(a), (b) and (c): Yes, Sir. The Government has approved a scheme titled “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)” in February, 2017 to usher in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household) in the age group of 14-60 years at a total outlay Rs. 2,351.38 Crore (approx.).
The Scheme is implemented through an implementing agency namely CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV), with active collaboration of all the State Governments and UT Administrations. To ensure equitable geographical reach, the Scheme envisages to register an average of 200-300 candidates in each of the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country. Each beneficiary is provided with digital literacy training of 20 Hours covering 5 modules. The total expenditure per candidate comes out to Rs. 391.90/- which includes training fee, certification fee and programme management / operational expenses, etc.
So far, an amount of Rs. 500 crore (including Rs. 400 crore in the present financial year) has been allocated by the Government of India for implementation of the Scheme. A total of around 1.60 crore candidates have been trained so far out of which more than 85.97 lakh candidates have been duly certified.
As the above Scheme is funded as a Central Sector Scheme, hence, funds are not allocated to States and UTs. The State/UT-wise details of fund requirements based on targets for certified candidates, number of candidates registered, trained and certified so far is at Annexure.
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Annexure
The State/UT-wise details of fund requirements based on targets for certified candidates, number of candidates registered, trained and certified so far under PMGDISHA Scheme:
(As on 07-12-2018)
S.No. State Targets (no. of candidates) Overall fund requirement for meeting the targets (Rs. in Crore) Achievement Status (no. of candidates)
Registered Trained Certified
1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 18000 0.71 167 116 0
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 2028000 79.48 455029 430501 195782
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 77000 3.02 1666 1621 317
4 ASSAM 1929000 75.6 678511 660467 115305
5 BIHAR 6630000 259.83 1166927 1134536 643406
6 CHANDIGARH 2000 0.08 0 0 0
7 CHHATTISGARH 1412000 55.33 944369 909522 520404
8 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 13000 0.51 1 1 0
9 DAMAN AND DIU 4000 0.15 330 317 33
10 DELHI 30000 1.17 0 0 0
11 GOA 40000 1.57 11 11 0
12 GUJARAT 2497000 97.86 956276 936897 561363
13 HARYANA 1191000 46.67 891874 865176 518048
14 HIMACHAL PRADESH 444000 17.39 104918 102130 43761
15 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 658000 25.79 212996 212134 122649
16 JHARKHAND 1803000 70.66 1118984 1106199 598247
17 KARNATAKA 2705000 106.01 371215 357601 196317
18 KERALA 1257000 49.26 16715 16320 6203
19 LAKSHADWEEP 1000 0.04 6 6 0
20 MADHYA PRADESH 3784000 148.29 1072029 1037768 556597
21 MAHARASHTRA 4433000 173.73 811223 785396 427559
22 MANIPUR 137000 5.37 7395 7339 2236
23 MEGHALAYA 171000 6.7 20930 19229 329
24 MIZORAM 38000 1.49 4768 4760 2325
25 NAGALAND 101000 3.96 2023 1962 1050
26 ODISHA 2517000 98.64 1054859 1033450 571662
27 PUDUCHERRY 28000 1.1 8831 8653 3791
28 PUNJAB 1247000 48.87 538290 511727 319563
29 RAJASTHAN 3712000 145.47 947416 917311 483318
30 SIKKIM 33000 1.29 40 40 3
31 TAMIL NADU 2679000 104.99 453885 445105 254002
32 TELANGANA 2028000 79.48 316217 311795 175467
33 TRIPURA 195000 7.64 53483 50633 25475
34 UTTARAKHAND 506000 19.83 220435 213296 127659
35 UTTAR PRADESH 11171000 437.79 3638480 3518498 1910513
36 WEST BENGAL 4481000 175.61 424075 418329 214100
Total 60000000 Rs. 2,351.38 16494374
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