Lok Sabha Question No. 2594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Digital Village Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2594

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2021

## DIGITAL VILLAGE SCHEME

## 2594. SHRI  Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a) whether Digital Village Scheme introduced by the Government is working up to its desired objectives;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of villages identified under this scheme , State/UT wise;
- (d) the details of the funds sanctioned under the said scheme, State/UT-wise and the progress achieved by the government so far thereunder; and
- (e) the manner in which this scheme is benefiting in the creation of job opportunities for the rural people?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Digital  Village  Scheme  (ie  Digital  Village  Pilot  Project)  is  being implemented as per the approved objectives.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) initiated 'Pilot projectImplementation of Digital Village' on 31 st October 2018 covering 700 Gram Panchyats/villages across the country. The Deliverables of the project are in the areas of Health, Education, Skill Development, Financial Inclusion including G2C & B2C:

- i. Education Service: Courses offered under this project are as (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  -  skill  development  in  (i)  Automotive  Technician,  (ii)  Handset repairing, (iii) Field Technician- Home Appliances, and (iv) Electrical Technician.
6. (c):   The number of villages identified under the project, State/UT wise:

| S.No.   | State              |   Number of Village |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------|
| 1       | Andaman Nicobar    |                   1 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh     |                  13 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh  |                  21 |
| 4       | Assam              |                  33 |
| 5       | Bihar              |                  38 |
| 6       | Chhatisgarh        |                  27 |
| 7       | Dadar Nagar Haveli |                   1 |
| 8       | Daman &Diu         |                   2 |
| 9       | Goa                |                   2 |
| 10      | Gujarat            |                  33 |
| 11      | Haryana            |                  22 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh   |                  12 |
| 13      | Jammu &Kashmir     |                  22 |
| 14      | Jharkhand          |                  24 |
| 15      | Karnataka          |                  30 |
| 16      | Kerala             |                  14 |
| 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      | Tamilnadu          |                  32 |
| 30      | Telangana          |                  30 |
| 31      | Tripura            |                   8 |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh      |                  75 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand        |                  13 |
| 34      | West Bengal        |                  22 |
| Total   | Total              |                 700 |

(d):  The  Digital  Village  Pilot  Project  is  being  implemented  across  India  through  CSC  eGovernance  Service  India  Limited  (as  project  implementing  agency)  under  the  Digital  India Scheme which is a Central Sector Scheme of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The total budget outlay of the project is Rs. 98.324crore (MeitY contribution- Rs. 69.965crore and Beneficiaries' contribution- Rs. 28.358crore)) for the duration of 3 years. Implementation status of the project is as below:

|   Sr. No. | Service Categories                           | Services                                                                                          | Target (Y1+Y2+Y3)   | Achievement (Y1+Y2+Y3)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | Base line Household Survey                                                                        | 4,20,000            | 4,51,515                 |
|         1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | Solar Street Lighting (8- Light per Village)                                                      | 5,600               | 5,600                    |
|         1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | NIELIT-Facilitation Center (1-Per Village)                                                        | 700                 | 700                      |
|         1 | Digital Village- Infrastructure and Services | Financial Awareness & Training Programme (Y1- 1), Awareness campaigning & Training Program (Y2-1) | 1,400               | 700                      |
|         2 | Education                                    | BCC - Registration (Y1- 70, Y2-42, Y3-28)                                                         | 98,000              | 59,721                   |
|         2 | Education                                    | CCC - Registration (Y1- 35, Y2-21, Y3-14)                                                         | 49,000              | 30,260                   |
|         2 | Education                                    | Tally - Registration (Y1- 5, Y2-3, Y3-2)                                                          | 7,000               | 5,180                    |
|         2 | Education                                    | Tally - Certification (Y1- 5, Y2-3, Y3-2)                                                         | 7,000               | 1,028                    |
|         3 | Health                                       | Human Tele-consultation - Registration (Y1-600, Y2-360, Y3-240)                                   | 8,40,000            | 2,67,532                 |
|         3 | Health                                       | Veterinary Tele- consultation- Registration (Y1-150, Y2-90, Y3-60)                                | 2,10,000            | 76,073                   |
|         4 | Skill                                        | Automotive Service Technician- Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)                                          | 1400                | 1,329                    |
|         4 | Skill                                        | Handset Repair Engineer Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)                                                 | 1400                | 1,320                    |
|         4 | Skill                                        | Field Technician & Other Home Appliances- Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)                               | 1400                | 1,318                    |
|         4 | Skill                                        | Electrical Technician- Registration (Y2-1, Y3-1)                                                  | 1400                | 1,362                    |

- (e):  The beneficiaries are being skilled in - (i) Automotive Technician, (ii) Handset repairing, (iii) Field Technician- Home Appliances, and (iv) Electrical Technician.

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