Write short notes on the following: Common Service Centre

Common Service Centre: In the year 2006, The Government of India launched Common Service Centre (CSC) Scheme for setting up of more than one lakhs internet enabled centres in rural areas under the National e-Governance plan in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. They are proposed to be the delivery points for Government Private and Social Sector services to rural citizens of India at their doorsteps. The CSC Scheme is envisaged to be a bottom-up model for delivery of content, services, information and knowledge, that can allow like-minded public and private enterprises through a collaborative framework - to integrate their goals of profit as well as social objectives, into a sustainable business model for achieving rapid socio economic change in rural India. The various G2C services offered by CSC are: Agricultural services, RTI services, Land records, Issue of Birth and Death certificate, Utility services, e district services etc.