Lok Sabha Question No. 595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Literacy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, SUBHASH PATEL, SUSHMITA DEV, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, VIRENDRA  KUMAR, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.595 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2017

## Literacy

## 595. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL:

SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

SHRI SUBHASH PATEL:

KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  as  per  the  Education  for  all-  Global  Monitoring Report of the United Nations a considerable number of adults are illiterate in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  also  aware  that  the  female  literacy  initiative  is  under performing in terms of quality education in comparison to other neighbouring countries and it ranks low in global indices of female literacy rate and if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  current  percentage  of  illiterate  people  in  the  country  State/UT-wise  particularly  in Maharashtra along with the States where illiteracy is high;
- (d) whether it is a fact that unemployment among educated people is also one of the reasons for illiteracy along with the other reasons and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to promote literacy programmes in the country, specially for female and children along with the funds sanctioned/ released for the purpose during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) As per the 'Education for All: Global Education Monitoring Report 2016' published by UNESCO, around 26.55 crore adult illiterates are reported in India out of a total 75.79 crore adult illiterates  in the world. A large number of adults are illiterate in India due to various factors including poverty, gender and social category inequities and age profile. (b) No Madam. As per UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) data 2015, the female literacy rate, in the age group of 15 and above in India was reported as 62.98 per cent which is higher than  the  female  literacy  rates  of  the  neighboring  countries  like  42.73  per  cent  in  Pakistan, 54.75 per cent in Nepal, 55.12 per cent in Bhutan and 58.31 per cent in Bangladesh. (c)  A  statement  indicating  the  State/UT-  wise  percentage  of  illiterates  in  the  country including Maharashtra, in the age group of 7 and above, as reported by the Census 2011 is at Annexure-I. (d) No data is available establishing the fact that the unemployment among educated people is one of the reasons for illiteracy in the Country. (e) In order to improve the literacy rate, Saakshar Bharat, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for

Adult Education and Skill Development is being implemented in rural areas of 410 districts in 26 States and one UT that had adult female literacy rate of 50 per cent and below as per Census 2001 including Left Wing Extremism affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rates,  with  special  focus  on  women  and  other  disadvantaged  groups.  In  addition,  Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  is  also  being  implemented  in conjunction  with  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  Act,  2009  for universalisation of elementary education for all children in the 6-14 age group. Statements indicating  the  State/UT-  wise  funds  released  under  Saakshar  Bharat  programme  and  Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan during the last 3 years are at Annexure-II and Annexure-III , respectively.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 595 FOR 6.2.2017 ASKED BY SHRI JYOTIRADITYA  M.  SCINDIA,  DR.  BHARATIBEN  D.  SHYAL,  SHRI  ASHOK MAHADEORAO  NETE,  SHRI  SUBHASH  PATEL,  KUMARI  SUSHMITA  DEV, PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR, SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN, DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY AND SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

State/UT-wise illiteracy rate including Maharashtra in the age group of 7 and above

(As per Census 2011)

| Sl. No   | India/States/UTs           |   Illiteracy rate |
|----------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|          | India                      |             27.02 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh( Undivided) |             32.98 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh          |             34.62 |
| 3        | Assam                      |             27.81 |
| 4        | Bihar                      |             38.2  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh               |             29.72 |
| 6        | Goa                        |             11.3  |
| 7        | Gujarat                    |             21.97 |
| 8        | Haryana                    |             24.45 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh           |             17.2  |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir             |             32.84 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                  |             33.59 |
| 12       | Karnataka                  |             24.64 |
| 13       | Kerala                     |              6    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh             |             30.68 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                |             17.66 |
| 16       | Manipur                    |             23.06 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                  |             25.57 |
| 18       | Mizoram                    |              8.67 |
| 19       | Nagaland                   |             20.45 |
| 20       | Odisha                     |             27.13 |
| 21       | Punjab                     |             24.16 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                  |             33.89 |
| 23       | Sikkim                     |             18.58 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                 |             19.91 |
| 25       | Tripura                    |             12.78 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh              |             32.32 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                |             21.18 |
| 28       | West Bengal                |             23.74 |
| 29       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands   |             13.37 |
| 30       | Chandigarh                 |             13.95 |
| 31       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        |             23.76 |
| 32       | Daman &Diu                 |             12.9  |
| 33       | Lakshadweep                |              8.15 |
| 34       | NCT of Delhi               |             13.79 |
| 35       | Puducherry                 |             14.15 |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 595 FOR 6.2.2017 ASKED BY SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA, DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL, SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, SHRI  SUBHASH  PATEL,  KUMARI  SUSHMITA  DEV,  PROF.  CHINTAMANI MALVIYA,  DR.  VIRENDRA  KUMAR,  SHRI  HARISHCHANDRA  CHAVAN,  DR. RAVINDRA  KUMAR  RAY  AND  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI  REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

