LOK SABHA QUESTION regarding e-Governance & Digital India Programme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 101 ANSWERED ON   24.11.2014 SERVICES UNDER E GOVERNANCE 101 . Chauhan Shri Devusinh Jesingbhai Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:- (a) whether the Government has prepared a road-map for complete e-Governance of services in the country and if so, the details thereof; (b) the total funds earmarked for the purpose during the last three years and the current year; (c) the total number of services covered under e-Governance particularly at the infrastructure level; (d) the details of benefits likely to be accrued to rural people through the scheme; and (e) the time by which e-Governance facilities are likely to be provided across the country including rural areas? ANSWER MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) (a): Government of India has launched the “Digital India” programme with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy. Under the Digital India programme, Government has proposed to implement e-Kranti which envisages provisioning of various e-governance services in the country. The focus of the e- Kranti plan is to transform the e-Governance services by expanding the portfolio of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) in e-Governance under various Government Departments, undertaking Government Process Reengineering (GPR), Cloud Deployment, Mobile enablement and work flow automation. (b): The funds earmarked for the purpose for e-governance during the last 3 years and the current year are as below: Sr. Year BE RE Actual No. (in Rs. (in Rs. (in Rs crore) crore) crore) 1 2011-12 1087.31 351.61 256.17 2 2012-13 975.00 450.00 416.58 3 2013-14 700.00 385.00 378.92 4 2014-15 1230.00 485.29(as on 14.11.2014) (c): Under the National e-Governance Plan, it has been planned to provide 252 services under 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) covering various sectors. Out of these, 222 services have been made operational. To support these services at infrastructure level, core Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure consisting of State Wide Area Networks (SWANs), State Data Centres (SDCs), Common Services Centres (CSCs) and State Services Delivery Gateway (SSDG) have been set up in various States/UTs. (d): The electronic services are being made available to all the citizens in rural areas through Common Services Centres (CSCs). Currently, 1.36 lakh CSCs are operational across the entire country. Electronic services are also being delivered through the mobile platform. (e): The e-Kranti component under the Digital India programme envisages expansion of the portfolio of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) in e-Governance to cover more departments. The various MMPs under e-Kranti have their own plan and schedule of implementation for their projects.