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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan Scheme
August 10 , 2021
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- The Government announced that approximately five crore beneficiaries have been enrolled and four crores have been trained under this Scheme as of August 2, 2021.
- This scheme was launched to make six crore persons residing in rural areas, across States and UTs, digitally literate.
- It was launched with the aim of bridging digital divide and specifically targeting rural population.
- It also includes marginalised sections of society such as Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Minorities, Below Poverty Line (BPL), women, differently-abled persons and minorities.
- This scheme is being initiated under Digital India Programme.
- This Scheme is applicable only in rural areas of India.
- All the households where not a single family member is digitally literate will be eligible under the Scheme.
- Only one person per eligible household would be provided with training in the age group of 14 – 60 years.
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