Lok Sabha Question No. 5436 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: National Digital Literacy Mission
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5436

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 05.04.2023

## NATIONAL DIGITAL LITERACY MISSION

## 5436.   SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise details about number of people imparted Information and Technology (IT) training  under  National  Digital  Literacy  Mission  (NDLM)  across  various  States  of  the country  particularly  in  Dadra  &  Nagar  Haveli,  Daman  &  Diu  and  Maharashtra  since  the launch of the Mission;

(b)  the  total  number  of  Anganwadi  workers,  ASHA  workers  and  Authorised  Ration Distributors  who  have  been  imparted  training  in  information  and  Technology  (IT)  literacy under the said scheme during the last five years, year and State/UT-wise;

(c)  the  estimated  time limit  to  achieve  the  target  of  ensuring  digital  literacy  at  least  to  one member from every family;

(d) the effective measures being taken by the Government to achieve the said target; and (e) whether some villages of rural areas of the country are yet to get internet facilities and if so, the details thereof along with the number of such villages?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) to (c): To enhance digital adoption, Government is focusing on providing digital literacy to  the  citizens  across  the  country.  The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  digital literacy among the urban and rural areas of the country given below:

- i. During the years 2014 to 2016, Government of India had implemented two Schemes on providing  digital  literacy  to  the  masses  namely  'National  Digital  Literacy  Mission (NDLM)' and 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA)' with a cumulative target of 52.50 lakh  persons  (one  person  from  every  eligible  household)  across  the  country  including rural India. Beneficiaries under the DISHA scheme also included field level government functionaries namely Anganwadi and ASHA workers and Authorised ration dealers in all the states across the country, the States/UTs -wise details is given as Annexure-I .

Under these two schemes, a total of 53.67 lakh beneficiaries were trained, out of which around 42% candidates were from rural India. Both schemes have been closed now. The State/UT-wise achievement is given as Annexure-II .

- ii. In the year 2017, Government approved a Scheme titled ''Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)'' to usher in digital literacy in rural India with a target to  cover  6  crore  rural  households  (one  person  per  household)  across  the  country.  The scheme is  under  implementation  and  as  of  now,  more  than  6.82  crore  candidates  have been enrolled and 5.87 crore have been trained, out of which 4.37 crore candidates have been duly certified. The status of the scheme in the last five years is given below:

| Year       | Registered   | Trained   | Certified   |
|------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
| FY 2018-19 | 98,99,984    | 86,34,127 | 66,96,677   |

| FY 2019-20                   | 1,43,30,497   | 1,28,35,709   | 90,07,394   |
|------------------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
| FY 2020-21                   | 1,08,91,062   | 96,07,205     | 73,07,927   |
| FY 2021-22                   | 1,11,74,067   | 98,36,349     | 76,13,672   |
| FY 2022-23 (Till 29.03.2023) | 1,02,35,027   | 89,74,381     | 72,86,210   |

The State/UT-wise achievement under the PMGDISHA scheme is given as Annexure-II .

(d):  The  following  measures  are  taken  up  for  achieving  the  targets  under  the  PMGDISHA scheme:

-  To ensure equitable  geographical  reach,  each  of  the  Gram  Panchayat  is  envisaged  to register an average of 200-300 candidates.
-  The  beneficiaries  are  provided  with  20  hours  of  training  consisting  of  5  modules namely  (i)  Introduction  to  Digital  Devices, (ii) Operating  Digital  Devices,  (iii) Introduction to the Internet, (iv) Communications using the Internet, (v) Application of the Internet (includes Citizen centric services) and use of financial tools for undertaking digital cashless transactions.
-  The training  content  is  made  available  in  22  scheduled  languages  and  English.  This content is made available on both online and offline mode. In addition, keeping in view the thrust of the government on promoting cashless transactions through mobile phones, the  content  on  digital  wallets,  mobile  banking,  Unified  Payments  Interface  (UPI), Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), and PoS has also been included.
-  After  training  of  the  candidate,  a  third-party  Assessment  of  the  trained  candidates  is carried  out  through  online  mode  remotely  proctored  examination  conducted  by recognized Certifying Agencies namely National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Centre for  Development  of  Advanced  Computing  (CDAC),  Haryana Knowledge Corporation Limited  (HKCL)  and  ICT  Academy  of  Tamil  Nadu  (ICTACT).  Digitally  Signed Certificates are issued for all successful candidates and directly uploaded in their DigiLocker accounts.
-  Awareness  and  promotional  activities  towards  Digital  literacy  throughcampaigns, workshops, seminars, digital vans, etc.

