Lok Sabha Question No. 4331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: National Literacy Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4331 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## National Literacy Mission

4331. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

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

- (a) the targets achieved out of the set targets under the National Literacy Mission States in the country including Gujarat during the current Five Year Pl an;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned and incurred on the National Literacy Mission the last two years including current year, State/UT and year - wise, including Jharkhand;
- (c)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  t he  said  Mission along with the expenditure likely to be incurred on new Mission;
- (d)  the  number  of  comprehensive  projects  approved  by  the  Government  under  the  sai Mission in rural areas during the last three years;
- (e) whether the performance of the Non -Governmental Organisations has been reviewed in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  whether  any  action  has  been  taken  by  the  Government  against  such  NGOs  whose performance has been found unsatisfactory and if so , the details thereof?

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

- (a)The principal target of the National Literacy Mission for Saakshar Bharat programme i mpart literacy to 7 crore adult learners in the age group of 15 years and beyond by the end of the XII Plan Period. To achieve this, a target for enrollment of 9.1 crore learners has been set. A  statement  indicating  the targets  of  enrollment  of  learners  set  for  various  S tate s/UT including  Gujar at , and the  State/UT - wise number  of learners  appeared  and  declared successful  in biannualbasicliteracy assessment  test s conducted  between  August,  2010  to March, 2016, isat Annexure - I .
- (b) The funds allocated to National Literacy Mission forSaakshar Bharat programme 2015- 16 and 2016 - 17 wereRs. 450 .00crore and Rs. 320 .00crore respectively. indicating year - wise  details of the Central share released Saakshar Bharat Programme to various States/UT including Jharkhand years including current year, isat Annexure - II .
- (c) Toaccelerate the implementation of the Saakshar Bharat programme been taken including of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) associated with the programme literacy primers and bridge primers in regional languages and dialects; organizing media  campaignto mobiliz e thelearners for  basic  literacy; states/other principal stakeholders by conferring annualSaakshar Bharat awards monitoring of the programme.
- (d)  The  ongoing  Saakshar  Bharat  programme  whi ch  was  launched  in  2009  envisages coverage of 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,  and  L eftW ing Extremism A ffected (LWEA) districts irrespective of their adult female literacy rates .
- (e) To  support  the  efforts  undertaken  for Development programme National Literacy Mission funded and Jan Shikshan Sansathans (JSSs), w hich are largely functioning under the aegis of Governmental  Organisations , provide  technical education programme and undertake vocational training programmes for non literates/scheme dropout s,respec tively periodically by National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) evaluation.

during A statement by National Literacy Mission for during the last two several steps have capacity building of implementing agencies on regular basis; orientat ; development of basic nationwide encouraginggood  performing ;and regular prom tion  of  Adult  Education  and  Skill State Resource Centres (SRCs) N n &  academic resource  support  to  adult - literates/neo -. The performance ofthese SRCs and JSSs is reviewed and also throughthird party

(f) Over the years ,due to several reasons including violation of Guidelines for SRCs and JSSs and serious irregularities of administrative and financial nature ,19 JSSs, spread over various states , have been cancelled/ defunct .

## Annexure - I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4331 FOR 12.12.2016 ASKED BY SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA AND SHRI GOPAL SHETTY REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION' .

State/UT- wise  target  set  for  enrollment of  learners,  no.  of  learners appeared  and declared  successful  in biannual basic literacy assessmen t  test s conducted  between August, 2010 to March, 2016

