Name of the projecte-GRAM
Department under which the project was taken: Panchayat Department, Government of Gujarat
Vision
Project Infrastructure Setup
14,006 eGram centers are established in Village Panchayats .eGram Centers have been equipped with VSAT Broadband connected PCs (with Scanner, Printer ,UPS, Web Cam, VoIP Phone) and to provide the e-services to rural citizens. Village Computer Entrepreneur (VCE) is working on PPP Model and delivering services to rural citizen in these eGram Centers.
eGram Broadband VSAT connectivity Network is also known as PAWAN Network is Asia’s Largest Public Domain VSAT Network and working since Year 2008.Following are key attributes of this network:
Category |
Availability for |
Bandwidth Available |
Total (in Mbps) |
Data |
2500 Concurrent User |
16 Kbps burstable up to 256 Kbps/site |
64 Mbps |
VoIP |
50(25 Duplex) |
Per Node 16 Kbps burstable up to 64 Kbps |
2 Mbps |
Video Conference |
5 Duplex Channel(10 Users) |
Per Node 512 Kbps |
3 Mbps |
Video Broadcast Channel |
1 Channel |
3 Mbps |
2 Mbps |
Project Technical Support Team
To support the entire ecosystem, Technical Support and Training Service Provider Team (TSTSP) deployed at eGram , Taluka , District and State level ( total strength of 613 IT Professionals ) with core job of hardware and software support and capacity building of Village Computer Entrepreneur for successful service roll out in rural area and this team is also taking care of technical support requirement of Department of Panchayat and its related offices in district , taluka’s too.
Services Enablement in Project
VCE are giving eServices which are broadly divided in two category:
Offered G2C Services
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Birth Certificate
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Temporary Residence & Income Certificate
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Tax Collection Receipts
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Land Right Records Services (RoR- 7/12 & 8A)
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Application Forms of various development Schemes through Mahitishakti.net
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ITI Application Form
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Data Entry work for Government Departments like Health , Sports ,Gram Sabha ,Vanbandhuetc
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Electricity & GAS Bill Collection Work
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E Ration Card Coupon
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iKisan- Farmer Registration, PM KISAN, PM SANMAN Nidhi and Groundnut MSP
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UDID Card
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Ayushman Card
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UIDAI enrollment work
B2C services rolled out by VCE through entrepreneurship model are as follows:
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e-Ticketing of Railways, Airlines , Bus
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Utility Bill payments (Telephone, Mobile, DTH etc)
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DTP work
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Financial Services (Insurance, Mutual Fund, Banking, Money Transfer)
Information and Communication Dissemination
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At present State, District Officials are conducting regular video conference with eGram centers every day
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Free VoIP Telephony is available for Rural Citizen from eGram Centers.
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Through PAWAN Channel important programs and informative programs are transmitted for information Department, WASMO, Health Department, Education Department, Distance Learning session of e-Services (Like RoR, RTO, e-ration card etc) and computers course like Adobe online training is relayed.
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As Social media popularity growing day by day, eGram is also utilizing the same for passing latest information on Facebook. There is page “eGramVishwagram.gujarat” on Facebook gaining hits day by day.
