(a): Key initiatives taken by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for imparting Digital Education/Literacy for the citizens of the country including poor people are as under:-
(i) National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), an autonomous scientific society is actively engaged in capacity building and skill development in the areas of Information Technology (IT), Electronics, Communication Technologies and related verticals through its 42 Centres/Extension Centres operating in various States/UTs. It offers courses both in the formal as well as the non-formal sectors and is also one of the National Examination Bodies which accredits institutes/organizations for the conduct of courses in the non-formal sector. NIELIT is also networked through 924 accredited training institutions for training of O/A/B/C level courses under DOEACC Scheme and also through 10,246 facilitation centres engaged in training at various levels of digital literacy courses. The details of State/UT-wise NIELIT centres setup during the last three years is at Annexure-I.
(ii) CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV) has been setup as a special purpose vehicle incorporated under companies act 1956. The CSC-SPV is the implementing agency of several key schemes of Government including Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) and Digital Villages. CSC-SPV has also established CSC Academies to provide education and skill-based training to the masses in rural and semi-urban India through Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs). The main objective of PMGDISHA scheme is to make six crore rural households digitally literate (one person per household), across States/UTs. The Digital Village project aims to cover 800 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/villages with at least one village per District per State/UT. The objective of the Digital Village project inter-alia includes creation of awareness and capacity building activities on IT systems. The details state-wise Training centres under PMGDISHA, Digital Villages and CSC Academies is given in Annexure-II.
(b): Department of Telecommunications is implementing BharatNet project in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats (approx. 2,50,000) in the country. As part of BharatNet project, the last mile connectivity, through Wi-Fi or any other suitable broadband access technology is to be provided in all Gram Panchayats (GPs). For the 1.23 lakh GPs (approx.) covered under BharatNet Phase-I, the provisioning of Wi-Fi Services has been assigned to Government of Rajasthan (for 10,000 GPs in Rajasthan) and rest to CSC e-Governance Services India Limited including over 1400 GPs in Andhra Pradesh. At present these Wi-Fi services are being provided free of cost.
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Annexure-I
Year wise details of augmentation of NIELIT own Centre during the last 3 years:-
Financial Year No. of Centres Location/State
2017-18 2 Pali(Rajasthan),Haridwar (Uttarakhand)
2018-19 4 Lakhanpura (Bihar), Majuli (Assam), Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh)
2019-20 Nil N.A.
Annexure-II
State-wise details in respect of CSC e-Governance Services India Limited:-
1. Training centres under PMGDISHA:
S.No. State Name 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
1 Andaman and Nicobar Isl. 7 25 19
2 Andhra Pradesh 3,501 1,452 4,654
3 Arunachal Pradesh 45 29 188
4 Assam 2,131 1,653 3,311
5 Bihar 5,319 3,807 19,657
6 Chandigarh 4 1 99
7 Chhattisgarh 6,102 1,751 2,958
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 2 5
9 Daman & Diu 3 7 1
10 Delhi 52 5 5
11 Goa 12 24 9
12 Gujarat 3,774 1,275 1,425
13 Haryana 4,384 2,463 1,070
14 Himachal Pradesh 1,510 518 441
15 Jammu And Kashmir 1,415 486 196
16 Jharkhand 4,896 862 1,106
17 Karnataka 1,367 1,280 1,438
18 Kerala 621 349 215
19 Ladakh 13 1 -
20 Lakshadweep - 2 1
21 Madhya Pradesh 7,299 4,150 2,366
22 Maharashtra 5,353 6,147 9,866
23 Manipur 176 24 19
24 Meghalaya 151 271 93
25 Mizoram 27 35 55
26 Nagaland 45 33 32
27 Odisha 7,289 1,177 903
28 Puducherry 89 8 84
29 Punjab 3,356 3,104 1,303
30 Rajasthan 5,221 2,597 1,041
31 Sikkim 9 6 9
32 Tamil Nadu 2,989 2,022 543
33 Telangana 2,055 671 959
34 Tripura 214 284 153
35 Uttar Pradesh 18,269 10,483 11,521
36 Uttarakhand 1,514 749 1,398
37 West Bengal 3,329 1,122 1,751
Grand Total 92,542 48,875 68,894
2. CSC Academy:
State-wise count of registered CSC Academies as on 13.03.2020
S.No. State Count
1 Andhra Pradesh 83
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1
3 Assam 126
4 Bihar 272
5 Chhattisgarh 173
6 Delhi 20
7 Gujarat 171
8 Haryana 91
9 Himachal Pradesh 79
10 Jammu & Kashmir 57
11 Jharkhand 223
12 Karnataka 151
13 Kerala 53
14 Madhya Pradesh 315
15 Maharashtra 356
16 Manipur 8
17 Meghalaya 12
18 Mizoram 3
19 Nagaland 2
20 Odisha 316
21 Punjab 105
22 Rajasthan 151
23 Tamil Nadu 121
24 Telangana 48
25 Tripura 1
26 Uttar Pradesh 931
27 Uttarakhand 39
28 West Bengal 213
Grand Total 4121
3. Digital village:
State-wise data of Digital Villages
S.No State/ UT Count
1 Andaman Nicobar 1
2 Andhra Pradesh 31
3 Arunachal Pradesh 18
4 Assam 33
5 Bihar 39
6 Chhattisgarh 46
7 Dadar Nagar Haveli 1
8 Daman & Diu 2
9 Goa 2
10 Gujarat 34
11 Haryana 22
12 Himachal Pradesh 12
13 Jammu & Kashmir 22
14 Jharkhand 27
15 Karnataka 32
16 Kerala 14
17 Lakshadweep 1
18 Madhya Pradesh 53
19 Maharashtra 45
20 Manipur 15
21 Meghalaya 11
22 Mizoram 8
23 Nagaland 11
24 Odisha 30
25 Puducherry 4
26 Punjab 23
27 Rajasthan 33
28 Sikkim 4
29 Tamil Nadu 42
30 Telangana 31
31 Tripura 8
32 Uttar Pradesh 103
33 Uttarakhand 15
34 West Bengal 24
Grand Total 797
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