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MAY ISSUE
PRADHAN MANTRI
GRAMIN DISHA
(A UNIQUE INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL LITERACY IN RURAL INDIA)
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of India
DIGITAL INDIA IS OUR DREAM FOR THE NATION.
WHEN I SAY “DIGITAL INDIA” IT IS NOT MEANT
FOR THE RICH BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE POOR
Hon’ble Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi
THE SCHEME AIMS TO EMPOWER RURAL
CITIZENS WITH INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS AND ENABLE THEM TO ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE
Hon’ble Minister For Electronics & IT
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
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PRADHAN MANTRI Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan
(PMGDISHA) has been initiated in line with the
GRAMIN announcement made by Hon’ble Finance Minister during
the union budget 2016-17 to provide digital literacy
DIGITAL
specifically in rural areas. PMGDISHA was approved
by the government in February 2017. PMGDISHA would
cover 6 crore persons, one member from every eligible
SAKSHARTA household across all Gram Panchyats in States/UTs, and
make them digitally literate.
ABHIYAAN The objective of the scheme is to empower the citizens in
rural areas by training them to operate computer or digital
(PMGDISHA) access devices (like tablets, smart phones etc.), send
and receive e-mails, browse Internet, access Government
services, search for information, etc. and hence enable
them to use the Information Technology to actively
participate in the process of nation building.
The Scheme aims to bridge the digital divide, specifically
targeting the rural population including the marginalised
sections of society like Scheduled Castes (SC) / Scheduled
Tribes (ST), Minorities, Below Poverty Line (BPL), women
and differently-abled persons
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaIMPLEMENTING AGENCY
The scheme will be implemented by CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated
under the Companies Act 1956, (herein after referred to as ‘CSC-SPV’) with active collaboration of all the State Governments
and UT Administrations.
DURATION
The Scheme duration would be till 31st March, 2019.
TARGET BENEFICIARIES
One person from every eligible rural household would be trained in Digital Literacy relevant to their needs across all States/
UTs. The target group would be in the age group of 14-60 years. In order to provide better representation to socially and eco-
nomically marginalized communities, due preference would be given to SC, ST, BPL, Minorities, women and differently-abled
persons. Priority would be given to non-smartphone users, Antyodaya households, college drop-outs, participants of the
adult literacy mission etc.
COVERAGE OF SCHEME
The scheme is applicable only for rural areas of the country. To ensure even geographical coverage across the country, a Gram
Panchayat centric approach would be adopted with targets being assigned and monitored for each of the 2.50 lakh Gram
Panchayats.
IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
MeitY would provide suitable policy support and would monitor the progress of the scheme at the Central level. The CSC-SPV
will work in active collaboration with the State Government/UT Administration for smooth implementation of the Scheme in
their respective State/UT. District e-Governance Society (DeGS) under the District Magistrate/ District Collector would play a
key role towards the last mile implementation and monitoring of PMGDISHA Scheme.
The implementation of the Scheme at the ground level would be done through the involvement of Training partners/Centres
including CSCs duly affiliated with the CSC-SPV.
The Scheme will be implemented by using the affiliated Training Partners/Training Centres as was done in NDLM/DISHA
schemes. Efforts would be made to increase the number of training partners to around 2500 and the Training Centres
(including CSCs) to about 2.5 Lakhs spread across the country.
ROLE OF A TRAINING PARTNER
• A training partner shall be responsible to own or set up the Training Centres in the identified Districts/Blocks/ Gram
Panchayats that would impart digital literacy training to the candidates.
• A training partner shall be responsible for ensuring that the training centres adhere to the scheme requirements.
• A training partner shall be accountable for monitoring the overall working of the centres under its purview.
4 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)• A training partner shall be liable for accurate and timely reporting of the aforementioned work ascribed in respect of its
Centres
• Detailed Norms for the Training Partners shall be as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) published by CSC-SPV.
The Training Partners shall set up the Training Centres in the selected Gram Panchayats with the appropriate manpower and
requisite infrastructure. They are required to meet the following criteria:
ROLE OF TRAINING CENTRES
• Enrolling the candidates for the course
• Imparting appropriate training to candidates
• Marking the attendance and conducting continuous assessment using the Online Monitoring Application- cum-Learning
Management System
• Keeping a record of all candidates enrolled in the course, certifying their attendance and ensuring that the candidates
appear for the online examination.
• Training centre shall provide support and assistance for at least two years after the training is over.
• Ensuring achievement of learning outcomes for each candidate.
DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING CONTENT
The course ‘Appreciation of Digital Literacy’ has been developed with the aim of making a person IT literate, whereby he can
operate a computer/ digital access devices (like smart phone, tablets, etc.), send and receive emails and search Internet
for information. The curriculum was developed in 2014 in consultation with various agencies like UNESCO, NASSCOM,
Intel,IGNOU, NIELIT, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS),Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), IT for Change,
Open Knowledge Network India, and Digital Empowerment Foundation.
As the thrust of the government is on promoting cashless transactions through mobile phones , the course content would
also have emphasis on digital payment system like digital wallets, mobile banking , UPI, USSD and AEPS, POS etc. Top citizen
centric services are also included in the curriculum namely : District Services- Caste, Resident,Income certificate, UIDAI/
Services, Banking, Pan card, IRCTC- Railway,Insurance,Telephone/data card Recharge, Aadhaar/Election printing, Electricity
bill payment and, Passport.
