Lok Sabha Question No. 2299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: National Literacy Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2019

## National Literacy Mission

2299.  SHRI SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

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

- (a) whether the National Literacy Mission Schemes are being implemented successfully and if so, the details thereof along with the rate of literacy, during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) the details of financial assistance provided to NGOs and others and expenditure incurred under the above scheme during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the details of targets achieved, State-wise; and
- (d) the action taken/proposes to be taken by the Government against those NGOs which did not perform satisfactorily?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a)  Two  schemes  namely;  'Adult  Education  &  Skill  Development'  (Saakshar  Bharat),  a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and 'Support to NGOs/Institutions/SRCs for Adult Education & Skill  Development',  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  were  implemented  under  National  Literacy Mission.

In order to improve literacy rate, Saakshar Bharat scheme was implemented in 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,  and  including  left  wing  extremism  affected  districts, irrespective  of  their  literacy  rates,  with  special  focus  on  women  and  other  disadvantaged groups.

Under the Scheme of Support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development,  grant  was  provided  to  State  Resource  Centres  (SRCs)  and  Jan  Shikshan

Sansthans  (JSSs).  The  SRCs  provided  academic  and  technical  resource  support  to  literacy programmes.  This  had  to  be  achieved  through  organizing  training  programmes,  material development and production, publication, extension activities, innovative projects, research studies and evaluations. The JSSs offered a variety of vocational courses such as cutting and tailoring,  terracotta  work,  embroidery,  wool  knitting,  soft  toy  making,  automotive  repair, plumbing,  beauty culture, health care,  food  processing and  preservation  and  fashion technology,  etc.  The  JSS  component,  with  the  approval  of  Cabinet  Secretariat  had  been transferred  to  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  from  financial  year 2018-19.

The  literacy  data  in  the  country  is  collected  through  decennial  census  operation conducted by  Registrar  General  of  India.  The  last  Census  was  held  in  2011.  A  statement indicating  State/UT  and gender-wise  literacy  rate  in the  country  in  the  age  group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011 is at A nnexure-I .

(b) A statement indicating State-wise Details of funds released to NGOs during 2016-17 and 2017-18 under the Scheme of Support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development is at A nnexure-II . No funds were released during 2018-19 and onwards as the JSS component was transferred to Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship from financial year 2018-19.

(c) A statement indicating State wise Coverage of Beneficiaries by Jan Shikshan Sansthans for 2016-17 and 2017-18 is at Annexure-III . A statement indicating State and UT wise and gender-wise learners appeared and declared successful in the Basic Literacy Assessment Test conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling between August, 2010 to March, 2018, under Saakshar Bharat Programme is at Annexure-IV .

(d)  The  details  of  NGOs  found  involved  in  various  irregularities  and  action  taken  by Government is at Annexure-V .

## Annexure-I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299 FOR 02.12.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL  AND  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State/UT and gender-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per census 2011

| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Persons         | Male            | Female          |
| S. No.   | India                  | 72.98           | 80.88           | 64.63           |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         | 67.02           | 74.88           | 59.15           |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 65.38           | 72.55           | 57.70           |
| 3.       | Assam                  | 72.19           | 77.85           | 66.27           |
| 4.       | Bihar                  | 61.80           | 71.20           | 51.50           |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           | 70.28           | 80.27           | 60.24           |
| 6.       | Goa                    | 88.70           | 92.65           | 84.66           |
| 7.       | Gujarat                | 78.03           | 85.75           | 69.68           |
| 8.       | Haryana                | 75.55           | 84.06           | 65.94           |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh       | 82.80           | 89.53           | 75.93           |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir         | 67.16           | 76.75           | 56.43           |
| 11.      | Jharkhand              | 66.41           | 76.84           | 55.42           |
| 12.      | Karnataka              | 75.36           | 82.47           | 68.08           |
| 13.      | Kerala                 | 94.00           | 96.11           | 92.07           |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh         | 69.32           | 78.73           | 59.24           |
| 15.      | Maharashtra            | 82.34           | 88.38           | 75.87           |
| 16.      | Manipur                | 76.94           | 83.58           | 70.26           |
| 17.      | Meghalaya              | 74.43           | 75.95           | 72.89           |
| 18.      | Mizoram                | 91.33           | 93.35           | 89.27           |
| 19.      | Nagaland               | 79.55           | 82.75           | 76.11           |
| 20.      | Odisha                 | 72.87           | 81.59           | 64.01           |
| 21.      | Punjab                 | 75.84           | 80.44           | 70.73           |
| 22.      | Rajasthan              | 66.11           | 79.19           | 52.12           |
| 23.      | Sikkim                 | 81.42           | 86.55           | 75.61           |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu             | 80.09           | 86.77           | 73.44           |
| 25.      | Tripura                | 87.22           | 91.53           | 82.73           |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh          | 67.68           | 77.28           | 57.18           |
| 27.      | Uttarakhand            | 78.82           | 87.40           | 70.01           |
| 28.      | West Bengal            | 76.26           | 81.69           | 70.54           |
| 29.      | A &NIslands            | 86.63           | 90.27           | 82.43           |
| 30.      | Chandigarh             | 86.05           | 89.99           | 81.19           |
| 31.      | D &NHaveli             | 76.24           | 85.17           | 64.32           |
| 32.      | Daman &Diu             | 87.10           | 91.54           | 79.55           |
| 33.      | Lakshadweep            | 91.85           | 95.56           | 87.95           |
| 34.      | NCT of Delhi           | 86.21           | 90.94           | 80.76           |
| 35.      | Puducherry             | 85.85           | 91.26           | 80.67           |

