Lok Sabha Question No. 1314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: National Literacy Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## National Literacy Mission

†1314. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the target achieved out of the target set  for National Literacy Mission (NLM) in all the States including Maharashtra during the current five years plan; (b) the State/Union Territory, region-wise and yearwise details of the sanctioned and utilised funds during the last two years and the current year; (c)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  improve  the  above  mission  along  with  the  estimated expenditure on the new mission by the Government; and (d) the number of overall approved projects by the Government under the said mission in the rural areas during the last three years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a)  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme,  the  latest  version  of  National  Literacy  Mission,  was implemented in the rural areas of 410 districts in 26 States and one UT of the country. Under the  programme, against the overall target  of  making  7 crore  adult  non-literates  to be  made literates, around  7.64 crore learners successfully passed the biannual Basic Literacy Assessment  Tests  conducted  by  National  Institute  of  Open  Schooling  (NIOS)  between August, 2010 to March, 2018 and were certified as literates. A statement indicating State/UTwise  target  of  enrolment  of  learners,  learners  appeared  and  declared  successful  in  the biannual  Basic  Literacy  Assessment  Tests  under  programme,  including  Maharashtra  is  at Annexure-I .

(b) A statement indicating the State/UT-wise central financial assistance provided under the scheme of Saakshar Bharat during the last two years is at Annexure-II .

(c) & (d) In order to improve the female literacy rate in the country, the scheme of Saakshar Bharat was implemented in the 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, with special focus on women and other disadvantaged groups.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1314  FOR  10.02.2020  ASKED  BY HON'BLE MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State/UT-wise target of enrolment of learners, learners appeared and declared successful in the Basic Literacy Assessment Test under Saakshar Bharat Programme

| Sl. No   | Name of the States/UT   | Target for enrolment of learners   | Number of learners appeared   | Number of learners declared successful   |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 53,55,513                          | 76,12,641                     | 53,03,140                                |
| 2        | Telangana               | 48,49,280                          | 69,90,654                     | 47,26,423                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1,62,923                           | 1,68,709                      | 1,52,027                                 |
| 4        | Assam                   | 19,27,224                          | 10,38,396                     | 7,12,008                                 |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 1,47,66,427                        | 1,85,51,784                   | 1,54,23,456                              |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh            | 33,14,983                          | 41,21,301                     | 32,68,915                                |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 33,736                             | 29,867                        | 18,333                                   |
| 8        | Gujarat                 | 24,35,220                          | 16,59,882                     | 11,33,103                                |
| 9        | Haryana                 | 17,12,407                          | 11,54,538                     | 7,81,218                                 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh        | 70,000                             | 1,11,895                      | 68,238                                   |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 14,54,339                          | 7,57,031                      | 4,78,080                                 |
| 12       | Jharkhand               | 43,89,982                          | 50,75,964                     | 41,44,515                                |
| 13       | Karnataka               | 51,80,074                          | 66,70,877                     | 54,03,674                                |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | 51,46,288                          | 47,09,333                     | 38,26,564                                |
| 15       | Maharashtra             | 21,05,497                          | 10,50,653                     | 7,44,215                                 |
| 16       | Manipur                 | 1,00,633                           | 2,03,627                      | 1,17,414                                 |
| 17       | Meghalaya               | 98,547                             | 73,090                        | 49,633                                   |
| 18       | Nagaland                | 1,14,307                           | 1,80,675                      | 1,28,033                                 |
| 19       | Odisha                  | 27,76,473                          | 25,95,992                     | 13,21,330                                |
| 20       | Punjab                  | 8,70,319                           | 58,238                        | 30,573                                   |
| 21       | Rajasthan               | 82,15,133                          | 1,03,65,312                   | 83,54,527                                |
| 22       | Sikkim                  | 25,515                             | 25,946                        | 17,685                                   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu              | 22,06,893                          | 29,37,909                     | 25,02,290                                |
| 24       | Tripura                 | 38,763                             | 58,464                        | 47,378                                   |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh           | 1,81,99,153                        | 1,58,52,949                   | 1,21,71,791                              |
| 26       | Uttarakhand             | 5,11,277                           | 7,35,961                      | 4,96,769                                 |
| 27       | West Bengal             | 49,42,337                          | 80,07,116                     | 49,50,661                                |
|          | Total                   | 9,10,03,243                        | 10,07,98,804                  | 7,63,71,993                              |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1314  FOR  10.02.2020  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State/UT-wise details of central share released during the last two years under Saakshar Bharat Programme

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Central Share released   | Central Share released   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | 2017-18                  | 2018-19                  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     | 1874                     | 0                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  | 234                      | 579.88                   |
| 3         | Assam              | 1033.2                   | 0                        |
| 4         | Bihar              | 0                        | 525                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 1248                     | 0                        |
| 6         | D&N Haveli         | 0                        | 0                        |
| 7         | Gujarat            | 0                        | 0                        |
| 8         | Haryana            | 499.2                    | 0                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh   | 46.8                     | 0                        |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir     | 2347.2                   | 264.65                   |
| 11        | Jharkhand          | 0                        | 600                      |
| 12        | Karnataka          | 312                      | 0                        |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh     | 1725.25                  | 414.64                   |
| 14        | Maharashtra        | 0                        | 1794.81                  |
| 15        | Manipur            | 117                      | 20.46                    |
| 16        | Meghalaya          | 0                        | 0                        |
| 17        | Nagaland           | 0                        | 0                        |
| 18        | Odisha             | 314.76                   | 0                        |
| 19        | Punjab             | 0                        | 0                        |
| 20        | Rajasthan          | 2097.6                   | 0                        |
| 21        | Sikkim             | 0                        | 8.05                     |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu         | 796.8                    | 0                        |
| 23        | Telangana          | 2496                     | 0                        |
| 24        | Tripura            | 0                        | 0                        |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh      | 3744                     | 0                        |
| 26        | Uttarakhand        | 0                        | 245.48                   |
| 27        | West Bengal        | 283.9                    | 0                        |
|           | Total              | 19167.71                 | 4452.97                  |