NDLM (National Digital Literacy Mission)
Making one person in every family digitally literate is one of the integral components of the Prime Minister 's vision of “Digital India”.
The Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA) or National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Scheme has been formulated to impart IT training to 52.5 lakh persons, including Anganwadi and ASHA workers and authorised ration dealers in all the States/UTs across the country so that the non-IT literate citizens are trained to become IT literate so as to enable them to actively and effectively participate in the democratic and developmental process and also enhance their livelihood.
Definition of DIGITAL LITERACY: “Digital Literacy is the ability of individuals and communities to understand and use digital technologies for meaningful actions within life situations”.
The two levels of IT training envisaged under the Scheme will have the following broad objectives:
| Level 1 |
Level 2 |
| Appreciation of Digital Literacy |
Basics of Digital Literacy |
| To make a person IT literate, so that he/ she can operate digital devices, like mobile phones, tablets, etc., send and receive emails and search Internet for information, etc. |
Besides IT literacy at a higher level, the citizen would also be trained to effectively access the various e-Governance services being offered to the citizen by the Government and other agencies. |
Eligibility Criteria:
- Level 1 : Non-IT literate - Illiterate and upto 7th standard pass
- Level 2 : Non-IT literate with atleast 8th standard pass
- Age : 14 to 60 years
Course Duration:
- Level 1 : 20 Hours (Minimum 10 Days and Maximum 30 Days)
- Level 2 : 40 Hours (Minimum 20 Days and Maximum 60 Days)
Fee:
- Level 1 : For SC/ ST/ BPL Households, no training fee payable and for General candidates, course fee of Rs. 125 applicable.
- Level 2 : For SC/ ST/ BPL Households, no training fee payable and for General candidates, course fee of Rs. 250 applicable
Place of Learning:
The eligible households can nominate one person from their family. The selected person to get himself enrolled under this programme in a nearest Training Centre/ Common Service Center (CSC).
Evaluation:
Independent external evaluation will be conducted by a National level certifying agency like NIELIT, NIOS, IGNOU, etc.
Implementation Process:
NGOs, Industry, Government authorized centers, Common Services Centers (CSCs) and authorized educational institutions with appropriate infrastructure will be utilized to train and empower ten lakh citizens on IT literacy in select Gram Panchayat/ Blocks/ Districts of each State/ UT. The training will be held at various training locations including CSCs, Adult Literacy Centres, NIELIT Centres, RSETI, NGOs involved in IT Literacy, etc.
A detailed implementation plan is as below:
- Household survey
- Eligible households identified
- Each household to nominate one person from the family
- Nominated person to be enrolled in the nearest NDLM Training Centre using their Aadhaar (UIDAI) number
- Unique Username and Password to be provided to the beneficiary
- Learners to study the self learning e-modules through the LMS
- Continuous assessment at the end of each modules
- Attendance on a daily-basis using Aadhaar number
- On fulfilling the minimum number of learning hours and successful completion of
- Assessment, the learners will be eligible to appear for national level examination.
- Certificates will be issued to successful candidates
Monitoring of the Scheme District level Committee:
District e-Governance Society under the Chairmanship of District Magistrate/ Collector with concerned Department. & representative of NGO / implementing agency to oversee / monitor the implementation at the block level.
| At State Government level |
At Central Government Level |
| Apex Committee headed by the Principal Secretary (IT) with representative of Department of Education, Panchayati Raj & Social Welfare. |
An Empowered Committee will be constituted under the chairmanship of Secretary, DeitY. This committee will be empowered to take decisions regarding any policy level interventions in the Scheme. |
Periodic concurrent evaluation of the Scheme implementation would be done through a third party by the Implementing Agency. Eligibility Criteria
All the households where none of the person in the age group of 14 to 60 years are IT literate would become eligible for consideration under the Scheme.
Financial assistance for various categories include
- 75% of course fee for General category trainees (25% of the course fee to be borne by trainees).
- 100% of course fee for SC/ ST and BPL category trainees.
Compensation
To encourage the candidates from BPL category, each of the BPL category candidate would be provided wage loss compensation based on the average MNREGA wage rates i.e. Rs. 15/- per hour for undergoing IT Literacy Training. The wage compensation rates will be Rs. 300/- and Rs. 600/- respectively for Level 1 and 2 courses, respectively. The wage loss compensation would be directly credited into the bank account of the BPL category beneficiaries by the PMU on being awarded certificate by the certifying agency.
Levels of Training
The digital literacy training will be provided at two levels:
Level 1
Appreciation of Digital Literacy (Level 1) To make a person IT Literate, so that he can operate a computer/ Digital access devices (like mobiles, tablets, etc), send and receive e-mails and search internet for information etc.
Level 2
Besides IT literacy at a higher level the citizen would also be trained to effectively access the various e-governance services being offered to the citizen by the government and other
Infrastructure Required For NDLM
| Physical Infrastructure |
Technical Infrastructure |
Remark |
| 1. Minimum carpet area of 200 sq. ft. |
1. Minimum of 3-5 Operational Computers (Laptop or PC) with genuine/ Licensed software |
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| 2. One classroom to seat 5 - 20 students |
2. 3-5 computers |
one shall be a low-end server |
| 3. Located within the concerned Panchayat/ Municipal boundaries |
3. All computers should have been connected to a local network
One High-Resolution Web Camera (Minimum: 0.5 Megapixel.
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Recommended: 1280 x 720 resolution). Reliable Internet Connectivity with minimum speed of 256 kbps |
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4. One printer and one scanner |
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5. 3-5 Mobile Phone and Tablet |
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6. Biometric devices prescribed b PMU |
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Trainer Requirement
Each training center shall have a minimum of one teaching faculty, with minimum educational qualification as below:
The faculty should have minimum of NIELIT’s BCC or its equivalent Registering only one person from a digitally illiterate family
Registered candidates are trained for a minimum of 20 hours course