Learning Outcome: Digitally literate person should be able to appreciate the role of digital technology in everyday, social life
and at work. Course Duration: 20 Hours (minimum 10 Days and maximum 30 Days)
BROAD CONTENT OUTLINE:
Module Name Learning Hours
1 Introduction to Digital Devices 2
2 Operating Digital Devices 4
3 Introduction to the Internet 2
4 Communications using the Internet 6
Application of the Internet ( includes Citizen
centric services and
use of mobiles for undertaking cashless
transactions)
5 Applications of Internet 6
Total 20 hours
New content of PMGDISHA is available at https://www.pmgdisha.in/iecmaterial
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaBROADER VIEW AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
OF THE CONTENT
No. Module Name Learning Objectives
1 Introduction to Digital Devices By end of this module, learner will be able to:
Computer Computer
• What is a Computer? • Turn on a computer
• How a Computer Works? • Explain how a computer works
• Operate the various components of Computer • Identify and use various components of a
including Central Processing Unit (CPU), Monitor, computer
Keyboard, Mouse, Printer, etc.
Mobile Phone
• What is a mobile phone? Mobile Phone
• How a mobile phone works? • Switch on/ off a mobile phone
• Operate the various components of a mobile • Explain how a mobile phone works
phone including charger, data cable, memory • Identify and use various components of a mobile
card, earphones, etc. phone
Tablet
• What is a tablet? Tablet
• How a tablet works? • Switch on/ off a tablet
• Operate the elements of tablet including charger, • Explain how a tablet works
data cable, memory card, earphones, etc. • Identify and use various components of a tablet
2 Operating Digital Devices By the end of this module, learner will be able to:
Computer Computer
• Basics of Operating System (Linux and Windows) • Explain the use of operating system
• Using a GUI based Operating System (task bar, • Identify and use various functions of an operating
icons, menu, running an application, use the menu, system
resize a window, minimize a window, maximize a • Create/ Open/ Save a file, folder and sub-folder
window, move a window, locate programmes in
Start menu, using the scrollbar, etc.)
• Logging-in, locating a file, opening a file, printing
a document, storing a file with proper extension,
creating a folder/ sub-folder in a volume on hard
disk and desktop, shifting files from one folder to
another, shutting down the computer.
Mobile Phone Mobile Phone
• Basics of mobile operating system • Explain the use of mobile operating system
• Making a call, receiving a call, sending and • Make call/ receive call and send message/
receiving messages. receive message
• Using other features of mobile phone • Use other mobile phone features including
contact book, call history, radio, calculator, etc.
Tablet
• Basics of Operating System (Android and Windows) Tablet
• Operating a tablet using an Operating System • Explain the use of operating system
(use the menu, run an application, resize • Operate the tablet and its applications
a window, minimize a window, maximize a • Use the camera and other features including
window, move a window, etc.) watching a video, read a book, etc.
• Logging-in, locating a file, opening a file, storing • Make/receive calls
a file, operate the camera, watch a video, read a
book, etc.
• Making a call, receiving a call, sending and
receiving messages (if call facility is available).
6 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)3 Introduction to the Internet By the end of this module, learner will be able to:
• Connecting to the Internet • Explain various ways of connecting to the Internet
• World Wide Web • Explain world wide web
• Web Browsers • Use web browsers for accessing the Internet
• Search Engines • Demonstrate the use of search engines
• Surfing the Web • Identify information of interest
4 Communications using the Internet By the end of this module, learner will be able to:
• Basics of e-Mail • Explain the importance of e-Mail
• Using e-Mail features • Create an e-Mail id and access the various features of e-Mail
• Instant Messaging and • Use VoIP for instant messaging
Collaborating using Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP)
5 Applications of Internet By the end of this module, learner will be able to use few of the
following Internet applications:
• Access livelihood related
information • Search for education, career and job related information;
• Make utility bill payments Search for weather forecast, fishing zone, market price,
• Book train and bus tickets government schemes, farming equipments, etc.
• Access various government • Make utility bill payment online (electricity, mobile, water
information and schemes bills)
• Using social media • Book train and bus tickets online
• Locate various government information and schemes
• Explain the process of accessing various Government
Schemes.
• Carry out at least 5 cashless transactions using
• digital financial tools (USSD/ UPI/ eWallet/ AEPS/Card/
PoS),Promote Digital Payments
• Use Digital Locker
• Use online citizen centric services
• Appreciate the role of digital technology in everyday life, in
social life and at work
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Government of IndiaINDICATIVE STATE/UT-WISE TARGETS FOR
DIGITAL LITERACY
S.No. States/UTs Target
1 Uttar Pradesh 11171000
2 Bihar 6630000
3 West Bengal 4481000
4 Maharashtra 4433000
5 Madhya Pradesh 3784000
6 Rajasthan 3712000
7 Karnataka 2705000
8 Tamil Nadu 2679000
9 Orissa 2517000
10 Gujarat 2497000
11 Andhra Pradesh 2028000
12 Telangana 2028000
13 Assam 1929000
14 Jharkhand 1803000
