Common Services Centre (CSC) in India

The Govt of India wants to create a network of CSCs throughout the country. They are the access points for delivery of various e-governance services to rural and remote locations and town areas where connectivity of the internet is negligible. According to the last released data in 2016 there were 1,57,000 CSCs in the country working already, and this year the government wants to set up another one Lakh such centre to improve connectivity. The upgraded version CSC 2.0 Aims to cover 2.5 Lakhs of Gram Panchayats for maximizing delivery of e-Services to the citizens.

If you are looking for good business ideas and thinking about starting a business, it’s a big opportunity, think about it. The CSCs are not just to deliver services, they are the change agents working for the promotion of Rural Entrepreneurship, skill development, digital literacy and more. In fact CSCs are going to be playing a big role in the implementation of all the important decisions taken by the govt in the future.

How CSC Works?

E-Governance Services India Limited offers various Govt services through the Digital Seva Portal. The person who can access this portal is a VLE (Village Level Entrepreneur). VLE can access a digital Seva portal various governments, banking and education, health, insurance services and more.
CSCs digital seva portal connects local population with various govt departments, banks, insurance companies and various services provided by private service sectors using CSC Centre.

How CSC works

Who is a VLE?

A VLE is Village Level Entrepreneur who delivers various government and non-government services to the end consumers from the CSC Center. It is the responsibility of VLE to provide a place with safety and convenience, deliver services of e-seva portal and make available kiosk banking during day time.

You don’t need any special training or any extra qualification to become VLE. Meeting the minimum criteria as mentioned below is enough:

  • A valid Aadhaar card and Pan card
  • CSC Centre Photos (Inside and Outside)
  • A village youth above 18 years of age.
  • 10th pass from recognised school board
  • Basic level English Knowledge and ability to read and write the local language
  • Basic computer knowledge and skill
  • Motivated enough to do his duties with utmost dedication and honesty
  • You don’t even have to pay anything, It is absolutely free of cost.

Function of CSCs:

The following services are provided through CSC:-

  • All G2C (Government to Consumer) Communication about Health, Education, Agriculture, Human Resource Development, Employment, Fundamental Rights, Disaster Warnings, RTI, etc.
  • High quality Voice, Video & Local Language Interface, including web browsing for providing information
  • Multi-functional space for group interaction, entertainment, training and empowerment intended to be both educational and entertainment.
  • e-Governance & e-Services – e-Krishi, Banking, Insurance, Travel, Post, e-Forms to request government services, etc.
  • Kiosk – Grievances, complaints, requests and suggestions.
  • Telemedicine & remote health camps have also been envisaged as part of the CSC’s extended functionalities
  • Commercial Services (DTP, Printing, Internet Browsing, Village level BPO).
  • Rural Banking & Insurance Services (Micro-credit, Loans, Insurance)

To read more in detail, the services offered by CSC click for the official link below
Sources DIGITAL seva portal

Infrastructure Required for Registration of CSC

Total estimated cost per CSC is around 1.25 Lac to 1.50Lac.

  • One hall (not specified as per your choice)
  • PC requirement- (I suggest 2 PC)

-At least 120 GB Hard Disc Drive.
-At least 512 MB RAM. (I suggest at least 4 GB)
-CD/DVD Drive.
-Licensed Windows XP-SP2 or above operating system.

  • UPS with 4 hrs battery backup/Portable Genset.
  • Printer/ Colour Printer.
  • Web cam/digital camera.
  • Scanner.
  • Internet connection with at least 128 kbps speed for browsing & data uploading over the internet.

Source CSC official Website

You will find all this on Amazon and Flipkart.

Earnings and Revenue Support

The Earning totally depends up to you that how you utilise your CSC centre. But,I think 20000-25000 INR is the minimum estimated earning is possible in a month from one service centre. Visit other CSC centres find out what are they trying to earn more.

The proposed revenue support provided by the government is 3000 per month. The data are taken presentation prepared by apna.csc.gov.in website of e-governance services India Ltd.

Click Here to Download and read the full PPT about CSC

How to register for CSC

Steps:-

1. Visit this URL http://register.csc.gov.in and Click on “Click here to apply“.

CSC registration page

 

2. A New CSC Application form will appear. Enter your Aadhaar number, select the authentication type and further add the Captcha Text. Click on “Submit” button

Registeration form

 

 

3. Next Step is Verification of your Aadhaar card. “Generate OTP ” you will receive a message containing OTP. Put that OTP in “Enter OTP received ” box and click on “Validate OTP” button.

Verify OTP

 

5. Fill the details under the tabs, Kiosk.

kiosk registraion

 

6. Next, Fill the Banking details.

fill bank details

 

7. Next, Upload Document. Read How to Geo tag your CSC centre photos.

upload your documents

 

8. Next, Fill the Infrastructure details.

provide infrastructure details

 

9. Review your details and click on “Submit” button to register yourself and an application ID will be generated.

You will receive an acknowledgement email regarding successful completion of your application to your registered email address.

Read This Post In Hindi Click Here

 

How useful was this post?

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 1 / 5. Vote count: 1

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

As you found this post useful...

Follow us on social media!

11 thoughts on “Common Services Centre (CSC) in India”

  1. CSC is fine. But process is very late. I have applied 6 months ago. My application is accepted, but I haven’t received the credentials yet. Don’t know when they will provide the credentials.

    1. k nagarjun reddy

      hi : good ofter noon respected to cse gov portal
      iam nagarjun reddy i have tried to many times apple for cse center in online but i would not able to open this site . so please clarified to information why i am not able to open so please help full to me this process my mobile number is plese call to me this number my address is saterla village itikyal mandel gadwal district thanking you sir

  2. k nagarjun reddy

    hi : good ofter noon respected to cse gov portal
    iam nagarjun reddy i have tried to many times apple for cse center in online but i would not able to open this site . so please clarified to information why iam not able to open so please help full to me this process my mobile number is plese call to me this number my address is saterla village itikyal mandel gadwal district thanking you sir

  3. Dear Sir/ Mam
    I am enteristed to open a CSC Center (Digital Seva Kendra) at Maithan , Dist. Dhanbad. State Jharkhand.
    Can i open it or not. and will be the cost to open it.
    Please Suggest me.
    Thanks.
    Marcel Moses

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Scroll to Top