Annexure II.

- (b):    The  pilot  project  is  being  implemented  under  the  Digital  India  Scheme  which  is  a Central  Sector  Scheme  of  the  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology.  The project is being implemented through CSC e-Governance Service India Limited (CSC-SPV)

with  a  total  outlay  of    Rs  98.32  Cr.  Funds  are  therefore  not  allocated    to  States/UT governments for the implementation of this project.

- (c):  The facilities provided  in these villages under the Digital Village project including the G2C and B2C services are as under:-
- i.  Education Service - Courses offered (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  in  (a)  Automotive  Technician,  (b)  Handset  repairing,  (c)  Field Technician- Home Appliances, and (d) Electrical Technician.

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## Annexure- I

30 villages of Karnataka are being made digital as per the criteria of covering one village/district/State-UT of the country.

## District wise detail of villages being covered for Digital Village implementation in the State of Karnataka

|   Sr. No | District        | Sub-District / Block   | Gram Panchayat   | Village         |
|----------|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Ramnagar        | Magadi                 | Thaggikuppe      | Thaggikuppe     |
|        2 | Haveri          | Shiggaon               | Hulgur           | Hulgur          |
|        3 | Chikkaballapur  | Gowribidnur            | Muddalodu        | Muddalodu       |
|        4 | Raichur         | Shindhanur             | Udbal (U)        | Ubdal U         |
|        5 | Tumkur          | Kunigal                | Amruthur         | Amruturu        |
|        6 | Chitradurga     | Hosadurga              | Jankal           | Jankal          |
|        7 | Yadgir          | Yadgir                 | Kalebelgunda     | Kalebelagundi   |
|        8 | Davanagere      | Davanagere             | Anagodu          | Angodu          |
|        9 | Uttara Kannada  | Kumta                  | Hegde            | Hegde           |
|       10 | Gulburga        | Aland                  | Sarasamba        | Sarasamba       |
|       11 | Mandya          | Mandya                 | Basaralu         | Basaralu        |
|       12 | Bangalore Rural | Dodballapur            | Dargajogihalli   | Daragajogihalli |
|       13 | Chikamagalur    | Sakarayapatana         | Hullehalli       | Hulikere        |

|   14 | Bangalore Urban   | Anekal         | Hennagara     | Hennagara     |
|------|-------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|   15 | Dharwad           | Dharwad        | Kotur         | Kotur         |
|   16 | Dakashinakannada  | Belthangadi    | Venur         | Venur         |
|   17 | Koppal            | Gangavati      | Herur         | Herur         |
|   18 | Udupi             | Kundapur       | Anagali       | Anagalli      |
|   19 | Kolar             | Kolar          | Narasapura    | Narasapur     |
|   20 | Mysore            | Nanjangud      | Doddakowlande | Doddakowlande |
|   21 | Hassan            | Arkalgud       | Konanur       | Konanur       |
|   22 | Chamarajanagar    | Chamarajanagar | Kuderu        | Kuderu        |
|   23 | Bidar             | Aurad          | Murki         | Muraki        |
|   24 | Gadag             | Gadag          | Beladhadi     | Beladhadi     |
|   25 | Belgaum           | Athani         | Hulagabali    | Hulagabali    |
|   26 | Bagalkot          | Jamakhandi     | Hunnur        | Hunnur        |
|   27 | Vijayapur         | Muddebihal     | Nelatwad      | Nelatwad      |
|   28 | Shimogha          | Shimogha       | Holaluru      | Holaloor      |
|   29 | Kodagu            | Somvarpet      | Alur          | Alur          |
|   30 | Bellary           | Bellary        | Kallukamba    | Kallukamba    |

## Annexure-II

19 villages are being made digital under its own initiative by CSC e-Governance Service India Limited (CSC-SPV) through funds sourced from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

## District wise detail of villages being covered under Digital Village scheme in the state of Karnataka under CSR

|   Sr. No. | District   | Block Name   | Gram Panchayat   | Village      |
|-----------|------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|
|         1 | Bidar      | Basavakalyan | Nirgudi          | Dhangarwadi  |
|         2 | Bidar      | Basavakalyan | Nirgudi          | Dasarwadi    |
|         3 | Bidar      | Basavakalyan | Nirgudi          | Kaudiyal (R) |
|         4 | Bidar      | Basavakalyan | Nirgudi          | Nirgudi      |
|         5 | Bidar      | Basavakalyan | Nirgudi          | Rolla        |

|   Sr. No. | District        | Block Name   | Gram Panchayat   | Village             |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------|
|         6 | Uttar Kannada   | Honnavar     | Hadinbal         | Hadinbal            |
|         7 | Bangalore Urban | Anekal       | Anekal           | Attibelli           |
|         8 | Vijayapur       | Chadachan    | Bardol           | Bordol              |
|         9 | Haveri          | Chillurbadni | Chillurbadni     | Chillurbadni        |
|        10 | Bagalkot        | Bagalkot     | Yadahalli        | Gaddankeri Cross    |
|        11 | Bellary         | Siruguppa    | Hatcholli        | Hatcholli           |
|        12 | Chitradurga     | Kanchipura   | Kanchipura       | Kanchipura          |
|        13 | Koppal          | Yelburga     | Kudarimoti       | Kudarimoti          |
|        14 | Raichur         | Kurdi        | Kurdi            | Kurdi               |
|        15 | Bangalore Rural | Hoskote      | Lakkondahalli    | Lakkondahalli       |
|        16 | Kolar           | Malur        | Lakkur           | Lakkur              |
|        17 | Uttrakannada    | Murdeshwar   | Mavalli          | Murdeshwar, Mavalli |
|        18 | Dharwad         | Hubli        | Sulla            | Sulla               |
|        19 | Davanagere      | Davanagere   | Shyagale         | Shyagale            |

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