Common Service Centres (CSC) are physical facilities for delivering Government of India e-Services to rural and remote locations where availability of computers and Internet was negligible or mostly absent. 995 nos. active CSCs of Manipur State located in Hill as well as Valley districts are serving as multiple-services-single-point model for providing facilities for multiple transactions at a single geographical location.
For Manipur state, CSCs are now the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. It is a pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country, thus enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society.
| Sl.No. | Name of District | Number CSC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Imphal West | 172 | Valley District |
| 2. | Imphal East | 49 | 581 |
| 3. | Jiribam | 2 | |
| 4. | Bishnupur | 30 | |
| 5. | Thoubal | 240 | |
| 6. | Kakching | 88 | |
| 7. | Chandel | 28 | Hill District |
| 8. | Tengnoupal | 35 | 414 |
| 9. | Senapati | 45 | |
| 10. | Kangpokpi | 57 | |
| 11. | Churachanpur | 94 | |
| 12. | Pherzawl | 5 | |
| 13. | Ukhrul | 66 | |
| 14. | Kamjong | 30 | |
| 15. | Tamenglong | 10 | |
| 16. | Noney | 44 | |
| Total | 995 |
Status of CSCs in Manipur:
- State Government had authorized and declared all CSCs to be Permanent Aadhaar enrolment centre.
- National Digital Literacy Mission is being taken up at these CSCs to provide Digital Literacy in the rural areas of the State.
- Digital Finance Inclusion, Awareness & Access is being carried out at these centers to promote cashless economy.
- Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Sakshata Abjyan (PMGDISHA) is being taken up at these CSCs to provide Digital Literacy in the rural areas of the State.
- To provide banking services to the unbanked areas in Manipur, CSCs has been appointed as Business Correspondence (BC) under HDFC, SBI, Vijaya Bank , Punjab National Bank and Central Bank of India.