15 Chhattisgarh 1412000
16 Kerala 1257000
17 Punjab 1247000
18 Haryana 1191000
19 Jammu & Kashmir 658000
20 Uttarakhand 506000
21 Himachal Pradesh 444000
22 Tripura 195000
23 Meghalaya 171000
24 Manipur 137000
25 Nagaland 101000
26 Arunachal Pradesh 77000
27 Goa 40000
28 Mizoram 38000
29 Sikkim 33000
30 Puducherry 28000
31 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 18000
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 13000
33 Daman & Diu 4000
34 Lakshadweep 1000
Total 59968000
Note: Targets per State/UT may vary depending upon performance
The cities covered under urban agglomerations would be excluded from the Scheme (list enclosed)
8 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)LIST OF CITIES NOT TO BE COVERED UNDER THE
SCHEME
City Population
S.No State Name Name of City
(As per Census of India 2011)
1 MAHARASHTRA Greater Mumbai (M Corp.) 1,24,78,447
2 NCT OF DELHI DMC (U) (M Corp.) 1,10,07,835
3 KARNATAKA Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) (M Corp.) 84,25,970
4 ANDHRA PRADESH Greater Hyderabad (M Corp.) 68,09,970
5 GUJARAT Ahmadabad (M Corp.) 55,70,585
6 TAMIL NADU Chennai (M Corp.) 46,81,087
7 WEST BENGAL Kolkata (M Corp.) 44,86,679
8 GUJARAT Surat (M Corp.) 44,62,002
9 MAHARASHTRA Pune (M Corp.) 31,15,431
10 RAJASTHAN Jaipur (M Corp.) 30,73,350
11 UTTAR PRADESH Lucknow (M Corp.) 28,15,601
12 UTTAR PRADESH Kanpur (M Corp.) 27,67,031
13 MAHARASHTRA Nagpur (M Corp.) 24,05,421
14 MADHYA PRADESH Indore (M Corp.) 19,60,631
15 MAHARASHTRA Thane (M Corp.) 18,18,872
16 MADHYA PRADESH Bhopal (M Corp.) 17,95,648
17 ANDHRA PRADESH Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation) (MC) 17,30,320
18 MAHARASHTRA Pimpri-Chinchwad (M Corp.) 17,29,359
19 BIHAR Patna (M Corp.) 16,83,200
20 GUJARAT Vadodara (M Corp.) 16,66,703
21 PUNJAB Ludhiana (M Corp.) 16,13,878
22 UTTAR PRADESH Agra (M Corp.) 15,74,542
23 MAHARASHTRA Nashik (M Corp.) 14,86,973
24 HARYANA Faridabad (M Corp.) 14,04,653
25 UTTAR PRADESH Meerut (M Corp.) 13,09,023
26 GUJARAT Rajkot (M. Corp) 12,86,995
27 MAHARASHTRA Kalyan-Dombivali (M Corp.) 12,46,381
28 MAHARASHTRA Vasai Virar City (M Corp.) 12,21,233
29 UTTAR PRADESH Varanasi (M Corp.) 12,01,815
30 JAMMU & KASHMIR Srinagar (M Corp.) 11,92,792
31 MAHARASHTRA Aurangabad (M Corp.) 11,71,330
32 JHARKHAND Dhanbad (M Corp.) 11,61,561
33 PUNJAB Amritsar (M Corp.) 11,32,761
34 MAHARASHTRA Navi Mumbai (M Corp.) 11,19,477
35 UTTAR PRADESH Allahabad (M Corp.) 11,17,094
36 JHARKHAND Ranchi (M Corp.) 10,73,440
37 WEST BENGAL Haora (M Corp.) 10,72,161
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Government of India38 TAMIL NADU Coimbatore (M Corp.) 10,61,447
39 MADHYA PRADESH Jabalpur (M Corp.) 10,54,336
40 MADHYA PRADESH Gwalior (M Corp.) 10,53,505
41 ANDHRA PRADESH Vijayawada (M Corp.) 10,48,240
42 RAJASTHAN Jodhpur (M Corp.) 10,33,918
43 TAMIL NADU Madurai (M Corp.) 10,16,885
44 CHHATTISGARH Raipur (M Corp.) 10,10,087
45 RAJASTHAN Kota (M Corp.) 10,01,365
46 ASSAM Guwahati (M Corp.) 9,63,429
47 CHANDIGARH Chandigarh (M Corp.) 9,60,787
48 MAHARASHTRA Solapur (M Corp.) 9,51,118
49 KARNATAKA Hubli-Dharwad *(M Corp.) 9,43,857
50 UTTAR PRADESH Bareilly (M Corp.) 8,98,167
CSR INITIATIVE
The effort to spread digital Literacy in the country, CSC-SPV has proposed collaboration with many institutes/ universities wherein an
institution will adopt a village /panchayat in the vicinity and work jointly with CSC-SPV to make it 100% digitally literate. A letter has
been sent to 47 Central and 365 State universities across India. Around 21 universities have shown interest in the initiative
National Law University, Odisha and CCS HAU, Hisar have started their work of spreading digital literacy within their vicinity. So far around 450
candidates have been registered by the universities under the scheme.
Here is the list of colleges/universities that have shown interest to be a part of digital literacy mission till date:
S No Name of Organisation/Universities State
1 Alagappa University Tamil Nadu
2 Annasamy Rajammal College of Nursing Tamil Nadu
3 Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Co-Operative Management Assam
4 CCS HAU Hisar Haryana
5 DCR University Of Science & Technology, Murthal Haryana
6 Mangalore University Karnataka
7 National Law University_Odisha Odisha
8 Sido Kanhu Murmu University Jharkhand
9 Uttarakhand Open University Uttarakhand
10 Uttarakhand Residential University Uttarakhand
11 APOLLO COLLEGE OF NURSING Tamil Nadu
12 Central University of Haryana Haryana
13 CDC Jammu Jammu and Kashmir
14 Assam Agricultural University Assam
15 Bhargava College of Engineering and Technology Jammu and Kashmir
16 Bahona College Assam
17 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Jammu and Kashmir
18 Dibrugarh University Assam
19 Gondwana University Maharashtra
20 Delhi University (IP College for Women) Delhi
21 Delhi University (Kalindi College) Delhi
10 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)CSR PARTNERS
INDUSLND BANK
CSC-SPV and IndusInd Bank (IIB) have agreed to collaborate and implement the PMGDISHA in rural areas. To begin with 3
Lakh persons over next two years till 31-03-2019 will be trained by the partner. IndusInd Bank, which commenced operations in
1994, caters to the needs of both consumer and corporate customers. Its technology platform supports multi-channel delivery
capabilities. The Bank is a leading provider of commercial, transactional and electronic banking products and services and
caters to the needs of both consumer and corporate customers. Today, the bank is one of India’s leading private sector banks.
According to the collaboration IIB will be responsible for the following:
• Promote and market PMGDISHA at various forums.
