Digital India: Difference between revisions

=== Training ===

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan is being executed by PMGDisha with an outlay of Rs 2,351.38 crore with the objective of making 6 crore rural households digitally literate by March 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=One of world's largest digital literacy programmes in world, 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' cleared by Cabinet|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-gramin-digital-saksharta-abhiyan/543139/|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date=February 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan|url=http://vikaspedia.in/e-governance/digital-india/national-digital-literacy-mission|publisher=[[Vikaspedia]]|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=2,351 करोड़ से गांवों को डिजिटल साक्षर बनाएगी सरकार, PMGDISHA को मंजूरी|url=http://www.livehindustan.com/news/national/article1-modi-cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-gramin-digital-saksharta-abhiyan-697220.html|publisher=Live Hindustan|date=February 9, 2017|language=hi}}</ref> Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (abbreviated as PMGDisha<ref>{{cite news|title=Cabinet approves PMGDISHA under Digital India Programme|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/cabinet-approves-pmgdisha-under-digital-india-programme-117020801404_1.html|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=February 8, 2017|location=New Delhi}}</ref>) is an initiative under Digital India program, approved by The Union Cabinet chaired by the PM [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cabinet nod for rural digital literacy programme|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/Cabinet-nod-for-rural-digital-literacy-programme/article17265514.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=February 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=abinet approves 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' for covering 6 crore rural households|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158292|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> The main objective of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan is to make 6 crore people in rural areas across India digitally literate, reaching around 40% of rural households by covering one member from every eligible household.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)|url=https://www.mygov.in/task/logo-and-slogan-design-contest-pradhan-mantri-gramin-digital-saksharta-abhiyan-pmgdisha/|publisher=[[MyGov.in]]|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Digital literacy classes for unemployed|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Khammam-Tab/2017-05-02/Digital-literacy-classes-for-unemployed/297175|publisher=[[The Hans India]]|date=May 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shrivastava|first1=Shilpika|title=Union Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/union-cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-gramin-digital-saksharta-abhiyan-1486636436-1|publisher=Jagran Josh|date=February 9, 2017}}</ref>