Lok Sabha Question No. 2382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA, KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MeitY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2382

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 01.08.2018

## PMGDISHA

## 2382.   SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY: SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has recently launched Pradhan Mantri Grameen Digital Sakshrata Abhiyan (PMGDISHA);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the aims and objectives of the mission and the funds being allocated under this abhiyan to  each  State  in  the  present  financial  year  and  particularly  to  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a), (b) and (c):   Yes, Sir. 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) in the age group of 14-60 years at a total outlay Rs. 2,351.38 Crore (approx.).

The  Scheme  is  implemented  through  an  implementing  agency  namely  CSC  e-Governance Services  India  Limited  (CSC-SPV), with active collaboration of all the State Governments and UT Administrations. To ensure equitable geographical reach, the Scheme envisages to register  an  average of 200-300 candidates in each of the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country. Each beneficiary is provided with digital literacy  training of 20 Hours covering 5 modules.  The  total  expenditure  per  candidate  comes  out  to  Rs.  391.90/-  which  includes training fee, certification fee and programme management / operational expenses, etc.

So far, an amount of Rs. 500 crore (including Rs. 400 crore in the present financial year) has been  allocated  by  the  Government  of  India  for  implementation  of  the  Scheme.  A  total  of around 1.25 crore candidates have been registered so far under the Scheme. A total of 1.24 crore candidates have been trained out of which more than 64.84 lakh candidates have been duly certified.

As the above Scheme is funded as a Central Sector Scheme, hence, funds are not allocated to States and UTs. The State/UT-wise details of fund requirements based on targets for certified candidates, number of candidates registered, trained and certified so far is at Annexure.

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## Annexure

The  State/UT-wise  details  of  fund  requirements  based  on  targets  for  certified  candidates,  number  of candidates registered, trained and certified so far under PMGDISHA Scheme:

(As on 27-07-2018)

| S.No.   | State                      | Targets (no. of candidates)   | Overall fund requirement for meeting the targets (Rs. in Crore)   | Achievement Status (no. of candidates)   | Achievement Status (no. of candidates)   | Achievement Status (no. of candidates)   |
|---------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State                      | Targets (no. of candidates)   | Overall fund requirement for meeting the targets (Rs. in Crore)   | Registered                               | Trained                                  | Certified                                |
| 1       | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 18000                         | 0.71                                                              | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH             | 2028000                       | 79.48                                                             | 252122                                   | 245812                                   | 135550                                   |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 77000                         | 3.02                                                              | 663                                      | 640                                      | 121                                      |
| 4       | ASSAM                      | 1929000                       | 75.6                                                              | 182752                                   | 148522                                   | 30730                                    |
| 5       | BIHAR                      | 6630000                       | 259.83                                                            | 878970                                   | 866170                                   | 461978                                   |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                 | 2000                          | 0.08                                                              | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH               | 1412000                       | 55.33                                                             | 767952                                   | 761440                                   | 412859                                   |
| 8       | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI     | 13000                         | 0.51                                                              | 1                                        | 1                                        | 0                                        |
| 9       | DAMANANDDIU                | 4000                          | 0.15                                                              | 7                                        | 5                                        | 1                                        |
| 10      | DELHI                      | 30000                         | 1.17                                                              | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 11      | GOA                        | 40000                         | 1.57                                                              | 5                                        | 5                                        | 0                                        |
| 12      | GUJARAT                    | 2497000                       | 97.86                                                             | 803841                                   | 801449                                   | 454836                                   |
| 13      | HARYANA                    | 1191000                       | 46.67                                                             | 713344                                   | 708962                                   | 413671                                   |
| 14      | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 444000                        | 17.39                                                             | 87298                                    | 86928                                    | 35476                                    |
| 15      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR          | 658000                        | 25.79                                                             | 164520                                   | 161612                                   | 89768                                    |
| 16      | JHARKHAND                  | 1803000                       | 70.66                                                             | 1001859                                  | 997839                                   | 516438                                   |
| 17      | KARNATAKA                  | 2705000                       | 106.01                                                            | 320332                                   | 319899                                   | 176352                                   |
| 18      | KERALA                     | 1257000                       | 49.26                                                             | 14465                                    | 14189                                    | 5214                                     |
| 19      | LAKSHADWEEP                | 1000                          | 0.04                                                              | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 20      | MADHYAPRADESH              | 3784000                       | 148.29                                                            | 823470                                   | 814501                                   | 402114                                   |
| 21      | MAHARASHTRA                | 4433000                       | 173.73                                                            | 605362                                   | 601282                                   | 319439                                   |
| 22      | MANIPUR                    | 137000                        | 5.37                                                              | 6501                                     | 6497                                     | 1888                                     |
| 23      | MEGHALAYA                  | 171000                        | 6.7                                                               | 807                                      | 791                                      | 67                                       |
| 24      | MIZORAM                    | 38000                         | 1.49                                                              | 4479                                     | 4479                                     | 2285                                     |
| 25      | NAGALAND                   | 101000                        | 3.96                                                              | 1185                                     | 1179                                     | 774                                      |

| 26    | ODISHA        |   2517000 | 98.64        |   891471 |   889886 |   471336 |
|-------|---------------|-----------|--------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY    |     28000 | 1.1          |     6869 |     6848 |     2947 |
| 28    | PUNJAB        |   1247000 | 48.87        |   317262 |   308630 |   187985 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN     |   3712000 | 145.47       |   755749 |   751770 |   376854 |
| 30    | SIKKIM        |     33000 | 1.29         |        4 |        4 |        0 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU    |   2679000 | 104.99       |   373356 |   369891 |   215682 |
| 32    | TELANGANA     |   2028000 | 79.48        |   248408 |   246475 |   135581 |
| 33    | TRIPURA       |    195000 | 7.64         |    34892 |    34738 |    19177 |
| 34    | UTTARAKHAND   |    506000 | 19.83        |   173790 |   172916 |   101156 |
| 35    | UTTAR PRADESH |  11171000 | 437.79       |  2752529 |  2728744 |  1347607 |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL   |   4481000 | 175.61       |   360966 |   355955 |   169747 |
| Total | Total         |  60000000 | Rs. 2,351.38 | 12545231 | 12408059 |  6487633 |

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