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Around 7000 CSC-VLEs) from across the country will participate at
the event
Digital Saksharata Abhinanadan
Samaroh will be addressed by Hon’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on October
7, 2017 at IIT Gandhinagar. Pradhanmantri Grameen Digital Saksharata Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)
is an integral component of Digital India Initiative of the Government. The
scheme envisage to make 6 crore citizens digitally literate in rural India. The
function will highlight the significance of digital literacy in addressing
issue of digital divide/promote digital financial transactions and support in
providing access to information, knowledge and skill there by leading to
digitally empowered society.
PMGDISHA
envisage to provide equal opportunity to rural citizens enabling them to
actively participate in nation building and access livelihood through Digital
technology, Devices and Services.
Apart
from the Prime Minster, the function will also be presided by Hon’ Minister for
electronics & IT and Law & Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’
Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ Chief
Minister of Gujarat, Shri Vijaibhai Rupani, Hon’ Minister of State for Human
Resource Development, Shri Satya Pal Singh, Hon’ Minister of State for
Electronics & IT and tourism (Independent Charge) Shri K J Alphons, Hon’
Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Nitinbhai Patel, Hon’ State Minister for
education and Revenue, Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, among other dignitaries.
PMGDISHA
scheme was initiated in February 2017 by the Government to provide basic
digital literacy training to six crore citizens across rural India within two
years, targeting at least one person from every household. Citizens trained
under PMGDISHA would be skilled in operating digital devices like computers,
tablets, smart phones and use internet in daily life for enhancing their skills
and knowledge, access Government to Citizens services, healthcare and financial
services as well.
The
scheme also focuses on enabling digital financial transactions among the
citizens. By seeding Aadhaar number to bank account of the beneficiary and
enabling him to access various online Government services like booking of
railway tickets, passport application, etc would enable the citizen to leverage
Technology and participate actively in governance.
So
far, more than 55 lakh citizens have been registered on the PMGDISHA portal for
digital literacy training, out of which more than 22 lakh citizens have been certified
after successfully completing the assessment. The scheme will be implemented
through Training Center – One in Every Panchayat (2.5 Lakh Training Center).
Corporate through CSR and NGOs having facilities for conduct of training also
participates in Digital Literacy program.
Around
7000 training center operator (CSC-VLEs) Common Service Center – Village Level
entrepreneur from various state across the country will participate in the
“Digital Saksharata Abhinanadan Samaroh” on 7th Oct 2017 at Gandhinagar. About
500 citizens who have been trained and certified under PMGDISHA would also be
attending the event. The Honorable Prime Minister would award five Village
Level Entrepreneur and Five Digitally Literate citizen in the function. All the
Common Service Center – 2.6 Lacs across the country will telecast the event at
Gandhinagar, Mobilizing local citizens, digitally literate candidate at their
center on 7th Oct 2017. The event would also be telecasted on National
Doordarshan channel.
Common
Services Centers (CSC) Scheme is an integral part of “Digital India” initiative
of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government
of India. The CSCs are ICT enabled front end service delivery points at the
village level enabling delivery of Government, Financial, Social and Private
Sector services in the areas of agriculture, health, education, entertainment,
FMCG products, banking, insurance, pension, utility payments, etc. CSCs are
managed and operated by a village level entrepreneur (VLE). Presently there are
2.6Lacs CSCs across the country. 90% of these are managed and operated by
Women. Each CSC on average employee 4 to 5 persons.
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