## Annexure-II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299 FOR 02.12.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL  AND  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State-wise  Details  of  funds  released  to  NGOs  during  2016-17  and 2017-18  under  the Scheme of Support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development

## (Rupees in Lakh)

| S. No.   | State/UT            | Financial Assistance Provided to NGOs and expenditure incurred under the above scheme   | Financial Assistance Provided to NGOs and expenditure incurred under the above scheme   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT            | 2016-17                                                                                 | 2017-18                                                                                 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 305.58                                                                                  | 70.48                                                                                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 88.16                                                                                   | 25.00                                                                                   |
| 3        | Assam               | 257.60                                                                                  | 149.53                                                                                  |
| 4        | Bihar               | 715.11                                                                                  | 243.54                                                                                  |
| 5        | Chandigarh          | 41.27                                                                                   | 16.47                                                                                   |
| 6        | Chattisgarh         | 338.92                                                                                  | 104.49                                                                                  |
| 7        | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 33.93                                                                                   | 16.33                                                                                   |
| 8        | Delhi               | 179.87                                                                                  | 48.82                                                                                   |
| 9        | Goa                 | 33.30                                                                                   | 13.50                                                                                   |
| 10       | Gujarat             | 646.64                                                                                  | 167.89                                                                                  |
| 11       | Haryana             | 288.44                                                                                  | 80.59                                                                                   |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh    | 132.87                                                                                  | 8.80                                                                                    |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 195.60                                                                                  | 17.30                                                                                   |
| 14       | Jharkhand           | 277.72                                                                                  | 14.32                                                                                   |
| 15       | Karnataka           | 415.30                                                                                  | 99.88                                                                                   |
| 16       | Kerala              | 459.34                                                                                  | 115.92                                                                                  |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh      | 1,315.61                                                                                | 485.77                                                                                  |
| 18       | Maharashtra         | 1,088.84                                                                                | 269.72                                                                                  |
| 19       | Manipur             | 80.06                                                                                   | 47.99                                                                                   |
| 20       | Meghalaya           | 85.69                                                                                   | 48.25                                                                                   |
| 21       | Nagaland            | 26.22                                                                                   | 8.00                                                                                    |
| 22       | Odisha              | 720.91                                                                                  | 267.63                                                                                  |
| 23       | Punjab              | 66.42                                                                                   | 32.60                                                                                   |
| 24       | Rajasthan           | 581.13                                                                                  | 83.12                                                                                   |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu          | 365.54                                                                                  | 79.24                                                                                   |
| 26       | Telangana           | 356.97                                                                                  | 105.81                                                                                  |
| 27       | Tripura             | 26.14                                                                                   | 11.00                                                                                   |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh       | 1,716.62                                                                                | 682.86                                                                                  |
| 29       | Uttarakhand         | 304.14                                                                                  | 66.80                                                                                   |
| 30       | West Bengal         | 388.87                                                                                  | 120.17                                                                                  |
|          | Total               | 11,532.80                                                                               | 3,501.83                                                                                |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299 FOR 02.12.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL  AND  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State wise Coverage of Beneficiaries by Jan Shikshan Sansthans for 2016-17 and 201718

