Lok Sabha Question No. 987 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: PMGDISHA
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 987

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.07.2023

## PMGDISHA

## 987.    SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of rural households covered in the State of Gujarat under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (PMGDISHA), district-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  rural  families  of  backward/  most  backward  classes  covered  under PMGDISHA in the State of Gujarat, district-wise; and

(c) whether any plan has been formulated to take this campaign to every nook and corner of the State of Gujarat and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government has launched the PMGDISHA Schemein the year 2017with the vision of  transforming  India  into  a  digitally  empowered  society  and  to  create  a  knowledge-based economy by ensuring digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and bridging the digital  divide  by  targeting  rural  citizens  of  India  towards  improvement  of  their  lives.The target of the scheme is to cover 6 crore rural households (one person per household) across the country. As of now, more than 7.03crore candidates have been enrolled, 6.06crore have been trained and 4.51crore candidates have been duly certified under the said scheme.

In the state of Gujarat, as of now, more than 28.97 lakh candidates have been enrolled from the  rural  households,  more  than  25.42  lakh  candidates  have  been  trained  and  18.75  lakh candidates  have  been  duly  certified.  The  district-wise  detail  of  total  number  of  candidates registered, trained and certified in the state of Gujarat is given at Annexure I .

(b):  Under the PMGDISHA scheme, the community of candidate is captured in one of the following  categories:  General,  Scheduled  Caste,  Scheduled  Tribe  and  Other  Backward Classes (OBC) at the time of candidate registration. The details regarding Backward/ Most backward  classes  is  not  captured.  The  district-wise  details  of  number  of  rural  families  of OBC candidates covered under PMGDISHA in the state of Gujarat are given at Annexure II .

(c):  The implementation of the PMGDISHA scheme has been carried out in all the 14,198 plus Gram Panchayats of Gujarat. Various steps that have been taken to take this campaign to every nook and corner of the State of Gujarat include the following:-

- i. Scaling  up  the  awareness  and  promotional  activities  towards  Digital  literacy through campaigns, workshops, seminars, digital vans, etc.
- ii. Some rural schools have been engaged for training and examination of candidates in order to cover the rural populous districts.
- iii. Various mechanisms have been adopted to disseminate information regarding the scheme to the intended beneficiaries such as word of mouth publicity, online, print & electronic media including posters, banners, radio, newspaper, television, social media etc.
- iv. The  training  content  is  made  available  in  Gujarati  besides  Hindi  and  English languages. The content is made available on both online and offline mode.

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District-wise  registered,  trained  and  certified  candidates  in  the  state  of  Gujarat  under PMGDISHA

| S. No.   | District Name   | Registered   | Trained   | Certified   |
|----------|-----------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
| 1        | Ahmadabad       | 84,310       | 69,778    | 52,162      |
| 2        | Amreli          | 78,118       | 61,011    | 41,001      |
| 3        | Anand           | 87,792       | 76,654    | 54,835      |
| 4        | Arvalli         | 1,03,636     | 91,895    | 65,608      |
| 5        | Banas Kantha    | 1,30,851     | 1,12,027  | 82,556      |
| 6        | Bharuch         | 69,522       | 59,884    | 44,096      |
| 7        | Bhavnagar       | 1,46,722     | 1,32,570  | 91,831      |
| 8        | Botad           | 45,797       | 40,120    | 28,436      |
| 9        | Chhotaudepur    | 35,081       | 23,982    | 10,777      |
| 10       | Dang            | 25,447       | 23,397    | 13,431      |
| 11       | Devbhumi Dwarka | 71,680       | 68,422    | 52,524      |
| 12       | Dohad           | 80,026       | 65,029    | 43,281      |
| 13       | Gandhinagar     | 98,343       | 87,472    | 70,276      |
| 14       | Gir Somnath     | 1,03,674     | 88,321    | 68,137      |
| 15       | Jamnagar        | 1,06,842     | 1,01,990  | 72,731      |
| 16       | Junagadh        | 77,895       | 68,490    | 50,227      |
| 17       | Kachchh         | 17,440       | 12,539    | 8,358       |
| 18       | Kheda           | 1,42,275     | 1,24,495  | 96,158      |
| 19       | Mahesana        | 1,73,521     | 1,54,012  | 1,19,166    |
| 20       | Mahisagar       | 1,01,237     | 88,115    | 59,656      |
| 21       | Morbi           | 40,770       | 35,083    | 25,529      |
| 22       | Narmada         | 46,894       | 41,494    | 30,762      |
| 23       | Navsari         | 1,09,889     | 1,00,893  | 77,416      |
| 24       | Panch Mahals    | 1,19,038     | 1,02,765  | 71,391      |
| 25       | Patan           | 1,33,404     | 1,23,238  | 93,691      |
| 26       | Porbandar       | 47,377       | 43,162    | 37,279      |
| 27       | Rajkot          | 57,636       | 48,017    | 34,808      |
| 28       | Sabar Kantha    | 1,34,503     | 1,24,832  | 92,760      |
| 29       | Surat           | 1,22,665     | 1,04,952  | 77,103      |
| 30       | Surendranagar   | 52,564       | 39,629    | 25,531      |
| 31       | Tapi            | 50,247       | 43,649    | 30,783      |
| 32       | Vadodara        | 1,11,152     | 1,01,786  | 87,692      |
| 33       | Valsad          | 91,100       | 83,164    | 65,720      |
| Total    | Total           | 28,97,448    | 25,42,867 | 18,75,712   |

