Lok Sabha Question No. 2051 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Funds for National Literacy Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Karan Singh Yadav, MANHOR UNTWAL, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2051 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## Funds for National Literacy Mission

†2051. DR. KARAN SINGH YADAV:

SHRI MANOHAR UTAWAL:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

(a) the details of literacy rate in the country, gender-wise and State/UT-wise including Jharkhand at  present  along  with  the  funds  sanctioned/spent  and  achievements  made  under  the  National Literacy Mission during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to provide special assistance funds to the States which have literacy rate below the national average and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

- (c)  whether  the  Government  also  considering  to  provide  special  assistance  to  the  States  which have a literacy rate below the national average and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  signed  any  agreement  with  Non  Governmental  Organisations (NGOs) and other Countries to promote literacy in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for improving the standard of literacy in all the States in the country including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)  A  statement  indicating  State/UT  and  gender-wise  literacy  rate  in  the  country  including

Jharkhand, in the age group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011 is at

Annexure-I.

A statement indicating the State/UT-wise central financial assistance provided under the scheme of Saakshar

Bharat during the last three years and the current year is at

Annexure-II

. A statement indicating gender-wise  and  State/UT-wise  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual  Basic  Literacy

Assessment  Test  conducted  by  NIOS  under  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme  during  the  last  three years is at Annexure-III . No biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Test has been conducted in the current financial year i.e. 2018-19.

(b) to (d) No Madam.

(e)  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  to  improve  the  literacy  rate  in  the country,  including  the  state  of  Rajasthan,  since  October  2009.  The  scheme  was  extended  upto 31.03.2018 and ceased to operate from 01.04.2018. The scheme of Saakshar Bharat is proposed to be replaced with a new scheme for Adult Education.

## Annexure-I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2051  FOR  30.07.2018  ASKED  BY  DR.  KARAN SINGH  YADAV;  SHRI  MANOHAR  UTAWAL;  SHRI  RAVINDRA  KUMAR PANDEY; SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI; SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY; SHRI RAJU  SHETTY  AND  SHRI  LAXMI  NARAYAN  YADAV  REGARDING  'FUNDS FOR NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

Gender-wise and State/UT-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  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2051  FOR  30.07.2018  ASKED  BY  DR.  KARAN SINGH  YADAV;  SHRI  MANOHAR  UTAWAL;  SHRI  RAVINDRA  KUMAR PANDEY; SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI; SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY; SHRI RAJU  SHETTY  AND  SHRI  LAXMI  NARAYAN  YADAV  REGARDING  'FUNDS FOR NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of central share released during the last three years and the current year to the States/UTs covered under Saakshar Bharat programme

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Central Share released   | Central Share released   | Central Share released   | Central Share released   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | 2015-16                  | 2016-17                  | 2017-18                  | 2018-19                  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     | 4456.45                  | 0                        | 1874                     | 0                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  | 383.4                    | 31.45                    | 234                      | 0                        |
| 3         | Assam              | 1319.76                  | 0                        | 1033.2                   | 0                        |
| 4         | Bihar              | 3900                     | 2340                     | 0                        | 0                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 1500                     | 1400.1                   | 1248                     | 0                        |
| 6         | D&N Haveli         | 0                        | 29.12                    | 0                        | 0                        |
| 7         | Gujarat            | 1560                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 8         | Haryana            | 0                        | 1002.35                  | 499.2                    | 0                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh   | 114.26                   | 0                        | 46.8                     | 0                        |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir     | 725.4                    | 585                      | 2347.2                   | 0                        |
| 11        | Jharkhand          | 1837.5                   | 630.24                   | 0                        | 0                        |
| 12        | Karnataka          | 780                      | 1934.4                   | 312                      | 0                        |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh     | 2620.8                   | 4142.75                  | 1725.25                  | 0                        |
| 14        | Maharashtra        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 15        | Manipur            | 135                      | 0                        | 117                      | 0                        |
| 16        | Meghalaya          | 226.8                    | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 17        | Nagaland           | 151.93                   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 18        | Odisha             | 624                      | 153.24                   | 314.76                   | 0                        |
| 19        | Punjab             | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 20        | Rajasthan          | 0                        | 152.99                   | 2097.6                   | 0                        |
| 21        | Sikkim             | 74.88                    | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu         | 1209                     | 878.66                   | 796.8                    | 0                        |
| 23        | Telangana          | 1725                     | 1560                     | 2496                     | 0                        |
| 24        | Tripura            | 72.54                    | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh      | 7800                     | 5100                     | 3744                     | 0                        |
| 26        | Uttarakhand        | 1216.8                   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 27        | West Bengal        | 780                      | 748.8                    | 283.9                    | 0                        |
|           | Total              | 33213.52                 | 20689.1                  | 19167.71                 | 0                        |

## Annexure-III

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2051  FOR  30.07.2018  ASKED  BY  DR.  KARAN SINGH  YADAV;  SHRI  MANOHAR  UTAWAL;  SHRI  RAVINDRA  KUMAR PANDEY; SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI; SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY; SHRI RAJU  SHETTY  AND  SHRI  LAXMI  NARAYAN  YADAV  REGARDING  'FUNDS FOR NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION'.

