Lok Sabha Question No. 2787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: CSCs
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NABA KUMAR SARANIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2787

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.08.2016

## CSCs

## 2787 SHRI  NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a) whether  Common  Service  Centres  (CSCs)  have  been  established  in  the  country  to provide employment to youths;
- (b) if so, the number of CSCs opened in the country so far, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the procedure to be followed by an applicant along with the fee charged for registering to set up a CSC?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) and  (b): Yes, Sir. As on 30 th June, 2016, total 2,23,307 CSCs were set up in the country. The State wise list is at Annexure-I.
- (c): The procedure to be followed by an applicant for setting up of CSC is placed at Annexure-II. *******

## Annexure-I

The State / Union Territory (UT)-wise status of CSCs are as follows:

|   Sl No. | State / UT        |   Total No. of CSCs Set Up (till June-16) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                      6055 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                       206 |
|        3 | Assam             |                                      4286 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                     11490 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                      8095 |
|        6 | Goa               |                                         0 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                                     15877 |
|        8 | Haryana           |                                      4353 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                      3655 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                      1380 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |                                      5686 |
|       12 | Karnataka         |                                      4035 |
|       13 | Kerala            |                                      3150 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                     14801 |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |                                     34873 |

| Sl No.   | State / UT             | Total No. of CSCs Set Up (till June-16)   |
|----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 16       | Manipur                | 594                                       |
| 17       | Meghalaya              | 313                                       |
| 18       | Mizoram                | 140                                       |
| 19       | Nagaland               | 226                                       |
| 20       | Orissa                 | 8663                                      |
| 21       | Punjab                 | 4500                                      |
| 22       | Rajasthan              | 14127                                     |
| 23       | Sikkim                 | 422                                       |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu             | 13595                                     |
| 25       | Telangana              | 3863                                      |
| 26       | Tripura                | 353                                       |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh          | 44999                                     |
| 28       | Uttarakhand            | 3104                                      |
| 29       | West Bengal            | 9730                                      |
|          | STATES TOTAL           | 222571                                    |
| Sl No.   | State / UT             | Total No. of CSCs Set Up (till June-16)   |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar    | 36                                        |
| 2        | Chandigarh             | 45                                        |
| 3        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 15                                        |
| 4        | Daman and Diu          | 14                                        |
| 5        | Delhi                  | 530                                       |
| 6        | Lakshadweep            | 15                                        |
| 7        | Puducherry             | 81                                        |
|          | UTs TOTAL              | 736                                       |
| 36       | GRAND TOTAL            | 223307                                    |

## Annexure-II

The procedure to be followed by an applicant for setting up of CSC:

## A. On-line Registration -

1. To visit the website www.csc.gov.in and go to the registration page.
2. On Registration  page,  the  Applicant  shall  enter  his/her  Aadhaar  number  and  complete  the  authentication process by e-KYC.
3. The Aadhaar Number will be verified automatically in the system, and the Registration Form will appear automatically  containing the Applicant's Aadhaar details. There  will be  some other personal information which the Applicant needs to fill in manually.
4. The Applicant is required to upload two photographs of his/her shop  - one interior photograph, and one exterior photograph of the shop where he/she intends to set up the CSC. Only GEO tag Centre photograph is accepted on the Registration Form.
5. The Applicant also needs to upload his/her PAN Card while filing in the Registration Form.
6. The Applicant is required to register his/her Mobile Number and e-Mail ID on the Registration Form.
7. After submission of duly filled in Form, the Applicant will get a Registration Number/Application Number and confirmation through SMS.
8. After  Submission,  CSC  ID  is  generated  within  15  to  20  days.  During  this  time,  the  on-line  registration details are sent to the State/UT Teams for verification. On verification, the CSC ID is generated. The CSC ID as well as the Password is sent to Applicant's registered e-Mail ID and Mobile Number.
9. The  Applicant  can  track  his/her  status  online  on  the  same  portal  by  using  same  application  number  and Aadhaar.

## B. Off-line Registration

In this process, the Applicant can submit Application for becoming a Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE) to the concerned District e-Governance Society (DeGS). As per CSC 2.0 Guidelines, DeGS is required to constitute a Selection Committee for selection of VLEs for a particular Gram Panchayat. The Selection Committee / DeGS will send their recommendation to the Centralised CSC ID Creating Team for creation of CSC ID.

Apart from this, the Applicant also submits application to the State Team of CSC e-Governance Services India Limited  (CSC  Special  Purpose  Vehicle-CSC  SPV).  After  proper  verification,  the  State  Team  sends  their recommendation to the Central OMT ID Team for creation of OMT ID.

No money or fee is charged either for on-line or for off-line Registration of CSC.

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