Lok Sabha Question No. 3952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Digital Locker
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3952

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 23.12.2015

## DIGITAL LOCKER

## 3952     SHRI ABHISHEK  SINGH:

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

- (a) the number of citizens who have opened their digital lockers under the digital locker scheme of the Government State wise;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to encourage people to participate in this scheme; and
- (c) the number of common service centres which have been opened under this scheme till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a): The total number of citizens who have opened their digital lockers under digital locker scheme of the Government ,as on15.12.2015 is 1036278. State wise details are at Annexure.
- (b):     Government has taken the following steps  to encourage people to participate in this scheme-
- (i) Undertake  on  boarding  activities  for  government  departments,  agencies  and institutions so they can become Digital Locker issuers and requesters. This will create mass awareness about the platform and promote its usage.
- (ii) Build features in the Digital Locker application that allow users to share their activity on the internet to generate word of mouth based distribution.
- (iii) Run social media campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn to create awareness.
- (iv) Provide print & electronic media advertising support.
- (v) Send newsletter on the e Sampark database and put Digital Locker logo  on eGovernment portals.
- (c):     Under the Digital Locker scheme, no CSC has been opened as it is not   under the scope of this scheme.

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## Annexure

|   Sno. | Name of State/UT    |   No. of Digital Locker |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | A&N                 |                     277 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh      |                   73307 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                     167 |
|      4 | Assam               |                     716 |
|      5 | Bihar               |                   22243 |
|      6 | Chandigarh          |                    3436 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh        |                   56588 |
|      8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                    1081 |
|      9 | Daman &Diu          |                     239 |
|     10 | Delhi               |                   19529 |
|     11 | Goa                 |                     798 |
|     12 | Gujarat             |                   45575 |
|     13 | Haryana             |                   63982 |
|     14 | Himachal Pradesh    |                   12882 |
|     15 | J&K                 |                    4371 |
|     16 | Jharkhand           |                   83569 |
|     17 | Karnataka           |                   27462 |
|     18 | Kerala              |                   57818 |
|     19 | Lakshadweep         |                      37 |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh      |                   52389 |
|     21 | Maharashtra         |                  121070 |
|     22 | Manipur             |                    2855 |
|     23 | Meghalaya           |                      36 |
|     24 | Mizoram             |                      49 |
|     25 | Nagaland            |                     105 |
|     26 | Orissa              |                   37971 |
|     27 | Puducherry          |                    6271 |
|     28 | Punjab              |                   42383 |
|     29 | Rajasthan           |                   43205 |

|   30 | Sikkim        |   4740 |
|------|---------------|--------|
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    |  53337 |
|   32 | Telangana     |   2869 |
|   33 | Tripura       |   2243 |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh |  97333 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   |   9634 |
|   36 | West Bengal   |  85711 |

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