(e):    Department of Telecommunication is implementing the BharatNet project in a phased manner to  connect  about  6  lakh  inhabited  villages  including  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  with broadband facility in the country. As on date, total of 1,91,751 GPs have been made Service Ready under the BharatNet project in the country.

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Annexure-I

| State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   | State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   | State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   | State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/ UT                                                                    | Anganwadi                                                                    | ASHA worker                                                                  | Ration Dealer                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                               | 8,137                                                                        | 794                                                                          | 131                                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                            | 33                                                                           | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Assam                                                                        | 7,276                                                                        | 910                                                                          | 1,949                                                                        |
| Bihar                                                                        | 7,964                                                                        | 4,015                                                                        | 1,148                                                                        |
| Chandigarh                                                                   | 452                                                                          | 149                                                                          | -                                                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                 | 5,175                                                                        | 8,221                                                                        | 1,938                                                                        |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                          | 1                                                                            | 4                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Delhi                                                                        | 369                                                                          | 100                                                                          | 122                                                                          |
| Goa                                                                          | 159                                                                          | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Gujarat                                                                      | 3,384                                                                        | 1,453                                                                        | 119                                                                          |
| Haryana                                                                      | 3,266                                                                        | 4,063                                                                        | 212                                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                             | 4,195                                                                        | 240                                                                          | 44                                                                           |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                               | 8,789                                                                        | 2,564                                                                        | 312                                                                          |
| Jharkhand                                                                    | 2,910                                                                        | 709                                                                          | 533                                                                          |
| Karnataka                                                                    | 2,629                                                                        | 1,915                                                                        | 595                                                                          |
| Kerala                                                                       | 778                                                                          | 210                                                                          | 2                                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                               | 6,059                                                                        | 3,117                                                                        | 637                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                  | 18,268                                                                       | 8,223                                                                        | 1,360                                                                        |
| Manipur                                                                      | 2,296                                                                        | 366                                                                          | 10                                                                           |
| Nagaland                                                                     | 742                                                                          | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Odisha                                                                       | 2,859                                                                        | 1,537                                                                        | 317                                                                          |
| Puducherry                                                                   | 415                                                                          | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Punjab                                                                       | 2,862                                                                        | 480                                                                          | 51                                                                           |
| Rajasthan                                                                    | 2,084                                                                        | 1,851                                                                        | 233                                                                          |
| Sikkim                                                                       | 1                                                                            | 14                                                                           | -                                                                            |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                   | 27,125                                                                       | 73                                                                           | 4                                                                            |
| Telangana                                                                    | 5,377                                                                        | 3,321                                                                        | 513                                                                          |
| Tripura                                                                      | 150                                                                          | 143                                                                          | 12                                                                           |
| Utrakhand                                                                    | 1,267                                                                        | 596                                                                          | 49                                                                           |
| Uttarpradesh                                                                 | 18,630                                                                       | 5,654                                                                        | 1,068                                                                        |
| West Bengal                                                                  | 30,642                                                                       | 3,607                                                                        | 795                                                                          |
| Total                                                                        | 1,74,294                                                                     | 54,329                                                                       | 12,154                                                                       |

