(a) to (c): Skill development and creating skilled talent is an important mission to ensure that the growing digital economy of India is provided with the trained and skilled manpower that Industry requires. To further aid digital adoption, the Ministry has focused on digital literacy for citizens since 2014, across the country including in rural areas. In the years 2014 to 2016, two Schemes titled “National Digital Literacy Mission” (NDLM) and “Digital SakshartaAbhiyan” (DISHA) were implemented by the Government with a target to train 52.50 lakh candidates in digital literacy across the country. Under these two schemes, a total of 53.67 lakh beneficiaries were certified.
Subsequently, a scheme titled “Pradhan MantriGramin Digital SakshartaAbhiyan (PMGDISHA)” was approved by Union Cabinet in 2017 to usher in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household). So far, a total of around 5.71 crore candidates have been enrolled and 4.82 crore have been trained, out of which around 3.57 crore candidates have been certified under this scheme. The State-wise achievement under the Scheme may be seen at Annexure.
The Government has taken up several steps for scaling up the coverage of digital literacy schemes across the country including the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, which include the following:
• Scaling up the awareness and promotional activities towards Digital literacy program and expand it multifold through campaigns, workshops, seminars etc. So far, 10 virtual workshops have been conducted in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu.
• Efforts have been made to identify and register new Training centres in all uncovered Gram Panchayats across the country.
• In order to address the low internet connectivity issues, Wifi-choupals have been established at remote locations. In the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, 48 Wifi-choupals have been established.
(d): These Schemes have seen tremendous response for enrolment from the beneficiaries wherever they are implemented.
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Annexure
States/Union Territories-wise targets and achievements under PMGDISHA Scheme
S.N. State Registered Trained Certified
1 Andaman & Nicobar Isl. 333 122 56
2 Andhra Pradesh 14,00,493 10,82,861 7,59,911
3 Arunachal Pradesh 3,504 1,285 880
4 Assam 26,09,441 22,56,175 18,02,059
5 Bihar 60,95,906 52,59,760 38,18,455
6 Chandigarh* 0 0 0
7 Chhattisgarh 25,04,227 21,55,181 16,29,755
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2,185 842 484
9 Daman & Diu 1,733 1,042 653
10 Delhi* 2,595 1,934 1,532
11 Goa 8,267 5,073 3,311
12 Gujarat 24,97,677 21,59,568 15,83,917
13 Haryana 17,80,694 14,94,252 11,22,575
14 Himachal Pradesh 3,87,763 2,84,790 2,04,133
15 Jammu & Kashmir 5,21,693 3,83,367 2,77,190
16 Jharkhand 22,08,674 17,53,408 12,70,789
17 Karnataka 10,57,022 8,01,987 5,21,764
18 Kerala 51,755 24,871 19,776
19 Ladakh 23,359 19,289 14,163
20 Lakshadweep 109 35 0
21 Madhya Pradesh 48,31,469 41,99,364 30,84,836
22 Maharashtra 39,47,006 32,27,262 23,11,170
23 Manipur 10,889 6,028 3,782
24 Meghalaya 1,23,689 85,211 56,354
25 Mizoram 10,919 7,333 4,178
26 Nagaland 5,741 4,085 2,902
27 Odisha 28,23,961 23,01,267 17,37,562
28 Puducherry 14,770 10,038 6,493
29 Punjab 15,29,817 13,04,207 10,02,220
30 Rajasthan 31,37,023 26,06,429 18,95,933
31 Sikkim 4,058 1,548 724
32 Tamil Nadu 11,33,371 8,87,642 6,34,791
33 Telangana 7,78,509 6,00,895 4,13,832
34 Tripura 3,16,201 2,45,479 1,96,927
35 Uttarakhand 6,28,606 5,19,695 3,84,089
36 Uttar Pradesh 1,46,93,478 1,28,90,850 96,88,547
37 West Bengal 20,48,960 16,28,773 12,51,395
Total 5,71,95,897 4,82,11,948 3,57,07,138
* Chandigarh and Delhi are in urban agglomeration, hence not covered under the scheme.
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