Lok Sabha Question No. 2535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: Saakshar Bharat Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. C. MOHAN

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

**LOK SABHA**

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2535

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.8.2015

**Saakshar Bharat Mission**

2535. 	SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the number of districts in the country in which 'Saakshar Bharat Mission' is being implemented, State-wise;

(b) whether Public Sector Undertakings and financial institutions have expressed their willingness in the participation of the said Scheme;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to make the programme achieve its objectives?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a) A statement indicating State/UT-wise number of districts eligible and covered under 'Saakshar Bharat Mission' in the country, is annexed.

(b) & (c) Yes Madam. Three Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) namely, Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR), Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) have extended financial assistance of Rs.5.65 Crore, Rs.6.60 Crore & Rs.10.50 Crore respectively, under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives for strengthening of 904 Adult Education Centres (AECs) as Model AECs by furnishing ICT and other equipments.

(d) Several steps have been taken to achieve the objectives of the programme. These includes capacity building of implementing agencies on regular basis; orientation of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs); development of basic literacy primers and bridge primers in 26 languages and 13 dialects; organizing nationwide media campaign to mobilize the learners for basic literacy;  encouragement of good performing states/other principal stakeholders by conferring Saakshar Bharat awards and regular monitoring and reviewing  the progress achieved under the programme with the States.

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**Annexure**

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2535 FOR 5.8.2015 ASKED BY SHRI P.C. MOHAN REGARDING “SAAKSHAR BHARAT MISSION”.

## State-wise list of eligible districts and districts covered

| **Sl.   No**  .   | **Name of the State**   | **Total eligible districts**   | **Districts covered**  **(as on 31.7.2015)**   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh          | 10                             | 10                                             |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh       | 15                             | 15                                             |
| 3                 | Assam                   | 15                             | 12                                             |
| 4                 | Bihar                   | 38                             | 38                                             |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh            | 16                             | 16                                             |
| 6                 | D&N Haveli              | 01                             | 01                                             |
| 7                 | Gujarat                 | 13                             | 13                                             |
| 8                 | Haryana                 | 12                             | 12                                             |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh        | 01                             | 01                                             |
| 10                | Jharkhand               | 24                             | 20                                             |
| 11                | Jammu & Kashmir         | 20                             | 13                                             |
| 12                | Karnataka               | 20                             | 20                                             |
| 13                | Madhya Pradesh          | 42                             | 42                                             |
| 14                | Maharashtra             | 10                             | 10                                             |
| 15                | Meghalaya               | 2                              | 2                                              |
| 16                | Manipur                 | 4                              | 4                                              |
| 17                | Nagaland                | 4                              | 4                                              |
| 18                | Odisha                  | 19                             | 19                                             |
| 19                | Punjab                  | 7                              | 6                                              |
| 20                | Rajasthan               | 32                             | 32                                             |
| 21                | Sikkim                  | 2                              | 2                                              |
| 22                | Tamil Nadu              | 9                              | 9                                              |
| 23                | Telangana               | 9                              | 9                                              |
| 24                | Tripura                 | 1                              | 1                                              |
| 25                | Uttar Pradesh           | 68                             | 68                                             |
| 26                | Uttarakhand             | 6                              | 6                                              |
| 27                | West Bengal             | 10                             | 10                                             |
|                   | **Total**               | **410**                        | **395**                                        |

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