Lok Sabha Question No. 3520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Parvesh Sahib Singh, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3520

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 22.03.2023

## PMGDISHA

## 3520. DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  villages  covered  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital  Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA);
- (b) the details of citizens registered under PMGDISHA and the number of the citizens who got certificates under PMGDISHA, gender-wise;
- (c) the  total  amount  released  by  the  Government  for  PMGDISHA during  each of the last three years and the current year including the actual amount spent thereon;
- (d) the measures taken to ensure the quality of training under PMGDISHA;
- (e) whether any impact evaluations have been conducted on the scheme; and
- (f) the  details  of  other  such  measures  being  taken  to  improve  digital  literacy  rates  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):   India over the last 7 years has become a prominent nation in deploying technologies for the benefit and transforming the lives of its citizens. Keeping this in view, the Government is focusing on providing digital literacy to citizens across the country, especially in rural areas. In line with this, the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) was approved in February 2017 to usher in digital literacy in rural India with a target to cover 6 crore  rural  households  (one  person  per  household).  To  ensure  equitable  geographical coverage across the country, a Gram Panchayat centric approach has been adopted under the scheme. Hence, the targets are assigned and monitored for each of the Gram Panchayats in the country and not at village level. Under the scheme, more than 4.29 lakh training centers are currently operational at the Gram Panchayat level, details at Annexure-I .
- (b):    As  of  now,  under  the  PMGDISHA  Scheme,  around  6.80  crore  candidates  have  been enrolled  and  5.84  crore  have  been  trained,  out  of  which  4.34  crore  candidates  have  been certified.Out of the total certification around 57% of beneficiaries are female and around 43% of beneficiaries are male. The gender-wise details of registered and certified citizens under the scheme is at Annexure-II .
- (c):  Total funds allocated and spent on Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) Scheme, during each of the last three years and the current financial year (i.e. 2022-23) is as below:

| S. No.   | Year   | Funds allocated (INR)   | Funds released/spent (INR)   |
|----------|--------|-------------------------|------------------------------|

|   1 | 2019-20   | 400 Cr   | 400 Cr   |
|-----|-----------|----------|----------|
|   2 | 2020-21   | 250 Cr   | 250 Cr   |
|   3 | 2021-22   | 300 Cr   | 300 Cr   |
|   4 | 2022-23   | 250 Cr   | 250 Cr   |

(d): The measures taken to ensure the quality of training under PMGDISHA scheme are as under:

-  The scheme implementation is continuously reviewed through central as well as state teams of the implementing agency under the overall supervision of the Ministry.
-  Standardized  multimedia  content  in  22  Languages  has  been  made  available  and accessible in multimodal format for all candidates.
-  Only  those  who  possess  prescribed  educational  qualifications  are  engaged  as Trainers.
-  Requisite/prescribed IT infrastructure is ensured at the Training Centres.
-  The training centres are monitored, trained and re-trained for maintaining quality.
- (e):  The PMGDISHA scheme has been assessed by three agencies till date namely IIT Delhi, Council  for  Social  Development  (CSD)  and  Indian  Institute  of  Public  Administration (IIPA).The last Impact Assessment study of the PMGDISHA scheme has been conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA).
- (f):    In  addition  to  PMGDISHA  Scheme,  National  Institute  of  Electronics  &  information Technology (NIELIT), a skill development agency of MeitY, is also conducting training in various  digital  literacy  courses  of  different  durations  through  its  47    centres  and  4178 facilitation centres. In the last 10 years,  more  than 75 lakh candidates have been trained/assessed in such courses.

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## State/UT-wise Operational Training Centres at Gram Panchayat level under PMGDISHA Scheme (as on 16.03.2023)

| S.No.   | State Name                  | No. of Training Centres   |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 113                       |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              | 18,174                    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 289                       |
| 4       | Assam                       | 13,865                    |
| 5       | Bihar                       | 36,056                    |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  | 101                       |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                | 14,118                    |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 54                        |
| 9       | Daman and Diu               | 35                        |
| 10      | Delhi                       | 81                        |
| 11      | Goa                         | 352                       |
| 12      | Gujarat                     | 18,911                    |
| 13      | Haryana                     | 11,115                    |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            | 4,713                     |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir           | 5,163                     |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   | 10,883                    |
| 17      | Karnataka                   | 16,830                    |
| 18      | Kerala                      | 2,223                     |
| 19      | Ladakh                      | 219                       |
| 20      | Lakshadweep                 | 5                         |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh              | 33,934                    |
| 22      | Maharashtra                 | 53,042                    |
| 23      | Manipur                     | 425                       |
| 24      | Meghalaya                   | 1,868                     |
| 25      | Mizoram                     | 463                       |
| 26      | Nagaland                    | 279                       |
| 27      | Odisha                      | 13,211                    |
| 28      | Puducherry                  | 231                       |
| 29      | Punjab                      | 17,405                    |
| 30      | Rajasthan                   | 20,871                    |
| 31      | Sikkim                      | 137                       |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu                  | 16,262                    |
| 33      | Telangana                   | 9,323                     |
| 34      | Tripura                     | 1,413                     |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh               | 87,558                    |
| 36      | Uttarakhand                 | 10,704                    |
| 37      | West Bengal                 | 8,924                     |
|         | Total                       | 4,29,350                  |

