Lok Sabha Question No. 5517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Digital Village Programme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5517

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 5.4.2023

## DIGITAL VILLAGE PROGRAMME

## 5517.    SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether Digital Village programme started by the Government is for creating a one stop service  solution  for  the  village  area  citizens,  providing  them  with  quality  services  like telemedicine,  Financial  Services,  Internet  Connectivity  and  other  G2C/B2C  services  at  an affordable price round the year;
- (b) whether only eight hundred such digital villages could have been set up in the country till now and just fifty seven in the Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) if so, whether the Government is taking any measures to set up more digital villages to expand the coverage to at least one Digital Village in each block of the country, especially in the districts of Katni,Chhatarpur and Panna of Madhya Pradesh; and (d) 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  (d):  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 51 villages in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Internet connectivity  in  the  villages  does  not  form  part  of  the  project.  State/UT-wise  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

Presently, there is no proposal for expansion of the project in the country.

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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

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Annex