| S. No.   | States              | Physical Position (Number of Beneficiaries in Lakh)   | Physical Position (Number of Beneficiaries in Lakh)   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States              | 2016-17                                               | 2017-18                                               |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 7,143                                                 | 3,034                                                 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1,156                                                 | 960                                                   |
| 3        | Assam               | 7,010                                                 | 3,588                                                 |
| 4        | Bihar               | 18,565                                                | 17,233                                                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 9,027                                                 | 7,936                                                 |
| 6        | Delhi               | 4,538                                                 | 2,629                                                 |
| 7        | Goa                 | 905                                                   | 230                                                   |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 14,612                                                | 9,497                                                 |
| 9        | Haryana             | 7,493                                                 | 6,330                                                 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 1,261                                                 | 1,205                                                 |
| 11       | Jammu and Kashmir   | 2,609                                                 | 1,903                                                 |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 1,783                                                 | 487                                                   |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 8,034                                                 | 4,352                                                 |
| 14       | Kerala              | 11,947                                                | 6,463                                                 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      | 42,068                                                | 12,932                                                |
| 16       | Maharashtra         | 33,538                                                | 31,450                                                |
| 17       | Manipur             | 4,292                                                 | 3,165                                                 |
| 18       | Nagaland            | 1,917                                                 | 1,760                                                 |
| 19       | Odisha              | 20,789                                                | 11,623                                                |
| 20       | Punjab              | 3,047                                                 | 1,854                                                 |
| 21       | Rajasthan           | 6,415                                                 | 2,204                                                 |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu          | 7,973                                                 | 8,848                                                 |
| 23       | Telangana           | 5,747                                                 | 2,256                                                 |
| 24       | Tripura             | 1,218                                                 | 60                                                    |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh       | 49,158                                                | 23,727                                                |
| 26       | Uttarakhand         | 4,793                                                 | 1,727                                                 |
| 27       | West Bengal         | 9,966                                                 | 4,912                                                 |
| 28       | Chandigarh          | 980                                                   | 514                                                   |
| 29       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 1,241                                                 | 597                                                   |
|          | Total               | 289,225                                               | 173,476                                               |

## Annexure-IV

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299 FOR 02.12.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL  AND  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