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Annexure-II

| Sl. No   | State                       | Female      | Female      | Male        | Male        | Transgender   | Transgender   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No   | State                       | Registere d | Certified   | Registere d | Certified   | Registered    | Certified     |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2,309       | 768         | 2,467       | 660         | 0             | 0             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 14,34,714   | 8,69,317    | 5,08,031    | 2,50,761    | 41            | 27            |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3,948       | 1,966       | 3,519       | 1,481       | 0             | 0             |
| 4        | Assam                       | 13,70,498   | 9,55,418    | 13,12,920   | 8,94,545    | 500           | 355           |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 43,48,860   | 30,31,897   | 31,34,268   | 18,36,204   | 12            | 7             |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                | 13,39,029   | 9,05,417    | 11,86,035   | 7,34,817    | 2             | 2             |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 4,174       | 2,479       | 3,856       | 1,712       | 0             | 0             |
| 8        | Daman and Diu               | 2,213       | 1,511       | 1,826       | 964         | 0             | 0             |
| 9        | Delhi                       | 4,893       | 2,899       | 5,028       | 2,890       | 0             | 0             |
| 10       | Goa                         | 33,847      | 23,975      | 23,791      | 14,222      | 0             | 0             |
| 11       | Gujarat                     | 13,21,198   | 8,91,704    | 14,93,864   | 9,24,588    | 8             | 2             |
| 12       | Haryana                     | 8,91,090    | 6,04,786    | 9,79,036    | 5,96,861    | 3             | 2             |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh            | 2,70,638    | 1,61,207    | 2,42,848    | 1,24,736    | 1             | 1             |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 3,59,668    | 2,19,149    | 3,72,425    | 1,95,311    | 1             | 1             |
| 15       | Jharkhand                   | 15,08,435   | 9,65,088    | 10,49,753   | 5,68,734    | 8             | 5             |
| 16       | Karnataka                   | 8,75,230    | 3,79,419    | 7,03,118    | 3,09,988    | 11            | 4             |
| 17       | Kerala                      | 52,934      | 17,733      | 18,401      | 5,647       | 1             | 1             |
| 18       | Ladakh                      | 6,151       | 3,311       | 18,567      | 14,045      | 0             | 0             |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                 | 75          | 0           | 61          | 0           | 0             | 0             |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh              | 26,94,184   | 18,54,904   | 29,27,838   | 18,48,776   | 16            | 7             |
| 21       | Maharashtra                 | 29,23,105   | 18,98,962   | 27,66,919   | 16,26,705   | 37            | 22            |
| 22       | Manipur                     | 13,480      | 5,683       | 11,008      | 4,085       | 2             | 0             |
| 23       | Meghalaya                   | 75,431      | 34,470      | 70,973      | 33,409      | 15            | 5             |
| 24       | Mizoram                     | 15,118      | 7,365       | 12,270      | 5,379       | 2             | 2             |
| 25       | Nagaland                    | 3,571       | 1,637       | 3,608       | 1,603       | 0             | 0             |
| 26       | Odisha                      | 18,98,874   | 12,77,610   | 14,57,518   | 8,36,862    | 59            | 36            |
| 27       | Puducherry                  | 10,886      | 5,412       | 7,654       | 3,280       | 2             | 1             |
| 28       | Punjab                      | 9,11,894    | 6,33,676    | 8,11,127    | 5,07,668    | 18            | 14            |
| 29       | Rajasthan                   | 19,75,884   | 13,34,637   | 20,12,854   | 11,97,982   | 11            | 5             |
| 30       | Sikkim                      | 14,557      | 9,947       | 10,154      | 5,748       | 0             | 0             |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                  | 10,38,446   | 6,53,144    | 4,53,458    | 2,24,279    | 159           | 40            |
| 32       | Telangana                   | 6,68,453    | 3,85,452    | 4,98,473    | 2,56,921    | 15            | 7             |
| 33       | Tripura                     | 1,74,647    | 1,21,201    | 1,50,344    | 94,480      | 9             | 7             |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh               | 85,38,511   | 60,93,707   | 76,75,686   | 48,28,277   | 32            | 22            |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                 | 4,14,959    | 2,79,065    | 3,72,038    | 2,20,340    | 3             | 2             |
| 36       | West Bengal                 | 15,85,394   | 10,78,190   | 9,72,815    | 5,77,152    | 31            | 21            |
|          | Total                       | 3,67,87,298 | 2,47,13,106 | 3,12,74,551 | 1,87,51,112 | 999           | 598           |

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