(a) whether the Government has plans to cover all the districts under the e-district programme in the country;
(b) If so, the details thereof and the allocation of funds for the said projects; and
(c) the details of the district proposed be taken up under the project during 2015-16, state-wise and district-wise along with the allocated budget?
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): The eDistrict Programme (Mission Mode Project - MMP) aims at electronic delivery of identified high volume citizen centric services, at district and sub-district level and to undertake backend computerization to enable the delivery of these services through common services centers. The eDistrict MMP has an approved outlay of Rs. 1663.08 crore.
(c): The details are mentioned in the Annexure.
Annexure
Details of districts proposed to be taken up under the project during 2015-16 and outlay thereof:
S. No State/UT Name No. of districts to be taken during 2015-16 Approved Outlay
(in Rs Lakhs) for states/UTs *
1 Assam 6 6641.71
2 Jharkhand 21 6032.19
3 Karnataka 30 7960.82
4 Punjab 10 5367.64
5 Sikkim 4 1153.98
6 Uttar Pradesh 34 17398.38
7 West Bengal 16 4073.08
8 Chandigarh 1 709.02
9 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1 736.05
10 Daman & Diu 2 961.04
11 Delhi 11 3213.30
12 Puducherry 4 1206.37
* Note: Outlays have been done State / UT- wise only and not district-wise.
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