Lok Sabha Question No. 2016 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Allocation of Funds for Literacy Programmes
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2016

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR LITERACY PROGRAMMES

†2016. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the allocation approved and released by the Government for various literacy programmes during the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the present literacy rate of the country and the names of States where there has been a significant increase in the literacy rate during the last three years;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  from  the  States  to  open educational  centres  to  improve  the  level  of  education  during  each  of  the  last  three years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (d) : A statement indicating details of State/UT-wise funds sanctioned/ released as Central share under the Scheme of New India Literacy Programme and Samagra Shiksha during the current financial year 2022-23 is at Annexure-I . The literacy data in  the  country  is  collected  through  decennial  census  operation  conducted  by  the Registrar General of India. The last Census was held in 2011. As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate in the country is 72.98 per cent. In the years 2020 to 2022, Padhna Likhna Abhiyan was implemented in which around 35 lakh people were benefitted by the program. 'Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram' has been approved from 2022 to 2027 to be implemented in all State/UTs for all non-literates above 15 years and the target for 5 years is 5 crores.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2016 FOR 13.03.2023 ASKED BY SHRI HAJI FAZLUR  REHMAN,  HONOURABLE  MP  REGARDING  'ALLOCATION  OF FUNDS FOR LITERACY PROGRAMMES'.

State/UT-wise  Central  share  released  under  New  India  Literacy  Programme  and Samagra Shiksha during the current financial year 2022-23.

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S. No. | State/UT                            |   Funds released under NILP | Funds released under Samagra Shiksha   | Total       |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|        1 | 2                                   |                        3    | 4                                      | 5           |
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands            |                       39.54 | 3,785.40                               | 3,824.94    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                      |                      384.51 | 86,740.48                              | 87,124.99   |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                       64.72 | 25,229.47                              | 25,294.19   |
|        4 | Assam                               |                        0    | 98,279.99                              | 98,279.99   |
|        5 | Bihar                               |                        0    | 1,85,565.10                            | 1,85,565.10 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                          |                       61.63 | 7,903.07                               | 7,964.70    |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                        |                        0    | 48,910.77                              | 48,910.77   |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                       51.81 | 5,309.36                               | 5,361.17    |
|        9 | Delhi                               |                       72.95 | 22,193.92                              | 22,266.87   |
|       10 | Goa                                 |                       16.71 | 1,261.24                               | 1,277.95    |
|       11 | Gujarat                             |                      380.05 | 79,371.51                              | 79,751.56   |
|       12 | Haryana                             |                        0    | 24,560.52                              | 24,560.52   |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                    |                        0    | 28,037.03                              | 28,037.03   |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir                      |                        0    | 0.00                                   | 0.00        |
|       15 | Jharkhand                           |                      268.46 | 73,858.81                              | 74,127.27   |
|       16 | Karnataka                           |                      444.32 | 56,187.19                              | 56,631.51   |
|       17 | Kerala                              |                       89.92 | 11,250.00                              | 11,339.92   |
|       18 | Ladakh                              |                      112.67 | 0.00                                   | 112.67      |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                         |                       24.89 | 432.99                                 | 457.88      |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                      |                      491.63 | 1,93,671.37                            | 1,94,163.00 |
|       21 | Maharashtra                         |                      567.52 | 41,220.13                              | 41,787.65   |
|       22 | Manipur                             |                       25.29 | 16,833.38                              | 16,858,.67  |
|       23 | Meghalaya                           |                       89.35 | 27,234.77                              | 27,324.12   |
|       24 | Mizoram                             |                       29.49 | 14,268.09                              | 14,297.58   |
|       25 | Nagaland                            |                       81.98 | 17,051.30                              | 17,133.28   |
|       26 | Odisha                              |                      322.02 | 1,19,289.25                            | 1,19,611.27 |
|       27 | Puducherry                          |                        0    | 781.67                                 | 781.67      |
|       28 | Punjab                              |                      192.58 | 40,152.87                              | 40,345.45   |
|       29 | Rajasthan                           |                      505.03 | 1,80,011.05                            | 1,80,516.08 |
|       30 | Sikkim                              |                       37.8  | 6,821.69                               | 6,859.49    |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                          |                      442.54 | 1,42,143.94                            | 1,42,586.48 |
|       32 | Telangana                           |                        0    | 47,994.97                              | 47,994.97   |
|       33 | Tripura                             |                      108.1  | 23,577.29                              | 23,685.39   |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                       |                      313.8  | 2,11,790.40                            | 2,12,104.20 |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                         |                      203.17 | 33,593.33                              | 33,796.50   |
|       36 | West Bengal                         |                        0    | 95,596.33                              | 95,596.33   |