The document summarizes the scheme for national rollout of the e-District Mission Mode Project in India. The key points are: 1) The e-District project aims to electronically deliver high-volume citizen-centric services at the district and sub-district levels. It will be implemented by state governments. 2) The project will deliver services through Common Service Centers, allowing citizens access from their homes. It will also simplify processes and create common databases. 3) Pilot projects have been implemented in 41 districts across 16 states, delivering over 30 lakh services in Uttar Pradesh and over 1,00,000 in Kerala.

1. Scheme for National Rollout of e-District Mission Mode Project
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1 The E-District Mission Mode Project
The e-District Project is one of the 27 Mission Mode Projects (MMP) under the
National e-Governance Plan of Government of India for which the the nodal Department
is the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India. The e-District
project will be implemented by the various State Governments.
The e-District Project aims at electronic delivery of identified high volume citizen
centric services, at the District and Sub-District level. However these services to be
delivered under the e-District Project should not be part of any other MMP.
The estimated total project cost for the nation-wide rollout of e-District MMP is Rs
1663.08 crore.
The e-district Project envisages delivery of services to the Citizens through the
Common Service Centres thus the Citizens will be able to access these services at their
door step. Service delivery of the e-District services will be responsive , transparent and
accountable.
Two key aspects of the Scheme are Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and
creation of Common Databases based on e-Governance standards for the purposes of
ensuring interoperability. BPR is intended to enable process simplification and significant
value addition to citizens.
2 Services to delivered under the e-District Mission Mode Project
Under the e-District Project, a minimum of Five (5) service categories to a
maximum of ten (10) can be undertaken ( subject to these services not covered under
any other MMP). The various State Governments would be required to identify and notify
at least 20 services
Five service categories have been identified at the national level which shall be
taken up for implementation by all States which agree to participate in the e District MMP.
1. Issue of Certificates including birth, death, domicile, nationality, caste, marriage,
income, employment, etc.
2. Social Welfare Schemes – including social welfare pensions (old age, widow,
handicap, destitute), scholarships, etc.

2. 3. Revenue Court services and Government dues and their recovery.
4. Ration Card related services.
5. RTI ( Right To Information ) services including redressal of grievances.
6. Optional Services - The States are allowed to include additional 5 categories of
citizen services (not covered under any other MMP). These services may include
those from domains of Certificates, Grievance, Education, Revenue, Marriage
Services, Health, Electoral services, Employment, Licenses, Police, Court Services,
Utility Services, Grants/ Loans , Social Welfare, Industries etc.
3 Benefits of e-District Project
The benefits accruing from the e-District project will be convenient and faster
delivery of the services to the citizen. Citizen will also be able to track the progress of his
service request. Further the various government offices at the district and sub district
level will get modernized and Government processes automated which will ultimately
empower the citizens.
4 Implementation of Pilot e-District Projects
E-District Pilot Projects have been implemented 41 Districts in 16 States namely
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal,
Assam, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and
Puducherry.
There have been many success stories in the E-District Pilot States namely Uttar
Pradesh where in the six districts where Pilots are under implementation over 30 Lakh
services have been delivered to the Citizens. In Kerala, where e-District Pilots was
initiated only in January 2011, in the past 9 months over 1,00,000 services have been
delivered to the Citizens.
5 Current Status
The e-District Project was approved by the Cabinet Committee for Infrastructure
on 20th April 2011. The Guidelines for the implementation of the e-District Project have
been formulated and communicated to the State Governments.
In response about 6 states have submitted their DPRs for the e-District Project
which are under evaluation