• Consolidate the training efforts towards achieving the objective of training one person in every eligible household.
• Align the training content of IIB with that of PMGDISHA curriculum framework as prescribed by CSC-SPV
• Mobilize the financial resources and volunteers from IIB.
• Set-up use of CSC-SPV PMGDISHA training centres.
• Monitor and ensure quality delivery of training.
• Create innovative marketing campaigns and assist the promotion of PMGDISHA in various media
IndusInd is registered in six states namely Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. So far, 2040
Training centers are working under IndusInd and a total of 3,01,986 candidates have been registered under the PMGDISHA
scheme. Below graph represents the number of registered, trained and certified candidates by IndusInd partners:
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaPAYPAL Like IndusInd Bank, CSC SPV has also signed MOU with PayPal and mutually agreed to train 6700 persons across the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh over next one year till 31-08-2018. PayPal is providing digital literacy training in three states namely Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. So far, 120 Train- ing centers are working under PayPal and a total of 9,551 candidates have been registered under the scheme. Below graph represents the number of registered, trained and certified candidates by PayPal partners: McAfee MOU has been signed between CSCSPV and McAfee. McAfee has agreed to provide digital literacy training to 7000 candidates across five states namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. McAfee registered in four states namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. So far, 48 Training centers are working under McAfee and a total of 5,476 candidates have been registered under the PMGDISHA scheme. Below graph represents the number of registered, trained and certified candidates by McAfee partners: 12 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)
REGISTRATION STATUS
Registration and Training of eligible beneficiaries has been started. So far 12,343,083 beneficiaries have been registered
under the project and out of which 12,321,098 beneficiaries have completed training from the States/UTs of Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand,
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
3000000
2500000
2000000
1500000
1000000
Registered Students
500000
Trained Students
0
Certified Students
The highest number of candidates has been registered for the month of May, 2018 is in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Jharkhand
,Odisha, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The graph below provides the details of Top five states in registration, training and
certification of candidates under PMGDISHA scheme.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaGENDER-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFIED CANDIDATES The gender wise distribution among the certified candidates under PMGDISHA shows that 1,51,620 Females and 1,27,321Males certified in March . According to the pie-chart given below, 57% are Females and 43% are Males. COMMUNITY-WISE DISTRIBUTIONS OF CERTIFIED CANDIDATES Of the total Certified beneficiaries in March, OBC category comprise the highest numbers (1,19,074) followed by General category (80,994), SC (53,256) and ST (25,617). As per the pie-chart given below, 43% of certified beneficiaries are OBC 40% General, 19% SC and only 6% are ST. 14 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)
SOCIAL MEDIA
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HON’BLE PRIME MINISTER
NARENDRA MODI
INTERACTS WITH PMGDISHA BENEFICIARIES
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with emotional after listening to Hon’ble PM and felt proud of
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan and Digital being an integral part of Digital India.
India beneficiaries from across country through a video
bridge on June 15 (Friday) at 9.30 am. The video bridge Talking about Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta
connected over 50 lakh beneficiaries including those from Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), PM said that the scheme has already
Common Service Centres. This was first time when Hon’ble provided digital skill and training to 1.25 crore people,
PM interacted with CSC VLE across the country. This was a out of which 70% of candidates are from SC, ST and OBC
memorable event for the 3 lakh CSC VLEs. It was celebrated communities. The scheme aims to provide digital skills and
like a festival with great enthusiasm. basic computer training to six crore people through 20 hours
of basic computer training.
Interacting with the beneficiaries, Prime Minister said that
Digital India was launched to ensure that people from all The Government of India launched “Pradhan Mantri Gramin
walks of life, especially those from rural areas, are digitally Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)” in February, 2017
empowered. He added that to make this possible, Government to usher in digital literacy in rural India for covering Six Crore
has worked on a holistic policy consisting of connecting rural households (one person per household). Around 30- 40
villages through fibre optic, digitally educating citizens, beneficiaries PMGDISHA candidates across all the districts
providing service delivery through mobiles and promoting assembled at the NIC office of their respective districts.
electronic manufacturing. Approximately 12,000 PMGDISHA candidates watched the
live telecast of Hon’ble PM interacting with Digital India
Talking about technology, Prime Minister said that technology beneficiaries at NIC offices.
has brought about ease of living and Government’s efforts
are to ensure that the advantages of technology are available During the interaction, Shri Narendra Modi said that the
to all sections of the society. Various provisions like online movement towards more digital payments is resulting in the
payment of bills including BHIM APP, online booking of elimination of intermediaries. Digital payments in India have
railway tickets, and electronic delivery of scholarships and grown significantly in last four years, making Indian economy
pensions to bank accounts have greatly reduced the burden digital and transparent.
on common people, Shri Narendra Modi added.
Digital India has also transformed the BPO sector immensely.
Describing the importance of Common Service Centers (CSC), Earlier BPOs were only restricted to big cities, now it is
Prime Minister said that CSC’s across India are providing spread to small towns and villages, creating employment
digital services to rural India. CSCs have successfully opportunities. The India BPO promotion scheme and the
developed Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLE) in rural areas separate BPO promotion scheme for the Northeast, started
and created job opportunities for more than 10 Lakh people. under Digital India will create new employment opportunities
There are 2.92 Lakh CSCs in rural India providing opportunities to over two lakh people in North East and in rural areas. Now
to access various government and other services across 1.83 the youth of nation is getting jobs near their homes due to
Lakh Gram Panchayats. All over the country, CSC mobilized BPOs units opening all throughout India, Prime Minister said.
local people specially PMGDISHA candidates and other
citizens availing services through CSCs. Some VLEs became
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Government of IndiaDIGITAL REVOLUTION
INDIA
Govt to New Delhi: The government plans to expand its BPO
promotion scheme to one lakh seats, and will also set up
expand BPO India’s largest National data centre in Bhopal, IT minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad said on Monday. “We want to make India
promotion
a hub for BPO movement,” minister said at a conference to
highlight the achievements of IT and Electronics Ministry
over the last four years.
scheme to The government will increase the capacity under the BPO
generate promotion scheme to one lakh seats from the current 48,000
seats, he said, adding that initiative has not only created new
employment,
job opportunities but also ensured that people in smaller
towns find employment closer home.
plans largest “BPOs are going to start soon in smaller cities like Gaya
and Gazipur...They are already operational in Guwahati,
National Muzaffarpur, Patna and other places...in all 91 in 27 States...