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

| Sl. No   | Name of the States/UT   | Appeared              | Appeared              | Appeared     | Successful   | Successful   | Successful   |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|          |                         | Male                  | Female                | Total        | Male         | Female       | Total        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 15,48,201             | 60,64,440             | 76,12,641    | 10,75,971    | 42,27,170    | 53,03,140    |
| 2        | Telangana               | 15,05,556             | 54,85,098             | 69,90,654    | 10,31,055    | 36,95,367    | 47,26,423    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 62,324                | 1,06,385              | 1,68,709     | 56,666       | 95,361       | 1,52,027     |
| 4        | Assam                   | 3,25,124              | 7,13,272              | 10,38,396    | 2,21,536     | 4,90,472     | 7,12,008     |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 33,61,730             | 1,51,90,054           | 1,85,51,784  | 27,23,834    | 1,26,99,622  | 1,54,23,456  |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh            | 14,64,955             | 26,56,346             | 41,21,301    | 11,56,118    | 21,12,797    | 32,68,915    |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 12,757                | 17,110                | 29,867       | 7,495        | 10,838       | 18,333       |
| 8        | Gujarat                 | 6,28,190              | 10,31,692             | 16,59,882    | 4,41,734     | 6,91,369     | 11,33,103    |
| 9        | Haryana                 | 3,71,446              | 7,83,092              | 11,54,538    | 2,51,657     | 5,29,561     | 7,81,218     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh        | 30,876                | 81,019                | 1,11,895     | 19,727       | 48,511       | 68,238       |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir          | 2,96,938              | 4,60,093              | 7,57,031     | 1,92,559     | 2,85,521     | 4,78,080     |
| 12       | Jharkhand               | 19,28,034             | 31,47,930             | 50,75,964    | 15,50,369    | 25,94,146    | 41,44,515    |
| 13       | Karnataka               | 22,23,359             | 44,47,518             | 66,70,877    | 18,32,511    | 35,71,163    | 54,03,674    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | 18,97,382             | 28,11,951             | 47,09,333    | 15,41,619    | 22,84,945    | 38,26,564    |
| 15       | Maharashtra             | 4,26,824              | 6,23,829              | 10,50,653    | 2,98,229     | 4,45,986     | 7,44,215     |
| 16       | Manipur                 | 18,823                | 1,84,804              | 2,03,627     | 11,612       | 1,05,802     | 1,17,414     |
| 17       | Meghalaya               | 31,312                | 41,778                | 73,090       | 21,112       | 28,521       | 49,633       |
| 18       | Nagaland                | 80,049                | 1,00,626              | 1,80,675     | 56,387       | 71,646       | 1,28,033     |
| 19       | Odisha                  | 11,19,287             | 14,76,705             | 25,95,992    | 5,86,347     | 7,34,983     | 13,21,330    |
| 20       | Punjab                  | 22,908                | 35,330                | 58,238       | 11,822       | 18,751       | 30,573       |
| 21       | Rajasthan               | 30,29,674             | 73,35,638             | 1,03,65,312  | 24,81,042    | 58,73,485    | 83,54,527    |
| 22       | Sikkim                  | 5,893                 | 20,053                | 25,946       | 4,345        | 13,340       | 17,685       |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu              | 9,36,962              | 20,00,947             | 29,37,909    | 8,02,738     | 16,99,552    | 25,02,290    |
| 24       | Tripura                 | 23,111                | 35,353                | 58,464       | 18,314       | 29,064       | 47,378       |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh           | 57,76,951             | 1,00,75,998           | 1,58,52,949  | 44,95,922    | 76,75,869    | 1,21,71,791  |
| 26       | Uttarakhand             | 1,74,128              | 5,61,833              | 7,35,961     | 1,25,891     | 3,70,878     | 4,96,769     |
| 27       | West Bengal             | 25,45,689 2,98,48,483 | 54,61,427 7,09,50,321 | 80,07,116    | 15,95,596    | 33,55,065    | 49,50,661    |
|          | Total                   |                       |                       | 10,07,98,804 | 2,26,12,208  | 5,37,59,785  | 7,63,71,993  |

## Annexure-V

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299 FOR 02.12.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL  AND  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State-wise details of NGOs found involved in various irregularities

|   S. No. | State          | Location of NGOs          | Action taken/Remarks                                                                                                              |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | JSS Kakinada              | The JSS has been closed vide order dated 09.06.2008 due to financial and administrative irregularities.                           |
|        2 | Bihar          | JSS Darbhanga             | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 18.07.2005.                          |
|        3 | Jharkhand      | JSS Dhanbad               | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 31.05.2016.                          |
|        4 | Kerala         | JSS Allapuzha             | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 18.08.2008.                          |
|        5 | Kerala         | JSS Kannur-I              | Due to financial irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 23.08.2011.                                         |
|        6 | Karnataka      | JSS Mandya                | Due to financial irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 30.01.2009.                                         |
|        7 | Karnataka      | JSS Chickballapur (Kolar) | The JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 10.09.2002 for mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.                          |
|        8 | Madhya Pradesh | JSS Rajgarh               | The JSS has been cancelled vide approval of competent Authority dated 10.03.2017 for mismanagement and misappropriation of funds. |
|        9 | Mizoram        | JSS Aizwal                | Due to financial irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled with effect from 17.05.2013.                                          |
|       10 | Tamil Nadu     | JSS Ramanathapuram        | The JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 30.06.2008 for mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.                          |
|       11 | Utttar Pradesh | JSS Kushinagar            | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 18.06.2008.                          |
|       12 | Utttar Pradesh | JSS Balarampur            | Due to financial irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled with effect from 31.03.2009.                                          |
|       13 | West Bengal    | JSS Birbhum               | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled with effect from 09.01.2014.                           |
|       14 | West Bengal    | JSS Coochbehar            | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the JSS has been cancelled vide letter dated 11.06.2015.                          |
|       15 | Tripura        | SRC Tripura               | Due to financial/administrative irregularities, the grants has not been released since 2015-16.                                   |