“Project 100 Digital Villages” is A unique initiative for developing rural entrepreneurship through model ict csc centers In a district under the Prime Minister’s employment generation program (pmegp)

Objective:

Implementation of CSC Digital Villages – Establishment of 100 Unique Model CSC (ICTs) Centres in 100 GPs under the PMEGP

Model CSC Centres are assisted access points for delivering Government of India e-Services in rural and remote locations, where availability of computers and Internet is negligible or mostly absent. These are one-stop centres that provide multiple services at a single geographical location.

With a view to achieve the objectives of the Government of India, we propose 100 Digital Villages in a District towards establishing 100 Unique Model ICT centres.

Regarding this, we have approached the District Collector and Chairm an, DeGS, Lead District Manager, and GM DIC (PMEGP) Jayashankar Bhupalpally with a request to include the Project Proposal in DCC/District Level Implementation Committee meeting and garner financial support from Bankers by covering this project under PMEGP

(Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme) to provide assistance to our VLEs who are fulfilling the eligibility requirements.

The proposed Project was initially implemented in Aspirational District Jayashankar Bhupalpally in Telangana in two phases. Under Phase 1, District CSC selected the first 50 Entrepreneurs and processed the Application through PMEGP portal. After online application, the proposals are routed through District Industries Center (DIC)/ KVIC/KVIB – Nodal Agency of PMEGP to the Financing Bank.

Step Wise Project Implementation in a District through De-GS

Step-1

• State Head, CSC sends proposal to District Collector / Chairman of DeGS for implementation of Model CSC centers through PMEGP in the particular district.

Step-2

•Honourable District Collector calls for DCC/DLIC meeting with Controllers and District Level implementation Committee, PMEGP-KVIC /DIC for approval. Once approved in DCC/ DLIC meeting, the Chairmen of House, & Controllers of banks send the instructions to Banks

Step-3

• VLEs selection process will be conducted for received applications in PMEGP portal individually. Bankers & District Administration further process the applications as per Guidelines of PMEGP & Finance Banks.

Step-4

• Once sanctioned by Banks, EDP Training conducted by KVIC online. On completion of training, participants get EDP Certificate and Banks will disburse the loan to Vendors or Suppliers for installation or construct the Model CSC Centers in their Villages.

Step-5

After disbursement of loan, subsidy amount will be credit by KVIC to Entrepreneur’s account and this amount will be on hold up to 3 years if the unit is sustained. Interest waiver (MM) on Loan amount is applicable during 3 years. After the 3 years subsidy portion is used for close the loan.

The Successful Entrepreneur is eligible for next PMEGP loan for up to 1 Cr with subsidy for his business development.

Note: DCC/ DLIC (District Level Implementation Committee) will conduct the review meetings in every Quarter (3 Months) to know the facts and status of the Sanctions. As a key stakeholder,CSC SPV will be the Member of that committee and discuss the issues at ground level to resolve them on case-to-case basis in the Presence of the Chairman and Controllers.

The Banks accept the proposals as per the existing Guidelines of the PMEGP Scheme and collect the documents from Entrepreneurs. Once the proposal is sanctioned, the Bank updates it in PMEGP Portal through Bank Login. Then KVIC conducts the online EDP training of 5 days and after successful assessment, the VLE gets EDP Certificate.

The concerned bank will appraise and sanction the project proposal within 60 days. After release of loan, the Bank will claim Margin Money Subsidy (MMS) as per the procedure prevalent for PMEGP units. The MMS will be kept as Term Deposit Receipt (TDR) for 18 months. Margin Money (subsidy) claimed under PMEGP has to be successfully adjusted on the completion of lockin period of 3 years.

VLE Eligibility Criteria:

1. VLEs who have completed PMGDisha Village Target Preferable.
2. Must Qualify in IIBF/BC Examination for Activation of CSP Services.
3. Qualified in UID Supervisor Examination for UCL /Aadhaar Services.
4. RAP/INS/IRDA Certificate for Insurance Services Activation.
5. Valid PVC Certificate.
6. Good CIBIL Score and Bank Transactions.
7. Good Conduct and Systematic Financial Management.
8. Existing Units – Units that have already availed any Government Subsidy are not eligible.

Types of MODEL CSC’s Implementations

If VLE has own space or the GP has alloed Space, they may construct Permanent Office Structure with 70% of Funds and 30% can be utilised for Purchase of Technical Requirements & Branding

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