So our efforts that youth should find employment near
Data Centre their cities and towns, have materialised,” the minister said.
Allocation of 31,732 seats for BPO units operating from
in Bhopal
smaller towns have created new employment avenues with
potential to offer nearly 2 lakh direct and indirect jobs to
youth under India BPO promotion scheme and North East
BPO promotion scheme, he added.
He also said that the fifth ‘National Data Centre’ - the largest
of such centres - will come up in Bhopal with capacity of
five lakh virtual servers.The National Data Centres - that
host government websites, services and apps - are currently
operational at four locations - Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi and
Bhubaneswar.
The minister last month, had inaugurated the cloud-enabled
National Data Centre in Bubaneswar, which is spread over
40,000 square feet. The data centre will host new as well as
existing applications of Central and state governments with
ability to support 35,000 virtual servers. “Bhopal data centre
is important as India is becoming big centre of data...the huge
population has become digitally reliant. We want to create a
robust data centre...NIC is working on it,” the minister said.
National Informatics Centre (NIC) provides technology
support to governance services and hosts nearly 10,000
20 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)websites of the government. A senior NIC official said that Indian languages, Telugu has the second highest propensity.
the work on new Bhopal centre has already started and it will It is the fourth language after Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil for
be operational in two years or so.The minister further said which Google has launched its support for advertising.
that 1.23 crore rural adults have been trained so far under
Pradhan Mantri Digital Saksharta Abhiyan. This includes 63 With this launch, Google AdWords and Google AdSense will
lakh candidates who have already received their certification. now have Telugu language support, enabling publishers and
Commenting on the digital payments initiative, the IT ministry advertisers to run ads in Telugu. It will also support Telugu
said that the monthly BHIM-UPI transactions touched a record language publishers to run ads powered by Google in the
high of 19 crore transactions worth 27,000 crore in April 2018. language to grow their business.
Content creators, who have websites and blogs in Telugu, will
INDIAN LANGUAGE INTERNET USERS TO be able to sign up for Google Adsense and run ads on their
REACH 536 MILLION BY 2021: GOOGLE content and attract advertisers from across the globe.
Announcing the launch of Telugu language ads, Rajan
Anandan, Vice-President, South East Asia and India, Google,
said expanding support for local Indian languages on Google
ad platforms was aimed towards making India’s Internet more
useful for a billion Indians.
With 400 million Internet users, India has the second highest
Internet user base. It is also the fastest growing Internet
market in the world, adding 8 to 10 million users every month.
Rajan said that changes seen in India over the last 18-20
months were seen nowhere else in the world. The mobile
broadband data truly became affordable with the charges
coming down from Rs 250 per gigabyte to just Rs. 15-20.
The number of Internet users in Indian languages is expected According to him, there has been explosive growth in
to reach 536 million over the next four years, contributing 35 all categories like search, video, social, messaging and
percent of $4.4 billion (roughly Rs. 30,000 crores) digital ad e-commerce.
spend in the country, says Internet search giant Google.
Rajan said the new users coming on board were very different
The share of local languages in current ad spend of $2 billion from first 100 million users. The biggest different is 9 out of
is only 5 percent. According to Google officials, the number of 10 users coming online are Indian language Internet users.
non-English language Internet users (currently are 234 million)
has already overtaken the English users (175 million). The new users were also comfortable accessing Internet on
voice. He expected India to be the first voice-driven Internet
Four languages - Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, and Bengali - will market.
account for about 30 percent of non-English Internet users.
The number of language users is expected to grow at CAGR India was also likely to be the first Internet market where
18 percent over the next four years to reach 536 million while Internet would be consumed more offline than online.
the number of English users will grow by only 3 percent to Google is currently offering its top 8 products in Indian
reach 199 million. languages. YouTube supports 11 Indian languages.
“Eventually, Google will support all these 11 languages on its
With tremendous growth in non-English Internet, Google has add platforms,” said Shalini Girish, Director, Google Marketing
decided to focus on supporting the Indian languages. In Solutions, India. She, however, did not specify the timeline.
June, it launched Telugu language support for its advertising
products - Google AdWords and Google AdSense. This will
enable Telugu language web publishers and advertisers to
reach out to the large base of Internet users in Telugu.
The search giant expects the number of Internet users in
Telugu to be over 91 million in the next four years. Among
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaDigital India is fight against touts
- PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his pet Digital India revolutionary change in digital payments. The card is not just
initiative is a war against touts and middlemen, helping check being used in India but abroad as well, he said, narrating how
black money and black marketing while creating immense job he used RuPay to buy some goods during his recent visit to
opportunities in small towns and rural areas. Singapore.
