What is a Common Service Centre? Here are all the details

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently credited Digital India for easing the process of issuing the driving licenses, birth certificates, electricity bills, water bill payments, income tax returns, among other things, in Indian villages through Common Service Centers (CSCs). CSCs work on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model across all the states of the country.

From updating legal documents to bank transactions or information regarding benefits from various schemes of central and state government – everything is made available at the CSCs. Along with this, documents like PAN card, Aadhar card, voter card, income certificate, residential, caste certificate, census and economic census are also provided to customers.

CSC Services

-Birth Certificate

-Passport

-Aadhar Card

-PAN Card

-Driving License

-Admit Card Print

-Application Form

-Pension Apply

-ITR Filing

-Electricity Bill Payment

-DIGI Pay

-IRCTC Booking Services

-Train/Airlines Ticket

-Voter Card

-Agriculture

-Recruitment

-Mobile & DTH Recharge

-Kisan Credit Card

-Other Services

The Central Government has now decided to increase the income of the operators of CSCs to Rs 11 per transaction instead of Rs 4.

Eligibility

If you’re interested to open a CSC, you can get its license after going through the govt prescribed procedures. You don’t need to spend a single penny on this. You can open a service center in your village or city at your convenience. 

-10th class pass.

-Fluent reading and writing in regional dialect and basic knowledge of English.

-PAN Card.

-Above 18 years of age

-Basic computer skills.

To open a common service center, you need empty space of 100-200 square meters. For this, you must have at least two computers. You will need an extra power backup to run the computers. In addition, you must have a printer. Above everything else, a good internet connection is required.

-Internet connection with a speed

-Printer / Color Printer.

-Scanner

-Web Cam / Digital Camera

-Minimum of 120 GB hard disk drive.

-512 MB RAM Minimum

-CD / DVD drive

-UPS PC licensed Windows XP-SP2

-4 hrs with battery backup

How to open CSC

Firstly, register yourself on the official website (www.csc.gov.in). To get a CSC ID, it is mandatory to first get the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TES) certificate. 

-Visit the Telecentre Entrepreneur Course official website http://www.cscentrepreneur.in/ 

-Click on registration

-Enter the Name, State, District, Mobile Number, Email, Address, DOB, Upload Photograph, Documents

-Submit the required fee amount (Rs 1,479).

-Pay online via credit card, net banking, debit card mode.

-User name and password will be generated

-Login with user ID/password details.

-Check/download online PDF to study video learning modules English/Hindi.

-Complete the form filling process by giving TEC Assessments Exam (CSC Test).

-After the Assessment, You will get the Certificate Number.

-Download the submitted online Application Form and get your CSC ID & Password

Your Aadhar card should be linked with your mobile number and email id. You have to produce a cancelled cheque as well. This cancelled check will have to be uploaded while applying for CSC. Along with this, a PAN card should also be uploaded. 

Remember, the name in your Aadhar card and PAN card should match each other. If there is a difference, your CSC will be rejected. You will have to upload your linked bank account details too. With this, it is mandatory to upload your current location on the CSC site. 

-Visit the CSC website www.register.csc.gov.in

-Click on “CSC Network Sites” for fresh registration.

-Tap on CSC VLE Link.

-Enter your TEC Certificate Number, mobile number, etc.

-Submit and get the application printout for reference

If you need further assistance, contact 1800 3000 3468 – this is the helpline number for queries. Along with this, you can also contact the NIC (National Informatics Center) of your district to open a service center.