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| Table-I:   | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   |
|------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S.N.       | State                                      | Enrolled                                   | Trained                                    | Certified                                  |
| 1          | Andaman &Nicobar Isl.                      | 1,964                                      | 1,410                                      | 316                                        |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh                             | 39,000                                     | 39,000                                     | 37,580                                     |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh                          | 1,055                                      | 565                                        | 24                                         |
| 4          | Assam                                      | 20,000                                     | 5,568                                      | 1,388                                      |
| 5          | Bihar                                      | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 6          | Chandigarh                                 | 5,731                                      | 5,460                                      | 4,604                                      |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh                               | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 8          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                        | 412                                        | 317                                        | 168                                        |
| 9          | Daman &Diu                                 | 2,488                                      | 2,132                                      | 1,055                                      |
| 10         | Delhi                                      | 20,000                                     | 20,000                                     | 16,815                                     |
| 11         | Goa                                        | 2,350                                      | 2,113                                      | 917                                        |
| 12         | Gujarat                                    | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 13         | Haryana                                    | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 24,104                                     |
| 14         | Himachal Pradesh                           | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      |
| 15         | Jammu &Kashmir                             | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 16         | Jharkhand                                  | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 17         | Karnataka                                  | 60,000                                     | 60,000                                     | 60,000                                     |
| 18         | Kerala                                     | 20,000                                     | 20,000                                     | 17,236                                     |
| 19         | Lakshadweep                                | -                                          | -                                          | -                                          |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh                             | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 21         | Maharashtra                                | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 22         | Manipur                                    | 6,666                                      | 7,329                                      | 3,087                                      |
| 23         | Meghalaya                                  | 107                                        | -                                          | -                                          |
| 24         | Mizoram                                    | 4,684                                      | 538                                        | 87                                         |
| 25         | Nagaland                                   | 4,760                                      | 5,412                                      | 3,223                                      |
| 26         | Odisha                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 27         | Puducherry                                 | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      | 5,931                                      |
| 28         | Punjab                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 29         | Rajasthan                                  | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 30         | Sikkim                                     | 4,850                                      | 4,009                                      | 201                                        |
| 31         | Tamil Nadu                                 | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 73,878                                     |
| 32         | Telangana                                  | 39,000                                     | 39,000                                     | 34,054                                     |
| 33         | Tripura                                    | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh                              | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 35         | Uttarakhand                                | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 36         | West Bengal                                | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
|            | Total                                      | 10,59,065                                  | 10,38,851                                  | 10,00,000                                  |

Table-II:

S.N.

State

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Andaman & Nicobar Isl.

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Daman & Diu

Delhi

Goa

Gujarat

State/UT-wise achievement made under DISHA

Candidates

Trained

228

2,93,133

2,935

60,998

6,88,804

17,387

2,31,036

26

380

1,20,633

2,277

4,94,955

Enrolled

981

3,02,133

11,885

1,87,111

8,97,205

29,411

3,12,370

28

402

1,34,373

2,610

5,54,923

Certified

93

1,28,187

2,115

50,085

3,62,129

9,042

1,46,451

18

321

65,021

361

2,56,584

| 13    | Haryana          | 2,24,085   | 2,05,589   | 1,09,070   |
|-------|------------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh | 62,675     | 55,941     | 24,598     |
| 15    | Jammu &Kashmir   | 2,55,445   | 1,96,244   | 95,802     |
| 16    | Jharkhand        | 2,25,278   | 2,07,349   | 88,876     |
| 17    | Karnataka        | 6,55,070   | 4,95,362   | 2,92,666   |
| 18    | Kerala           | 98,727     | 89,535     | 32,121     |
| 19    | Lakshadweep      | 135        | 97         | 20         |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh   | 7,85,799   | 5,73,416   | 2,87,629   |
| 21    | Maharashtra      | 8,11,791   | 6,14,597   | 3,30,928   |
| 22    | Manipur          | 52,341     | 42,536     | 27,936     |
| 23    | Meghalaya        | 72         | 36         | -          |
| 24    | Mizoram          | 15,209     | 11,928     | 9,420      |
| 25    | Nagaland         | 25,924     | 12,119     | 9,774      |
| 26    | Odisha           | 2,04,532   | 1,95,060   | 95,099     |
| 27    | Puducherry       | 35,216     | 33,786     | 13,117     |
| 28    | Punjab           | 2,77,453   | 2,11,780   | 70,962     |
| 29    | Rajasthan        | 8,59,076   | 6,21,428   | 2,94,376   |
| 30    | Sikkim           | 20,702     | 13,749     | 10,424     |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu       | 4,08,310   | 3,94,403   | 2,19,753   |
| 32    | Telangana        | 3,03,586   | 1,88,247   | 1,51,799   |
| 33    | Tripura          | 99,502     | 75,209     | 36,270     |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh    | 9,55,441   | 7,04,617   | 5,54,707   |
| 35    | Uttarakhand      | 2,11,770   | 1,82,334   | 76,021     |
| 36    | West Bengal      | 9,05,833   | 7,31,851   | 5,15,317   |
| Total | Total            | 99,27,404  | 77,70,005  | 43,67,092  |