Gender-wise  and  State/UT-wise  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual  Basic Literacy  Assessment  Test  conducted  by  NIOS  under  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme during the last three years and the current year

| S. No.   | States              | 2015-16   | 2015-16     | 2015-16     | 2016-17   | 2016-17     | 2016-17     | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No.   | States              | Male      | Female      | Total       | Male      | Female      | Total       | Male      | Female    | Total     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 1,57,595  | 4,60,666    | 6,18,261    | 30,609    | 4,71,433    | 5,02,042    | 25,848    | 2,28,814  | 2,54,662  |
| 2        | Telangana           | 1,87,039  | 6,54,342    | 8,41,381    | 95,889    | 2,63,464    | 3,59,353    | 33,603    | 72,002    | 1,05,605  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 11,689    | 18,374      | 30,063      | 7,035     | 12,438      | 19,473      | 2,062     | 3,513     | 5,575     |
| 4        | Assam               | 1,14,542  | 2,38,309    | 3,52,851    | 12,147    | 25,881      | 38,028      | 13,518    | 28,234    | 41,752    |
| 5        | Bihar               | 4,77,117  | 21,13,968   | 25,91,085   | 4,40,401  | 22,71,505   | 27,11,906   | 3,54,676  | 19,33,986 | 22,88,662 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 91,203    | 1,77,264    | 2,68,467    | 98,648    | 1,82,929    | 2,81,577    | 20,592    | 44,409    | 65,001    |
| 7        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | -         |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 55,560    | 1,02,824    | 1,58,384    | 1,36,986  | 1,62,500    | 2,99,486    | 32,475    | 55,771    | 88,246    |
| 9        | Haryana             | 47,365    | 99,119      | 1,46,484    | 1,19,817  | 2,40,326    | 3,60,143    | 18,246    | 43,714    | 61,960    |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 3,011     | 7,187       | 10,198      | 4,117     | 10,285      | 14,402      | 411       | 1,178     | 1,589     |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir      | 20,660    | 29,126      | 49,786      | 51222     | 76177       | 127399      | 85,956    | 1,35,575  | 2,21,531  |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 5,05,065  | 8,60,068    | 13,65,133   | 5,39,208  | 9,07,204    | 14,46,412   | 1,84,677  | 3,07,060  | 4,91,737  |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 1,68,527  | 4,01,934    | 5,70,461    | 5,66,786  | 10,41,146   | 16,07,932   | 2,37,062  | 3,85,504  | 6,22,566  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 2,20,716  | 3,56,713    | 5,77,429    | 7,28,187  | 10,60,760   | 17,88,947   | 2,66,105  | 3,75,889  | 6,41,994  |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 85,361    | 1,29,779    | 2,15,140    | 1,13,668  | 1,73,474    | 2,87,142    | 43,170    | 71,357    | 1,14,527  |
| 16       | Manipur             | 234       | 4546        | 4780        | 26        | 9,363       | 9,389       | 0         | 4719      | 4,719     |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 3,140     | 3,966       | 7,106       | 8658      | 11748       | 20406       | 2,392     | 3,675     | 6,067     |
| 18       | Nagaland            | 9,477     | 13,173      | 22,650      | 5,523     | 7,855       | 13,378      | 2,346     | 3,502     | 5,848     |
| 19       | Odisha              | 1,69,696  | 2,11,483    | 3,81,179    | 2,65,618  | 3,36,019    | 6,01,637    | 0         | 0         | -         |
| 20       | Punjab              | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | -         |
| 21       | Rajasthan           | 4,86,148  | 11,80,420   | 16,66,568   | 4,89,935  | 10,90,288   | 15,80,223   | 2,81,889  | 6,80,761  | 9,62,650  |
| 22       | Sikkim              | 412       | 866         | 1278        | 126       | 205         | 331         | 0         | 0         | -         |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu          | 44,332    | 86,414      | 1,30,746    | 32,759    | 83,199      | 1,15,958    | 37,898    | 1,12,109  | 1,50,007  |
| 24       | Tripura             | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | -         |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh       | 11,83,713 | 22,34,749   | 34,18,462   | 7,60,424  | 13,23,597   | 20,84,021   | 3,50,779  | 6,21,057  | 9,71,836  |
| 26       | Uttarakhand         | 17,886    | 51,035      | 68,921      | 14,762    | 43,133      | 57,895      | 3,653     | 12,833    | 16,486    |
| 27       | West Bengal         | 4,29,954  | 8,82,295    | 13,12,249   | 4,29,573  | 8,68,146    | 12,97,719   | 1,13,701  | 2,33,167  | 3,46,868  |
|          | Total               | 44,90,442 | 1,03,18,620 | 1,48,09,062 | 49,52,124 | 1,06,73,075 | 1,56,25,199 | 21,11,059 | 53,58,829 | 74,69,888 |

No biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Test has been conducted in the current financial year i.e. 2018-19.