July 16 to be Observed as Common Service Centre Diwas

July 16 will be observed as Common Service Centre (CSC) Diwas every year. This day has been chosen as CSC Day to mark the incorporation of CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd on this day in 2009.

The CSCs are overseen by 22 Service Centre Agencies (SCAs) across the country. CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd is a national level entity incorporated as Special Purposes Vehicle (SPV) to provide on going support to CSCs and to catalyse delivery of services through the CSCs network. This is a unique Public Private Partnership (PPP) model where Department of Information & Technology partners with Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLE) and Special Service Vehicle (SSV) to deliver the selected services to common people through CSCs.

Department of Information & Technology (DIT), Government of India is organizing a Seminar tomorrow in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi to celebrate the first CSC Diwas. The key factors that would help to bridge the digital gap will be deliberated upon with the key stakeholders in the Seminar. 50 Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLE) running the Common Service Centre across the country will be felicitated on the occasion. They will receive a Certificate of Appreciation and a Cash reward of Rs.5,000 each. The VLEs have been selected for felicitation on the basis of their performances in running the CSCs during January-June,2011.

The CSCs are delivering various services which include Birth and Death certificate, Income Certificate, Caste and Domicile Certificate etc., MNREGA services, Utility Bill Payments, Employment Exchange services, Electoral services, Renenue Department services, Banking & Insurance services, e-larning/digital literacy and Telemedicine.

The Common Services Centers (CSC) Scheme, a flagship Scheme, is implemented across the country under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India. The objective of the scheme is to provide government as well as private services through ICT enabled kiosks at people’s doorstep. Of targeted 100,000 about 95,700 CSCs have nearly been set up covering 31 States/Union Territories.