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Digital India :- Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan Scheme 46 lakh certified


  • DISHA was launched by PM in Jharkhand in 2014.
  • The programme offers two-hour, 10-hour and 20-hour courses in local languages. This will help in training the people.
  • GOI launched a programme to invest Rs 450-500 crore on providing basic computer education to about 50 lakh people over the next three years with the help of private companies in 2014.
  • The investment will be made under a project called Disha in certain identified districts.
  • The computer literacy programme is critical for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, Digital India, which hopes to bridge the digital divide in the country.
  • The government will choose the districts where this programme will be run. One person would be chosen from every eligible household for training.
  • The main objective of the programme is to declare the selected blocks and districts 100 per cent digitally literate.
  • Computer literacy will be key to the success of the project through which the government hopes to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats throughout the country at a cost of Rs 1.13 lakh crore.
Source:- Ravi Shankar Prasad on Twitter
डिजिटल साक्षरता अभियान : क्या है, जानकारी और उपयोगी सामग्री के लिंक
ग्रामीण भारत के लिए नई डिजिटल साक्षरता मिशन योजना

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