Lok Sabha Question No. 25 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Digital Literacy
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 25

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 24.02.2016

## DIGITAL LITERACY

## 25 SHRI SUNIL  KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of Communications & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a)    whether the Government has got any information regarding the percentage of digital literacy in the country at present and if so, the details thereof;

- (b)     the percentage of digital literacy in Jharkhand along with the details thereof;

- (c)    whether the Government has set any target for increasing the digital literacy and if so, the details thereof; and

- (d)     the efforts being made by the Government for increasing digital literacy along with the details of the schemes proposed in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER   FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a):    As  per  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office's  (NSSO)  (under  the  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Program Implementation) 71 st Round Survey Report (Jan-June, 2014), the proportion (per 1000) of persons (age 14 years and above) who have the ability to operate a computer (includes devices such as desktops / laptops / notebooks / net books / palmtops / smart phones etc) is at Annexure.

- (b):   As per the above report of NSSO, for the State of Jharkhand, the proportion (per 1000) of households (with at least one member of age 14 years & above) having access to internet facility is 101 (Rural+Urban).

Similarly, households having computer in  the State of Jharkhand is 57 (per 1000  - Rural + Urban)

- (c) and (d):   DeitY  has approved two Schemes  for providing Digital Literacy to the masses:

- i) A scheme entitled  'National  Digital  Literacy  Mission'  to  train  10  lakh  persons  in  digital  literacy  was approved in March 2014.

- ii) Subsequently,  a  scheme  entitled  'Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyan'  (DISHA)  to  train  42.5  lakh  persons  in digital literacy throughout the country was approved on 09.12.2014 under Digital India.

Both  these  Schemes  are  being  run  concurrently.  So  far,  under  the  NDLM/DISHA  schemes,  around  49  lakh candidates have been registered, a total of 36.5 lakh students have been trained and approximately 14.5 lakh students  have  been  certified.  A  total  of  1,875  organizations  are  working  as  Training  Partners  under  these schemes.

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Annexure

Ability to operate computer(per 1000) of population (age 14 years and above) to operate a computer

|                   | Rural   | Rural   | Rural   | Rural        | Urban   | Urban   | Urban   | Urban        |
|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| Age group (years) | 14-29   | 30-45   | 46-60   | 60 and above | 14-29   | 30-45   | 46-60   | 60 and above |
| Persons           | 183     | 41      | 14      | 3            | 489     | 243     | 148     | 68           |

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