Lok Sabha Question No. 1484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1484

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 27.12.2017

## PMGDISHA

## 1484.   DR.P.K. BIJU : SHRI P.NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  Government  has  recently  approved  a  scheme  titled  'Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) to usher in digital literacy in rural India;
- (b)      if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  time  by  which  the  scheme  is  likely  to  be introduced in each district of the country;
- (c) the funds allocated/released to States/Union Territories including Kerala for implementation of the scheme in the last three years, year-wise; and
- (a) the total number of citizens who will be benefitted from this scheme, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM)

(a) to (d):  The Government has approved a scheme titled 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)' in February, 2017 to usher in digital literacy in rural India by  covering  6  Crore  rural  households  (one  person  per  household).  The  total  outlay  of  the Scheme is   Rs. 2,351.38 Crore (approx.).

The PMGDISHA is implemented as a Central Sector Scheme by the Ministry of Electronics &  Information  Technology  through  an  implementing  agency  namely  CSC  e-Governance Services  India  Limited  (CSC-SPV), with active collaboration of all the State Governments and UT Administrations, District e-Governance Society (DeGS), etc.

To  ensure  equitable  geographical  coverage  across  the  country,  a  Gram  Panchayat  centric approach  is  adopted  with  targets  being  assigned  and  monitored  for  each  of  the  2.50  lakh Gram Panchayats. On an average a target of 200-300 beneficiaries per Gram Panchayat is envisaged. All the Panchayats in the country would be covered under the scheme except the Panchayats which are part of urban agglomerations.

The targets under the PMGDISHA Scheme are expected to be achieved by 31st March 2019. As on 21.12.2017, around 1.01 crore candidates have been enrolled under the Scheme, out of 97.75 lakh candidates have completed the training and 46.07 lakh have been certified by a duly authorized 3 rd party Assessment Agency.

So far, an amount of Rs. 100 crore has been sanctioned to the implementing agency of the Scheme i.e. CSC-SPV. The indicative targets for all the States / Union Territories based on availability of average number of rural households and the tentative funds requirement based on the estimated expenses towards training fee, certification/assessment fee and programme management is given at Annexure .

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Annexure Indicative States/Union Territories including Kerala - targets and funds requirement under PMGDISHA Scheme

| S. No.   | States/UTs               | Indicative Targets   | Indicative fund requirement (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Uttar Pradesh            | 1,11,71,000          | 437.79                                       |
| 2        | Bihar                    | 66,30,000            | 259.83                                       |
| 3        | West Bengal              | 44,81,000            | 175.61                                       |
| 4        | Maharashtra              | 44,33,000            | 173.73                                       |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh           | 37,84,000            | 148.29                                       |
| 6        | Rajasthan                | 37,12,000            | 145.47                                       |
| 7        | Karnataka                | 27,05,000            | 106.01                                       |
| 8        | Tamil Nadu               | 26,79,000            | 104.99                                       |
| 9        | Orissa                   | 25,17,000            | 98.64                                        |
| 10       | Gujarat                  | 24,97,000            | 97.86                                        |
| 11       | Andhra Pradesh           | 20,28,000            | 79.48                                        |
| 12       | Telangana                | 20,28,000            | 79.48                                        |
| 13       | Assam                    | 19,29,000            | 75.6                                         |
| 14       | Jharkhand                | 18,03,000            | 70.66                                        |
| 15       | Chhattisgarh             | 14,12,000            | 55.33                                        |
| 16       | Kerala                   | 12,57,000            | 49.26                                        |
| 17       | Punjab                   | 12,47,000            | 48.87                                        |
| 18       | Haryana                  | 11,91,000            | 46.67                                        |
| 19       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 6,58,000             | 25.79                                        |
| 20       | Uttarakhand              | 5,06,000             | 19.83                                        |
| 21       | Himachal Pradesh         | 4,44,000             | 17.39                                        |
| 22       | Tripura                  | 1,95,000             | 7.64                                         |
| 23       | Meghalaya                | 1,71,000             | 6.7                                          |
| 24       | Manipur                  | 1,37,000             | 5.37                                         |
| 25       | Nagaland                 | 1,01,000             | 3.96                                         |
| 26       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 77,000               | 3.02                                         |
| 27       | Goa                      | 40,000               | 1.57                                         |
| 28       | Mizoram                  | 38,000               | 1.49                                         |
| 29       | Sikkim                   | 33,000               | 1.29                                         |
| 30       | NCT of Delhi             | 30,000               | 1.17                                         |
| 31       | Puducherry               | 28,000               | 1.1                                          |
| 32       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 18,000               | 0.71                                         |
| 33       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 13,000               | 0.51                                         |
| 34       | Daman &Diu               | 4,000                | 0.15                                         |
| 35       | Chandigarh               | 2,000                | 0.08                                         |
| 36       | Lakshadweep              | 1,000                | 0.04                                         |
|          | Total                    | 6,00,00,000          | Rs. 2,351.38                                 |

Note:  Targets  and  funds  requirement  per  State/UT  may  vary  depending  upon performance

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