State/UT-wise Central Releases under Saakshar Bharat programme

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | 2013-14          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 6921.76          |   3432    |   4456.45 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1417.84          |   1224.73 |    383.4  |
| 3         | Assam             | 1620.00          |    913.5  |   1319.76 |
| 4         | Bihar             | 6226.09          |   4788    |   3900    |
| 5         | Chhasttisgarh     | 1875.00          |   2250    |   1500    |
| 6         | D&N Haveli        | 0                |      0    |      0    |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 0                |      0    |   1560    |
| 8         | Haryana           | 0                |   2546.35 |      0    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                |    156    |    114.26 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0                |      0    |    725.4  |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 0                |      0    |   1837.5  |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1575.19          |    750    |    780    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                |   2496    |   2620.8  |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 0                |   3375    |      0    |
| 15        | Manipur           | 274.48           |    122.76 |    135    |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 0                |      0    |    226.8  |
| 17        | Nagaland          | 198.00           |    256.47 |    151.93 |
| 18        | Odisha            | 228.16           |      0    |    624    |
| 19        | Punjab            | 0                |      0    |      0    |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | 4017.00          |   3215.54 |      0    |
| 21        | Sikkim            | 66.80            |      0    |     74.88 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu        | 2597.40          |      0    |   1209    |
| 23        | Telangana         | Not in Existence |   3432    |   1725    |
| 24        | Tripura           | 0                |      0    |     72.54 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                |   3978    |   7800    |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 1563.12          |    781.88 |   1216.8  |
| 27        | West Bengal       | 72.13            |    916.5  |    780    |
|           | Total             | 28652.97         |  34634.7  |  33213.5  |

## Annexure-III

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 595 FOR 6.2.2017 ASKED BY SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA, DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL, SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, SHRI  SUBHASH  PATEL,  KUMARI  SUSHMITA  DEV,  PROF.  CHINTAMANI MALVIYA,  DR.  VIRENDRA  KUMAR,  SHRI  HARISHCHANDRA  CHAVAN,  DR. RAVINDRA  KUMAR  RAY  AND  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI  REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

State/UT-wise Central Releases under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | Release          | Release    | Release    |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|------------|------------|
|           |                   | 2013-14          | 2014-15    | 2015-16    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 174715.39        | 154566.68  | 66810.81   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 19261.85         | 33607.83   | 18179.44   |
| 3         | Assam             | 131820.73        | 97782.17   | 100464.64  |
| 4         | Bihar             | 261013.11        | 216336.05  | 251557.33  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 76699.64         | 92705.34   | 62219.70   |
| 6         | Goa               | 1333.57          | 1310.38    | 813.58     |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 80559.63         | 78476.48   | 61563.82   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 35088.42         | 42110.65   | 34501.21   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 11453.10         | 12547.30   | 12139.13   |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 89143.50         | 51276.51   | 129980.55  |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 45010.71         | 75775.18   | 55863.31   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 65371.33         | 66213.52   | 41759.33   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 20800.66         | 21844.02   | 12858.86   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 200408.56        | 149094.91  | 160197.85  |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 65653.65         | 58288.54   | 41225.28   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 13193.93         | 21465.80   | 18355.46   |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 28340.86         | 20404.51   | 16626.96   |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 10657.69         | 14739.69   | 9437.51    |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 15803.02         | 20568.72   | 8739.53    |
| 20        | Odisha            | 73956.08         | 66695.31   | 82081.65   |
| 21        | Punjab            | 38323.72         | 36215.98   | 30003.82   |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 242488.70        | 248041.55  | 193462.09  |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 4195.08          | 4526.13    | 4054.36    |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 96827.48         | 135819.79  | 82111.73   |
| 25        | Telangana         | Not in Existence | 81406.88   | 21776.01   |
| 26        | Tripura           | 15991.09         | 19800.13   | 16956.97   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 466698.04        | 449867.53  | 505434.30  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 22043.51         | 22880.56   | 22588.40   |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 153196.42        | 97240.30   | 84679.41   |
| 30        | A&NIslands        | 612.35           | 147.21     | 359.46     |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 3009.26          | 3893.53    | 3521.81    |
| 32        | Dadra &N. Haveli  | 927.19           | 911.74     | 594.91     |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 145.54           | 72.77      | 78.38      |
| 34        | Delhi             | 8322.82          | 6223.73    | 7293.80    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 0.00             | 58.83      | 139.87     |
| 36        | Pondicherry       | 443.19           | 100.00     | 583.14     |
|           | Total             | 2473509.82       | 2403016.25 | 2159014.41 |