There were 83,000 common service centers pre 2014. This number has increased to 2.92 lakh post 2014.
How many common service centres are there? The third claim is that there were 83,000 Common Service Centers (CSCs) pre-2014 and that this number has increased to 2.92 lakh post-2014. As per the government’s official website, ‘Common Service Centres (CSC) scheme is one of the mission mode projects under the Digital India Programme. CSCs are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from a host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. It is a pan-India network catering to a regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country. Common Services Centres (CSCs) are being managed by CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (known as Common Services Centre Special Purpose Vehicle- CSC –SPV)’