Lok Sabha Question No. 5591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Digital India Initiative
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5591

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.04.2022

## DIGITAL INDIA INITIATIVE

## 5591. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  assess  the  role  played  by  the  Digital India Initiative in the empowerment of people and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any study to measure the extent of adoption of digital technologies by the rural masses in the State of Karnataka; and
- (c) if  so,  the State-wise details of the increase in digital penetration and usage of e-governance tools during the last three years particularly in the State of Karnataka?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):      Under Digital  India programme, evaluation of the impact of all major schemes is generally carried out through an independent third party, which is not involved in the implementation of the Scheme  to  ensure  fair  independent  assessment.  The  impact  assessment  studies  of  Electronic Governance scheme under Digital India Programme was conducted through Centre for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS), Hyderabad in October, 2020. The study has brought out that Digital India is  transforming  citizen  services  by  providing  access  to  information  driven  through  technology, integrating various systems and services between government and citizens, thereby empowering and enhancing citizen's social, environmental and economic values.
- (b)  and  (c):    The  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  has  not  made  any  formal assessment  to  measure  the  extent  of  adoption  of  digital  technologies  in  the  state  of  Karnataka. However, the statistics of e-transactions on e-Taal platform (https://etaal.gov.in/) gives an indication of increase in digital penetration and usage of e-Government tools in India. More than 10,443 crore e-transactions  have  been  recorded  for  4,020  services  during  the  year  2021  while  7,203  crore  etransactions  recorded  for  3,949  services  during  the  year  2020.  The  State-wise  number  of  etransactions during the last 3 years including state of Karnataka, is given as below:

| States/UTs             | Number of e-Transactions   | Number of e-Transactions   | Number of e-Transactions   |
|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                        | Year 2019                  | Year 2020                  | Year 2021                  |
| Andaman and Nicobar    | 15,78,271                  | 31,91,339                  | 15,62,595                  |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 91,50,29,316               | 74,05,55,787               | 53,88,76,068               |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 14,26,540                  | 13,65,099                  | 21,21,123                  |
| Assam                  | 6,00,20,491                | 4,25,38,645                | 6,50,76,689                |
| Bihar                  | 12,75,15,752               | 10,65,65,556               | 39,29,97,920               |
| Chandigarh             | 62,72,996                  | 48,32,867                  | 96,84,220                  |
| Chhattisgarh           | 16,87,07,638               | 18,68,08,985               | 18,15,57,578               |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 45,00,178                  | 76,25,773                  | 64,44,548                  |
| Daman and Diu          | 31,38,343                  | 12,93,469                  | 88,083                     |
| Delhi                  | 9,98,84,350                | 5,99,36,515                | 6,32,40,236                |
| Goa                    | 59,43,684                  | 34,23,568                  | 27,34,244                  |
| Gujarat                | 75,62,16,008               | 72,40,10,974               | 41,24,78,995               |

| Haryana           | 15,29,07,221   | 11,75,24,377   | 31,70,85,490   |
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Himachal Pradesh  | 5,68,45,063    | 2,73,31,657    | 4,32,09,486    |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1,48,18,487    | 1,20,86,407    | 3,68,81,388    |
| Jharkhand         | 4,52,48,812    | 3,94,31,248    | 9,33,34,771    |
| Karnataka         | 17,34,97,671   | 35,69,49,954   | 22,54,14,535   |
| Kerala            | 1,07,21,97,683 | 95,75,46,532   | 11,95,26,151   |
| Ladakh            | 3,701          | 12,26,543      | 4,34,681       |
| Lakshadweep       | 11,58,777      | 7,71,057       | 12,32,676      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 19,87,81,121   | 13,25,21,208   | 23,25,68,748   |
| Maharashtra       | 25,91,98,102   | 16,81,11,335   | 41,85,88,970   |
| Manipur           | 26,69,443      | 25,90,338      | 37,93,878      |
| Meghalaya         | 30,09,313      | 26,88,364      | 30,16,842      |
| Mizoram           | 20,49,920      | 24,97,546      | 21,88,882      |
| Nagaland          | 26,49,224      | 28,59,567      | 31,62,435      |
| Odisha            | 12,28,01,885   | 9,68,03,112    | 21,29,20,764   |
| Puducherry        | 49,98,749      | 38,52,003      | 1,47,25,436    |
| Punjab            | 8,59,99,080    | 7,69,08,218    | 29,93,58,915   |
| Rajasthan         | 29,19,33,466   | 35,34,62,752   | 32,62,65,873   |
| Sikkim            | 11,03,769      | 10,49,642      | 15,60,142      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 43,57,14,195   | 44,42,13,239   | 81,17,30,439   |
| Telangana         | 45,98,65,616   | 42,92,40,541   | 41,11,79,891   |
| Tripura           | 60,07,278      | 48,62,284      | 49,02,775      |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 39,90,95,261   | 38,44,70,516   | 1,09,01,26,013 |
| Uttarakhand       | 3,08,69,181    | 2,47,39,329    | 7,83,16,228    |
| West Bengal       | 50,02,49,260   | 70,50,25,993   | 1,25,80,42,545 |

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