Lok Sabha Question No. 3592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: National Literacy Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3592 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## National Literacy Mission

†3592. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of funds sanctioned/ spent under the National Literacy Mission during the last three years along with the details of achievements made under the Mission; (b) whether many districts in Madhya Pradesh including Guna are very backward in literacy; (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d) the efforts made by the Government at the Central level to increase the literacy level in the said districts?

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

- (a)  A  statement  indicating  details  of  State/UT-wise  funds  sanctioned  under  the  National Literacy Mission during the last three years is at Annexure-I . A statement indicating genderwise and State/UT-wise learners declared successful in the biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Tests conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling conducted from August 2010 to March 2018 under National Literacy Mission is at Annexure-II .
- (b) & (c) A statement indicating district-wise literacy rate of the  state of Madhya Pradesh as compared to the national average of literacy rate of 72.98 per cent, in the age group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011 is at Annexure-III.
- (d) In order to increase the 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, including 42 districts in Madhya Pradesh, 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,  since  October  2009.  The scheme was extended upto 31.03.2018.

In  addition,  the  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  the Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  as  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme with  effect  from  the  year  2018-19.  This  programme  subsumes  the  three  erstwhile Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3592 FOR 15.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY AND DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of central share released during the last three year under National Literacy Mission

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Central Share released   | Central Share released   | Central Share released   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | 2016-17                  | 2017-18                  | 2018-19                  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     | 0                        | 1874                     | 0                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  | 31.45                    | 234                      | 579.88                   |
| 3         | Assam              | 0                        | 1033.2                   | 0                        |
| 4         | Bihar              | 2340                     | 0                        | 525                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 1400.1                   | 1248                     | 0                        |
| 6         | D&N Haveli         | 29.12                    | 0                        | 0                        |
| 7         | Gujarat            | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 8         | Haryana            | 1002.35                  | 499.2                    | 0                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh   | 0                        | 46.8                     | 0                        |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir     | 585                      | 2347.2                   | 264.65                   |
| 11        | Jharkhand          | 630.24                   | 0                        | 600                      |
| 12        | Karnataka          | 1934.4                   | 312                      | 0                        |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh     | 4142.75                  | 1725.25                  | 414.64                   |
| 14        | Maharashtra        | 0                        | 0                        | 1794.81                  |
| 15        | Manipur            | 0                        | 117                      | 20.46                    |
| 16        | Meghalaya          | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 17        | Nagaland           | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 18        | Odisha             | 153.24                   | 314.76                   | 0                        |
| 19        | Punjab             | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 20        | Rajasthan          | 152.99                   | 2097.6                   | 0                        |
| 21        | Sikkim             | 0                        | 0                        | 8.05                     |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu         | 878.66                   | 796.8                    | 0                        |
| 23        | Telangana          | 1560                     | 2496                     | 0                        |
| 24        | Tripura            | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh      | 5100                     | 3744                     | 0                        |
| 26        | Uttarakhand        | 0                        | 0                        | 245.48                   |
| 27        | West Bengal        | 748.8                    | 283.9                    | 0                        |
|           | Total              | 20689.1                  | 19167.71                 | 4452.97                  |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3592  FOR  15.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PANKAJ CHAUDHARY AND DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

Gender-wise  and  State/UT-wise  learners  declared  successful  under  National  Literacy Mission

| Sl. No   | Name of the States/UT   | Number of learners declared successful   | Number of learners declared successful   | Number of learners declared successful   |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|          |                         | Male                                     | Female                                   | Total                                    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 10,75,971                                | 42,27,170                                | 53,03,140                                |
| 2        | Telangana               | 10,31,055                                | 36,95,367                                | 47,26,423                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 56,666                                   | 95,361                                   | 1,52,027                                 |
| 4        | Assam                   | 2,21,536                                 | 4,90,472                                 | 7,12,008                                 |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 27,23,834                                | 1,26,99,622                              | 1,54,23,456                              |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh            | 11,56,118                                | 21,12,797                                | 32,68,915                                |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 7,495                                    | 10,838                                   | 18,333                                   |
| 8        | Gujarat                 | 4,41,734                                 | 6,91,369                                 | 11,33,103                                |
| 9        | Haryana                 | 2,51,657                                 | 5,29,561                                 | 7,81,218                                 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh        | 19,727                                   | 48,511                                   | 68,238                                   |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 1,92,559                                 | 2,85,521                                 | 4,78,080                                 |
| 12       | Jharkhand               | 15,50,369                                | 25,94,146                                | 41,44,515                                |
| 13       | Karnataka               | 18,32,511                                | 35,71,163                                | 54,03,674                                |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | 15,41,619                                | 22,84,945                                | 38,26,564                                |
| 15       | Maharashtra             | 2,98,229                                 | 4,45,986                                 | 7,44,215                                 |
| 16       | Manipur                 | 11,612                                   | 1,05,802                                 | 1,17,414                                 |
| 17       | Meghalaya               | 21,112                                   | 28,521                                   | 49,633                                   |
| 18       | Nagaland                | 56,387                                   | 71,646                                   | 1,28,033                                 |
| 19       | Odisha                  | 5,86,347                                 | 7,34,983                                 | 13,21,330                                |
| 20       | Punjab                  | 11,822                                   | 18,751                                   | 30,573                                   |
| 21       | Rajasthan               | 24,81,042                                | 58,73,485                                | 83,54,527                                |
| 22       | Sikkim                  | 4,345                                    | 13,340                                   | 17,685                                   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu              | 8,02,738                                 | 16,99,552                                | 25,02,290                                |
| 24       | Tripura                 | 18,314                                   | 29,064                                   | 47,378                                   |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh           | 44,95,922                                | 76,75,869                                | 1,21,71,791                              |
| 26       | Uttarakhand             | 1,25,891                                 | 3,70,878                                 | 4,96,769                                 |
| 27       | West Bengal             | 15,95,596                                | 33,55,065                                | 49,50,661                                |
|          | Total                   | 2,26,12,208                              | 5,37,59,785                              | 7,63,71,993                              |

## Annexure-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3592  FOR  15.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PANKAJ CHAUDHARY AND DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV REGARDING 'NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

District-wise  literacy  rate  of  the  state  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  in  the  age  group of  7  and above, as per Census 2011

| S. No.         | Name of Districts     |   Literacy Rate |
|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh        |           69.32 |
| 1              | Sheopur               |           57.43 |
| 2              | Morena                |           71.03 |
| 3              | Bhind                 |           75.26 |
| 4              | Gwalior               |           76.65 |
| 5              | Datia                 |           72.63 |
| 6              | Shivpuri              |           62.55 |
| 7              | Tikamgarh             |           61.43 |
| 8              | Chhatarpur            |           63.74 |
| 9              | Panna                 |           64.79 |
| 10             | Sagar                 |           76.46 |
| 11             | Damoh                 |           69.73 |
| 12             | Satna                 |           72.26 |
| 13             | Rewa                  |           71.62 |
| 14             | Umaria                |           65.89 |
| 15             | Neemuch               |           70.8  |
| 16             | Mandsaur              |           71.78 |
| 17             | Ratlam                |           66.78 |
| 18             | Ujjain                |           72.34 |
| 19             | Shajapur              |           69.09 |
| 20             | Dewas                 |           69.35 |
| 21             | Dhar                  |           59    |
| 22             | Indore                |           80.87 |
| 23             | Khargone (West Nimar) |           62.7  |
| 24             | Barwani               |           49.08 |
| 25             | Rajgarh               |           61.21 |
| 26             | Vidisha               |           70.53 |
| 27             | Bhopal                |           80.37 |
| 28             | Sehore                |           70.06 |
| 29             | Raisen                |           72.98 |
| 30             | Betul                 |           68.9  |
| 31             | Harda                 |           72.5  |
| 32             | Hoshangabad           |           75.29 |
| 33             | Katni                 |           71.98 |
| 34             | Jabalpur              |           81.07 |
| 35             | Narsimhapur           |           75.69 |
| 36             | Dindori               |           63.9  |

|   37 | Mandla               |   66.87 |
|------|----------------------|---------|
|   38 | Chhindwara           |   71.16 |
|   39 | Seoni                |   72.12 |
|   40 | Balaghat             |   77.09 |
|   41 | Guna                 |   63.23 |
|   42 | Ashoknagar           |   66.42 |
|   43 | Shahdol              |   66.67 |
|   44 | Anuppur              |   67.88 |
|   45 | Sidhi                |   64.43 |
|   46 | Singrauli            |   60.41 |
|   47 | Jhabua               |   43.3  |
|   48 | Alirajpur            |   36.1  |
|   49 | Khandwa (East Nimar) |   66.39 |
|   50 | Burhanpur            |   64.36 |

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