CSCs

The government will provide training on artificial intelligence to over 5.5 lakh Village Level Entrepreneurs who run Common Service Centres for free, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. While speaking at the 10th anniversary of CSC SPV, Vaishnaw said that training will be provided under the government's IndiaAI Mission, which has a provision to train 10 lakh people on AI. "All of you will be given AI training for free. We have set a target under the IndiaAI Mission to skill around 10 lakh people. All 5.5 lakh VLEs will be given preference in that training," Vaishnaw said. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada brought to the notice of the minister the demand of CSC VLEs for merging state-based government services centres with CSC, as it will provide them a higher income generation opportunity. He also said that CSC VLEs want allotment of Aadhaar-related work at their centre. Vaishnaw asked CSC SPV to prepare details on the merger of state-based servi

Common Services Center, physical facilities that deliver govt's e-Services at rural and remote locations, has launched a WhatsApp chatbot to help people avail of digital literacy services

The court also seeks information on the availability of scribes for visually impaired students

Initiative will cover 250,000 entrepreneurs in 3,000 villages also seeks to educate them about privacy and security as first-time users

Highlighting the importance of CSCs in the NDA government's scheme of things, Modi is set to address the VLEs on June 15 to deliberate on Digital India

Over 200,000 gram panchayats already have CSCs and the remaining 50,000 will soon have them too