The response sent under the RTI Act by the company states that MeitY has a “golden share” in CSC-SPV which gives the Union ministry full control over the working and management of the company.
Instead of responding to the RTI, MeitY forwarded the questions to CSC SPV. The writer of this article filed an RTI with MeitY, asking whether CSC SPV is a government company, and if yes, under which sections of the Companies Act. CSCs provide access points for digital online delivery of a wide range of public utility services and welfare schemes. If this entity is not a government-owned one, questions arise as to how it was awarded large and lucrative contracts without floating tenders and inviting competitive bids.ĬSC e-Governance Services is an SPV, which was setup in July 2009 to oversee the implementation of the Common Service Centre (CSC) scheme, a “mission mode” project that comes under the National e-Governance Plan. However, there are compelling reasons to doubt this claim. New Delhi: In response to a question raised under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, it has been claimed that a corporate entity, described as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and named CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV), which has been promoted by the government of India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), is a “government company” under the provisions of the Companies Act of 2013 and other laws.
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