Lok Sabha Question No. 4425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Digital Literacy
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MeitY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4425

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2017

## DIGITAL  LITERACY

## 4425.    SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI P.K.BIJU:

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

- (a) the  details  of  institutes  /  labs  functioning  in  the  country  for  digital  literacy  as  on  date, State-wise; and
- (b) whether any survey has been conducted to be shared with companies investing in startup projects  to  propagate  digital  literacy  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including Bihar?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government has implemented two digital literacy schemes viz. National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) and Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (DISHA). The implementing agency for these schemes is CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV). The State-wise details of the NDLM  /  DISHA  training  centres  affiliated  with  CSC  SPV  under  the  above  schemes  are  at Annexure.

Recently, the Government has approved a new scheme titled 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta  Abhiyan  (PMGDISHA)'  with  an  objective  to  make  six  crore  households  digitally literate in rural areas, across States/UTs, reaching to around 40% of rural households by covering one member from every eligible household.

(b): National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has published the 71 st Round Survey Report titled 'Social Consumption - Education Survey 2014', which inter-alia covers IT Literacy. As per this report, the proportion of households in the Country having computer was around 14% (only 6% of rural households and 29% of urban households possessed computer). Among people in the age group of 14-29 years in rural India, only 18% were able to operate a computer. Similarly, in the age group of 30-45 years, the percentage droped further to 4%. In the age group of 46-60 years, the percentage was just more than 1%. This highlighted that more than 15 crore rural households (@ 94% of 16.85 crore households) did not have computers and a significant number of these households were likely to be digitally illiterate. Further,  as per this Report, in the State of Bihar, the proportion (per 1000) of households  having computer was reported as 42 (rural+urban).

In addition, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) publishes reports on monthly basis indicating the data relating to telephone subscribers (wireless/wireline) and broadband subscribers. As per TRAI's report dated 17.2.2017, there were a total of 115.17 crore (approx.) telephone subscribers in the country as on 31.12.2016 (wireless - 112.73 crore and wireline - 2.44

crore).  Out  of  this,  there  are  8.22  crore  wireless  and  3.18  lakh  wire  line  subscribers  in  Bihar. Further, there were 23.61 crore total number of broadband subscribers across the country as on 31.12.2016.

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## Annexure

## State-wise details of training centres affiliated with CSC- SPV under the NDLM / DISHA Schemes

|        | State               |   Total |
|--------|---------------------|---------|
| 1      | Jharkhand           |    3605 |
| 2      | Nagaland            |     189 |
| 3      | Assam               |    1797 |
| 4      | Mizoram             |      92 |
| 5      | Maharashtra         |    8424 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh        |    3233 |
| 7      | Bihar               |    9181 |
| 8      | Manipur             |     479 |
| 9      | Goa                 |      79 |
| 10     | Gujarat             |    6302 |
| 11     | Arunachal Pradesh   |     115 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh      |    7135 |
| 13     | Meghalaya           |      65 |
| 14     | Haryana             |    3654 |
| 15     | Uttar Pradesh       |   19443 |
| 16     | West Bengal         |    6515 |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu          |    3100 |
| 18     | Uttarakhand         |    2133 |
| 19     | Karnataka           |    3209 |
| 20     | Rajasthan           |    7123 |
| 21     | Himachal Pradesh    |    2007 |
| 22     | Odisha              |    3358 |
| 23     | Chandigarh          |     234 |
| 24     | Tripura             |     362 |
| 25     | Punjab              |    2489 |
| 26     | Andaman &Nicobar    |      10 |
| 27     | Andhra Pradesh      |    2925 |
| 28     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |       1 |
| 29     | Daman &Diu          |       4 |
| 30     | Jammu &Kashmir      |    1076 |
| 31     | Kerala              |    1188 |
| 32     | Lakshadweep         |       1 |
| 33     | Delhi               |    1636 |
| 34     | Puducherry          |      75 |
| 35     | Sikkim              |     170 |
| 36     | Telangana           |    2440 |
| Total: | Total:              |  103849 |

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