Interacting with beneficiaries of the various Digital India Digital India is a campaign launched to ensure the government
efforts, Modi pushed for use of RuPay, the Indian version of services are made available to citizens electronically by
credit/debit card, saying when other similar cards are used improved online infrastructure, increasing internet connectivity
the transaction or processing fee goes to foreign companies. and by making the country digitally empowered in the field of
However, when RuPay is used, the money remains in India and technology. Complementing it has been the launch of large-
is used for development works and infrastructure projects. scale digital payment processing platforms like the Unified
The Prime Minister said people made fun of him when he Payments Interface (UPI), Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM),
first spoke of digital payments in the country where people Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and India’s home-grown
were used to stashing money underneath the pillow and ration card network RuPay.
could not be availed without middlemen. But experiences
narrated by beneficiaries of how services are reaching people Modi said while the National Knowledge Network has linked
directly are a befitting reply to such naysayers, he said. over 1,700 educational and research institutions, libraries,
academicians, government officials and more than 5 crore
Now, some people are spreading rumours that money is not students, citizen engagement platform ‘mygov’ has 60 lakh
safe when used digitally, he said, adding such conspiracies volunteers. “We can now fight for our rights,” he said.
will be hatched as he has created problems for middlemen. He said the push for domestic electronic manufacturing
“Digital India is a fight with dalali (touts),” he said. “Digital India has seen setting up of 23 electronic manufacturing centres
has checked blackmoney and black marketing and uprooted in 15 states and the number of units manufacturing mobile
middlemen.” From booking rail tickets to paying bills and handsets and their components multiply from just two in 2014
availing government services like pensions by giving proof of to over 120 now, providing direct and indirect employment to
existence digitally, people are being empowered, he said. “Kisi 4.5 lakh people.
ko dikhe ya na dikhe, par desh badal raha hai (people may or
may not see, but the country is changing),” Modi said. Digital Also, the Rs 550 crore BPO promotion scheme has led to the
India is about education, employment, entrepreneurship and creation of two lakh job opportunities as it took business
empowerment. “It will help realise the objective of reform, process outsourcing centres to smaller cities and towns by
perform, transform,” he said. providing financial assistance of up to Rs 1 lakh for every seat.
“The movement towards more digital payments is linked to “Along with digital empowerment, we also want technology to
eliminating middlemen,” he said. RuPay, he said, is bringing a boost innovation,” he said.
22 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)Champion VLEs
Misba Hashmi
Operating a CSC at Buria village in Yamunanagar of Haryana, “I got this opportunity only because I am a CSC entrepreneur.
26-year-old Misba Hashmi delivers a number of digital CSC gave me an identity and now I am being invited to national
services in her village. Starting from PMGDISHA, young and international conferences across the country to speak
Misba is serving the villagers with the facilities including Wifi about entrepreneurship and Digital India. I have also opened a
choupal, Digipay, Insurance, Health, Education, PMFBY, IRCTC sanitary pad unit,” VLE added.
and Aadhaar Services and Telemedicine.
Hon’ble PM interacted with 26-year-old Misba Hashmi of PM asked her to explain how she helped people and how they
Yamunanagar and praised her for helping people avail are benefited under the Digital India initiative.
government schemes by running a common service centre
(CSC) at her native village Buria. Misba explained how she is helping people especially women
to connect with doctors through telemedicine. No one in her
The PM spoke with Misba and two beneficiaries of her CSC village has to visit government offices as all services are
via video-conference and asked her to continue her service available at CSC.
to people.
She prayed for Hon’ble PM’s long life and got emotional. She
“It was like dream come true. It was not even in my wildest expressed her gratitude towards PM’s effort in empowering
dream that I will interact with PM of nation and he would citizens through use of technology. Misba also said that she
appreciate my work,” says Ms. Hashmi. would love to click a selfie under PM’s ‘Selfie with Daughter’
campaign.
The PM also interacted with Meenu, who works as a domestic
help in Yamunanagar, and has learnt how to make online
payments from Misba .
“It was like dream come true. It was
not even in my wildest dream that I will Another beneficiary of Misba’s CSC, Shokat Ali, told the PM
interact with PM of nation and he would that he had applied for financial assistance under Indira Awas
appreciate my work,” says Ms. Hashmi. Yojana with the help of the centre and it was approved.
“I appreciate Misba for making the use of technology to help
mankind. Apart from being entrepreneur, she is working to
empower the society and I congratulate her for the exceptional
contribution,” noted Hon’ble PM.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaChampion VLEs
Sushil Nagpure
Shanta Bai, a MNREGA worker, narrated her story on how
Digital India and CSC services made her life simple. She
noted that Digital India is truly transforming the lives of BPL
(Below Poverty Level) families in rural India.
Digital India Program has also been life changing for student
like Ranjit Gondane preparing for civil service. He hailed the
‘Wifi Choupal’ and ‘BharatNet’ services. He downloaded
study material on mobile and has been preparing for the
exams.
“I can see the professionalism in Sushil and his team from
Maharashtra. CSCs and Digital India has helped Shantabai
to get her MNREGA wages in the village itself. This is how
Sushil Nagpure, an M.Com graduate, has become one of India is transforming,” said Shri Narendra Modi
the popular figures from Gondia district of Maharashtra. He
along with the beneficiaries from Panjra village interacted
with Hon’ble Prime Minister during the live interaction
organised on June 15. PM expressed his happiness after
listening to Sushil about his services in the Gondia village
of the state.
“CSC has been a platform to deliver
Starting the conversation in Marathi, Hon’ble PM enquired digital services at the grass-root level.
about the services and how it has transformed the hamlet. And I am happy to be part of it,” said
Sushil during the interaction
He stated that everyone uses ‘Wifi Choupal’ in his village.
Youth, students, old, pensioners and women got benefitted
and their life is simplified. “CSC has been a platform to
deliver digital services at the grass-root level. And I am
happy to be part of it,” said Sushil during the interaction
24 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)Champion VLEs
Snehlata
“CSC has been a platform to deliver
digital services at the grass-root level.
And I am happy to be part of it,” said
Sushil during the interaction
Known for transforming lives of Banjara (Nomad) under PMGDISHA. It has not only improved my life but also
community, Snehlata has been successfully running the has empowered the villagers,” said Snehlata.
