Lok Sabha Question No. 179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: ULLAS Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri G M Harish Balayogi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.179

ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## ULLAS Scheme in Andhra Pradesh

## 179. Shri G M Harish Balayogi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  and  the  number  of  people  enrolled  under  the  ULLAS  scheme,  since  its  inception, State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh;

(b)  the  number  of  women,  SC/ST/OBC/Minorities,  Persons  with  Special  Needs  (Divyangjans), Marginalized/  Nomadic/  Construction  workers/  laborers  enrolled  under  the  scheme,  State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh;

(c)  the  amount  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  the  scheme,  since  its  inception,  State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh; and

(d) the number of people who have appeared in the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT), State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b) A Centrally Sponsored Scheme, introduced in 2022-23 as New India Literacy Programme (NILP), now popularly known as ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, is being implemented from the F.Y. 2022-23 to 2026-27. A Statement regarding State-wise details of people enrolled under ULLAS Scheme especially in Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-I . The figures include the number of women, SC/ST/OBC/Minorities, Persons with Special Needs (Divyangjans), Marginalized/ Nomadic/ Construction workers/ laborers enrolled under the scheme.

(c) A Statement  regarding  the  details  of  the  amount  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  the scheme, since its inception, State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-II .

(d) A  Statement  regarding  the  details  of  the  number  of  people  who  have  appeared  in  the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT), State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-III .

## Annexure-I

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.179 FOR 25.11.2024 ASKED BY SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'ULLAS SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'.

## State-wise details of learners enrolled under the ULLAS Scheme

| Sl. No.   | States/UT's                              | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | Grand Total   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 11,881    | 242       | 37        | 12,160        |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           | 30,39,299 | 5,533     | 26,124    | 30,70,956     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 19,995    | 21        | 7         | 20,023        |
| 4         | Assam                                    | 2         | 4,20,929  | 2,11,943  | 6,32,874      |
| 5         | Bihar                                    | 22,914    | 4,84,884  | 189       | 5,07,987      |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               | 3,000     | 656       | 11        | 3,667         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             | -         | 1,20,992  | 6,91,503  | 8,12,495      |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | -         | 25,254    | 73        | 25,327        |
| 9         | Delhi                                    | 2,861     | 21,117    | 1,594     | 25,572        |
| 10        | Goa                                      | -         | 2,983     | 242       | 3,225         |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  | 98        | 30,054    | 286       | 30,438        |
| 12        | Haryana                                  | -         | 48,974    | 3,19,083  | 3,68,057      |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         | 2,518     | 92,490    | 762       | 95,770        |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                        | -         | 6,21,993  | 64,679    | 6,86,672      |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                | 29,243    | 94,632    | 70,714    | 1,94,589      |
| 16        | Karnataka                                | 3,33,554  | 4,24,338  | 1,40,904  | 8,98,796      |
| 17        | Kerala                                   | 91,012    | 83        | 5         | 91,100        |
| 18        | Ladakh                                   | 7,337     | 2         | 2         | 7,341         |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                              | -         | 7         | -         | 7             |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                           | 31,06,461 | 1,408     | 6,352     | 31,14,221     |
| 21        | Maharashtra                              | 26        | 6,61,895  | 3,58,199  | 10,20,120     |
| 22        | Manipur                                  | 8,291     | 334       | 3         | 8,628         |
| 23        | Meghalaya                                | 1,287     | 1,203     | 146       | 2,636         |
| 24        | Mizoram                                  | 10        | 13        | 29        | 52            |
| 25        | Nagaland                                 | 10        | 8         | 2         | 20            |
| 26        | Odisha                                   | 36,297    | 631       | 1,55,131  | 1,92,059      |
| 27        | Puducherry                               | -         | 11        | 1,240     | 1,251         |
| 28        | Punjab                                   | 9,304     | 72,013    | 10,619    | 91,936        |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                | 5,72,114  | 5,19,298  | 13,52,651 | 24,44,063     |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   | -         | 4,024     | 620       | 4,644         |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               | 10,08,882 | 90        | 123       | 10,09,095     |
| 32        | Telangana                                | -         | 14        | 61        | 75            |
| 33        | Tripura                                  | -         | 375       | 1,987     | 2,362         |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            | 5,36,311  | 4,43,373  | 1,27,945  | 11,07,629     |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                              | 3,720     | 8,016     | 1,791     | 13,527        |
| 36        | West Bengal                              | -         | 37        | 26        | 63            |
|           | Total                                    | 88,46,427 | 41,07,927 | 35,45,083 | 1,64,99,437   |

## Annexure-II

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.179  FOR  25.11.2024  ASKED  BY  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI,  HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'ULLAS SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'.

