Lok Sabha Question No. 2007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-11
Subject: CSCs Operational in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2007

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 11.02.2026

## CSCs OPERATIONAL IN MADHYA PRADESH

## †2007.  SMT. SANDHYA RAY:

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

- (a) the number of Gram Panchayats in the Bhind -Datia Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh connected with high-speed internet/fiber along with the number of operational Common Service Centres (CSCs)  and schools/colleges provided with digital labs/Wi-Fi under the  Union Government's Digital India, BharatNet and CSC 2.0 schemes;
- (b) the total funds approved and released for the said constituency during the years 2024 -25 and 2025 -26;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  IT  skill  development  centres,  start-ups incubation centres and BPO/ITeS units in Bhind -Datia;
- (d) if so, the details of the number of youths to be provided digital skill training along with startups to be supported and the number of new jobs expected to be created under these initiatives; and (e) the timeline for implementation of the said initiatives?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (e): A total number of 742 Gram Panchayats (GPs) have been connected with optical fibre in Bhind-Datia Parliamentary constituency of Madhya Pradesh. About 90 school/colleges have been provided with internet connectivity through BharatNet.

Under different schemes of Digital Bharat Nidhi, till 31.12.2025, Rs. 6533.29 crore have been disbursed to Madhya Pradesh.

Common Services  Centres  (CSCs)  are  established  under  the  project  CSC  2.0  throughout  the country  to  provide  citizen-centric  services.  The  project  CSC  2.0  has  been  completed  w.e.f. 31.03.2024. State and district wise details of functional CSCs, including Bhind and Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh, are available on the website https://csc.gov.in/ .

The services, provided by CSCs, includes Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Consumer (B2C) services. List of services is at https://csc.gov.in/.

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), an autonomous scientific society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), has been established

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by  the  Government  for  capacity  building  and  related  activities  in  the  field  of  Information, Electronics & Communications Technology (IECT).

Currently, NIELIT operates 56 of its own Centres and a nationwide network of over 700 accredited Training Partners, as well as more than 9,000 facilitation Centres for conducting skill development and capacity building activities in IECT areas.

NIELIT has set up its 12 Facilitation Centres in Bhind and 08 Facilitation Centres in Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh for providing training on  Digital Literacy Courses(DLC).  In last 3 years, more than 3000 candidates have registered in NIELIT's DLC co urses in these districts.

To strengthen the startup ecosystem in the Electronics and ICT domain, MeitY has undertaken several  initiatives  to  promote  technology-driven  entrepreneurship.  Under  the  Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme , launched in 2019, financial and technical support is being provided through 51 selected incubators located in institutes of higher learning and premier R&D organisations across the country.

Further, MeitY has launched the Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups (GENESIS) Scheme to  strengthen  the  startup  ecosystem  in  Tier-II  and  Tier-III  cities  by  scaling  up  around  1,600 technology startups. In addition, MeitY has operationalized several Domain-Specific Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and theme-based incubation centres in areas of national priority to promote innovation and self-reliance. These centres provide targeted support to startups in key sectors such as ESDM, FinTech, MedTech, AgriTech, IoT and other emerging technology domains.

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