eServices Roll Out Status Report
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Electricity bills collection:
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eGram Centers perform electricity bill collection work. Volume of work and financials are as given below:
Financial Year
|
Total Bills Collected
|
Amount Collected (In Lacs)
|
eGram Income (Charge per Bill is Rs 7/-)
|
2019-20 |
4174521 |
42699.86/- |
Rs. 2,92,21,647/- |
2018-19 |
7392221 |
66038.35/- |
Rs. 5,17,45,547/- |
2017-18 |
6596765 |
58211.39/- |
Rs. 4,61,77,355/- |
2016-17 |
6142645 |
49888.26/- |
Rs. 4,29,98,515/- |
2015-16 |
7266573 |
62772.59/- |
Rs. 5,08,66,011/- |
2014-15 |
6873415 |
59770.73/- |
Rs. 4,81,13,905/- |
2013-14 |
6237217 |
52243.28/- |
Rs.4,36,60,519/- |
2012-13 |
5740751 |
39274.50/- |
Rs.4,01,85,257/- |
2011-12 |
5421261 |
32880.44/- |
Rs. 3,79,48,827/- |
2010-11 |
5396664 |
29146.20/- |
Rs.3,77,76,648/- |
Total |
61242033 |
492925.6/- |
Rs. 42,86,94,231/-
|
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GSPC Gas Bill Collection Started in September 2013 and Bill collection so far is:
Financial Year
|
Total Bills Collected
|
VCE Income(@Rs. 7/-)
|
2019-20
|
167024
|
11,69,168/-
|
2018-19
|
285457
|
19,98,199/-
|
2017-18
|
259724
|
18,18,068/-
|
2016-17
|
236677
|
16,56,739/-
|
2015-16
|
210183
|
14,71,281/-
|
2014-15
|
215284
|
15,06,988/-
|
Sept 2013 to March-2014
|
89325
|
6,25,275/-
|
Total
|
1463674
|
1,02,45,718/-
|
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Delivery of Land rights of records (RoR):
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eGram Centers provide online authentic copies of Land RoR. Volume of work and financials are as given in following table::
Year
|
Number of RoR Certificate Issued
|
eGram Income (@ Rs. 5/-)
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2019-20
|
36064665
|
18,03,23,325/-
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2018-19
|
37174548
|
18,58,72,740/-
|
2017-18
|
26481123
|
13,24,05,615/-
|
2016-17
|
20360927
|
10,18,04,635/-
|
2015-16
|
21042840
|
10,52,14,200/-
|
2014-15
|
16914365
|
8,45,71,825/-
|
2013-14
|
13120014
|
6,56,00,070/-
|
2012-13
|
9295245
|
4,64,76,225/-
|
2011-12
|
7738032
|
3,86,90,160/-
|
2010-11
|
4179227
|
2,08,96,135/-
|
2009-10
|
1663227
|
83,16,135/-
|
Total
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194034213
|
97,01,71,065/-
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eGram Started giving Digital Gujarat services from the month of August 2019 :-
Service Name
|
Total Application Received
|
Disposed
|
Income Certificate
|
58964
|
50518
|
Widow Certificate
|
13390
|
11899
|
Temporary Residence Certificate
|
587
|
545
|
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eRation Card (PDS System) started in April 2011 and e-coupon issued so far are:
Year
|
E- Coupon Issued So far
|
VCE Income (In Rs.)
|
2018-19
|
73313
|
1,46,626
|
2017-18
|
5215212
|
1,04,30,424/-
|
2016-17
|
6882288
|
1,37,64,576/-
|
2015-16
|
76839690
|
15,36,79,380/-
|
2014-15
|
242160864
|
48,43,21,728/-
|
2013-14
|
124889368
|
249,778,736/-
|
2012-13
|
2166606
|
4,333,212/-
|
2011-12
|
1207282
|
2,414,564/-
|
Total
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45,94,34623
|
91,88,69,246/-
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eGram center also undertake work of data entries for Khel-mahakumbh :
Year |
Data Entries completed (in Lakhs) |
Amount earned by VCE’s (in Rs.) |
2014
|
10.76
|
0.53 Crore
|
2013
|
25.91
|
1.29 Crores
|
2012
|
21.69
|
1.51 Crores
|
2011
|
17.61
|
1.23 Crores
|
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eGram Service Delivery Portal (Powered by 3 B2C Services Provider) used by VCE with their entrepreneurship skills to sale B2C services from 12th Jan 2017:
Service
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
Transactions
|
Amount
|
Transactions
|
Amount
|
Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
|
69878
|
91669713
|
89234
|
203952862
|
Bharat Bill Payment System
|
36187
|
39315582
|
108844
|
123589907
|
Bill Payment
|
28131
|
25684715
|
468
|
262783
|
Bus/Rail/Air Ticket
|
497
|
1249731
|
433
|
970915.55
|
DTH Recharge
|
13591
|
3295288
|
592
|
160096
|
Insurance
|
2173
|
258490
|
4183
|
3051959
|
Jio Wallet
|
1554
|
2441153
|
1187
|
1479897
|
Mobile Recharge
|
151244
|
13996105
|
108865
|
13653703
|
Money Remittance
|
43672
|
109709086
|
59984
|
138020870
|
Mutual Fund
|
82
|
33809
|
21
|
11100
|
Other
|
5935
|
7052600
|
4442
|
9211873.4
|
Pan Card
|
2958
|
343256
|
4328
|
350294
|
Grand Total
|
355902
|
295049529
|
382581
|
494716260
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Now Farmers can get registered on iKhedut application through eGram Center, total 17,90,404 farmers have been registered through eGram centers from March-2014 to December-2019.