CSC for the past seven years. She has been eradicating
digital illiteracy from the village by introducing PMGDISHA. In the CSC centre in the Bansur area of Rajasthan, Modi was
impressed by the story of Poonam Sapera, who belongs to
Hon’ble PM praised Snehlata for transforming lives of a primitive tribe. Studying in her second year of Bachelor of
Banjara (Nomadic People) Community through digital Arts, Sapera used PMGDISHA to become digitally literate.
services. She said she makes use of the internet to search for jobs
around her village.
She informed Modi that she had made people literate in
her area and had made Banjaras digitally literate and also Hon’ble PM thanked parents of Poonam for encouraging
provided them the benefit of Ujjwala scheme. her to get formal education.
“I am much delighted to hear Snehlata from Rajasthan who
“I got married after completing my class XII. Family is speaking like a professional in the digital world whereas
encouraged me to start a CSC in the village and I am she has studied class XII. This is also an example of how
running a centre for the past seven years. I would like to technology is helping to gain knowledge,” praised Hon’ble
thank Shri Modi for introducing digital literacy programme PM.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaChampion VLEs
Jitendra Solanki
computers to deliver digital services in the village. And with
implementation of BharatNet, the internet services are being
availed by villagers,” pointed VLE.
He mentioned that 15 people are employed and they deliver
all the services. His village people need not visit banks/
government offices now.
Hon’ble Minister for Electronics and IT Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad himself attended the live telecast of the interaction
organised at the NIC in Gautham Buddha Nagar.
“Even though the beneficiaries from this village are
using technology in a very small way, the lives are being
Hailing from Dhanauri Kalan, Jitendra Solanki has been transformed. This should be the model adopted in every
offering different digital services through CSC. PMGDISHA, part of the country,” said Shri Narendra Modi during the live
Wifi choupal, Digipay, Insurance, Health, Education, PMFBY, interaction.
IRCTC, Aadhaar Services and State Government Services,
Electric Bill Collection, Tele-Medicine, LED assembling,
Sanitary Pad Making and Candle Making etc and the list goes
on.
Jitendra Solanki, hailing from Dhanauri Kalan, represented “Even though the beneficiaries from
Uttar Pradesh during the live interaction with Digital India this village are using technology in
beneficiaries. PM enquired about the total population of the a very small way, the lives are being
village and the services he provided in the village. transformed. This should be the model
adopted in every part of the country,”
Hon’ble PM was happy to hear that the Digital India said Shri Narendra Modi during the
schemes are being implemented at the grass-root level
live interaction.
and the villagers are getting the complete benefit. “When I
started CSC, I just had a single computer. However, when
Government under Shri Modi came to power, launched
Digital India and promoted CSC Scheme, I had purchased 15
26 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)GLIMPSE OF PMGDISHA
PROGRESS ACROSS STATES
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaANDHRA
PRADESH
Differently-abled
Venkatesh trains
240 villagers
CSC is also a ray of hope to the differently-abled people as
well. CSC has unprecedented number of success stories with
regard to the differently-abled beneficiaries and even VLEs.
For VLE Venkatesh being differently never stops him to bring
more beneficiaries under PMGDISHA. Equipped with the
modern computers and high-speed centre, his centre has
successfully registered 240 candidates.
Even his wife Sandhya is running CSC and has registered 250
candidates.
28 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)CHHATTISGARH
Minister awards
PMGDISHA
Certificates
Honorable Minister of State for Steel and Mines Shri Vishnu
Deo Sai distributed PMGDISHA certificates during an event
held at Kumekela village in Jashpur district. As many as sev-
en students have received PMGDISHA certificates during
event and a student was gifted with Pen drive for his out-
standing performance. Chief Guest also motivated to stu-
dents of PMGDISHA and praised the digital literacy program.
Sirri Panchayat Sarpanch Janavi Devi distributed PMGDISHA
certificates to the beneficiaries from Janjgir Champa district
in the state.
More than 300 villagers were present for the event. VLE
Direndra Sunhare and Government School Headmaster Mr.
Ram Prakash Ratre coordinated the event. A campaign for
PMGDISHA was also held.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaMAHARASHTRA
In tandem with the Prime Minister’s vision on Digital India,
the VLEs have been hosting number of workshops in the dis-
trict level to enrol more number of candidates to the ambi-
tious digital literacy project.
Educating the denizens about the scheme and its benefits,
the awareness camps and workshops at the various levels
saw a huge participation from the villagers. As a result of the
tireless efforts from the VLEs, PMGDISHA training centres
have been approved in gram panchayats of the Osmanabad
district. District Manager Amol Vankalas and Mahesh Jagda-
le played key role in popularising the scheme in the district.
30 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)MANIPUR
As part of National Panchayat Day, a special gram sabha
meeting discussed about PMGDISHA and services delivered
through CSC. The meeting shed light on the benefits of the
scheme and encouraged the villagers come forward with an
active participation.
The officials from CSC spoke on the others digital services
PMGDISHA
delivered through CSC platforms across the district.
meeting hosted
PMGDISHA state consultant Dilip Wangkhem and district
consultant Munindro Sapam jointly chaired a meeting held at
the District Information Technology (DIT), Imphal. As many
as six VLEs participated during the event.
The VLEs were asked to accelerate the registration and
training process to achieve complete digital literacy status.
Various problems and issues were discussed with the state
and district officials and Training Centres from Imphal West.
Establishment of training centre like NIELIT and IGNOU were
also being discussed. Apart from PMGDISHA, state consult-
ant also emphasized the importance of services available
in the portal where a VLE is responsible to carry out at his/
her locality and promote CSC, Banking, Insurance, Education,
etc.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaODISHA
VLE Profile:
Dhiman Mandal VLE Profile:
Dhiman initiated to start a CSC at Mandapally Panchayat in
the state not for his personal benefit but to do his part for
serving the nation. He began a door-to-door campaign to
popularise PMGDISHA and Digital India. VLE explained them
Dushmanta
the necessity by connecting with their daily needs which was
more convincing for the villagers. With the support of district
coordinators and panchayat authorities, he started training
Kumar Pradhan
the villagers.
