Govt. announces measures on Digital Literacy Mission

By iednewsdesk On Dec 21, 2022

New Delhi: India over the last 7 years has become a prominent nation in deploying technologies for the benefit and transforming the lives of its citizens. Keeping this in view, the Government is focusing on providing digital literacy to citizens across the country, especially in rural areas. In line with this, the Government has taken various steps as under:

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. 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 has been closed now. The State/UT-wise achievement is given as Annexure-I.
In the year 2017, Government has approved 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) across the country. So far, a total of more than 6.62 crore candidates have been enrolled and 5.68 crore have been trained, out of which 4.22 crore candidates have been duly certified under the PMGDISHA Scheme across the country. The State/UT-wise achievement is given as Annexure-II.

State/UT-wise achievement made under NDLM
State		Enrolled	Trained	Certified
1	Andaman & Nicobar	1964	1410	316
2	Andhra Pradesh	39000	39000	37580
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1055	565	24
4	Assam	20000	5568	1388
5	Bihar	78000	78000	78000
6	Chandigarh	5731	5460	4604
7	Chhattisgarh	26000	26000	26000
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	412	317	168
9	Daman & Diu	2488	2132	1055
10	Delhi	20000	20000	16815
11	Goa	2350	2113	917
12	Gujarat	78000	78000	78000
13	Haryana	26000	26000	24104
14	Himachal Pradesh	6666	6666	6666
15	Jammu & Kashmir	26000	26000	26000
16	Jharkhand	26000	26000	26000
17	Karnataka	60000	60000	60000
18	Kerala	20000	20000	17236
19	Lakshadweep	0	0	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	78000	78000	78000
21	Maharashtra	78000	78000	78000
22	Manipur	6666	7329	3087
23	Meghalaya	107	0	0
24	Mizoram	4684	538	87
25	Nagaland	4760	5412	3223
26	Odisha	26000	26000	26000
27	Puducherry	6666	6666	5931
28	Punjab	26000	26000	26000
29	Rajasthan	78000	78000	78000
30	Sikkim	4850	4009	201
31	Tamil Nadu	78000	78000	73878
32	Telangana	39000	39000	34054
33	Tripura	6666	6666	6666
34	Uttar Pradesh	78000	78000	78000
35	Uttarakhand	26000	26000	26000
36	West Bengal	78000	78000	78000
	Total	10,59,065	10,38,851	10,00,000

State/UT-wise achievement made under DISHA Scheme

S. No.	State	Enrolled	Trained	Certified
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	981	228	93
2	Andhra Pradesh	302133	293133	128187
3	Arunachal Pradesh	11885	2935	2115
4	Assam	187111	60998	50085
5	Bihar	897205	688804	362129
6	Chandigarh	29411	17387	9042
7	Chhattisgarh	312370	231036	146451
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	28	26	18
9	Daman & Diu	402	380	321
10	Delhi	134373	120633	65021
11	Goa	2610	2277	361
12	Gujarat	554923	494955	256584
13	Haryana	224085	205589	109070
14	Himachal Pradesh	62675	55941	24598
15	Jammu & Kashmir	255445	196244	95802
16	Jharkhand	225278	207349	88876
17	Karnataka	655070	495362	292666
18	Kerala	98727	89535	32121
19	Lakshadweep	135	97	20
20	Madhya Pradesh	785799	573416	287629
21	Maharashtra	811791	614597	330928
22	Manipur	52341	42536	27936
23	Meghalaya	72	36	0
24	Mizoram	15209	11928	9420
25	Nagaland	25924	12119	9774
26	Odisha	204532	195060	95099
27	Puducherry	35216	33786	13117
28	Punjab	277453	211780	70962
29	Rajasthan	859076	621428	294376
30	Sikkim	20702	13749	10424
31	Tamil Nadu	408310	394403	219753
32	Telangana	303586	188247	151799
33	Tripura	99502	75209	36270
34	Uttar Pradesh	955441	704617	554707
35	Uttarakhand	211770	182334	76021
36	West Bengal	905833	731851	515317
Grand Total		99,27,404	77,70,005	43,67,092

Annexure-II

State/UT wise status under PMGDISHA scheme
S.N.	State	Enrolled	Trained	Certified
1	Andaman & Nicobar Isl.	3,872	1,769	1,002
2	Andhra Pradesh	18,49,896	14,80,939	10,44,064
3	Arunachal Pradesh	7,357	5,031	3,317
4	Assam	26,69,088	23,20,423	18,46,571
5	Bihar	72,10,212	63,78,337	46,57,885
6	Chhattisgarh	25,20,462	21,70,624	16,37,669
7	Dadra And Nagar Haveli	5,851	4,078	2,890
8	Daman And Diu	4,000	3,224	2,439
9	Delhi	7,028	5,648	3,988
10	Goa	55,837	50,721	37,377
11	Gujarat	27,62,587	24,16,473	17,74,737
12	Haryana	18,70,129	15,87,779	11,99,270
13	Himachal Pradesh	4,82,964	3,63,524	2,65,696
14	Jammu And Kashmir	7,01,385	5,47,550	3,95,751
15	Jharkhand	24,67,451	20,02,277	14,65,641
16	Karnataka	12,70,400	9,51,706	6,16,924
17	Kerala	56,448	27,153	21,418
18	Lakshadweep	136	35	–
19	Madhya Pradesh	55,30,748	48,98,827	36,21,753
20	Maharashtra	55,86,975	47,82,195	34,42,143
21	Manipur	19,415	9,003	5,660
22	Meghalaya	1,45,789	1,00,733	67,557
23	Mizoram	26,832	20,161	12,326
24	Nagaland	6,624	4,614	3,187
25	Odisha	32,22,299	26,85,398	20,27,683
26	Puducherry	17,732	11,814	7,867
27	Punjab	16,84,286	14,49,583	11,11,147
28	Rajasthan	38,87,394	33,49,142	24,44,090
29	Sikkim	24,589	21,256	15,629
30	Tamil Nadu	14,16,049	11,28,107	8,22,761
31	Telangana	10,87,847	8,60,890	5,84,986
32	Tripura	3,25,000	2,64,762	2,15,688
33	Uttarakhand	7,56,000	6,40,848	4,75,243
34	Uttar Pradesh	1,60,48,688	1,42,53,557	1,07,80,708
35	West Bengal	24,67,194	20,35,832	15,83,015
36	Ladakh	24,669	21,888	17,316
	Total	6,62,23,233	5,68,55,901	4,22,15,398

Ministry of Electronics & IT