Lok Sabha Question No. 428 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Information Technology Training
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.428

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 24.07.2024

## INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

## 428.   SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  number  of  persons  being  provided  with Information  Technology  (IT)  training  every  year  under  the  National  Digital  Literacy Mission  (NDLM)  since  its  launch  in  various  States/Union  Territories  of  the  country, particularly in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has imparted IT Literacy under the said scheme to Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers and authorised ration distributors;
- (d) if so, the details of the people trained in this regard, year and State-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has set up any time frame to achieve the target to ensure digital literacy of one person from every household;
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with various measures being taken by the Government;
- (g) whether there are villages in the country where internet facility is still not available; and
- (h) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (e):  The various steps taken by the Government to improve digital literacy among the urban and rural areas of the country are given below:

- i. During the years 2014 to 2016, Government of India had implemented two Schemes on providing  digital  literacy  to  the  masses  namely  'National  Digital  Literacy  Mission (NDLM)' and 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA)' with a cumulative target of 52.50 lakh persons (one person from every eligible household) across the country including rural India. Beneficiaries under the DISHA  scheme  also included field level government  functionaries  namely  Anganwadi  and  ASHA  workers  and  Authorised ration dealers in all the states across the country, the States/UTs -wise details is given as Annexure-I .

Under  these  two  schemes,  a  total  of  53.67  lakh  beneficiaries  were  trained,  out  of  which around  42%  candidates  were  from  rural  India.  Both  schemes  have  been  closed  now.  The State/UT-wise achievement is given as Annexure-II .

In the year 2017, the Government of India launched a Scheme titled ''Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan  (PMGDISHA)'' to  usher  in  digital  literacy  in  rural  India  with  a target to cover 6 crore rural households (one person per household) which has been officially concluded on 31.03.2024.As on 31 st March 2024, around 7.35 crore candidates were enrolled and  6.39  crore  were  trained,  out  of  which  4.78  crore  candidates  were  certified  under  the PMGDISHA Scheme. The year-wise achievements of the Scheme are given below:

| Year    | Registered   | Trained   |   Certified |
|---------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
| 2016-17 | 1,99,224     | 1,42,087  |           0 |

| 2017-18   | 1,13,02,007   | 84,14,860   | 56,56,276   |
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
| 2018-19   | 97,92,341     | 85,42,173   | 66,22,107   |
| 2019-20   | 1,42,85,919   | 1,28,25,128 | 89,69,937   |
| 2020-21   | 1,08,78,397   | 96,95,717   | 73,00,552   |
| 2021-22   | 1,11,13,212   | 97,87,886   | 75,75,516   |
| 2022-23   | 1,01,45,209   | 92,12,931   | 72,59,050   |
| 2023-24   | 58,55,656     | 53,20,936   | 44,52,748   |
| Total     | 7,35,71,965   | 6,39,41,718 | 4,78,36,186 |

The State/UT-wise achievement details (including Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu) under the PMGDISHA scheme is given as Annexure-III .

(f):The following measures were taken to achieve the targets under the PMGDISHA scheme:

-  Efforts were made to identify and register new Training centers in uncovered Gram Panchayats across the country.
-  In  order  to  address  the  low  internet  connectivity  issues,  Wifi-choupals  were established at remote locations.
-  Some rural schools were engaged for training and examination of candidates in order to penetrate the rural populous districts of identified states.
-  Scaling up the awareness and promotional activities towards Digital literacy through campaigns, workshops, seminars, digital vans, etc.
-  The  training  content  was  made  available  in  22  scheduled  languages  and  English. This content is made available on both online and offline mode.

(g) to (h): As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India press release dated 9th February, 2024, there are 375.66  million rural internet  subscribers  across  the  country.  Further,  under BharatNet project broadband connectivity is being provided to the Gram Panchayats (GPs) and villages in the country. As on 18.07.2024, 1,99,655 villages have been covered under the BharatNet project in the country.

