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Class 12 Student Educates Rural Women To Become Financial Literate
According to a study by SEBI, 27 per cent of India's population is financially literate.
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International Literacy Day 2023: Know About Remarkable Progress Made By India
To improve adult literacy, the Education Ministry promoted the Saakshar Bharat scheme in 404 rural districts across 26 states and one Union Territory.
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WhatsApp, CSC Launch a Chatbot to Promote Digital Literacy and Rural Entrepreneurship
WhatsApp has teamed up with Common Services Centers (CSC) to launch a chatbot for citizens to receive digital literacy services and resources. Programmes such as the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) and the Digital Beti initiative will be available in English, Hindi, and seven other regional languages.
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Digital India Guarantees Transparency, Good Governance: PM At IIT Gandhinagar
As technology becomes central to the government's plan for improving standards of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for rapidly expanding the concept of digital literacy in rural areas, cautioning that a digital divide would otherwise create serious problems.
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Google's Internet Saathi Digital Literacy Programme Reaches 100,000 Villages in India
Google announced the Internet Saathi program, an initiative to bring digital literacy to women in rural parts of India, back in 2015.
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Armed With Smartphones, Rural Women Are Marking Their Digital Footprints
Armed with a smartphone, 26-year-old Pushpa Bunker travels from village to village in Rajasthan to introduce rural women to the world of internet. In Chhatripara village alone, she has taught over 600 women within a year on how to browse the internet for not just learning but also earning. She has been a part of Internet Saathi programme, an initia...
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How Rural India Is Fighting ‘Information Poverty’
Digital literacy in rural areas has made us see sights that we had only dreamt about. We have seen children in Rajasthan use Google images to travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. We have seen women in Bihar jumping over the boundary walls of their houses to escape the elder men’s glare when they go to take their digital literacy classes. We have ...
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Digital India Connecting Rural India With Mainstream: Industry leaders
Technology will be the main enabler of access to quality education, healthcare and financial services in empowering people in non-urban and rural areas and Digital India is slowly but steadily connecting rural India with the mainstream, industry leaders said on Friday.
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Google India, Tata Trust Expand Digital Literacy Programme for Rural Women
Launched in 2015, it already covers nine states in India, including villages in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
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Government Unveils Digital Literacy Drive in Rural India at Budget 2016
Jaitley said of the 168 million crore rural households across the country, 120 million did not have computers and unlikely to have digitally literate persons.
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Centre Sets March 2016 Deadline for 100 Per Cent Literacy in Villages
The government today set a target of achieving 100 per cent literacy in villages adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana by March 2016.
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Class 12 Student Educates Rural Women To Become Financial Literate
According to a study by SEBI, 27 per cent of India's population is financially literate.
-
International Literacy Day 2023: Know About Remarkable Progress Made By India
To improve adult literacy, the Education Ministry promoted the Saakshar Bharat scheme in 404 rural districts across 26 states and one Union Territory.
-
WhatsApp, CSC Launch a Chatbot to Promote Digital Literacy and Rural Entrepreneurship
WhatsApp has teamed up with Common Services Centers (CSC) to launch a chatbot for citizens to receive digital literacy services and resources. Programmes such as the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) and the Digital Beti initiative will be available in English, Hindi, and seven other regional languages.
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Digital India Guarantees Transparency, Good Governance: PM At IIT Gandhinagar
As technology becomes central to the government's plan for improving standards of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for rapidly expanding the concept of digital literacy in rural areas, cautioning that a digital divide would otherwise create serious problems.
-
Google's Internet Saathi Digital Literacy Programme Reaches 100,000 Villages in India
Google announced the Internet Saathi program, an initiative to bring digital literacy to women in rural parts of India, back in 2015.
-
Armed With Smartphones, Rural Women Are Marking Their Digital Footprints
Armed with a smartphone, 26-year-old Pushpa Bunker travels from village to village in Rajasthan to introduce rural women to the world of internet. In Chhatripara village alone, she has taught over 600 women within a year on how to browse the internet for not just learning but also earning. She has been a part of Internet Saathi programme, an initia...
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How Rural India Is Fighting ‘Information Poverty’
Digital literacy in rural areas has made us see sights that we had only dreamt about. We have seen children in Rajasthan use Google images to travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. We have seen women in Bihar jumping over the boundary walls of their houses to escape the elder men’s glare when they go to take their digital literacy classes. We have ...
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Digital India Connecting Rural India With Mainstream: Industry leaders
Technology will be the main enabler of access to quality education, healthcare and financial services in empowering people in non-urban and rural areas and Digital India is slowly but steadily connecting rural India with the mainstream, industry leaders said on Friday.
-
Google India, Tata Trust Expand Digital Literacy Programme for Rural Women
Launched in 2015, it already covers nine states in India, including villages in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
-
Government Unveils Digital Literacy Drive in Rural India at Budget 2016
Jaitley said of the 168 million crore rural households across the country, 120 million did not have computers and unlikely to have digitally literate persons.
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Centre Sets March 2016 Deadline for 100 Per Cent Literacy in Villages
The government today set a target of achieving 100 per cent literacy in villages adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana by March 2016.
