The Common Services Centres will mark their 16th year of operations on 16 July 2025 at the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in New Delhi. Over the past sixteen years, CSCs have emerged as one of the world’s largest last-mile digital delivery networks, operating through more than 650,000 functional centres across urban and rural India.
Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah will inaugurate the celebration, joined by Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State Jitin Prasada. The event will unveil CSC’s forward-looking roadmap focused on deepening penetration, technological innovation and service expansion. Key pillars of the new strategy include integration of AI-based offerings, cloud infrastructure and digitally enabled rural livelihoods—all geared toward positioning CSCs as engines of rural innovation and self-reliance under the Digital India programme.
The CSC Special Purpose Vehicle will host parallel commemorations at national, state and district levels to honour Village Level Entrepreneurs and community leaders who have demonstrated exceptional dedication in transforming lives through digital services. The celebration will recognise their contribution to social entrepreneurship and inclusive service delivery.
Established in 2006 under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, CSCs have evolved into hubs of citizen-centric digital governance. Managed by local Village Level Entrepreneurs, each CSC offers services such as Aadhaar enrolment, PAN and passport application, banking through DigiPay and BC models, telemedicine, legal consultations via Tele-Law, pension facilitation and digital literacy under PMGDISHA. CSCs also support educational initiatives, agricultural programmes, municipal utilities, travel bookings and e-commerce for rural producers through the Grameen eStore.
The celebration also highlights the 2022 agreement between CSC, NABARD and the Ministry of Cooperation, under which Primary Agricultural Credit Societies and LAMPS have begun functioning as CSCs. This partnership is designed to digitally empower over 500 members per society, generating ripple effects of service adoption and financial inclusion across rural geographies.
As a public-private partnership, CSCs have become the backbone of India’s digital delivery framework, serving women, farmers and marginalised communities. Their ecosystem now includes digital skill training through CSC Academy, community empowerment via SHGs and FPOs, and sustained access to finance, education and healthcare.
The 16th Foundation Day reaffirms the government’s mission to drive inclusive growth through digital means, honouring the CSC network’s role in transforming governance and community well-being across India’s diverse landscape.
