Lok Sabha Question No. 1286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Basic Computer Education
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1286 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## BASIC COMPUTER EDUCATION

## 1286. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

## Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched programme under skill development to provide basic computer education to about 50 lakh people with the help of private companies and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the number of Districts in which the Government has planned to provide the computer education and fiscal allocation made by the Government for this purpose;

(c) whether the Government has also planned to implement the project at school level; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (d) Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology (MeitY), had implemented two schemes  to  provide  digital  literacy,  namely  'National  Digital  Literacy  Mission'  (NDLM)  and 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (DISHA) with a cumulative target of training 52.5 lakh persons (Age Group: 14 - 60 Years, one person per household). The major aim of the schemes was to cover one person from every eligible family to be made digitally literate so as to enable them to use IT and related applications and participate effectively in the democratic process and enhance their livelihood.  These  two  Schemes  are  closed  now  as  the  set  target  has  been  successfully achieved.  Meity  has  launched  a  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)' in February, 2017 to usher in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6 crore rural  households  (one  person  per  household)  by  31.03.2019  with  a  total  outlay  of  is  Rs. 2,351.38 Crore (approx.).

Under  Skill  India  Mission,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has implemented the scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Special  Project  (SP)  across  the  country  for  four  years  i.e.  2016-2020.    All  courses  under PMKVY are National Skill Qualification (NSQF) aligned and has dedicated hours of training to impart  digital  and  financial  literacy  in  addition  to  core  curriculum.  Further,  National  Skill Development Corporation under aegis of MSDE is working with Ministry of Human Resource Development to implement the scheme Vocationalization of School Education' program under Samagra  Shiksha  programme.  So  far,  9623  schools  have  been  approved  to  impart  73 Qualification Pack-aligned to NSQF in 36 States and UTs from class 9 th to 12 th . Course contents developed in association with Sector Skill Councils contain mandatory  basic IT skills component.

Under long term training imparted through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), currently around 22.81 Lakh trainees are undergoing training programmes with digital literacy as per the curriculum, in the ITIs. Out of these, 89,599 trainees are undergoing training in a compressive 1 year  programme  on  learning  operation  and  use  of  Hardware  Systems,  Network,  database management etc.

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