Lok Sabha Question No. 2746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Digital Villages/Panchayats
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2746

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.08.2021

## DIGITAL VILLAGES / PANCHAYATS

## 2746.   SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

## SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

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

- (a) whether the villages/panchayats in the country are proposed to be made digital;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of villages/panchayats targeted to be covered by the Government under the said scheme; and
- (d) the details of the villages/panchayats that have already been made digital so far under the scheme, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a), (b), (c) and (d): Yes, Sir.  Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated the Digital Village Project as a pilot project.  A total of 700 digital villages (One Gram Panchayat/village from each district of  each State/ UT)  are being covered under the pilot. The project was initiated on 31 st October 2018 for a duration of 3 years.

The Government is planning to expand through effective utilization of the BharatNet enabled connectivity for transitioning 1 lakh more villages into digital villages. This is envisaged to be achieved by leveraging the grassroot agencies to facilitate efficient delivery of and easy access to services to citizens within their villages.

In  addition  to  the  700  villages  that  are  being  funded  by  MeitY  for  implementation,    4279 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).

The  details  of  the  villages/panchayats  that  have  already  been  covered  under  the  Digital Village implementation so far State/UT-wise is enclosed at Annexure.

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Number of villages that are being funded by MeitY for Digital Village implementation - 700.

State/UT wise detail of villages covered Digital Village implementation

|   Sr. No | State/UT           | No. of Digital Village (MeitY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman Nicobar    | 1                                |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh     | 13                               |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh  | 21                               |
|        4 | Assam              | 33                               |
|        5 | Bihar              | 38                               |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh       | 27                               |
|        7 | Dadar Nagar Haveli | 1                                |
|        8 | Daman &Diu         | 2                                |
|        9 | Delhi              | -                                |
|       10 | Goa                | 2                                |
|       11 | Gujarat            | 33                               |
|       12 | Haryana            | 22                               |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh   | 12                               |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir     | 22                               |
|       15 | Jharkhand          | 24                               |
|       16 | Karnataka          | 30                               |
|       17 | Kerala             | 14                               |
|       18 | Lakshadweep        | 1                                |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh     | 51                               |
|       20 | Maharashtra        | 34                               |
|       21 | Manipur            | 16                               |
|       22 | Meghalaya          | 11                               |

| 23          | Mizoram       |   8 |
|-------------|---------------|-----|
| 24          | Nagaland      |  11 |
| 25          | Odisha        |  30 |
| 26          | Puducherry    |   4 |
| 27          | Punjab        |  22 |
| 28          | Rajasthan     |  33 |
| 29          | Sikkim        |   4 |
| 30          | Tamil Nadu    |  32 |
| 31          | Telangana     |  30 |
| 32          | Tripura       |   8 |
| 33          | Uttar Pradesh |  75 |
| 34          | Uttarakhand   |  13 |
| 35          | West Bengal   |  22 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 700 |

Number of villages that are being funded by CSC e-Governance Service India Limited (funds sourced from CSR) and implemented by its own - 4279.

State/UT  wise  detail  of  villages  covered  by  CSC  e-Governance  Service  India  Limited through CSR Fund support

|   Sr. No | 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       | 537                            |
|        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        | 821   |
| 16          | Karnataka        | 19    |
| 17          | Kerala           | 1     |
| 18          | Lakshadweep      | -     |
| 19          | Madhya Pradesh   | 307   |
| 20          | Maharashtra      | 261   |
| 21          | Manipur          | 1     |
| 22          | Meghalaya        | 45    |
| 23          | Mizoram          | 1     |
| 24          | Nagaland         | 1     |
| 25          | Odisha           | 186   |
| 26          | Puducherry       |       |
| 27          | Punjab           | 80    |
| 28          | Rajasthan        | 503   |
| 29          | Sikkim           | 1     |
| 30          | Tamil Nadu       | 46    |
| 31          | Telangana        | 17    |
| 32          | Tripura          | 16    |
| 33          | Uttar Pradesh    | 542   |
| 34          | Uttarakhand      | 161   |
| 35          | West Bengal      | 46    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total      | 4279  |

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