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Farmers can apply for Pradhan MantriKisanSamman Nidhi Scheme (PM-KISAN) at eGramCenters.Approx 29 Lac farmers did entry from eGramCentres. This Year in Oct 2019, Ground Nut Procurement MSP Entry done from eGramCentres. In Dec 2019, approx. 25 Lac Farmers application submitted through eGram.
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Birth and Death data entry service is provided by eGram centers across Gujarat through http://badea.guj.nic.in.
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Support for First Year Technical admission (B.Tech / Pharmacy / ITI) is provided from eGram Centers for benefit of students. eGram Centers also provide online results of 10th and 12th year examinations.
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Now rural citizens can apply for Jobs, in eGram itself through OJAS application.
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eGram center also undertake miscellaneous work of data entries:
For example during Khelmahakumbh 2011-Sports person online registration process was started through eGram and per registration charges collected by VCE is Rs 7/-.
Year
|
Data Entries completed (in Lakhs)
|
Amount earned by VCE’s (in Rs.)
|
2014
|
10.76
|
0.53 Crore
|
2013
|
25.91
|
1.29 Crores
|
2012
|
21.69
|
1.51 Crores
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2011
|
17.61
|
1.23 Crores
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VCEs perform data entry work for Gram SwagatProgram .
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VCEs completed data entries related to health of 1.10 Crores rural school children in the year 2009-10.
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VCE completed data entry of 89,057 records related to VanbandhuKalyanYojna in the year 2012.
Capacity Building Program:-
In the eGramVishwagram Project, capacity building program is continuous part of activity:
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Taluka Level Executive of TSTSP team is giving continuous training support to VCEs in their regular monthly visit at eGram Level.
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eGram Connectivity Infrastructure is having unique dedicated facility of training through PAWAN Channel (Bandwidth Provision – 2 Mbps) where continuous program broadcasted through it , following is sample list of program which is broadcasted on daily basis along with different other informative programs:-
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RTO Learning Licensee Training for VCEs
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Financial Service Training
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B2C services Training
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UDID Registration Training
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Ministry of Information and Telecommunication, Government of India recognized eGramas eGram CSC Center from 4th Feb 2010.
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Department of Panchayat on behalf of Govt. of Gujarat signed tri-party agreement to start National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) in State for connectivity to all villages, which will be redundant to existing available VSAT Network. Approx. 1300 locations connected successfully and work is going on at approx. 1700 locations for streamlining of connectivity.
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Department of Panchayat has been appointed as Registrar for UIDAI work in Rural area and EGVGS has been appointed as Enrollment Agency. Those eGram VCEs who passed UIDAI exam conducted by NSEIT, only then they can work as Operator cum Supervisor for UIDAI work. Currently 2900 VCEs have passed Exam.
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33 eGram centers across Gujarat each one from 33 Districts will be having UIDAI – Kit using which they will deliver UIDAI services like Aadhaar Registration, Updation, KYC etc. 5 Centres across Gujarat have started working in District like Amreli, Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Patan and PanchMahal
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Now farmers can get Agro products of GSFC (Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited) from eGram Centers. Currently Narmada and ChhotaUdepur have been selected as a pilot for this project.
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Now villagers can avail Ayushman card from eGram Centers. Currently 4274 eGram centers are providing Ayushman Card under Ayushman Bharat Scheme- Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana.
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Unique Disability ID card service too started for the villagers from the eGramCentres.
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Election Commission of India has done MoU with eGramVishwagram Society for rolling out their services in Rural area through eGram Centers. Upto 31st Oct 2019, approx. 10 lac voters were verified.