BIHAR-GOV-011
Common Services Centres (CSC 2.0) in Bihar
Village-level centres run by local entrepreneurs, offering government, banking, Aadhaar, insurance, telemedicine and utility services. Bihar has about 98,700 registered and 46,100 functional centres at gram panchayat level.
Reported figures (2)
Each figure is marked as an official statistic, a government claim or a target
| Measure | Figure | As of | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CSCs registered at gram panchayat level in Bihar | 98,694 CSCs | Official statistic | Lok Sabha (Ministry of Electronics and IT), Unstarred Q. 1741 | |
CSCs functional at gram panchayat level in Bihar | 46,076 CSCs | Official statistic | Lok Sabha (Ministry of Electronics and IT), Unstarred Q. 1741 |
How it unfolded (5)
Each step as a dated source records it, oldest first
- Announcement
The National e-Governance Plan was approved with 27 mission mode projects, the Common Services Centres scheme among them.
Ministry of Electronics and IT, National e-Governance Plan
- Programme initiated
CSC 2.0 was approved under Digital India, targeting 2.5 lakh centres at gram panchayat level.
Ministry of Electronics and IT, CSC 2.0 Guidelines
- Operational
Bihar had 32,115 functional centres, of which 26,381 were at gram panchayat level.
Lok Sabha (Ministry of Panchayati Raj), Unstarred Q. 416
- Operational
Bihar reached 56,522 functional centres, 50,464 of them at gram panchayat level.
Lok Sabha (Ministry of Electronics and IT), Unstarred Q. 950
- Operational
Bihar was reported with 98,694 centres registered and 46,076 functional at gram panchayat level, on a different measure from earlier replies.
Lok Sabha (Ministry of Electronics and IT), Unstarred Q. 1741
What's confirmed
5 sourced facts
- As of June 2025, about 98,000 CSCs were registered and about 46,000 functional at gram panchayat level in Bihar, with district-wise annexure totals of 98,694 and 46,076.
- More than 800 services are delivered through CSCs nationally.
- CSC SPV monitors centres through real-time dashboards, monthly biometric authentication of VLEs and geo-tagged physical verification.
- The National e-Governance Plan, approved on 18 May 2006, included the CSC scheme among its 27 mission mode projects. CSC 2.0 was approved in August 2015 under Digital India with a target of 2.5 lakh centres at gram panchayat level.
- Bihar's functional centres as successively reported to Parliament: 32,115 (30 September 2019, 26,381 at GP level), 34,495 (31 December 2020, 29,684), 39,745 (31 December 2021, 35,366), 49,981 operational (31 October 2022) and 56,522 (31 May 2023, 50,464).
Still to be confirmed
5 open questions
- A more recent (2026) Bihar CSC count.
- Transaction volumes in Bihar.
- The answer gives 'June 2025' without a specific day; I used 2025-06-30 as the month end.
- The measure changes in 2025. Earlier replies report functional centres; the June 2025 reply reports registered and functional separately. On the functional-at-GP-level measure Bihar falls from 50,464 (May 2023) to 46,076 (June 2025), and no source explains the decline or confirms the two measures are comparable.
- Two official gram panchayat denominators are in use for Bihar: 8,385 per the Local Government Directory (May 2023, which also reported all 8,385 had at least one functional CSC) and 8,053 in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj answer of March 2026.
Sources (5)
Who reported it, when, and what they cover
| Publisher | Published | Covers | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
Lok Sabha (Ministry of Electronics and IT), Unstarred Q. 1741 Parliament |
| Open source (opens in a new tab) | |
Ministry of Electronics and IT, National e-Governance Plan Official government |
| No public link | |
Ministry of Electronics and IT, CSC 2.0 Guidelines Official government |
| No public link | |
Lok Sabha (Ministry of Panchayati Raj), Unstarred Q. 416 Parliament |
| No public link | |
Lok Sabha (Ministry of Electronics and IT), Unstarred Q. 950 Parliament |
| No public link |