Govt. announces measures on Digital Literacy Mission

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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