Lok Sabha Question No. 2374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Education Programmes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2374 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## Education Programmes

†2374. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has prepared the list of States which are performing better in the field of education; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of the States wherein more than 50 per cent of people are literate; (d)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  step  to  improve  the  level  of  literacy  in  the remaining States; (e) if so, the details thereof; (f)  whether  the Government  has  started  any  awareness  campaign to  make each  village  and

- Dhani of Rajasthan literate; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)  &  (b)  Yes  Sir.  A  statement  indicating  details  of  State/UT-wise  list  of  Performance Grading Index for the year 2017-18 in different domains is at Annexure I.
- (c)  A  statement  indicating  details  of  State/UT-wise  literacy  rate  in  the  country  in  the  age group of 7 and above , where more than 50 per cent of people are literate,  as per census 2011 is at Annexure II .

(d)  &  (e)  In  order  to  improve  the  level  of  literacy,  the  scheme  of  Saakshar  Bharat  was implemented in phased manner since October 2009 in the rural areas of 410 districts in 26 states and one UT that had adult female literacy rate of 50 percent and below as per Census 2001, and including left wing extremism affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rate. The scheme was extended upto 31.03.2018

(f) & (g) Yes Sir. Awareness programmes were carried out in the rural areas of 32 districts except Kota in the state of Rajasthan under the scheme of Saakshar Bharat.

***

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2374 FOR ANSWER ON 08.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA REGARDING 'EDUCATION PROGRAMMES'.

State/UT-wise  list  of  Performance  Grading  Index  for  the  year  2017-18  in  different domains

|   Sl. No. | State/UTs                  |   Domain 1 Learning Outcomes &Quality |   Domain 2 Access | Domain 3 Infrastruc ture& Facilities   | Domain 4 Equity   | Domain 1 Governance Processes   | Total Grading Score   | Range   |
|-----------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|---------|
|         1 | Chandigarh                 |                                   160 |                75 | 133                                    | 213               | 260                             | 841                   | 801-850 |
|         2 | Kerala                     |                                   154 |                78 | 123                                    | 217               | 254                             | 826                   | 801-850 |
|         3 | Gujarat                    |                                   152 |                71 | 99                                     | 207               | 279                             | 808                   | 801-850 |
|         4 | Haryana                    |                                   134 |                74 | 116                                    | 211               | 252                             | 787                   | 751-800 |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu                 |                                   132 |                79 | 121                                    | 218               | 224                             | 774                   | 751-800 |
|         6 | D&N Haveli                 |                                   150 |                73 | 110                                    | 221               | 202                             | 756                   | 751-800 |
|         7 | Punjab                     |                                   126 |                74 | 139                                    | 200               | 214                             | 753                   | 751-800 |
|         8 | Rajasthan                  |                                   168 |                56 | 84                                     | 210               | 234                             | 752                   | 751-800 |
|         9 | Delhi                      |                                   124 |                72 | 114                                    | 214               | 223                             | 747                   | 701-750 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh           |                                   140 |                76 | 96                                     | 209               | 215                             | 736                   |         |
|        11 | Odisha                     |                                   134 |                69 | 94                                     | 214               | 223                             | 734                   |         |
|        12 | Chhattisgarh               |                                   134 |                66 | 113                                    | 206               | 213                             | 732                   |         |
|        13 | Andhra Pradesh             |                                   154 |                70 | 99                                     | 194               | 211                             | 728                   |         |
|        14 | Goa                        |                                   132 |                75 | 138                                    | 209               | 163                             | 717                   |         |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh             |                                   140 |                58 | 99                                     | 209               | 207                             | 713                   |         |
|        16 | Assam                      |                                   152 |                64 | 72                                     | 208               | 211                             | 707                   |         |
|        17 | Karnataka                  |                                   160 |                69 | 100                                    | 212               | 165                             | 706                   |         |
|        18 | Uttarakhand                |                                   148 |                72 | 102                                    | 194               | 188                             | 704                   |         |
|        19 | Maharashtra                |                                   144 |                76 | 113                                    | 212               | 155                             | 700                   |         |
|        20 | Puduchery                  |                                   124 |                77 | 114                                    | 206               | 166                             | 687                   |         |
|        21 | Sikkim                     |                                   122 |                58 | 90                                     | 198               | 215                             | 683                   | 651-700 |
|        22 | Mizoram                    |                                   126 |                57 | 102                                    | 184               | 208                             | 677                   |         |
|        23 | Telangana                  |                                   142 |                66 | 96                                     | 205               | 167                             | 676                   |         |
|        24 | Daman & diu                |                                   126 |                73 | 99                                     | 208               | 163                             | 669                   |         |
|        25 | Jharkhand                  |                                   154 |                53 | 95                                     | 204               | 144                             | 650                   |         |
|        26 | A&N Island                 |                                   130 |                65 | 87                                     | 205               | 158                             | 645                   |         |
|        27 | J&K                        |                                   132 |                53 | 88                                     | 203               | 168                             | 644                   |         |
|        28 | Tripura                    |                                   126 |                67 | 70                                     | 207               | 173                             | 643                   |         |
|        29 | Lakshadweep                |                                   122 |                67 | 98                                     | 206               | 133                             | 626                   | 601-650 |
|        30 | West Bengal                |                                   122 |                53 | 58                                     | 195               | 189                             | 617                   |         |
|        31 | Bihar                      |                                   128 |                56 | 86                                     | 203               | 140                             | 613                   |         |
|        32 | Manipur                    |                                   138 |                60 | 68                                     | 193               | 149                             | 608                   |         |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh              |                                   132 |                62 | 73                                     | 202               | 134                             | 603                   |         |
|        34 | Meghalaya                  |                                   126 |                50 | 57                                     | 186               | 165                             | 584                   |         |
|        35 |                            |                                   126 |                43 |                                        |                   |                                 |                       | 551-600 |
|        36 | Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh |                                   114 |                46 | 63 63                                  | 195 197           | 130 134                         | 557 554               | 551-600 |

