Lok Sabha Question No. 1261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: National Literacy Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1261 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## National Literacy Mission

†1261. DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  terminated  services  of  literacy  personnel  who  were appointed on contract basis under the National Literacy Mission (NLM) since the year 1999;

(b)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  re-instate  services  of  said  personnel  or  to accommodate them in other works;

- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e)  the  total  number  of  employees  engaged  under  the  said  Mission  across  the  country including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d) No Madam. Under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of National Literacy Mission

(NLM) namely Continuing Education Programme (CEP) and Saakshar Bharat Programme, there was a provision for the State Government/UT Administration to engage two village co-

ordinators in each Adult Education Centre (AEC) set up in a Gram Panchayat. Government of India has no role to play in the engagement of village co-ordinators.

In order to improve the literacy rate, the scheme of Saakshar Bharat was implemented in phased manner since October 2009 in the rural areas of 410 districts in 26 states and one

UT  that  had  adult  female  literacy  rate  of  50  percent  and  below  as  per  Census  2001,  and including left wing extremism affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rate. The scheme

was extended upto 31.03.2018. A new Scheme of Adult Education is under consideration.

(e) A statement indicating State/UT-wise number of preraks sanctioned under the Saakshar

Bharat programme including Jharkhand is annexed

.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1261  FOR  11.02.2019  ASKED  BY  DR.  RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY AND  SHRI  SHER  SINGH  GHUBAYA  REGARDING  'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State/UT-wise number of preraks sanctioned under the Saakshar Bharat programme including Jharkhand

| S No.   | State/UT          | Number of Preraks Sanctioned   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 19,958                         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,426                          |
| 3       | Assam             | 3,618                          |
| 4       | Bihar             | 16,878                         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 16,802                         |
| 6       | D &NHaveli        | 22                             |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 15,386                         |
| 8       | Haryana           | 6,988                          |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 566                            |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7,462                          |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 8,206                          |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 7,576                          |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 38,800                         |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 14,630                         |
| 15      | Manipur           | 642                            |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 1,184                          |
| 17      | Nagaland          | 698                            |
| 18      | Odisha            | 7,704                          |
| 19      | Punjab            | 5,470                          |
| 20      | Rajasthan         | 18,042                         |
| 21      | Sikkim            | 148                            |
| 22      | Tamil Nadu        | 7,204                          |
| 23      | Telengana         | 17,380                         |
| 24      | Tripura           | 260                            |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh     | 99,842                         |
| 26      | Uttarakhand       | 5,684                          |
| 27      | West Bengal       | 3,308                          |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL             | 3,27,884                       |