): Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) was approved in February 2017 to usher in digital literacy with a target to cover 6 crore rural households (1 person per household) across the country including the state of Maharashtra. District-wise details of candidates registered, trained and certified under the PMGDISHA scheme in the state of Maharashtra is given at Annexure- I.
(b): Under the PMGDISHA scheme, at the time of candidate registration, the community of candidates is captured in one of the categories namely General, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes. The details regarding Backward/ Most backward classes is not separately captured. The district-wise details of Other Backward Class candidates covered under PMGDISHA in the rural areas of Maharashtarais given at Annexure- II.
(c): The coverage of the Scheme in the state of Maharashtra is fairly well spread as can be seen from the fact that as against the indicative target of 44.33 lakhcandidates, so far, a total of 46.63 lakh candidates have been enrolled and 38.75 lakh candidates have been trained, out of which 27.81 lakh candidates have been duly certified.Further, in the state of Maharashtra, there are 28,156 Gram Panchayats and all of them are covered under the PMGDISHA scheme.
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Annexure- I
The district-wise details ofcandidates trainedin Maharashtra State under the PMGDISHA Scheme is given below (as on 14.07.2022):
S.N. District Registered Trained Certified
1 AHMEDNAGAR 1,98,014 1,64,571 1,24,453
2 AKOLA 80,898 62,627 46,060
3 AMRAVATI 1,60,573 1,33,777 1,01,982
4 AURANGABAD 2,47,161 2,13,047 1,35,708
5 BEED 1,12,324 85,753 59,806
6 BHANDARA 1,74,657 1,57,276 1,30,586
7 BULDHANA 1,71,691 1,42,412 91,064
8 CHANDRAPUR 2,42,377 2,16,918 1,68,343
9 DHULE 1,02,625 86,229 61,778
10 GADCHIROLI 1,30,145 1,16,590 83,402
11 GONDIA 1,96,122 1,69,643 1,29,704
12 HINGOLI 83,893 64,782 43,913
13 JALGAON 1,43,414 1,13,648 70,902
14 JALNA 1,60,762 1,33,070 83,796
15 KOLHAPUR 2,14,588 1,81,566 1,43,019
16 LATUR 96,723 71,335 47,168
17 MUMBAI 359 325 200
18 MUMBAI SUBURBAN 2,220 1,560 1,190
19 NAGPUR 2,02,146 1,71,362 1,40,918
20 NANDED 1,21,642 93,283 60,174
21 NANDURBAR 89,487 74,276 55,504
22 NASHIK 3,13,893 2,72,941 1,92,606
23 OSMANABAD 62,258 46,502 30,986
24 PALGHAR 77,677 60,353 41,064
25 PARBHANI 1,21,592 1,03,562 67,710
26 PUNE 74,268 55,077 37,478
27 RAIGAD 72,156 52,590 37,055
28 RATNAGIRI 81,674 63,065 38,965
29 SANGLI 60,189 41,654 26,894
30 SATARA 1,23,160 99,257 70,580
31 SINDHUDURG 52,030 41,125 22,520
32 SOLAPUR 1,13,710 83,994 60,611
33 THANE 1,02,715 88,710 64,378
34 WARDHA 1,50,752 1,38,538 1,09,997
35 WASHIM 96,691 74,277 51,593
36 YAVATMAL 2,29,305 2,00,120 1,49,347
TOTAL 46,63,891 38,75,815 27,81,454
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Annexure- II
The district-wise details of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes covered under the PMGDISHA Scheme in the rural areas of Maharashtraare given below(as on 14.07.2022):
District Registered Trained Certified
AHMEDNAGAR 48,038 39,397 29,101
AKOLA 36,090 28,058 21,168
AMRAVATI 74,181 62,210 47,406
AURANGABAD 33,768 28,989 18,226
BEED 34,867 27,338 20,084
BHANDARA 1,02,986 91,935 76,278
BULDHANA 84,718 70,777 44,956
CHANDRAPUR 1,29,564 1,15,204 91,106
DHULE 33,627 27,105 19,814
GADCHIROLI 47,514 42,578 31,728
GONDIA 1,06,988 92,318 71,079
HINGOLI 19,309 14,958 10,390
JALGAON 64,303 50,471 31,563
JALNA 26,003 20,702 12,506
KOLHAPUR 19,938 16,467 12,695
LATUR 18,036 13,438 9,440
MUMBAI 239 228 150
MUMBAI SUBURBAN 136 86 64
NAGPUR 1,08,381 93,393 77,233
NANDED 31,423 24,580 16,125
NANDURBAR 9,092 7,598 5,658
NASHIK 59,854 50,286 35,549
OSMANABAD 12,155 9,240 5,746
PALGHAR 14,454 11,476 8,246
PARBHANI 25,897 21,077 13,698
PUNE 23,914 18,608 12,525
RAIGAD 28,363 21,047 14,958
RATNAGIRI 38,165 29,501 18,365
SANGLI 12,517 8,662 5,809
SATARA 27,458 22,897 16,673
SINDHUDURG 15,289 12,419 7,522
SOLAPUR 26,747 20,039 14,344
THANE 26,260 22,982 17,052
WARDHA 84,665 78,220 63,311
WASHIM 48,188 38,338 26,862
YAVATMAL 89,837 79,348 60,441
TOTAL 15,62,964 13,11,970 9,67,871
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