Lok Sabha Question No. 6009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MeitY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6009

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2018

## PMGDISHA

## 6009.    SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) in rural India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to increase 'National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) in rural India?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER of STATE for ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI K. J. ALPHONS)

- (a) to (c):    I). The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), has implemented two schemes namely 'National Digital Literacy Mission' (NDLM) and 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (DISHA) during the year 2014 to 2016, with a total cumulative target of providing  digital  literacy  to  52.5  Lakh  beneficiaries(one  person  per  household).  Both  the NDLM and DISHA schemes were implemented concurrently both in urban as well as rural areas of the country. Under the NDLM and DISHA schemes, a total of 85.33 lakh candidates were trained out of which 53.67 lakh candidates were duly certified.
- II). Based  on  the  successful  implementation  of  NDLM  and  DISHA  Schemes,  the Government  has  initiated  a  scheme  titled  'Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA) in February 2017 which aims at ushering in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household) by 31.03.2019. As on 27.03.2018,  more  than  1.13  crore  candidates  have  been  trained  under  PMGDISHA,  out  of which 57.67 lakh candidates have been duly certified.
- III). The indicative State/Union Territory-wise targets and achievements so far under the PMGDISHA Scheme are given in attached Annexure.

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Annexure Indicative State/UT-wise targets and achievements under the PMGDISHA Scheme

| S.No.   | State/UT                   | Targets     | Registered   | Trained     | Certified   |
|---------|----------------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1       | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND | 18,000      | -            | -           | -           |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH             | 20,28,000   | 2,21,676     | 2,16,531    | 1,18,041    |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 77,000      | 391          | 376         | 70          |
| 4       | ASSAM                      | 19,29,000   | 95,242       | 87,146      | 2,989       |
| 5       | BIHAR                      | 66,30,000   | 8,02,069     | 7,90,948    | 4,06,294    |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                 | 2,000       | -            | -           | -           |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH               | 14,12,000   | 7,19,595     | 7,08,406    | 3,56,424    |
| 8       | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI     | 13,000      | 1            | 1           | -           |
| 9       | DAMANAND DIU               | 4,000       | -            | -           | -           |
| 10      | DELHI                      | 40,000      | -            | -           | -           |
| 11      | GOA                        | 24,97,000   | 3            | 3           | -           |
| 12      | GUJARAT                    | 11,91,000   | 7,62,079     | 7,53,275    | 4,14,371    |
| 13      | HARYANA                    | 4,44,000    | 6,81,748     | 6,75,094    | 3,81,320    |
| 14      | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 6,58,000    | 82,568       | 81,558      | 31,997      |
| 15      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR          | 18,03,000   | 1,44,624     | 1,38,477    | 73,428      |
| 16      | JHARKHAND                  | 27,05,000   | 9,71,276     | 9,66,040    | 4,74,487    |
| 17      | KARNATAKA                  | 12,57,000   | 3,15,780     | 3,13,928    | 1,72,126    |
| 18      | KERALA                     | 1,000       | 12,533       | 12,291      | 4,064       |
| 19      | LAKSHADWEEP                | 37,84,000   | -            | -           | -           |
| 20      | MADHYA PRADESH             | 44,33,000   | 8,66,530     | 7,51,893    | 3,61,431    |
| 21      | MAHARASHTRA                | 1,37,000    | 5,61,863     | 5,43,062    | 2,70,674    |
| 22      | MANIPUR                    | 1,71,000    | 6,191        | 6,092       | 1,766       |
| 23      | MEGHALAYA                  | 38,000      | 514          | 499         | 3           |
| 24      | MIZORAM                    | 1,01,000    | 4,393        | 4,383       | 2,254       |
| 25      | NAGALAND                   | 30,000      | 1,173        | 1,173       | 773         |
| 26      | ODISHA                     | 25,17,000   | 8,01,769     | 7,60,016    | 4,00,323    |
| 27      | PUDUCHERRY                 | 28,000      | 6,452        | 6,426       | 2,661       |
| 28      | PUNJAB                     | 12,47,000   | 2,77,300     | 2,71,384    | 1,59,819    |
| 29      | RAJASTHAN                  | 37,12,000   | 7,29,729     | 7,24,425    | 3,55,990    |
| 30      | SIKKIM                     | 33,000      | -            | -           | -           |
| 31      | TAMILNADU                  | 26,79,000   | 3,54,211     | 3,47,096    | 1,97,124    |
| 32      | TELANGANA                  | 20,28,000   | 2,22,596     | 2,16,290    | 1,14,980    |
| 33      | TRIPURA                    | 1,95,000    | 32,963       | 32,530      | 17,793      |
| 34      | UTTARAKHAND                | 1,11,71,000 | 1,64,972     | 1,60,323    | 92,842      |
| 35      | UTTAR PRADESH              | 5,06,000    | 26,92,025    | 24,60,394   | 12,12,116   |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL                | 44,81,000   | 3,25,270     | 3,12,656    | 1,41,034    |
|         | TOTAL                      | 6,00,00,000 | 1,18,57,536  | 1,13,42,716 | 57,67,194   |

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