Lok Sabha Question No. 2492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-21
Subject: Inclusion of Rural Families in PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shiromani Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2492

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 21.12.2022

## INCLUSION OF RURAL FAMILIES IN PMGDISHA

## 2492.   SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a) the State/UT-wise details of the rural families included under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (PMGDISHA);
- (b) whether the backward classes of the society including Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Women, Divyagjans etc. have been nominated and certified thereunder and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Standing  Committee  on  Information  Technology  has  also  emphasized  the importance of increasing  the  scope  of  PMGDISHA and other digital  literacy  programmes and also on the need to conduct Quality Impact Assessment; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## 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) across the country.

So far, a total of more than 6.62 crore candidates have been enrolled and 5.68 crore have been trained,  out  of  which  4.22  crore  candidates  have  been  certified  under  the  PMGDISHA  Scheme across the country. The State-wise status of the scheme is given at Annexure .

(b):   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) | 1,24,73,243  | 1,08,27,534 | 82,14,561   |
| Scheduled Tribes(STs)  | 58,94,065    | 49,92,682   | 35,85,609   |
| Women                  | 3,55,82,122  | 3,11,40,687 | 2,38,79,872 |
| Divyangjan             | 11,70,309    | 10,10,042   | 7,22,675    |

(c)  and  (d):  Yes,  Sir.  In  line  with  the  recommendations,  the  training  under  the  PMGDISHA scheme was scaled up and as on date, a total of 6.62 crore candidates have been enrolled under the PMGDISHA  Scheme,  out  of  this,  5.68  crore  candidates  have  been  trained  and  4.22  crore candidates have been duly certified.

So  far,  three  impact  assessment  studies  of  the  Scheme  have  been  carried  out.  First  impact assessment  study  was  carried  out  by  Council  for  Social  Development  (CSD)  in  2017-18.  The second impact assessment study was conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Delhi in the year 2019. The last impact assessment study of the scheme was carried out by Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) in FY 2020-21. The aim of the study was to analyse the ground level situation of the scheme, with a larger aspect of continuation of the scheme beyond the 12th plan period. IIPA, after the comprehensive and methodological evaluation of scheme, concluded in the report that PMGDISHA as a digital literacy programme plays an indispensable part in not only bridging the digital gap in the country but also transforming it into a knowledge economy and society. IIPA recommended the continuation of PMGDISHA Scheme.

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## Annexure

| State/UT wise status under PMGDISHA scheme   | State/UT wise status under PMGDISHA scheme   | State/UT wise status under PMGDISHA scheme   | State/UT wise status under PMGDISHA scheme   | State/UT wise status under PMGDISHA scheme   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S.N.                                         | State                                        | Registered                                   | Trained                                      | Certified                                    |
| 1                                            | Andaman &Nicobar Isl.                        | 3,872                                        | 1,769                                        | 1,002                                        |
| 2                                            | Andhra Pradesh                               | 18,49,896                                    | 14,80,939                                    | 10,44,064                                    |
| 3                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 7,357                                        | 5,031                                        | 3,317                                        |
| 4                                            | Assam                                        | 26,69,088                                    | 23,20,423                                    | 18,46,571                                    |
| 5                                            | Bihar                                        | 72,10,212                                    | 63,78,337                                    | 46,57,885                                    |
| 6                                            | Chhattisgarh                                 | 25,20,462                                    | 21,70,624                                    | 16,37,669                                    |
| 7                                            | Dadra And Nagar Haveli                       | 5,851                                        | 4,078                                        | 2,890                                        |
| 8                                            | Daman And Diu                                | 4,000                                        | 3,224                                        | 2,439                                        |
| 9                                            | Delhi                                        | 7,028                                        | 5,648                                        | 3,988                                        |
| 10                                           | Goa                                          | 55,837                                       | 50,721                                       | 37,377                                       |
| 11                                           | Gujarat                                      | 27,62,587                                    | 24,16,473                                    | 17,74,737                                    |
| 12                                           | Haryana                                      | 18,70,129                                    | 15,87,779                                    | 11,99,270                                    |
| 13                                           | Himachal Pradesh                             | 4,82,964                                     | 3,63,524                                     | 2,65,696                                     |
| 14                                           | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 7,01,385                                     | 5,47,550                                     | 3,95,751                                     |
| 15                                           | Jharkhand                                    | 24,67,451                                    | 20,02,277                                    | 14,65,641                                    |
| 16                                           | Karnataka                                    | 12,70,400                                    | 9,51,706                                     | 6,16,924                                     |
| 17                                           | Kerala                                       | 56,448                                       | 27,153                                       | 21,418                                       |
| 18                                           | Lakshadweep                                  | 136                                          | 35                                           | -                                            |
| 19                                           | Madhya Pradesh                               | 55,30,748                                    | 48,98,827                                    | 36,21,753                                    |
| 20                                           | Maharashtra                                  | 55,86,975                                    | 47,82,195                                    | 34,42,143                                    |
| 21                                           | Manipur                                      | 19,415                                       | 9,003                                        | 5,660                                        |
| 22                                           | Meghalaya                                    | 1,45,789                                     | 1,00,733                                     | 67,557                                       |
| 23                                           | Mizoram                                      | 26,832                                       | 20,161                                       | 12,326                                       |
| 24                                           | Nagaland                                     | 6,624                                        | 4,614                                        | 3,187                                        |
| 25                                           | Odisha                                       | 32,22,299                                    | 26,85,398                                    | 20,27,683                                    |
| 26                                           | Puducherry                                   | 17,732                                       | 11,814                                       | 7,867                                        |
| 27                                           | Punjab                                       | 16,84,286                                    | 14,49,583                                    | 11,11,147                                    |
| 28                                           | Rajasthan                                    | 38,87,394                                    | 33,49,142                                    | 24,44,090                                    |
| 29                                           | Sikkim                                       | 24,589                                       | 21,256                                       | 15,629                                       |
| 30                                           | Tamil Nadu                                   | 14,16,049                                    | 11,28,107                                    | 8,22,761                                     |
| 31                                           | Telangana                                    | 10,87,847                                    | 8,60,890                                     | 5,84,986                                     |
| 32                                           | Tripura                                      | 3,25,000                                     | 2,64,762                                     | 2,15,688                                     |
| 33                                           | Uttarakhand                                  | 7,56,000                                     | 6,40,848                                     | 4,75,243                                     |
| 34                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                | 1,60,48,688                                  | 1,42,53,557                                  | 1,07,80,708                                  |
| 35                                           | West Bengal                                  | 24,67,194                                    | 20,35,832                                    | 15,83,015                                    |
| 36                                           | Ladakh                                       | 24,669                                       | 21,888                                       | 17,316                                       |
| Total                                        | Total                                        | 6,62,23,233                                  | 5,68,55,901                                  | 4,22,15,398                                  |