Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle
20.07.2024
Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle
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For Prelims: About Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle, Key facts about Common Services Centres |
Why in the news?
Recently, Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle (CSC SPV) celebrated 15 glorious years of its establishment.
About Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle:
- It is incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
- It monitors the implementation of the Common Services Centers Scheme.
○Common Services Centres (CSC) scheme is one of the mission mode projects under the Digital India Programme.
- It provides a centralized collaborative framework for delivery of services to citizens through CSCs, besides ensuring systemic viability and sustainability of the scheme.
Key facts about Common Services Centres
- It is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India.
- These act as the front-end delivery points for Government, private and social sector services to rural citizens of India, in an integrated manner.
- CSCs are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society.
- These are 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.
Source: PIB
Ques :- Consider the following statements with reference to the Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle:
Statement-I
It was formed under the Companies Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Statement-II
It provides a centralized collaborative framework for delivery of services to citizens.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.
B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.
C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.
D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.
Answer A