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District-wise  registered,  trained  and  certified  OBC  candidates  in  the  state  of  Gujarat  under PMGDISHA

| S. No.   | District Name   | Registered   | Trained   | Certified   |
|----------|-----------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
| 1        | Ahmadabad       | 44,275       | 36,492    | 26,028      |
| 2        | Amreli          | 36,568       | 27,471    | 19,113      |
| 3        | Anand           | 19,390       | 16,674    | 12,020      |
| 4        | Arvalli         | 64,691       | 58,280    | 41,395      |
| 5        | Banas Kantha    | 85,536       | 75,095    | 57,611      |
| 6        | Bharuch         | 7,870        | 6,520     | 4,903       |
| 7        | Bhavnagar       | 1,03,984     | 95,196    | 66,800      |
| 8        | Botad           | 30,219       | 26,298    | 18,519      |
| 9        | Chhotaudepur    | 5,991        | 4,800     | 2,338       |
| 10       | Dang            | 741          | 715       | 488         |
| 11       | Devbhumi Dwarka | 28,645       | 26,146    | 19,082      |
| 12       | Dohad           | 18,198       | 15,855    | 11,566      |
| 13       | Gandhinagar     | 65,040       | 58,020    | 46,773      |
| 14       | Gir Somnath     | 54,128       | 44,921    | 32,762      |
| 15       | Jamnagar        | 16,906       | 15,681    | 11,696      |
| 16       | Junagadh        | 46,562       | 41,087    | 30,574      |
| 17       | Kachchh         | 5,436        | 4,030     | 2,767       |
| 18       | Kheda           | 32,193       | 26,625    | 20,544      |
| 19       | Mahesana        | 81,168       | 73,080    | 55,983      |
| 20       | Morbi           | 22,525       | 19,540    | 14,293      |
| 21       | Mahisagar       | 43,753       | 39,532    | 28,099      |
| 22       | Narmada         | 1,438        | 1,066     | 829         |
| 23       | Navsari         | 26,525       | 24,308    | 18,216      |
| 24       | Panch Mahals    | 56,987       | 49,310    | 34,798      |
| 25       | Patan           | 78,434       | 72,732    | 55,028      |
| 26       | Porbandar       | 30,603       | 27,765    | 23,985      |
| 27       | Rajkot          | 29,891       | 25,240    | 18,826      |
| 28       | Sabar Kantha    | 79,392       | 75,460    | 56,809      |
| 29       | Surat           | 20,593       | 17,597    | 12,852      |
| 30       | Surendranagar   | 33,628       | 25,049    | 16,060      |
| 31       | Tapi            | 2,043        | 1,803     | 1,421       |
| 32       | Vadodara        | 13,880       | 12,485    | 10,131      |
| 33       | Valsad          | 14,458       | 13,300    | 10,505      |
|          | Total           | 12,01,691    | 10,58,173 | 7,82,814    |

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