The Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot today informed in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha that the Common Service Centers (CSCs) are delivering Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C) Services.
The Common Services Centers Scheme is being implemented under a three tier Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework under which Service Center Agencies are (Private Sector entities and NGOs) are responsible for setting up of CSCs. Government provides revenue viability gap funding for four years. Services Centre Agencies are selected by the States through a competitive bidding process. The Service Center Agencies (SCAs) run the CSCs through Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs).
As on 31st July, 2011, around 96,000 CSCs have been rolled out which are operated by Village Level Entrepreneurs.
It has been reported that some VLEs are impacted due to financial constraints. Department of Information Technology has advised the State Government to expedite delivery of Government to Citizen (G2C) services through CSCs.
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