Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan :
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the ‘Pradhan
Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan’ (PMGDISHA) on February 8, 2017 to make 6
crore rural households digitally literate by March 2019.
- Theoutlay for PMGDISHA is Rs.2,351.38 crore.The project will be carried out in a phased manner. In the FY 2016-17, 25 lakh candidates will be trained under the programme. Further 275 lakh in the FY 2017-18 and 300 lakh in the FY 2018-19 would be trained.
- Theprogramme would be implemented under the overall supervision of Ministry of Electronics and IT in active collaboration with States/UTs through their designated State Implementing Agencies, District e- Governance Society (DeGS), etc.
- Toensure that the programme covers overall geographical area, each of the 250,000 Gram Panchayats have been directed to register an average of 200-300 candidates.
- Thescheme will enable the rural people to operate computers and other digital devices like tablets, smart phones, send and receive emails, browse internet, access Government Services, undertaking cashless transactions, etc.
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