| Sl. No.   | States / UT       | Target       | No. of Learners appeared   | No. of Learners declared successful   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 53,55,513    | 66,26,314                  | 45,46,436                             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,62,923     | 1,38,646                   | 1,26,979                              |
| 3         | Assam             | 19,27,224    | 9,17,016                   | 6,17,848                              |
| 4         | Bihar             | 1, 47,66,427 | 1, 24,67,881               | 1, 04,22,888                          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 33,14,983    | 36,75,235                  | 28,57,903                             |
| 6         | D & N Haveli      | 33,736       | 29,867                     | 18,333                                |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 24,35,220    | 11,03,604                  | 7,01,329                              |
| 8         | Haryana           | 17,12,407    | 4,87,827                   | 3,16,697                              |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 70,000       | 88,227                     | 51,061                                |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 14,54,339    | 1,98,994                   | 1,29,150                              |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 43,89,982    | 24,60,592                  | 18,85,807                             |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 51,80,074    | 41,26,976                  | 31,73,176                             |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 51,46,288    | 15,39,415                  | 10,41,978                             |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 21,05,497    | 5,02,894                   | 3,42,546                              |
| 15        | Manipur           | 1,00,633     | 1,85,996                   | 1,03,306                              |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 98,547       | 34,734                     | 23,160                                |
| 17        | Nagaland          | 1,14,307     | 1,53,432                   | 1,07,109                              |
| 18        | Odisha            | 27,76,473    | 13,75,110                  | 6,69,542                              |
| 19        | Punjab            | 8,70,319     | 58,238                     | 30,573                                |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | 82,15,133    | 74,52,403                  | 58,11,654                             |
| 21        | Sikkim            | 25,515       | 25,511                     | 17,354                                |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu        | 22,06,893    | 26,58,213                  | 22,36,325                             |
| 23        | Telengana         | 48,49,280    | 61,47,777                  | 41,68,713                             |
| 24        | Tripura           | 38,763       | 58,464                     | 47,378                                |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     | 181,99,153   | 107,68,752                 | 81,93,501                             |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 5,11,277     | 6,31,558                   | 4,22,388                              |
| 27        | West Bengal       | 49,42,337    | 58,70,790                  | 33,06,074                             |
|           | Total             | 9, 10,03,243 | 6, 97,84,466               | 5, 13,69,208                          |

## Annexure - II

STATEMENT  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  ( b)  OF  THE LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4331 FOR 12.12.2016 ASKED BY SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA AND SHRI GOPAL SHETTY REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION' .

State/UT and year - wise details of the Central share r eleasedby the National Literacy Mission for Saakshar Bharat Programmeduring the last two years including current year

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | States / UT      | Central share released   | Central share released      |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States / UT      | 2015- 16                 | 2016- 17 ( as on 25.11.16 ) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | 4456.45                  | 0                           |
| 2         | ArunachalPradesh | 383.4                    | 31.45                       |
| 3         | Assam            | 1319.76                  | 0                           |
| 4         | Bihar            | 3900                     | 2340                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh     | 1500                     | 580.5                       |
| 6         | D&N Haveli       | 0                        | 29.12                       |
| 7         | Gujarat          | 1560                     | 0                           |
| 8         | Haryana          | 0                        | 752.75                      |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh | 114.26                   | 0                           |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 725.4                    | 585                         |
| 11        | Jharkhand        | 1837.5                   | 0                           |
| 12        | Karnataka        | 780                      | 1934.4                      |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh   | 2620.8                   | 3744                        |
| 14        | Maharashtra      | 0                        | 0                           |
| 15        | Manipur          | 135                      | 0                           |
| 16        | Meghalaya        | 226.8                    | 0                           |
| 17        | Nagaland         | 151.93                   | 0                           |
| 18        | Odisha           | 624                      | 0                           |
| 19        | Punjab           | 0                        | 0                           |
| 20        | Rajasthan        | 0                        | 0                           |
| 21        | Sikkim           | 74.88                    | 0                           |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu       | 1209                     | 878.66                      |
| 23        | Telangana        | 1725                     | 1560                        |
| 24        | Tripura          | 72.54                    | 0                           |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh    | 7800                     | 5100                        |
| 26        | Uttarakhand      | 1216.8                   | 0                           |
| 27        | West Bengal      | 780                      | 748.8                       |
|           | Total            | 33213.52                 | 18284.68                    |

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