Lok Sabha Question No. 3916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: National Digital Literacy Mission
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.

## 3916

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18.03.2020

## NATIONAL  DIGITAL LITERACY MISSION

## 3916.   SHRI  RANJEETSINGH  HINDURAO  NAIK  NIMBALKAR: MS.  PRATIMA BHOUMIK :

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether almost twelve crore rural households out of seventeen crore in the country do not own a computer and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Tripura and the reasons therefor;
- (b)     the steps taken by the Government to connect all households under National Digital Literacy Mission; and
- (c)     the funds allocated and spent under National Digital Literacy Mission in Tripura and Maharashtra especially in Madha Parliamentary Constituency and the number of people connected under the aforesaid schemes during each of the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a):    National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  has  published  the  71st  Round  Survey  Report  titled  'Social  Consumption  Education Survey 2014', which inter-alia covers IT Literacy. As per this report, the proportion of households in the Country having  computer  was  found  to  be  around  14%  (only  6%  of  rural  households  and  29%  of  urban  households  possessed computer).  Among  people  in  the  age  group  of  14-29  years  in  rural  India,  only  18%  were able  to  operate  a computer.  Similarly,   in  the  age  group  of  30-45  years,  the  percentage dropped further to 4%. In the age group of 46-60 years, the percentage was just more than 1%.  This  highlighted  that  more  than  15  crore  rural  households  (94%  of 16.85  crore households)  did  not  have  computers. The State/UT-wise details of households having computer (including Maharashtra and Tripura) is at Annexure .
- (b): The steps taken by the Government to bridge the digital literacy divide in the country include the following:
- i. In the years 2014 to 2016, two Schemes entitled 'National Digital Literacy Mission' (NDLM) and 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (DISHA) were implemented by the Government with a target to train 52.50 lakh candidates in digital literacy across the country including rural India. Under these two schemes, a total of 53.67 lakh beneficiaries were trained, out of which around 42% candidates were from rural India.
- ii. In February 2017, the Government of India approved a scheme titled 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)' to usher in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household). Special focus of the said Scheme is on training the beneficiaries on use of Electronic Payment System. So far, more than 3.54 crore candidates have been enrolled and around 2.88 crore have been trained, out of which more than 2.11 crore candidates have been certified under the PMGDISHA Scheme.
- (c):    The  National  Digital  Literacy  Mission  is  now  closed.  However,  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA), approximately  Rs. 48.26 crore and Rs. 2.11 crore have been allocated and spent in the States of Maharashtra and Tripura respectively.

In Madha Parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra, approximately Rs. 25.42 Lakh has been allocated and spent under the aforementioned  scheme.  The  status  of  candidates  registered,  trained  and  certified  during  the  last  three  years  in  Madha constituency of Maharashtra and in the state of Tripura is as under:

## (i) Madha constituency (Maharashtra) :

| FY             | Registered   |   Trained |   Certified |
|----------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
| 2017-18        | 5,029        |      4419 |        3828 |
| 2018-19        | 2,715        |      2449 |        2237 |
| 2019-till date | 931          |       524 |         439 |

(ii) State of Tripura :

| FY             | Registered   |        | Certified   |
|----------------|--------------|--------|-------------|
| 2017-18        | 33,374       | 22,887 | 17,846      |
| 2018-19        | 33,428       | 25,628 | 17,792      |
| 2019-till date | 33,433       | 21,614 | 18,403      |

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## Annexure

## NSSO 71 st Round Survey Report titled 'Social Consumption-Education Survey 2014'

## Proportion (per 1000) of households having computer for each State/UT

|   Sl. No. | States/UT                |   Rural |   Urban |   Rural +Urban |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------|---------|----------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh           |      25 |     232 |             91 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh        |      88 |     267 |            123 |
|         3 | Assam                    |      54 |     327 |             91 |
|         4 | Bihar                    |      23 |     207 |             42 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh             |      11 |     150 |             39 |
|         6 | Delhi                    |     296 |     342 |            341 |
|         7 | Goa                      |     464 |     529 |            503 |
|         8 | Gujarat                  |      71 |     311 |            175 |
|         9 | Haryana                  |      78 |     316 |            161 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh         |     146 |     282 |            163 |
|        11 | Jammu &Kashmir           |      67 |     255 |            109 |
|        12 | Jharkhand                |      24 |     167 |             57 |
|        13 | Karnataka                |      57 |     294 |            155 |
|        14 | Kerala                   |     257 |     379 |            313 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh           |      32 |     256 |             91 |
|        16 | Maharashtra              |     113 |     407 |            249 |
|        17 | Manipur                  |      60 |     184 |            102 |
|        18 | Meghalaya                |      68 |     410 |            138 |
|        19 | Mizoram                  |     195 |     458 |            313 |
|        20 | Nagaland                 |     193 |     380 |            238 |
|        21 | Odisha                   |      21 |     207 |             55 |
|        22 | Punjab                   |     131 |     380 |            229 |
|        23 | Rajasthan                |      86 |     301 |            144 |
|        24 | Sikkim                   |     193 |     470 |            262 |
|        25 | Tamil Nadu               |     130 |     262 |            197 |
|        26 | Telangana                |      30 |     224 |            103 |
|        27 | Tripura                  |      32 |     133 |             55 |
|        28 | Uttar Pradesh            |      50 |     267 |            103 |
|        29 | Uttarakhand              |      63 |     253 |            112 |
|        30 | West Bengal              |      31 |     232 |             95 |
|        31 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     186 |     279 |            222 |
|        32 | Chandigarh               |     320 |     486 |            479 |
|        33 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |      80 |     464 |            297 |
|        34 | Daman &Diu               |     180 |     217 |            213 |
|        35 | Lakshadweep              |     422 |     334 |            351 |

| 36   | Puducherry   |   174 |   322 |   269 |
|------|--------------|-------|-------|-------|
|      | All-India    |    62 |   292 |   137 |

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