PMGDISHA

The Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan PMGDISHA benefits about six crore households, making them digitally literate. With PMGDISHA, most rural households would benefit and enhance their livelihood. This scheme helps the Digitally illiterate people to actively learn IT skills, which will help them participate in the democratic and developmental process. This initiative is part of the Digital India programme which aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

Eligibility

The scheme applies only to the rural areas of the country. The eligibility for a household is that none of the members of the household is digital literates. The household comprises the head of the family, spouse, children and parents.

Entry criteria

The eligible age group for the scheme would be from 14 years to 60 years old people. The beneficiary under this scheme should be digitally illiterate. Only one person from a household would be considered for training under the scheme.

Priority would be given to college dropouts, non-smartphone users, antyodaya households and the participants of the adult literacy mission. School students from classes 9th to 12th who are digitally illiterate, are provided with the facility, but IT training is not available in the schools.

Preferences would be given to SC/ST, BPL, women, differently able people, and other minorities. The scheme portal would make available the identification of beneficiaries that shall be carried out by Common Service Centres CSC- SPV through collaborations with e-Governance Society in each district, block development officers, and gram panchayats.