The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss provision of government services at district and sub-district levels to citizens in electronic mode across the country.
The programme is planned to be achieved through measurable outcomes in terms of number of transactions, improved service levels, reduced service time and costs for the government and citizens.
The initiative is a part of e-Bharat programme for which government has received a financial support of around Rs 700 crore from World Bank .
Department of Electronics and IT (DEITY) has already set up mobile application stores which people can use to access government services in e-Districts and also mission mode project run by central government like services related to passports. At present, government has live 144 mobile applications which people can use for checking status of postal services, aadhar enrolment, rain information etc.