Lok Sabha Question No. 222 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 222

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18.07.2018

## PMGDISHA

## 222.  SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

- (a)      the  State-wise  details  of    the  current  status  of    Pradhanmantri  Grameen  Digital  Saksharata Abhiyan(PMGDISHA);
- (b)   the number of citizens registered till date under the said programme, State/UT-wise along with the number of citizens completed their training thereunder, State/UT-wise;
- (c)   whether there are sufficient number of common service centres to provide digital training to the targeted citizens under the scheme and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d)  the details of funds allocated and spent till date for the above project in the current financial year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a)  and  (b): Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan  (PMGDISHA),  as  on 13.07.2018, a total of 1,23,72,067 citizens have been registered, out of this 1,23,60,855 citizens have completed the training. So far, a total of 64,41,313 citizens have been successfully certified under the Scheme. The State/UT-wise status is at Annexure-I .

- (c):    At  present,  85,880  Common  Service  Centres(CSCs)  and  38,258  other  training  centres  are affiliated by the Implementing Agency of PMGDISHA (CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd.) for providing  digital  literacy  training  to  the  citizens.  The  State/UT-wise  training  centers/CSCs  is  at Annexure-II .
- (d):  For the current financial year, an amount of Rs. 400 crore has been allocated, out of which an amount of Rs. 200 crore has been released to the implementing agency.

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Annexure-I

|   S.No. | State                       | Citizens Registered   | Training Completed   | Certified Candidate   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | -                     | -                    | -                     |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 2,44,131              | 2,43,903             | 1,34,401              |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 639                   | 639                  | 121                   |
|       4 | ASSAM                       | 1,46,117              | 1,43,511             | 30,700                |
|       5 | BIHAR                       | 8,61,187              | 8,59,658             | 4,57,974              |
|       6 | CHANDIGARH                  | -                     | -                    | -                     |
|       7 | CHHATTISGARH                | 7,59,047              | 7,58,567             | 4,08,717              |
|       8 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI      | 1                     | 1                    | -                     |
|       9 | DAMAN AND DIU               | 3                     | 3                    | 1                     |
|      10 | DELHI                       | -                     | -                    | -                     |
|      11 | GOA                         | 5                     | 5                    | -                     |
|      12 | GUJARAT                     | 8,00,160              | 8,00,102             | 4,52,738              |

| 13    | HARYANA           | 7,07,299    | 7,06,973    | 4,11,648   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
| 14    | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 86,833      | 86,810      | 35,122     |
| 15    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 1,60,618    | 1,60,569    | 88,737     |
| 16    | JHARKHAND         | 9,96,937    | 9,96,537    | 5,13,914   |
| 17    | KARNATAKA         | 3,19,837    | 3,19,823    | 1,76,251   |
| 18    | KERALA            | 14,098      | 14,086      | 5,140      |
| 19    | LAKSHADWEEP       | -           | -           | -          |
| 20    | MADHYAPRADESH     | 8,11,724    | 8,11,066    | 3,98,143   |
| 21    | MAHARASHTRA       | 6,00,676    | 6,00,459    | 3,17,394   |
| 22    | MANIPUR           | 6,491       | 6,489       | 1,886      |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA         | 756         | 733         | 67         |
| 24    | MIZORAM           | 4,479       | 4,479       | 2,285      |
| 25    | NAGALAND          | 1,178       | 1,178       | 774        |
| 26    | ODISHA            | 8,89,627    | 8,89,403    | 4,69,836   |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY        | 6,848       | 6,848       | 2,947      |
| 28    | PUNJAB            | 3,05,771    | 3,04,712    | 1,85,571   |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN         | 7,51,326    | 7,51,094    | 3,75,846   |
| 30    | SIKKIM            | 3           | 2           | -          |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU        | 3,69,654    | 3,69,623    | 2,15,385   |
| 32    | TELANGANA         | 2,45,953    | 2,45,798    | 1,34,046   |
| 33    | TRIPURA           | 34,686      | 34,676      | 19,129     |
| 34    | UTTARAKHAND       | 1,72,589    | 1,72,453    | 1,00,267   |
| 35    | UTTAR PRADESH     | 27,19,862   | 27,17,675   | 13,35,187  |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL       | 3,53,532    | 3,52,980    | 1,67,086   |
| Total | Total             | 1,23,72,067 | 1,23,60,855 | 64,41,313  |

## Annexure-II

| PMGDISHA APPROVED TRAINING CENTERS   | PMGDISHA APPROVED TRAINING CENTERS   | PMGDISHA APPROVED TRAINING CENTERS   | PMGDISHA APPROVED TRAINING CENTERS   |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| S. No.                               | State Name                           | Training Centers                     | CSC VLE Centers                      |
| 1                                    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS          | 0                                    | 8                                    |
| 2                                    | ANDHRA PRADESH                       | 399                                  | 3365                                 |
| 3                                    | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                    | 1                                    | 47                                   |
| 4                                    | ASSAM                                | 184 + 1927(Offline)                  | 2131                                 |
| 5                                    | BIHAR                                | 3442                                 | 5244                                 |
| 6                                    | CHANDIGARH                           | -                                    | -                                    |
| 7                                    | CHHATTISGARH                         | 43                                   | 5808                                 |
| 8                                    | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI               | 0                                    | 1                                    |
| 9                                    | DAMAN AND DIU                        | 0                                    | 2                                    |
| 10                                   | DELHI                                | -                                    | -                                    |
| 11                                   | GOA                                  | 1                                    | 8                                    |
| 12                                   | GUJARAT                              | 3660                                 | 3621                                 |
| 13                                   | HARYANA                              | 914 +3(Offline)                      | 4420                                 |
| 14                                   | HIMACHAL PRADESH                     | 139                                  | 1593                                 |
| 15                                   | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                    | 217                                  | 1384                                 |
| 16                                   | JHARKHAND                            | 1383                                 | 4497                                 |
| 17                                   | KARNATAKA                            | 1330                                 | 1046                                 |
| 18                                   | KERALA                               | 62                                   | 621                                  |
| 19                                   | LAKSHADWEEP                          | -                                    | -                                    |
| 20                                   | MADHYAPRADESH                        | 2059                                 | 5938                                 |
| 21                                   | MAHARASHTRA                          | 3584                                 | 4613                                 |
| 22                                   | MANIPUR                              | 8                                    | 177                                  |
| 23                                   | MEGHALAYA                            | 89(Offline)                          | 161                                  |
| 24                                   | MIZORAM                              | 21                                   | 28                                   |
| 25                                   | NAGALAND                             | 9                                    | 45                                   |
| 26                                   | ODISHA                               | 1401                                 | 6921                                 |
| 27                                   | PUDUCHERRY                           | 0                                    | 90                                   |
| 28                                   | PUNJAB                               | 175                                  | 4003                                 |
| 29                                   | RAJASTHAN                            | 4841                                 | 5005                                 |

| 30    | SIKKIM        | 3                   |     9 |
|-------|---------------|---------------------|-------|
| 31    | TAMIL NADU    | 932                 |  2795 |
| 32    | TELANGANA     | 231                 |  2058 |
| 33    | TRIPURA       | 127                 |   248 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH | 10339               | 15663 |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND   | 134                 |  1532 |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL   | 600                 |  2798 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 36239+2019(Offline) | 85880 |

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