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## Annexure-I

| State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   | State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   | State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   | State wise counts of ASHA/ Anganwadi/ Ration Dealer candidates under DISHA   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/ UT                                                                    | Anganwadi                                                                    | ASHA worker                                                                  | Ration Dealer                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                               | 8,137                                                                        | 794                                                                          | 131                                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                            | 33                                                                           | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Assam                                                                        | 7,276                                                                        | 910                                                                          | 1,949                                                                        |
| Bihar                                                                        | 7,964                                                                        | 4,015                                                                        | 1,148                                                                        |
| Chandigarh                                                                   | 452                                                                          | 149                                                                          | -                                                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                 | 5,175                                                                        | 8,221                                                                        | 1,938                                                                        |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                          | 1                                                                            | 4                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Delhi                                                                        | 369                                                                          | 100                                                                          | 122                                                                          |
| Goa                                                                          | 159                                                                          | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Gujarat                                                                      | 3,384                                                                        | 1,453                                                                        | 119                                                                          |
| Haryana                                                                      | 3,266                                                                        | 4,063                                                                        | 212                                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                             | 4,195                                                                        | 240                                                                          | 44                                                                           |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                               | 8,789                                                                        | 2,564                                                                        | 312                                                                          |
| Jharkhand                                                                    | 2,910                                                                        | 709                                                                          | 533                                                                          |
| Karnataka                                                                    | 2,629                                                                        | 1,915                                                                        | 595                                                                          |
| Kerala                                                                       | 778                                                                          | 210                                                                          | 2                                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                               | 6,059                                                                        | 3,117                                                                        | 637                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                  | 18,268                                                                       | 8,223                                                                        | 1,360                                                                        |
| Manipur                                                                      | 2,296                                                                        | 366                                                                          | 10                                                                           |
| Nagaland                                                                     | 742                                                                          | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Odisha                                                                       | 2,859                                                                        | 1,537                                                                        | 317                                                                          |
| Puducherry                                                                   | 415                                                                          | -                                                                            | -                                                                            |
| Punjab                                                                       | 2,862                                                                        | 480                                                                          | 51                                                                           |
| Rajasthan                                                                    | 2,084                                                                        | 1,851                                                                        | 233                                                                          |
| Sikkim                                                                       | 1                                                                            | 14                                                                           | -                                                                            |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                   | 27,125                                                                       | 73                                                                           | 4                                                                            |
| Telangana                                                                    | 5,377                                                                        | 3,321                                                                        | 513                                                                          |
| Tripura                                                                      | 150                                                                          | 143                                                                          | 12                                                                           |
| Uttrakhand                                                                   | 1,267                                                                        | 596                                                                          | 49                                                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                | 18,630                                                                       | 5,654                                                                        | 1,068                                                                        |
| West Bengal                                                                  | 30,642                                                                       | 3,607                                                                        | 795                                                                          |
| Total                                                                        | 1,74,294                                                                     | 54,329                                                                       | 12,154                                                                       |