Source:- Performance Grading Index 2017-18

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2374 FOR ANSWER ON 08.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA REGARDING 'EDUCATION PROGRAMMES'.

State/UT-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, where more than 50 per cent of people are literate, as per census 2011

| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   |   Literacy Rate |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------|
|          | India                  |           72.98 |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         |           67.02 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      |           65.38 |
| 3.       | Assam                  |           72.19 |
| 4.       | Bihar                  |           61.8  |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           |           70.28 |
| 6.       | Goa                    |           88.7  |
| 7.       | Gujarat                |           78.03 |
| 8.       | Haryana                |           75.55 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh       |           82.8  |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir         |           67.16 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand              |           66.41 |
| 12.      | Karnataka              |           75.36 |
| 13.      | Kerala                 |           94    |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh         |           69.32 |
| 15.      | Maharashtra            |           82.34 |
| 16.      | Manipur                |           76.94 |
| 17.      | Meghalaya              |           74.43 |
| 18.      | Mizoram                |           91.33 |
| 19.      | Nagaland               |           79.55 |
| 20.      | Odisha                 |           72.87 |
| 21.      | Punjab                 |           75.84 |
| 22.      | Rajasthan              |           66.11 |
| 23.      | Sikkim                 |           81.42 |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu             |           80.09 |
| 25.      | Tripura                |           87.22 |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh          |           67.68 |
| 27.      | Uttarakhand            |           78.82 |
| 28.      | West Bengal            |           76.26 |
| 29.      | A &NIslands            |           86.63 |
| 30.      | Chandigarh             |           86.05 |
| 31.      | D &NHaveli             |           76.24 |
| 32.      | Daman &Diu             |           87.1  |
| 33.      | Lakshadweep            |           91.85 |
| 34.      | NCT of Delhi           |           86.21 |
| 35.      | Puducherry             |           85.85 |