CSC - Common Service Centre - Kallimandayam

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 are negligible or mostly absent. They are multiple-services-single-point model for providing facilities for multiple transactions at a single geographical location.

CSCs 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.

Services Provided by Common Service Centers (CSCs): Various services are being provided to the people by Common Services Centers (CSCs) in India. The CSC are now available in various places in a District around the country. The services i.e. G2C (Government to Consumer), B2C (Business to Consumer) and B2B (Business to Business) are successfully provided by Common Service Centers in India.

List of Services provided by Common Service Centers-

1. Government to Consumer (G2C)

Various Government Services like Birth/ Death Certificate, Forms Download and Submission, Property Tax and Registration, Bus Pass, Railway Ticket, Passport , Licenses, Permit , Subsidies etc. are provided by CSC centers at one place for convenience of citizens. Detail of services provided by centers is as-

Insurance Services
Passport
Premium Collection Services of LIC, SBI, ICICI Prudential, AVIVA DHFL and Other Insurance Companies
E-Nagrik & E- District Services {Birth/ Death Certificate etc.}
Pension Services
NIOS Registration
Apollo Telemedicine
NIELIT Services
Aadhar Printing and Enrollment
PAN Card
Electoral Services
E-Courts and Results Services
State Electricity and Water Bill Collection Services
IHHL Project of MoUD (Swachh Bharat)
Digitize India
CyberGram
Services of Department of Post

2. Business to Consumer (B2C)

List of Services provided by CSC from Business to Citizens is as-

Online Cricket Course
IRCTC, Air and Bus Ticket Services
Mobile and DTH Recharge
English Speaking Course
E- Commerce Sales (Book, Electronics, Households Items etc.)
Agriculture Services
CSC Bazaar
E Learning

3. Business to Business(B2B)

Services like Market Research, Rural BPO (Data Collection, Digitalization of Data) comes under B2B.

4. Educational Services

Various types of Educational Services are also provided by CSC-

Adult Literacy- Adult Literacy is ability to use a language fro reading, writing, speaking, Listening. This service is offered through TARA Akshar+

IGNOU Services- Examination Form, Results declaration, Students Admission or Offering courses from IGNOU etc. services being provided by CSC.

Digital Literacy- It includes Computer Courses, provide It skills to ASHA and Anganwadi Workers and authorised Ration Card Holder, Investor Awareness Programmes, NABARD Financial Literacy Programme etc.

MKCL Services- The Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) has been offering various vocational and technical courses through online mode.

NIELIT Services- Online Registration/ Fee Collection, Online Examination Form submission and printing of examination.

NIOS Services- CSC act as NIOS Facilitation Centers for promotion of Open Schooling in Rural Areas, Registration of Students, Payment of Examination Fees, Declaration of Results

5. Financial Inclusion

Financial Services like Banking, Insurance and Pension are provided to Citizens in Rural and Remote Areas, particular Women and marginalised Communities, to secure their livelihood.

Banking- Variety of Banking services like Deposit, Withdrawal, Balance Enquiry, Statement of Accounts, Recurring Deposit Accounts, Overdraft, Retail Loan, General Purpose Credit Card, Kisan Credit Card, Credit Facilities to Borrower etc. can be availed through CSC. It has partnered with 42 public and private sector and regional rural banks.

Insurance- CSC is providing Insurance products and services through Authorised Village Level Enterpreneur (VLE). In addition services for LIfe Insurance, Health Insurance, Crop Insurance, Personal Accident, Motor Insurance etc. is provided.

Pension- CSCs promote the National Pention System in Rural and Semi- Urban Areas through Opening Tier 1 and Tier 2 Accounts, Deposit Contribution etc.

6. Other Services

Agriculture- To avail the agriculture services, Farmer registration is done. It helps the farmers to receive advisories related to it from experts. In addition, many other services like Weather Information, Soil Information is also provided to the citizens.

Recruitment- Notification for Recruitment in Indian Navy, Indian Army, Indian Air Force is provided.

Income Tax Filling- Income Tax Returns can also be filed through CSC. Manual is available for VLE.