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## Annexure II

| Table-I:   |                       | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   | State/UT-wise achievement made underNDLM   |
|------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S.N.       | State                 | Enrolled                                   | Trained                                    | Certified                                  |
| 1          | Andaman &Nicobar Isl. | 1,964                                      | 1,410                                      | 316                                        |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh        | 39,000                                     | 39,000                                     | 37,580                                     |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh     | 1,055                                      | 565                                        | 24                                         |
| 4          | Assam                 | 20,000                                     | 5,568                                      | 1,388                                      |
| 5          | Bihar                 | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 6          | Chandigarh            | 5,731                                      | 5,460                                      | 4,604                                      |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh          | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 8          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli   | 412                                        | 317                                        | 168                                        |
| 9          | Daman &Diu            | 2,488                                      | 2,132                                      | 1,055                                      |
| 10         | Delhi                 | 20,000                                     | 20,000                                     | 16,815                                     |
| 11         | Goa                   | 2,350                                      | 2,113                                      | 917                                        |
| 12         | Gujarat               | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 13         | Haryana               | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 24,104                                     |
| 14         | Himachal Pradesh      | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      |
| 15         | Jammu &Kashmir        | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 16         | Jharkhand             | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 17         | Karnataka             | 60,000                                     | 60,000                                     | 60,000                                     |
| 18         | Kerala                | 20,000                                     | 20,000                                     | 17,236                                     |
| 19         | Lakshadweep           | -                                          | -                                          | -                                          |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh        | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 21         | Maharashtra           | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 22         | Manipur               | 6,666                                      | 7,329                                      | 3,087                                      |
| 23         | Meghalaya             | 107                                        | -                                          | -                                          |
| 24         | Mizoram               | 4,684                                      | 538                                        | 87                                         |
| 25         | Nagaland              | 4,760                                      | 5,412                                      | 3,223                                      |
| 26         | Odisha                | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 27         | Puducherry            | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      | 5,931                                      |
| 28         | Punjab                | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 29         | Rajasthan             | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 30         | Sikkim                | 4,850                                      | 4,009                                      | 201                                        |
| 31         | Tamil Nadu            | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 73,878                                     |
| 32         | Telangana             | 39,000                                     | 39,000                                     | 34,054                                     |
| 33         | Tripura               | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      | 6,666                                      |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh         | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
| 35         | Uttarakhand           | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     | 26,000                                     |
| 36         | West Bengal           | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     | 78,000                                     |
|            | Total                 | 10,59,065                                  | 10,38,851                                  | 10,00,000                                  |

| Table-II:   | State/UT-wise achievement made under DISHA   | State/UT-wise achievement made under DISHA   | State/UT-wise achievement made under DISHA   | State/UT-wise achievement made under DISHA   |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|             |                                              | Candidates                                   | Candidates                                   | Candidates                                   |
| S.N.        | State                                        | Enrolled                                     | Trained                                      | Certified                                    |

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| 1     | Andaman &Nicobar Isl.   | 981       | 228       | 93        |
|-------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh          | 3,02,133  | 2,93,133  | 1,28,187  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh       | 11,885    | 2,935     | 2,115     |
| 4     | Assam                   | 1,87,111  | 60,998    | 50,085    |
| 5     | Bihar                   | 8,97,205  | 6,88,804  | 3,62,129  |
| 6     | Chandigarh              | 29,411    | 17,387    | 9,042     |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh            | 3,12,370  | 2,31,036  | 1,46,451  |
| 8     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 28        | 26        | 18        |
| 9     | Daman &Diu              | 402       | 380       | 321       |
| 10    | Delhi                   | 1,34,373  | 1,20,633  | 65,021    |
| 11    | Goa                     | 2,610     | 2,277     | 361       |
| 12    | Gujarat                 | 5,54,923  | 4,94,955  | 2,56,584  |
| 13    | Haryana                 | 2,24,085  | 2,05,589  | 1,09,070  |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh        | 62,675    | 55,941    | 24,598    |
| 15    | Jammu &Kashmir          | 2,55,445  | 1,96,244  | 95,802    |
| 16    | Jharkhand               | 2,25,278  | 2,07,349  | 88,876    |
| 17    | Karnataka               | 6,55,070  | 4,95,362  | 2,92,666  |
| 18    | Kerala                  | 98,727    | 89,535    | 32,121    |
| 19    | Lakshadweep             | 135       | 97        | 20        |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh          | 7,85,799  | 5,73,416  | 2,87,629  |
| 21    | Maharashtra             | 8,11,791  | 6,14,597  | 3,30,928  |
| 22    | Manipur                 | 52,341    | 42,536    | 27,936    |
| 23    | Meghalaya               | 72        | 36        | -         |
| 24    | Mizoram                 | 15,209    | 11,928    | 9,420     |
| 25    | Nagaland                | 25,924    | 12,119    | 9,774     |
| 26    | Odisha                  | 2,04,532  | 1,95,060  | 95,099    |
| 27    | Puducherry              | 35,216    | 33,786    | 13,117    |
| 28    | Punjab                  | 2,77,453  | 2,11,780  | 70,962    |
| 29    | Rajasthan               | 8,59,076  | 6,21,428  | 2,94,376  |
| 30    | Sikkim                  | 20,702    | 13,749    | 10,424    |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu              | 4,08,310  | 3,94,403  | 2,19,753  |
| 32    | Telangana               | 3,03,586  | 1,88,247  | 1,51,799  |
| 33    | Tripura                 | 99,502    | 75,209    | 36,270    |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh           | 9,55,441  | 7,04,617  | 5,54,707  |
| 35    | Uttarakhand             | 2,11,770  | 1,82,334  | 76,021    |
| 36    | West Bengal             | 9,05,833  | 7,31,851  | 5,15,317  |
| Total | Total                   | 99,27,404 | 77,70,005 | 43,67,092 |

