Lok Sabha Question No. 2870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-02
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2870

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.08.2017

## PMGDISHA

## 2870. SHRI KIRTI AZAD: SHRI C.MAHENDRAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  recently  approved  'Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) to make six crore rural households digitally literate and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  this  is  the  largest  digital  literacy  programme  in  the  world  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  programme  will  ensure  equitable  geographical  reach  to  each  of  the  2,50,000  Gram Panchayats across the country which will be expected to register an average of 200-300 candidates and if so, the details thereof with major programmes proposed under the scheme along with the list of panchayats selected under the first phase/year, State-wise;
- (d) the details of human resources and technology required in its implementation and the State-wise/UTwise details of the budget decided for the programme; and
- (e) the time-frame decided for achieving the target?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) and (b):   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 above 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. The indicative targets of the States/UTs based on availability of average number of rural households are   at Annexure .

(c):    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.

(d):   A Programme Management Unit has been set up by CSC-SPV with appropriate resources (including technical  manpower)  at  central  as  well  as  state  level  for  smooth  implementation  of  the  Scheme.  The human  resources  of  the  Training  Partners/Training  Centres(including  Common  Service  Centres)  duly affiliated  with  CSC-SPV  are  being  used  for  implementation  of  the  PMGDISHA  Scheme.  As  on  date, 77,069  Training  Centres  are  operational  in  rural  areas  of  the  country  under  PMGDISHA  scheme.  An interactive  centralised  online  portal  has  been  put  in  place  for  registration,  training,  and  certification  of candidates.  The  tentative  state-wise  funds  requirement  based  on  the  expenses  towards  training  fee, certification/assessment fee and programme management is  at Annexure .

(e):   The targets under the PMGDISHA Scheme are expected to be achieved by 31st March 2019. *******

## Annexure

Indicative State/UT-wise 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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