- Common Services Centres (CSC) Scheme is an integral part of “Digital India” initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
- The CSCs are ICT enabled front end service delivery points at the village level enabling delivery of Government, Financial, Social and Private Sector services in the areas of agriculture, health, education, entertainment, FMCG products, banking, insurance, pension, utility payments, etc.
- CSCs are managed and operated by a village level entrepreneur (VLE).
- Presently there are 2.6Lacs CSCs across the country. 90% of these are managed and operated by Women. Each CSC on average employee 4 to 5 persons.
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