## State-wise details of funds allocated and released under the scheme

(In Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State /UT                          |   Allocation of Budget 2022-23 |   Release of Central Share 2022-23 |   Allocation of Budget 2023-24 | Release of Central Share 2023-24   | Allocation of Budget 2024-25   |   Release of Central Share 2024-25 |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman& Nicobar Islands           |                          52.72 |                              39.54 |                          62.7  | 0                                  | 25.04                          |                               0    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                         512.69 |                             384.51 |                         943.09 | 0                                  | 871.07                         |                               0    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                          86.28 |                              64.72 |                         165.89 | 0                                  | 89.29                          |                               0    |
| 4         | Assam                              |                        1227.88 |                             827.17 |                         227.4  | 0                                  | 2,089.52                       |                            1044.76 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                        1137.58 |                               0    |                        2105.41 | 1,579.06                           | -                              |                               0    |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                          82.18 |                              61.63 |                         130.28 | 0                                  | 91.00                          |                               0    |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |                         238.92 |                               0    |                         563.24 | 140.81                             | 911.71                         |                             300    |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                          69.09 |                              51.81 |                          86.75 | 0                                  | 56.78                          |                               0    |
| 9         | Delhi                              |                           0    |                              72.95 |                         169.59 | 0                                  | 72.31                          |                               0    |
| 10        | Goa                                |                          27.05 |                              16.71 |                          27.47 | 0                                  | 5.76                           |                               5.75 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                         506.73 |                             380.05 |                         623.11 | 0                                  | 538.51                         |                               0    |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                         227.02 |                             170.26 |                         564.76 | 0                                  | 725.40                         |                               0    |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                         186.98 |                               0    |                         186.98 | 46.74                              | 159.12                         |                              79.56 |
| 14        | Jammu& Kashmir                     |                         447.65 |                               0    |                         548.04 | 274.02                             | 522.80                         |                               0    |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                         357.95 |                             268.46 |                        1826.51 | 0                                  | 2,274.90                       |                               0    |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                         592.43 |                             444.32 |                        1909.05 | 0                                  | 1,435.58                       |                               0    |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                         119.9  |                              89.92 |                         159.56 | 0                                  | 97.84                          |                               0    |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                          55    |                             112.67 |                         155.43 | 0                                  | -                              |                               0    |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                          33.18 |                              24.89 |                          39.58 | 0                                  | -                              |                               0    |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                         655.52 |                             491.63 |                        2203.04 | 427.85                             | 2,268.24                       |                               0    |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                         756.69 |                             567.52 |                        1398.16 | 0                                  | 1,398.17                       |                               0    |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                         109.85 |                              82.39 |                         185.26 | 25.72                              | 190.94                         |                               0    |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |                         119.14 |                              89.35 |                         169.02 | 19.92                              | 679.74                         |                             339.87 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |                          39.32 |                              29.49 |                         145.19 | 28.92                              | 14.12                          |                               0    |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                         109.32 |                              81.98 |                         237.24 | 38.81                              | 327.15                         |                               0    |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                         429.37 |                             322.02 |                         957.58 | 0                                  | 921.58                         |                               0    |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |                          24.67 |                               0    |                          22.87 | 4.93                               | 12.39                          |                              12.35 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |                         256.78 |                             192.58 |                         465.82 | 0                                  | 286.26                         |                               0    |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                         673.37 |                             505.03 |                        1242.77 | 0                                  | 2,062.32                       |                            1031.16 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                          50.4  |                              37.8  |                          74.38 | 9.14                               | 12.41                          |                               0    |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |                         590.05 |                             590.05 |                         108.38 | 372.99                             | 552.00                         |                             276    |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                         512.69 |                               0    |                         940.52 | 0                                  | 940.52                         |                             470.26 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                         144.13 |                             108.1  |                         249.2  | 0                                  | 105.07                         |                               0    |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                        2042.2  |                             313.8  |                        2868.99 | 0                                  | 2,869.00                       |                               0    |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |                         270.9  |                             203.17 |                         275.58 | 0                                  | 203.79                         |                               0    |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                         780.5  |                               0    |                           0    | 0                                  | -                              |                               0    |
|           | Total                              |                       13526.1  |                            6624.52 |                       22038.8  | 2,968.91                           | 22,810.31                      |                            3559.71 |

## Annexure-III

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.179    FOR  25.11.2024  ASKED  BY  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'ULLAS SCHEME IN ANDHRA  PRADESH'.

State-wise details of Learners appeared in the Foundational Literacy  and  Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT)

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| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT               | Learners Appeared   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 7,000               |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     | *                   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 24,163              |
| 4         | Assam                              | 70,000              |
| 5         | Bihar                              | -                   |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         | 3,550               |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       | 1,54,085            |
| 8         | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 3,743               |
| 9         | Delhi                              | 22,838              |
| 10        | Goa                                | 1,934               |
| 11        | Gujarat                            | 6,700               |
| 12        | Haryana                            | 3,50,000            |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   | 15,351              |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 1,56,552            |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          | 3,53,574            |
| 16        | Karnataka                          | 3,57,722            |
| 17        | Kerala                             | 63,169              |
| 18        | Ladakh                             | 34,368              |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        | 100                 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     | 48,01,119           |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        | 4,03,644            |
| 22        | Manipur                            | 3,261               |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          | 12,186              |
| 24        | Mizoram                            | 320                 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           | 28,754              |
| 26        | Odisha                             | 3,24,381            |
| 27        | Puducherry                         | -                   |
| 28        | Punjab                             | 1,95,379            |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          | 15,81,363           |
| 30        | Sikkim                             | 6,493               |
| 31        | Tamilnadu                          | 15,18,840           |
| 32        | Telangana                          | -                   |
| 33        | Tripura                            | 576                 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      | 6,12,014            |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        | 36,547              |
| 36        | West Bengal                        | -                   |
|           | Total                              | 1,11,49,726         |