Lok Sabha Question No. 1828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Inclusion at Rural Families in PMGDSA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shiromani Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1828

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 27.07.2022

## INCLUSION OF RURAL FAMILIES IN PMGDSA

## 1828.  SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a) the  State-wise  details  of  the  rural  families  included  in  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDSA) particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether  the deprived classes of the society including  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs), Scheduled  Tribes(STs),  women,  Divyangjan  etc.  have  been  nominated  and  certified thereunder; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): In order to transform India into a digitally empowered society and to enhance digital adoption,  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  is  focusing  on providing digital literacy to the citizens across the country with a specific focus on the rural areas. In line with this, the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) was approved by Union Cabinet in February 2017 to usher in digital literacy in rural India with a target to cover 6 crore rural households (one person per household) across the country including the state of Uttar Pradesh.

So far, a total of more than 6.17 crore candidates have been enrolled and 5.26 crore have been trained,  out  of  which  3.90  crore  candidates  have  been  certified  under  the  PMGDISHA Scheme across the country. In the state of Uttar Pradesh, as against the stipulated target of 1.11 crore, around 1.54 crore candidates have been enrolled and 1.36 Crore candidates have been trained, out of which 1.03 crore candidates have been duly certified.  The Statewise status of the scheme including Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure.

- (b) and (c): Yes, Sir. This Scheme is specially relevant to digitally empowering the deprived classes  of  the  society  viz.  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes(STs),  Women  and Divyangjans. The details are given as under:-

| Category               | Registered   | Trained     | Certified   |
|------------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
| Scheduled Castes (SCs) | 1,17,56,835  | 1,01,35,472 | 76,89,501   |
| Scheduled Tribes(STs)  | 55,55,776    | 46,74,779   | 33,51,557   |
| Women                  | 3,28,98,110  | 2,85,69,694 | 2,18,75,973 |
| Divyangjan             | 11,00,849    | 9,40,562    | 6,69,240    |

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## Annexure

The State-wise status of the scheme including Uttar Pradesh is given below:

|   S.N. | State                    | Registered   |   Trained |   Certified |
|--------|--------------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
|      1 | Andaman and Nicobar Isl. | 1,649        |       431 |         168 |

| 2     | Andhra Pradesh         | 15,95,859   | 12,53,845   | 8,88,208    |
|-------|------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 3,541       | 1,310       | 897         |
| 4     | Assam                  | 26,59,055   | 23,11,001   | 18,38,255   |
| 5     | Bihar                  | 66,88,736   | 58,68,706   | 42,77,006   |
| 6     | Chhattisgarh           | 25,04,227   | 21,55,181   | 16,29,755   |
| 7     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 2,572       | 1,202       | 685         |
| 8     | Daman and Diu          | 1,961       | 1,137       | 692         |
| 9     | Delhi                  | 3,507       | 2,750       | 2,194       |
| 10    | Goa                    | 30,419      | 22,729      | 15,742      |
| 11    | Gujarat                | 26,41,718   | 23,01,068   | 16,90,671   |
| 12    | Haryana                | 18,30,097   | 15,46,400   | 11,66,156   |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh       | 4,26,123    | 3,17,854    | 2,29,773    |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir      | 6,25,859    | 4,64,976    | 3,36,404    |
| 15    | Jharkhand              | 23,37,406   | 18,83,769   | 13,73,901   |
| 16    | Karnataka              | 10,92,010   | 8,37,070    | 5,47,799    |
| 17    | Kerala                 | 53,220      | 25,824      | 20,565      |
| 18    | Lakshadweep            | 109         | 35          | -           |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh         | 51,81,180   | 45,55,633   | 33,60,185   |
| 20    | Maharashtra            | 47,05,618   | 39,11,389   | 28,03,596   |
| 21    | Manipur                | 12,341      | 7,225       | 4,506       |
| 22    | Meghalaya              | 1,42,124    | 96,641      | 64,210      |
| 23    | Mizoram                | 19,953      | 14,697      | 7,309       |
| 24    | Nagaland               | 5,971       | 4,158       | 2,920       |
| 25    | Odisha                 | 30,67,252   | 25,37,324   | 19,07,081   |
| 26    | Puducherry             | 15,440      | 10,689      | 7,081       |
| 27    | Punjab                 | 16,01,359   | 13,73,900   | 10,56,104   |
| 28    | Rajasthan              | 34,82,046   | 29,39,357   | 21,38,281   |
| 29    | Sikkim                 | 12,775      | 7,959       | 5,213       |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu             | 12,91,542   | 10,11,676   | 7,28,656    |
| 31    | Telangana              | 9,28,932    | 7,19,713    | 4,89,940    |
| 32    | Tripura                | 3,16,201    | 2,45,479    | 1,96,927    |
| 33    | Uttarakhand            | 6,89,123    | 5,74,870    | 4,25,317    |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh          | 1,54,87,101 | 1,36,95,989 | 1,03,35,750 |
| 35    | West Bengal            | 22,93,808   | 18,67,922   | 14,48,509   |
| 36    | Ladakh                 | 23,774      | 21,563      | 16,894      |
| Total | Total                  | 6,17,74,608 | 5,25,91,472 | 3,90,17,350 |

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