CSC Diwas: free AI training for 10 lakh citizens announced as CSC marks 10 years of Digital India
On 16 July 2025 at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi, CSC SPV marked CSC Diwas and 10 years of Digital India, and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced free AI training for 10 lakh people.
Summary
Common Service Centre e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC SPV), under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, celebrated CSC Diwas and 10 years of Digital India at the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi on 16 July 2025. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced free AI training for 10 lakh individuals with priority for Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs), and said CSCs reach nearly 90% of villages. MoS Jitin Prasada said CSC centres grew from 83,000 in 2014 to about 5.5 lakh. CSC SPV was set up in 2009 under MeitY.
Key facts
- Date / venue
- 16 July 2025, Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi
- Occasion
- CSC Diwas; 10 years of Digital India
- Announcement
- Free AI training for 10 lakh people, priority for VLEs
- Reach
- Nearly 90% of villages
- Growth
- 83,000 centres (2014) to ~5.5 lakh
- CSC SPV (static)
- Set up in 2009 under MeitY
Practice MCQs 2 questions
At the CSC Diwas event on 16 July 2025, free AI training was announced for how many individuals, with priority for Village Level Entrepreneurs?
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Correct answer: B — 10 lakh
PIB (MeitY): among the key announcements was free AI training for 10 lakh individuals, with priority for all VLEs.
As stated at the CSC Diwas event in July 2025, the number of Common Service Centres has grown from about 83,000 in 2014 to nearly:
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Correct answer: D — 5.5 lakh
PIB (MeitY): MoS Jitin Prasada said there were only 83,000 CSC centres in 2014, and the number has grown to nearly 5.5 lakh.