The Government of India implemented the scheme “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)” for digital literacy in rural India. Under the said scheme, around 7.35 crore candidates were enrolled and 6.39 crore were trained, out of which 4.78 crore candidates were certified. The States/UTs-wise details are given at the end.

The main features of the PMGDISHA scheme are as under:

• The scheme was implemented only in rural areas i.e. Gram Panchayat/Village to cover 6 crore rural households (one person per household).
• The beneficiaries were provided with 20 hours of training consisting of 5 modules namely (i) Introduction to digital devices, (ii) Operating digital devices, (iii) Introduction to the internet, (iv) Communications using the internet, (v) Application of internet (includes citizen centric services) and use of financial tools for undertaking digital cashless transactions.
• The training content was made available in 22 scheduled languages and English. This content was made available in both online and offline mode. In addition, keeping in view the thrust of the government on promoting cashless transactions through mobile phones, the content on digital wallets, mobile banking, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), and PoS were included.
• After training of the candidate, a third-party assessment of the trained candidates was carried out by recognized certifying agencies namely National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Haryana Knowledge Corporation Limited (HKCL) and ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT). Digitally Signed Certificates were issued for all successful candidates and directly uploaded in their Digi-Locker accounts.

Further, National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), an autonomous scientific society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) is imparting various skill development programmes in Information Technology & Electronics domain through its 52 centres along with more than 720 accredited institutes and more than 9,500 facilitation centres.

 

States/UTs-wise achievements under the PMGDISHA Scheme

Sl. No.	State Name	Registered Candidates	Trained Candidates	Certified Candidates
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	5,564	2,931	1,813
2	Andhra Pradesh	23,01,731	19,17,452	13,90,142
3	Arunachal Pradesh	14,949	11,615	6,615
4	Assam	27,21,585	23,60,195	18,75,452
5	Bihar	82,40,606	74,12,740	54,62,848
6	Chhattisgarh	24,86,455	21,37,064	16,06,777
7	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	20,522	18,029	13,938
8	Goa	58,569	53,784	40,005
9	Gujarat	30,31,310	26,83,286	19,84,049
10	Haryana	18,57,815	15,77,109	11,90,337
11	Himachal Pradesh	6,61,922	5,32,976	3,98,166
12	Jammu and Kashmir	8,70,451	7,06,991	5,17,436
13	Jharkhand	27,52,731	22,86,356	16,87,611
14	Karnataka	29,64,726	24,40,957	18,33,519
15	Kerala	1,77,165	1,18,132	85,352
16	Ladakh	24,785	22,122	17,377
17	Lakshadweep	142	35	-
18	Madhya Pradesh	56,92,467	50,69,449	37,58,313
19	Maharashtra	61,23,970	53,23,817	38,53,643
20	Manipur	28,397	18,286	11,989
21	Meghalaya	1,52,783	1,06,063	71,301
22	Mizoram	30,317	23,125	14,357
23	Nagaland	11,990	8,968	6,332
24	Odisha	36,16,441	30,86,143	23,46,795
25	Puducherry	22,079	15,801	10,883
26	Punjab	17,46,448	15,14,820	11,65,692
27	Rajasthan	45,06,184	39,70,690	29,27,166
28	Sikkim	27,035	23,122	16,480
29	Tamil Nadu	17,04,537	14,07,880	10,55,235
30	Telangana	14,56,226	12,10,448	8,64,871
31	Tripura	3,25,000	2,64,186	2,15,688
32	Uttar Pradesh	1,63,14,369	1,45,48,273	1,10,25,560
33	Uttarakhand	7,85,978	6,73,306	5,04,730
34	West Bengal	28,36,714	23,95,565	18,75,716
	Total	7,35,71,965	6,39,41,718	4,78,36,188

 

*Chandigarh and Delhi are urban agglomerations, hence not covered under the scheme.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Electronic & Information Technology, Shri  Jitin Prasada in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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