Lok Sabha Question No. 2615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: IT Education
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MeitY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2615

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.01.2018

## IT  EDUCATION

## 2615.    SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the  details  of  schemes  and  programmes  launched  by  the  Government  to  develop Information  Technology  (IT)  and  computer  education  in  rural  areas  of  the  country, particularly in Jharkhand; and
- (b) the amount earmarked for this purpose in the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):

1. M/o Electronics and IT has implemented two schemes entitled 'National Digital Literacy Mission' (NDLM) and 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (DISHA) with a target to train 52.50 lakh candidates (Age Group: 14 - 60 Years) in digital literacy across the country including rural India. Under these two schemes, a total of 53.67 lakh beneficiaries were trained, out of which around 42% candidates were from rural India.  In  the  state  of  Jharkhand  1,08,876 candidates  have been trained and certified under these two schemes.
2. Government has approved '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 at a total outlay of Rs. 2,351.38 crore. An amount of Rs. 100 crore has been sanctioned under the scheme this year. So far, more than 1 crore candidates have been trained, out of which more than 48 lakh candidates have been certified under this scheme. Out of a total target to train and certify 18,03,000 candidates  in the state of Jharkhand, so far 9,16,596 candidates have been trained, out of which 4,02,766 candidates have been certified.
3. National  Institute  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (NIELIT),  an  autonomous body  of  MeitY  is  implementing  various  projects  for spreading  IT  Education.  The programmes being implemented by NIELIT Ranchi in the state of Jharkhand are as under:-
- a) One  year  'O'  level  computer  training  to  100  SC  /  ST  job  seekers  with  financial support of Directorate General of Employment (DGE) at Ranchi at a total outlay of Rs. 23.53 Lakh.
- b) One  year  'O'  level  computer  hardware  maintenance  training  to  50  SC  /  ST  job seekers at Ranchi at a total outlay of Rs. 15.29 Lakh.
- c) IT  based  skill  development  training  programme  for  600  SC  /  ST  candidates  in  10 districts of Jharkhand with financial support of Information Technology Department, Government of Jharkhand at a total outlay of Rs. 1.2 crore. Out of training target of 600 students, 520 students have been trained in 10 districts so far.
4. Under  IT  for  Masses  Programme,  a  project  entitled  'IT  oriented  Handloom  Sector Development  Program  for  creative  design,  development  &  deployment  by  Artisians  / Weavers of Jharkhand & Odisha State' is implemented by C-DAC, Kolkata, in which total five IT based Computer Aided Design (CAD) centres for weavers / artisan have been set up in Ranchi, Deoghar, Hazaribag, Latehar, Kharsawan districts of Jharkhand. Total cost of the project is Rs. 953.32 lakh, out of which Rs. 540.50 Lakh is for Jharkhand State (includes MeitY's contribution of Rs. 283.54 Lakh & Rs. 256.96 Lakh contributed by Government of Jharkhand). For the FY 2017-18 an amount of Rs. 75 Lakh has been allocated.
5. A programme entitled 'Special Manpower Development Programme for Chips to System Design  (SMDP-C2SD) has been initiated  under  'Digital  India  Programme  in  December, 2014 at 60 academic / Research & Development institutions spread across the country to train 50,000 specialized manpower over a period of 5 years in the area of VLSI design and inculcate  the  culture  of  System-on-Chip/System  Level  Design  at  Bachelors,  Masters  and research  level  at  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  99.72  Crore.  In  the  state  of  Jharkhand,  NIT Jamshedpur has been included under the programme. Till date Rs. 15.95 Lakhs has been released to NIT Jamshedpur.
6. A  programme  entitled  'Information  Security  Education  and  Awareness  (ISEA)  Project Phase II' has been initiated in 2014 at 51 institutions across the country to train 1.14 lakh persons  in  various  formal/non-formal  courses;  train  13,000  Government  officials;  and create mass awareness at a total outlay of Rs. 97.54 over a period of 5 years in the area of Information Security. In the state of Jharkhand, Indian School of Mines (IIT) Dhanbad has been included in the programme. Till date, an amount of Rs. 39.73 lakh has been released to ISM Dhanbad.
7. The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (MHRD)  has  launched  ICT@school scheme  across  the  country  under  which  grant-in-aid  is  provided  for  creation  of  ICT infrastructure in all the Government and Government aided secondary and senior secondary schools.  The  Central  Institute  of  Educational  Technology  (CIET),  NCERT  has  trained  a State Core Team in Jharkhand state for successful implementation of all the ICT initiatives of national level taken up by Department of School Education and Literacy. 'e-pathshala' mobile app is developed for Jharkhand state for delivery of e-books offline and provided e-content  on  National  Repository  of  Open  Educational  Resources  (NROER)  and  epathshala through 41,000 tablets in Jharkhand schools.
8. Ministry of Human Resource Development is promoting e-Learning since it provides for the  students  all  over  India  to  access  good  academic  resources.  The  major  e-Education programmes are:-
- a) SWAYAM: An indigenous MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)  platform  for providing  best  quality  education  to  anyone,  anytime  and  anywhere  using  the  IT system.
- b) SWAYAM Prabha:  The 32 Direct-to-Home Channels for transmitting high quality educational content on 24x7 basis direct to every home, without any charge.
- c) National Mission on education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT)  to  leverage  the  potential  of  ICT  in  teaching  and  learning  process  for providing high quality e-content free of cost to all learners in the country in any time any where mode.
- d) The National Academic Depository (NAD):  A digital depository which authenticates all the certificates issued by institutions as per the need of the users.

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