Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle

About Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle:

• It is incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India,
• It monitors the implementation of the Common Services Centers Scheme.
  • Common Services Centres (CSC) scheme is one of the mission mode projects of the Digital India Programme.
• It provides a centralized collaborative framework for delivery of services to citizens through CSCs, besides ensuring systemic viability and sustainability of the scheme.

Key facts about Common Services Centres

• It is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India.
• These act as the front-end delivery points for Government, private and social sector services to rural citizens of India, in an integrated manner.
• CSCs are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society.
• These are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country.
• It is a pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country, thus enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society.

Q1: What are the provisions of the Digital India Act 2023?

It upholds the concept of an open internet, striking a balance between accessibility and necessary regulations to maintain order and protect users. It mandates stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for wearable devices, accompanied by criminal law sanctions.

Source: Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle completes 15 glorious years of its establishment