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## State/UT-wise achievement made under PMGDISHA

| S.N.   | State                  | Registered   | Trained     | Certified   |
|--------|------------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Isl.  | 4,813        | 2,350       | 1,457       |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh         | 19,53,357    | 15,85,342   | 11,33,421   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 7,741        | 5,177       | 3,447       |
| 4      | Assam                  | 26,88,490    | 23,29,986   | 18,51,991   |
| 5      | Bihar                  | 75,17,292    | 66,93,855   | 49,04,116   |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh           | 25,04,227    | 21,55,181   | 16,29,755   |
| 7      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 8,215        | 6,551       | 4,634       |
| 8      | Daman and Diu          | 4,382        | 3,258       | 2,475       |
| 9      | Delhi                  | 10,128       | 8,501       | 5,963       |
| 10     | Goa                    | 58,297       | 52,836      | 39,100      |
| 11     | Gujarat                | 28,22,049    | 24,76,404   | 18,23,706   |
| 12     | Haryana                | 18,70,129    | 15,89,095   | 12,01,678   |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh       | 5,19,834     | 3,96,072    | 2,90,602    |
| 14     | Jammu and Kashmir      | 7,37,864     | 5,79,189    | 4,18,810    |
| 15     | Jharkhand              | 25,70,252    | 21,07,224   | 15,47,807   |
| 16     | Karnataka              | 15,92,261    | 11,78,372   | 7,88,835    |
| 17     | Kerala                 | 76,465       | 34,803      | 25,025      |
| 18     | Lakshadweep            | 136          | 35          | -           |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh         | 56,32,301    | 50,06,516   | 37,12,059   |
| 20     | Maharashtra            | 57,05,966    | 49,05,796   | 35,40,053   |
| 21     | Manipur                | 25,335       | 16,132      | 10,328      |
| 22     | Meghalaya              | 1,46,724     | 1,01,360    | 67,945      |
| 23     | Mizoram                | 27,464       | 20,747      | 12,767      |
| 24     | Nagaland               | 7,285        | 4,986       | 3,313       |
| 25     | Odisha                 | 33,70,979    | 28,32,565   | 21,42,323   |
| 26     | Puducherry             | 18,846       | 12,914      | 8,694       |
| 27     | Punjab                 | 17,27,507    | 14,93,785   | 11,47,207   |
| 28     | Rajasthan              | 40,04,059    | 34,74,285   | 25,45,910   |
| 29     | Sikkim                 | 24,730       | 21,309      | 15,697      |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu             | 14,99,125    | 12,06,341   | 8,88,947    |
| 31     | Telangana              | 11,73,757    | 9,43,131    | 6,51,575    |
| 32     | Tripura                | 3,16,201     | 2,45,479    | 1,96,927    |
| 33     | Uttarakhand            | 7,87,000     | 6,72,676    | 5,02,941    |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh          | 1,62,44,717  | 1,44,53,631 | 1,09,43,162 |
| 35     | West Bengal            | 25,73,842    | 21,39,208   | 16,65,542   |
| 36     | Ladakh                 | 24,718       | 22,077      | 17,356      |
| Total  | Total                  | 6,82,56,488  | 5,87,77,169 | 4,37,45,568 |

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