1.CSC Introduction | Common Services Centers (CSCs)

1. CSC Introduction

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1. Common Services Centers (CSCs) are a strategic cornerstone of the Digital India programme. CSCs are envisaged as assisted front-end ICT (Information and Communication Technology) enabled centres for delivery of various G2C (Government to Citizen) and other B2C (Business to Citizen) services to the citizens. These are managed and operated by local skilled enterpreneurs. The service portfolio, including G2C services, enable a sustainable rural enterprise providing employment opportunities to local poplulation.

2. CSC e-Governance Services India Limited is a Special Purpose Vehicle (CSC SPV) incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, to interalia monitor the implementation of the Common Services Centers Scheme. It provides a centralized collaborative framework for delivery of services to citizens through CSCs, besides ensuring systemic viability and sustainability of the scheme.

3. The focus of this programme is to bring transformation to relaize IT (India Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow).

1. From the learnings of implemetation of CSC Scheme, government launched the CSC Scheme
   

as CSC 2.0 to achive its vision of delivering various servcies to citizens at Gram Panchayat level. The vision of CSC 2.0 is ‘One Panchayat, One CSC’. It envisages establishment of 2.5 lakh CSCs covering all Gram Panchayats in the country to provide e-services to citizens. CSC

2.0 aims to further improve the availability and accessibility of services to the rural population.

CSCs today are prescribed as one of the service delivery points in rural India. They are positioned as change agents, promoting rural entrepreneurship and building rural capacities and livelihoods. They focus towards the digital development, catayzing rural enterpreneurs & social inclusion.

rom the learnings of implemetation of CSC Scheme, government launched the CSC Scheme as CSC 2.0 to achive its vision of delivering various servcies to citizens at Gram Panchayat level. The vision        of CSC 2.0 is ‘One Panchayat, One CSC’. It envisages establishment of 2.5 lakh CSCs covering all Gram Panchayats in the country to provide e-services to citizens. CSC 2.0 aims to further improve the availability and accessibility of services to the rural population.

CSCs today are prescribed as one of the service delivery points in rural India. They are positioned as change agents, promoting rural entrepreneurship and building rural capacities and livelihoods. They focus towards the digital development, catayzing rural enterpreneurs & social inclusion.