Lok Sabha Question No. 2089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Digital Literacy in Rural Areas
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2089

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.03.2017

## DIGITAL LITERACY IN RURAL AREAS

## 2089:     SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched a scheme to bring digital literacy in rural households;
- (b) if so, the details of the said scheme;
- (c) whether the objectives of the National Digital Literacy Mission, launched in 2014 have been achieved; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b ): The Government has recently approved a scheme titled 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan  (PMGDISHA)'  to  usher  in  digital  literacy  in  rural  India  by covering 6 crore rural households by 31.03.2019.

(c) and (d): The Government has implemented two Schemes for providing Digital Literacy to the masses viz. Scheme for IT Mass Literacy renamed as National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM)  and  Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan  (DISHA)  with  a  cumulative  target  of  52.5  lakh persons across the country. Under these two Schemes, around 53.46 lakh beneficiaries have been trained and certified. The State-wise details of achievements made under NDLM and DISHA Schemes is enclosed at Annexure .

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Annexure

| STATE-WISE ACHIEVEMENTMADE UNDER NDLM/DISHAPROGRAMME   | STATE-WISE ACHIEVEMENTMADE UNDER NDLM/DISHAPROGRAMME   | STATE-WISE ACHIEVEMENTMADE UNDER NDLM/DISHAPROGRAMME   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                        | State                                                  | Total Certified                                        |
| 1                                                      | Andaman &Nicobar                                       | 409                                                    |
| 2                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                         | 165586                                                 |
| 3                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                      | 212                                                    |
| 4                                                      | Assam                                                  | 2998                                                   |
| 5                                                      | Bihar                                                  | 403141                                                 |
| 6                                                      | Chandigarh                                             | 13643                                                  |
| 7                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                           | 172355                                                 |
| 8                                                      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                    | 181                                                    |
| 9                                                      | Daman &Diu                                             | 1366                                                   |
| 10                                                     | Delhi                                                  | 80068                                                  |
| 11                                                     | Goa                                                    | 1180                                                   |
| 12                                                     | Gujarat                                                | 334251                                                 |
| 13                                                     | Haryana                                                | 132075                                                 |
| 14                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                       | 31211                                                  |
| 15                                                     | Jammu &Kashmir                                         | 121485                                                 |
| 16                                                     | Jharkhand                                              | 114751                                                 |
| 17                                                     | Karnataka                                              | 349824                                                 |
| 18                                                     | Kerala                                                 | 49326                                                  |
| 19                                                     | Lakshadweep                                            | 20                                                     |
| 20                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                         | 365368                                                 |
| 21                                                     | Maharashtra                                            | 403732                                                 |
| 22                                                     | Manipur                                                | 30976                                                  |
| 23                                                     | Meghalaya                                              | 0                                                      |
| 24                                                     | Mizoram                                                | 8234                                                   |
| 25                                                     | Nagaland                                               | 12997                                                  |
| 26                                                     | Odisha                                                 | 121100                                                 |
| 27                                                     | Puducherry                                             | 19016                                                  |
| 28                                                     | Punjab                                                 | 96962                                                  |
| 29                                                     | Rajasthan                                              | 372029                                                 |
| 30                                                     | Sikkim                                                 | 10625                                                  |
| 31                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                             | 291151                                                 |
| 32                                                     | Telangana                                              | 184346                                                 |
| 33                                                     | Tripura                                                | 42941                                                  |
| 34                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                          | 610189                                                 |
| 35                                                     | Uttarakhand                                            | 101881                                                 |
| 36                                                     | West Bengal                                            | 641735                                                 |
|                                                        | Total                                                  | 5346770                                                |

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