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Centre Plans Free AI Training for 550,000 CSCs and Considers Restoring Aadhaar Enrolments

This initiative will modernize rural digital services through AI skill development; reduce duplication among service centres; promote cybersecurity collaboration with village entrepreneurs.

Ashwini Vaishnaw is being felicitated by the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, S Krishnan, during CSC Diwas 2025 Celebration.
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Overview

  • The Ministry of Electronics and IT will provide free AI training to all Common Service Centre operators under the IndiaAI Mission to enhance last-mile service delivery.
  • Officials have committed to streamlining overlaps between central CSCs and state-run digital service centres to eliminate redundancy in rural areas.
  • Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Jitin Prasada have agreed to review the reinstatement of full Aadhaar enrolment and update functions at CSCs but have made no firm timeline or guarantee.
  • India’s CSC network has grown to over 5.6 lakh centres—more than 80% in rural regions—serving as a crucial gateway for e-governance and business services.
  • Minister Prasada urged Village Level Entrepreneurs to collaborate on cybersecurity measures to safeguard the nation’s expanding digital infrastructure.