With its presence at around 3 lakh panchayats across the country, the Centre’s digital arm Common Service Centres (CSC) has come forward to assist rural India to register the population falling in the age bracket of 18-44 years for the mandatory Co-Win portal registration for the mass Covid vaccination programme that started on Saturday.
This has come as relief for the authorities amid apprehension as to how rural India will get themselves registered for vaccination in the absence of adequate internet access and smartphone mobility.
On the first day of registration after the Government of Indian opened the Covid vaccination programme for the general people in the 18-44 years category, more than one lakh people from rural India reported through the CSC kiosks in less than 24 hours.
There are more than 4 lakh CSC. Around 2.64 lakh of these are at panchayat level with each centre/kiosks facilitated by an agent called Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE).