Lok Sabha Question No. 4254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Saakshar Bharat Programme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4254 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## Saakshar Bharat Programme

†4254. SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented Saakshar Bharat Programme in rural areas of 410 districts in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  district-wise  works  done  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  along  with  the  outcome thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (c) Yes Madam. 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, 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 target was to raise the overall literacy rate of the country to 80 per cent and reduce gender gap to 10 percentage point by end of XII five year plan. The scheme was extended  upto  31.03.2018.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  districts  covered  under  Saakshar Bharat programme is at Annexure-I. Under Saakshar Bharat programme, around 10.08 crore learners  appeared  under    biannual  Basic  Literacy  Assessment  Tests  conducted  by  National Institute of Open Schooling between August, 2010 to March, 2018, out of which around 7.64 crore learners successfully passed the Assessment Tests and certified as literates. A statement indicating  gender-wise  and  State/UT-wise  learners  appeared  and  declared  successful  under Saakshar Bharat Programme is at Annexure-II.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4254  FOR  07.01.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV REGARDING 'SAAKSHAR BHARAT PROGRAMME'.

State/UT-wise  list  of  districts  covered  under  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme  in  the country

| ANDHRA PRADESH 1. Kurnool   | - 10 2. Prakasam       | 3. Guntur              | 4. Chittoor             |
|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| 5. Anantapur                | 6. Nellore             | 7. Srikakulam          | 8. Cuddapah             |
| 9. Vizianagaram             | 10. Visakhapatnam      |                        |                         |
| TELANGANA - 9               | TELANGANA - 9          | TELANGANA - 9          | TELANGANA - 9           |
| 11. Adilabad                | 12. Karimnagar         | 13. Khammam *          | 14. Mahbubnagar         |
| 15. Medak                   | 16. Nalgonda           | 17. Nizamabad          | 18. Rangareddi          |
| 19. Warangal                |                        |                        |                         |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH - 15      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH - 15 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH - 15 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH - 15  |
| 20. East Kameng             | 21. Upper Subansiri    | 22. West Kameng        | 23. Kurung Kumey        |
| 24. Tawang                  | 25. Upper Siang        | 26. Dibang Valley      | 27. Anjaw               |
| 28. Tirap                   | 29. Changlang          | 30. West Siang         | 31. Upper Dibang Valley |
| 32. Lower Subansiri         | 33. Lohit              | 34. East Siang         |                         |
| ASSAM - 15                  | ASSAM - 15             | ASSAM - 15             | ASSAM - 15              |
| 35. Dhubri                  | 36. Barpeta            | 37. Hailakandi         | 38. Baksa               |
| 39. Kokrajhar               | 40. Sonitpur           | 41. Goalpara           | 42. Udal Guri           |
| 43. Darrang                 | 44. Bongaigaon         | 45. Tinsukia           | 46. Chirang             |
| 47. Karbi Anglong           | 48. Marigaon           | 49. Dhemaji            |                         |
| BIHAR - 38                  | BIHAR - 38             | BIHAR - 38             | BIHAR - 38              |
| 50. Kishanganj              | 51. Jamui *            | 52. Sheikhpura         | 53. Nalanda             |
| 54. Supaul                  | 55. Madhubani          | 56. Saran              | 57. Bhagalpur           |
| 58. Araria                  | 59. Saharsa            | 60. Siwan              | 61. Bhojpur             |
| 62. Madhepura               | 63. Banka              | 64. Vaishali           | 65. Aurangabad *        |
| 66. Sheohar                 | 67. Gopalganj          | 68. Muzaffarpur        | 69. Rohtas *            |
| 70. Purbi Champaran         | 71. Khagaria           | 72. Gaya *             | 73. Munger              |
| 74. Purnia                  | 75. Darbhanga          | 76. Begusarai          | 77. Patna               |
| 78.Pashchim Champaran       | 79. Samastipur         | 80. Kaimur (Bhabua)    | 81. Arwal*              |
| 82. Katihar                 | 83. Nawada             | 84. Jehanabad *        |                         |
| 85. Sitamarhi               | 86. Lakhisarai         | 87. Buxar              |                         |
| CHHATTISGARH - 16           | CHHATTISGARH - 16      | CHHATTISGARH - 16      | CHHATTISGARH - 16       |
| 88. Dantewada *             | 89. Korba              | 90. Jashpur            | 91. Narayanpur*         |
| 92. Bastar *                | 93. Janjgir - Champa   | 94. Mahasamund         | 95. Bijapur*            |
| 96. Kawardha                | 97. Bilaspur           | 98. Raipur             | 99. Kanker *            |
| 100. Surguja *              | 101.Koriya             | 102. Raigarh           | 103.Rajnandgaon*        |
| GUJARAT - 13                | GUJARAT - 13           | GUJARAT - 13           | GUJARAT - 13            |
| 104. Dahod                  | 105. Narmada           | 106. Sabar Kantha      | 107. Jamnagar           |
| 108. Banas Kantha           | 109. Patan             | 110. Bhavnagar         | 111. The Dangs          |
| 112. Panch Mahals           | 113. Surendranagar     | 114. Amreli            | 115. Junagadh           |
| 116. Kachchh                | 116. Kachchh           | 116. Kachchh           | 116. Kachchh            |
| HARYANA - 12                | HARYANA - 12           | HARYANA - 12           | HARYANA - 12            |
| 117. Kaithal                | 118. Hisar             | 119. Gurgaon           | 120. Karnal             |
| 121. Jind                   | 122. Sirsa             | 123. Mahendragarh      | 124. Mewat              |
| 125. Fatehabad              | 126. Bhiwani           | 127. Faridabad         | 128. Palwal             |

| HIMACHAL PRADESH 129. Chamba   | - 01                       |                      |                          |                     |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| JAMMU &KASHMIR - 20            | JAMMU &KASHMIR - 20        | JAMMU &KASHMIR - 20  | JAMMU &KASHMIR - 20      | JAMMU &KASHMIR - 20 |
| 130. Kupwara                   | 131. Pulwama               | 132. Srinagar        | 133. Kishtwar            |                     |
| 134.                           | 135. Punch                 | 136. Leh (Ladakh)    | 137. Kulgam              |                     |
| Badgam 138. Doda               | 139. Kargil                | 140. Kathua          | 141. Shopian             |                     |
| 142. Baramula                  | 143. Udhampur              | 144. Reasi           | 145. Ganderbal           |                     |
| 146. Anantnag                  | 147. Rajauri               | 148. Ramban          | 149. Bandipora           |                     |
| JHARKHAND - 24                 | JHARKHAND - 24             | JHARKHAND - 24       | JHARKHAND - 24           | JHARKHAND - 24      |
| 150. Pakaur                    | 151. Palamu *              | 152. Hazaribag *     | 153. Latehar *           |                     |
| 154. Garhwa *                  | 155. Kodarma               | 156. Gumla*          | 157. Saraikela Kharsawan |                     |
| 158. Giridih                   | 159. Dumka                 | 160. Bokaro *        | 161. Jamtara             |                     |
| 162. Sahibganj                 | 163. Deoghar               | 164. Ranchi          | 165. Khunti              |                     |
| 166. Godda                     | 167. Pashchimi Singhbhum * | 168. Dhanbad         | 169. Ramgarh*            |                     |
| 170. Chatra *                  | 171. Lohardaga *           | 172. Simdega         | 173. East Singhbhum*     |                     |
| KARNATAKA - 20                 | KARNATAKA - 20             | KARNATAKA - 20       | KARNATAKA - 20           | KARNATAKA - 20      |
| 174. Raichur                   | 175. Bagalkot              | 176. Gadag           | 177. Tumkur              |                     |
| 178. Gulbarga                  | 179. Bellary               | 180. Belgaum         | 181. Haveri              |                     |
| 182. Koppal                    | 183. Bidar                 | 184. Chitradurga     | 185. Chikaballapur       |                     |
| 186. Chamarajanagar            | 187. Mandya                | 188. Bangalore Rural | 189. Ramanagara          |                     |
| 190. Bijapur                   | 191. Kolar                 | 192. Mysore          | 193. Yadgir              |                     |
| MADHYA PRADESH - 42            | MADHYA PRADESH - 42        | MADHYA PRADESH - 42  | MADHYA PRADESH - 42      | MADHYA PRADESH - 42 |
| 194. Sheopur                   | 195. Umaria                | 196. Satna           | 197. Datia               |                     |
| 198. Jhabua                    | 199. Shahdol               | 200. Neemuch         | 201. Balaghat *          |                     |
| 202. Sidhi                     | 203. Guna                  | 204. East Nimar      | 205. Ratlam              |                     |
| 206. Barwani                   | 207. Dewas                 | 208. Seoni           | 209. Gwalior             |                     |
| 210. Rajgarh                   | 211. Damoh                 | 212. West Nimar      | 213. Harda               |                     |
| 214. Chhatarpur                | 215. Rewa                  | 216. Bhind           | 217. Ashoknagar          |                     |
| 218. Dindori                   | 219. Mandla                | 220. Sagar           | 221. Alirajpur           |                     |
| 222. Tikamgarh                 | 223. Sehore                | 224. Chhindwara      | 225. Burhanpur           |                     |
| 226. Shivpuri                  | 227. Vidisha               | 228. Mandsaur        | 229. Singrauli           |                     |
| 230. Dhar                      | 231. Katni                 | 232. Betul           | 233. Anuppur             |                     |
| 234. Morena                    | 235. Panna                 |                      |                          |                     |
| MAHARASHTRA - 10               | MAHARASHTRA - 10           | MAHARASHTRA - 10     | MAHARASHTRA - 10         | MAHARASHTRA - 10    |
| 236. Nandurbar                 | 237. Hingoli               | 238. Nanded          | 239. Gondiya *           |                     |
| 240. Jalna                     | 241. Parbhani              | 242. Osmanabad       | 243. Latur               |                     |
| 244. Gadchiroli *              | 245. Bid                   |                      |                          |                     |
| MANIPUR - 04                   | MANIPUR - 04               | MANIPUR - 04         | MANIPUR - 04             | MANIPUR - 04        |
| 246. Chandel                   | 247. Thoubal               | 248. Senapati        | 249. Tamenglong          |                     |
| MEGHALAYA - 02                 | MEGHALAYA - 02             | MEGHALAYA - 02       | MEGHALAYA - 02           | MEGHALAYA - 02      |
| 250. West Garo Hills           | 251. South Garo Hills      |                      |                          |                     |
| NAGALAND - 04                  | NAGALAND - 04              | NAGALAND - 04        | NAGALAND - 04            | NAGALAND - 04       |
| 252. Mon                       | 253. Tuensang              | 254. Kiphire         | 255. Longleng            |                     |
| ORISSA - 19                    | ORISSA - 19                | ORISSA - 19          | ORISSA - 19              | ORISSA - 19         |
| 256. Nabarangapur              | 257. Gajapati*             | 258. Balangir        | 259. Bargarh             |                     |
| 260. Malkangiri*               | 261. Kalahandi             | 262. Sonapur         | 263. Sundargarh          |                     |
| 264. Nuapada                   | 265. Kandhamal             | 266. Kendujhar       | 267. Sambalpur*          |                     |
| 268. Rayagada *                | 269. Baudh                 | 270. Ganjam          | 271. Anugul              |                     |
| 272. Koraput                   | 273. Mayurbhanj            | 274. Debagarh *      |                          |                     |
| PUNJAB - 07                    | PUNJAB - 07                | PUNJAB - 07          | PUNJAB - 07              | PUNJAB - 07         |
| 275. Mansa                     | 276. Firozpur              | 277. Bathinda        | 278. Barnala             |                     |
| 279. Muktsar                   | 280. Sangrur               | 281. Faridkot        |                          |                     |

| RAJASTHAN - 32           | RAJASTHAN - 32          | RAJASTHAN - 32          | RAJASTHAN - 32                         |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 282. Jalor               | 283. Rajsamand          | 284. Jhalawar           | 285. Hanumangarh                       |
| 286. Banswara            | 287. Chittaurgarh       | 288. Jodhpur            | 289. Ajmer                             |
| 290. Dungarpur           | 291. Bundi              | 292. Bharatpur          | 293. Ganganagar                        |
| 294. Tonk                | 295. Sirohi             | 296. Alwar              | 297. Churu                             |
| 298. Jaisalmer           | 299. Nagaur             | 300. Karauli            | 301. Sikar                             |
| 302. Sawai Madhopur      | 303. Dausa              | 304. Barmer             | 305. Jaipur                            |
| 306. Bhilwara            | 307. Baran              | 308. Bikaner            | 309. Jhunjhunun                        |
| 310. Pali                | 311. Dhaulpur           | 312. Udaipur            | 313. Pratapgarh                        |
