Implemented Under National e –Governance Plan (NeGP) formulated by Department of Electronics and information & Technology (DeitY), Government of India, the Common Service Centers (CSCs) are the ICT enabled front end Service delivery points at the village level for delivery of Government, Financial, Social and private Sector services in the area of agriculture, health education, entrainment, FMCG P
roducts, banking insurance, pension Utility Payments etc. The CSCs have been set up by implementation partners called Service Center Agencies (SCAs), who are appointed by State Designated Agencies (SDAs) through a transparent bidding process. The CSCs are operated and managed by Village Level Entrepreneurs, who are appointed by SCAs. The location of CSCs is decided in consultation with the State Designated Agencies (SDAs) to serve a cluster of 5-6 villages, thereby covering close to 6.50 lakh villages across the country. This is the world’s largest government approved ICT enabled network.