Dushmanta, after completing his higher studies, aspired for
a government job. However he was destined to serve the vil-
lagers by running a CSC centre. He sought the information
by contacting the toll free number and was excited to know
about the digital services delivered through CSC.
He initially started with PMGDISHA enrolling the whole
neighbourhood for the project. “Though I had to cross many
hurdles for delivering the quality service, it got better over
the period. The low connectivity of internet was the primary
glitch. However, we have upgraded the internet services at a
4G speed,” says the VLE.
Apart from the Kothabhuin gram panchayat officials, the den-
izens also extended their total support to make the project a
big success.
32 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)VLE Profile:
Jayaram Prusty
Word of mouth is one of the powerful forms of advertise-
ment for CSC and that is how Jayaram started a CSC at Ka-
bera gram panchayat. He heard about the CSC services from
his friend and immediately sought more information through
the websites and toll free number.
Enthusiastic Jayaram immediately contacted the Dhenkanal
District Manager and registered a CSC ID. He completed reg-
istering 215 candidates under PMGDISHA. Apart from the
digital literacy programme he is now delivering most of the
e-serivces through his centre.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaPUNJAB
VLE Shushil Kumar
distributed PMGDISHA
certificates at Patiala
district. A total of
90 beneficiaries
certificates during the
event.
VLE Shushil Kumar
distributed PMGDISHA
certificates at Patiala
district. A total of 90
beneficiaries certificates
during the event.
34 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)RAJASTHAN
Redefining “I didn’t have any computer or digital device at my home.
As my entire education was from Sanskrit medium even
entrepreneurship
the school did not facilitate any training computer. So, the
biggest hurdle was to first equip myself by knowing the ma-
chine,” said the VLE.
While the world laments and bemoans problems, change- “My parents did not support me in this venture as I was dig-
makers are resolute in their belief for change. Village-level itally illiterate. However, I started learning stuffs on my own
Entrepreneur Samkit Jain is one such changemaker from and by discussing it with some of the experts I knew,” he add-
Kishangarh of Rajasthan. ed.
Launching digital services in the hamlet through Common Samkit Jain did Course on Computer Concepts (CCC) by
Service Centre with just a capital of Rs. 2000, Mr. Jain now NIELIT after launching the CSC. Initially, 100 transactions a
earns around Rs. 30,000 to 40,000. He began exploring en- day was a big deal for the VLE. However, Mr. Jain presently
trepreneurship after becoming a VLE under CSC and E-Mitra provides digital services to more than a 1000 villagers.
Kendra, Government of Rajasthan.
On completion of three years, Samkit Jain has done more
Despite of repeated pressures from the parents and relatives than 61,000 service transactions. More than Rs. 3 crore has
of earning a secured job, Jain was well-determined to be in- been transacted under digital payment solutions. “Today, I
dependent by launching a startup. He rented a shop with just have got 3 computers and my father and mother are part of
a single computer to provide digital services in the village. the process. I would also like to employ few minority citizens
However, the biggest challenge was he himself had to get in the near future.
trained before serving the citizens.
Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaVLE Profile:
Neelam Sood
Enrolling farmers, housewives, labourers and even students,
VLE Neelam Sood is serving Khajoori Gram Panchayat in a
unique way.
According to Neelam, more than 50 percent of the women
population from the panchayat had willingly approached to
undergo the 10-day digital literacy programme. Even the stu-
dents from IX grade to XII grade reaped the benefits of PMG-
DISHA after completing the training programme.
“The villagers were always fascinated about computers and
digital devices. That inspired me to impart the digital training
and the villagers actively participated,” said VLE.
Neelam even expanded his services to the neighbouring vil-
lages after the huge success in Khajoori panchayat.
VLE Profile:
Geeta Rani
Committed to make the women population of Sri Gangana-
gar district digitally literate, Geeta Rani introduced PMGDIS-
HA. As the villagers lacked awareness on the need of being
digitally literate, Geeta had to struggle to get beneficiaries
on board. However, her relentless effort led to registration of
250 candidates.
36 May 2018 I Pradhan Mantri Gramin Disha (A unique initiative for Digital Literacy for rural India)VLE Profile:
VLE Profile: Sunil Kumar
Sunil initiated to start a CSC at 19GD Panchayat in
Suman Verma
Ganganagar District not for his personal benefit but to do
his part for serving the nation. He began a door-to-door
campaign to popularise PMGDISHA and Digital India.
VLE Suman Verma is running PMGDISHA centre in Sankhu VLE also hosted number of awareness camps to create a
gram panchayat of Churu district in Rajasthan. She trained buzz in the village. He explained them the necessity by
and certified 250 students under PMGDISHA and about 127 connecting with their daily needs which was more convincing
students under CSR. Post Graduate Suman Verma trained for the villagers.
students about cashless transactions, general computer
knowledge, internet etc. With the support of district coordinators and panchayat
authorities, he started training the villagers.
She trained about 50% female students. She has 10
computers lab in her center and conducting classes with
projector . Apart from PMGDISHA , Suman verma also
offering other education services like spoken English, CCC Ministry of Electronics and
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Government of IndiaTAMIL NADU
VLE Profile:
Anand Murugesan
“Digital Learning is learning facilitated by technology that
gives students some element of control over time, place, path
and/or pace.” VLE Anand Murugesan uses this statement to
inspire more students for digital literacy programme under
PMGDISHA.
The villagers has started browsing different government
websites and started accessing emails and other social
media platforms after completing the training programme.
According to beneficiaries, Anand helped them to book the
railway and bus tickets digitally.
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