| SIKKIM - 02              | SIKKIM - 02             | SIKKIM - 02             | SIKKIM - 02                            |
| 314. West Sikkim         | 315. North Sikkim       |                         |                                        |
| TAMIL NADU - 09          | TAMIL NADU - 09         | TAMIL NADU - 09         | TAMIL NADU - 09                        |
| 316. Dharmapuri          | 317. Perambalur         | 318. Erode              | 319. Viluppuram                        |
| 320. Ariyalur            | 321. Tiruvannamalai     | 322. Salem              | 323. Kushnagiri                        |
| 324. Tirupur             |                         |                         |                                        |
| TRIPURA - 01             | TRIPURA - 01            | TRIPURA - 01            | TRIPURA - 01                           |
| 325. Dhalai              |                         |                         |                                        |
| UTTAR PRADESH - 68       | UTTAR PRADESH - 68      | UTTAR PRADESH - 68      | UTTAR PRADESH - 68                     |
| 326. Shrawasti           | 327. Moradabad          | 328. Faizabad           | 329. Baghpat                           |
| 330. Balrampur           | 331. Banda              | 332. Deoria             | 333. Jalaun                            |
| 334. Bahraich            | 335.Mahoba              | 336. Azamgarh           | 337. Farrukhabad                       |
| 338. Budaun              | 339. Kheri              | 340. Ghazipur           | 341. Chitrakoot                        |
| 342. Siddharthnagar      | 343. Basti              | 344. Jaunpur            | 345. Agra                              |
| 346. Maharajganj         | 347. Hardoi             | 348. Bulandshahr        | 349. Kannauj                           |
| 350. Kaushambi           | 351. Shahjahanpur       | 352. Mathura            | 353. Saharanpur                        |
| 354. Gonda               | 355. Sant Ravidas Nagar | 356. Gorakhpur          | 357. Jhansi                            |
| 358. Kushinagar          | 359. Bareilly           | 360. Chandauli          | 361. Firozabad                         |
| 362. Rampur              | 363. Hamirpur           | 364. Ballia             | 365. Mainpuri                          |
| 366. Lalitpur            | 367. Mirzapur           | 368. Ambedkar Nagar     | 369. Varanasi                          |
| 370. Jyotiba Phule Nagar | 371. Rae Bareli         | 372. Aligarh            | 373. Kanpur Dehat                      |
| 374. SantKabir Nagar     | 375. Pratapgarh         | 376. Hathras            | 377. Gautam Buddha Nagar               |
| 378. Pilibhit            | 379. Sultanpur          | 380. Bijnor             | 381. Meerut                            |
| 382. Sitapur             | 383. Etah               | 384. Mau                | 385. Etawah                            |
| 386. Barabanki           | 387. Fatehpur           | 388. Allahabad          | 389. Kanshiram Nagar                   |
| 390. Sonbhadra*          | 391. Unnao              | 392. Muzaffarnagar      | 393. Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar |
| UTTARAKHAND - 06         | UTTARAKHAND - 06        | UTTARAKHAND - 06        | UTTARAKHAND - 06                       |
| 394. Uttarkashi          | 395. Champawat          | 396.Udham Singh Nagar   | 397. Tehri Garhwal                     |
| 398. Hardwar             | 399. Bageshwar          |                         |                                        |
| WEST BENGAL - 10         | WEST BENGAL - 10        | WEST BENGAL - 10        | WEST BENGAL - 10                       |
| 400. Puruliya            | 401. Murshidabad        | 402. Birbhum            | 403. Koch Bihar                        |
| 404. Uttar Dinajpur      | 405. Bankura            | 406. Dakshin Dinajpur   | 407. West Midnapur*                    |
| 408. Maldah              | 409. Jalpaiguri         |                         |                                        |
| DADRA &NAGARHAVELI - 01  | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI - 01 | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI - 01 | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI - 01                |
| 410. Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                         |                         |                                        |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4254  FOR  07.01.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV REGARDING 'SAAKSHAR BHARAT PROGRAMME'.

Gender-wise  and  State/UT-wise  learners  appeared  and  declared  successful  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   | 54,61,427 7,09,50,321 | 80,07,116    | 15,95,596    | 33,55,065    | 49,50,661    |
|          | Total                   | 2,98,48,483 |                       | 10,07,98,804 | 2,26,12,208  | 5,37,59,785  | 7,63,71,993  |