Context: Recently, Ministry of Electronics & IT graced the launch Program of ‘PMGDISHA Drive & Announcement of 100% Digital Literacy of all digital villages’ under AzadiKaAmritMahotsav.

• Under the campaign, a three-day certification drive for rural citizens especially women and disadvantaged communities will be conducted.

About PMGDISHA scheme

• It is a flagship Digital Literacy scheme of the Government for rural areas introduced in February, 2017.
• It is proposed to make all the Digital Villages 100 percent Digital Literate. 
• The Scheme envisages to make six crore persons in rural areas digitally literate, reaching to around 40% of rural households by covering one member from every eligible household by 31st March, 2020.
• Aim: To bridge the digital divide, specifically targeting the rural population including the marginalised sections of society like Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST), Minorities, Below Poverty Line (BPL), women and differently-abled persons and minorities.
• Objective: To make a person digitally literate, so that he/she can operate digital devices (like Tablets, Smart phones etc.) send and receive emails & browse Internet for information and undertake digital payment etc.
• Eligibility Criteria: Nominated digitally illiterate person from every eligible rural household.
• Age: 14 to 60 years
• Course Duration: 20 Hours (Minimum 10 Days and Maximum 30 Days)
• Implementing authority: Common Services Centers (CSC) e-Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated under the Companies Act 1956.