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## States/UT's-wise achievements under the PMGDISHA Scheme

|   Sl. No. | State Name                         | Registered Candidates   | Trained Candidates   | Certified Candidates   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        | 5,564                   |                      | 1,813                  |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 23,01,731               | 2,931 19,17,452      | 13,90,142              |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 14,949                  | 11,615               | 6,615                  |
|         4 | Assam                              | 27,21,585               | 23,60,195            | 18,75,452              |
|         5 | Bihar                              | 82,40,606               | 74,12,740            | 54,62,848              |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                       | 24,86,455               | 21,37,064            | 16,06,777              |
|         7 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 20,522                  | 18,029               | 13,938                 |
|         8 | Goa                                | 58,569                  | 53,784               | 40,005                 |
|         9 | Gujarat                            | 30,31,310               | 26,83,286            | 19,84,049              |
|        10 | Haryana                            | 18,57,815               | 15,77,109            | 11,90,337              |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 6,61,922                | 5,32,976             | 3,98,166               |
|        12 | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 8,70,451                | 7,06,991             | 5,17,436               |
|        13 | Jharkhand                          | 27,52,731               | 22,86,356            | 16,87,611              |
|        14 | Karnataka                          |                         | 24,40,957            | 18,33,519              |
|        15 | Kerala                             | 29,64,726 1,77,165      | 1,18,132             | 85,352                 |
|        16 | Ladakh                             | 24,785                  | 22,122               | 17,377                 |
|        17 | Lakshadweep                        | 142                     | 35                   | -                      |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 56,92,467               | 50,69,449            | 37,58,313              |
|        19 | Maharashtra                        | 61,23,970               | 53,23,817            | 38,53,643              |
|        20 | Manipur                            | 28,397                  | 18,286               | 11,989                 |
|        21 | Meghalaya                          | 1,52,783                | 1,06,063             |                        |
|        22 | Mizoram                            | 30,317                  | 23,125               | 14,357                 |
|        23 | Nagaland                           | 11,990                  | 8,968                |                        |
|        24 | Odisha                             |                         | 30,86,143            | 6,332 23,46,795        |
|        25 | Puducherry                         |                         | 15,801               | 10,883                 |
|        26 | Punjab                             |                         | 15,14,820            | 11,65,692              |
|        27 | Rajasthan                          |                         | 39,70,690            | 29,27,166              |
|        28 | Sikkim                             |                         | 23,122               | 16,480                 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu                         | 27,035                  |                      |                        |

|     |               | 17,04,537   | 14,07,880   | 10,55,235   |
|-----|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 30. | Telangana     | 14,56,226   | 12,10,448   |             |
|     |               |             |             | 8,64,871    |
| 31. | Tripura       | 3,25,000    | 2,64,186    | 2,15,688    |
| 32. | Uttar Pradesh |             | 1,45,48,273 |             |
|     |               | 1,63,14,369 |             | 1,10,25,560 |
| 33. | Uttarakhand   | 7,85,978    | 6,73,306    |             |
|     |               |             |             | 5,04,730    |
| 34. | West Bengal   | 28,36,714   | 23,95,565   |             |
|     |               |             |             | 18,75,716   |
|     | Total         |             |             | 4,78,36,188 |
|     |               | 7,35,71,965 | 6,39,41,718 |             |

*Chandigarh and Delhi are in urban agglomeration, hence not covered under the scheme.

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