Lok Sabha Question No. 1892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Common Service Centre
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1892

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## COMMON SERVICE CENTRE

## 1892. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  Government is providing common service centres in gram Panchayats to   provide cyber services and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  in  which  common  service  centres  provided  in  Andhra Pradesh,  district-wise  and  the  time  by  which  the  remaining  Panchayats  are  likely  to  be covered; and
- (c)  status  of  performance  of  common  service  centres  set  up  in  the  country  including  Andhra Pradesh ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) Yes, Madam. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is setting up Common Service Centres (CSCs) across the country to provide various electronic services to citizens. Majority of these CSCs are located in Gram Panchayats on a self-sustaining basis.
- (b) The  District-wise  availability  of  CSCs  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  as  on  30 th June,  2016,  and  the rollout plan of CSCs may be seen at Annexe .
- (c) As on 30 th June, 2016, there are 2.23 lakh CSCs in the country. Between April, 2015 and June, 2016,  13.36  crore  electronic  transactions  were  reported  on  eTAAL  (Electronic  Transaction Aggregation  &  Analysis  Layer,  the  national  portal  for  e-transactions)  through  CSCs  for delivery of various citizen centric e-Governance services, including 2.66 crore transactions of Andhra Pradesh.

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## Annexe referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1892 answered on 28.07.2016

## District-wise status of Common Service Centres (CSCs) in Andhra Pradesh

| Sl. No.   | District      |   Total GPs |   Total number of CSCs set up in Gram Panchayats till June, 2016 |   Gram Panchayats to be covered by December, 2019 |
|-----------|---------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Anantapur     |         996 |                                                              245 |                                               751 |
| 2         | Chittoor      |        1353 |                                                              253 |                                              1100 |
| 3         | East Godavari |        1062 |                                                              559 |                                               503 |
| 4         | Guntur        |        1004 |                                                              258 |                                               746 |
| 5         | Krishna       |         963 |                                                              218 |                                               745 |
| 6         | Kurnool       |         883 |                                                              355 |                                               528 |
| 7         | Nellore       |         934 |                                                              146 |                                               788 |
| 8         | Prakasam      |        1023 |                                                              284 |                                               739 |
| 9         | Srikakulam    |        1093 |                                                              293 |                                               800 |
| 10        | Visakhapatnam |         919 |                                                              262 |                                               657 |
| 11        | Vizianagaram  |         915 |                                                              236 |                                               679 |
| 12        | West Godavari |         903 |                                                              217 |                                               686 |
| 13        | Y.S.R.        |         785 |                                                              212 |                                               573 |
|           | Total         |       12833 |                                                             3538 |                                              9295 |