Lok Sabha Question No. 149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Literacy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Ajay Nishad, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 149

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## LITERACY

- †149.  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI AJAY NISHAD: SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  percentage  of  literacy  achieved  under  National  Literacy  Mission  has  been below the target set during the last three years; (b) if so, the target set up during the last three years and the extent of its achievement along with the details thereof in Maharashtra; (c) the number of women who have achieved literacy during the last three years, State-wise; (d) the details of the existing school buildings and community centres which are being used as study centres for school children in the evening, State-wise; (e) the funds sanctioned and spent during the last three years and the current year for National Literacy  Mission  (NLM)  along with  the  achievements  made  so  far  under  the  said  scheme, State-wise; (f) whether the Government proposes to provide special assistance to the States having low level  of adult women literacy  and  to prevent  school dropouts  and  if  so,  the details  thereof; and (g)  the  financial  assistance  given  by  the  Government  during  the  last  three  years  and  the
- current year to achieve hundred percent literacy?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) & (b) Plan-wise targets are fixed to achieve higher levels of literacy in a phased manner.

The target was set to raise the overall literacy rate of the country to 80 per cent by the end of

XII  Five  Year  Plan  Period  i.e.  31.03.2017.  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 and gender-wise details of literacy rate in the country, in the age group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011 is Annexure-I.

Under the Saakshar Bharat Programme, against the overall target of making 7 crore adult  non-literates  to  be  made  literates,  around  7.64  crore  learners  successfully  passed  the biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Tests conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) between August, 2010 to March, 2018 and were certified as literates.

A  statement  indicating  State/UT-wise  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Tests conducted by NIOS between August, 2010 to March, 2018 under Saakshar Bharat Programme, including Maharashtra is at Annexure-II .

(c) A statement indicating State/UT-wise number of women learners declared successful in the  biannual  Basic  Literacy  Assessment  Test  conducted  by  NIOS  under  Saakshar  Bharat Programme during 2016-17 & 2017-18 is at Annexure-III.

(d) No school buildings and community centres are being used as study centres for evening class.

(e)  A  statement  indicating  details  of  State/UT-wise  funds  sanctioned  under  the  Saakshar Bharat  Programme  during  the  last  three  years  is  at Annexure-IV .  A  statement  indicating State/UT-wise learners declared successful in the biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Tests conducted  by  NIOS  conducted  from  August  2010  to  March  2018  under  Saakshar  Bharat Programme is at Annexure-II .

(f) In order to focus on the areas where the literacy levels are low, the Department of School Education  &  Literacy  (SE&L)  has  identified  Educationally  Backward  Blocks  (EBBs). Initially 3073 EBBs were identified on the basis of the twin criteria of Female Literacy Rate being below the national average of 46.13 per cent and Gender Gap in Literacy being above the  national  average  of  21.59  per  cent.    Both  these  criteria  had  been  earmarked  by  the Registrar General of India (RGI).

Further,  406  more  blocks  were  included,  out  of  which  404  blocks  had  rural  Female Literacy Rate of less than 45 per cent, irrespective of the Gender Gap.  In addition one Block from  West  Bengal  with  SC  Rural  Female  Literacy  Rate  of  9.47  per  cent  was  also  included, taking the total number of EBBs to 3479.

To  promote  Girl's  Education,  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has sanctioned Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) in EBBs. (g) A statement indicating details of State/UT-wise funds sanctioned under the Saakshar Bharat

Programme during the last three years is at Annexure-IV .

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 149 FOR 18.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS,    SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD,  SHRI  SANGAM  LAL  GUPTA  AND  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

State 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           |

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 149 FOR 18.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS,    SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD,  SHRI  SANGAM  LAL  GUPTA  AND  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

State/UT-wise learners declared successful between August, 2010 to March, 2018 under Saakshar Bharat Programme, including Maharashtra

| Sl.No   | Name of the States/UT   | Learners declared successful   |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          | 53,03,140                      |
| 2       | Telangana               | 47,26,423                      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1,52,027                       |
| 4       | Assam                   | 7,12,008                       |
| 5       | Bihar                   | 1,54,23,456                    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh            | 32,68,915                      |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 18,333                         |
| 8       | Gujarat                 | 11,33,103                      |
| 9       | Haryana                 | 7,81,218                       |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh        | 68,238                         |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir          | 4,78,080                       |
| 12      | Jharkhand               | 41,44,515                      |
| 13      | Karnataka               | 54,03,674                      |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh          | 38,26,564                      |
| 15      | Maharashtra             | 7,44,215                       |
| 16      | Manipur                 | 1,17,414                       |
| 17      | Meghalaya               | 49,633                         |
| 18      | Nagaland                | 1,28,033                       |
| 19      | Odisha                  | 13,21,330                      |
| 20      | Punjab                  | 30,573                         |
| 21      | Rajasthan               | 83,54,527                      |
| 22      | Sikkim                  | 17,685                         |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu              | 25,02,290                      |
| 24      | Tripura                 | 47,378                         |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh           | 1,21,71,791                    |
| 26      | Uttarakhand             | 4,96,769                       |
| 27      | West Bengal             | 49,50,661                      |
|         | Total                   | 7,63,71,993                    |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 149 FOR 18.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS,    SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD,  SHRI  SANGAM  LAL  GUPTA  AND  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

State/UT-wise  number  of  women  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual  Basic Literacy  Assessment  Test  conducted  by  NIOS  under  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme 2016-17 & 2017-18.

| S. No.   | States              | 2016-17     | 2017-18   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 4,71,433    | 2,28,814  |
| 2        | Telangana           | 2,63,464    | 1,48,826  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 12,438      | 3,513     |
| 4        | Assam               | 25,881      | 37,502    |
| 5        | Bihar               | 22,71,505   | 19,33,986 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 1,82,929    | 86,519    |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0           | 0         |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 1,62,500    | 82,640    |
| 9        | Haryana             | 2,40,326    | 73,430    |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 10,285      | 2,101     |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 76177       | 1,35,575  |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 9,07,204    | 5,05,026  |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 10,41,146   | 3,85,504  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 10,60,760   | 5,84,589  |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 1,73,474    | 71,357    |
| 16       | Manipur             | 9,363       | 4,719     |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 11748       | 3,675     |
| 18       | Nagaland            | 7,855       | 4,529     |
| 19       | Odisha              | 3,36,019    | 27,792    |
| 20       | Punjab              | 0           | 0         |
| 21       | Rajasthan           | 10,90,288   | 6,80,761  |
| 22       | Sikkim              | 205         | 0         |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu          | 83,199      | 1,12,109  |
| 24       | Tripura             | 0           | 0         |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh       | 13,23,597   | 12,00,499 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand         | 43,133      | 12,833    |
| 27       | West Bengal         | 8,68,146    | 2,33,167  |
|          | Total               | 1,06,73,075 | 65,59,466 |

Annexure-IV STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) & (g) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 149 FOR 18.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS,    SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD,  SHRI  SANGAM  LAL  GUPTA  AND  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI REGARDING 'LITERACY'.

## State/UT-wise and year-wise details of central share released during the last three year under Saakshar Bharat Programme

(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                  |

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