Digital literacy
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)
The Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) aims to empower rural households, which targets training one individual from each of the 6 crore rural homes. On March 31, 2024, over 6.39 crore individuals have been trained, surpassing expectations. PMGDISHA ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2024
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
AICTE- Adobe Partnership on Digital Skilling
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has recently signed a partnership agreement with Adobe to accelerate digital creativity skills across the country. Key Points Under this agreement, Adobe will provide curriculum and expertise with the creative and digital literacy ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan Scheme
Government announced on August 7, 2021 that approximately five crore beneficiaries have been enrolled and four crores have been trained under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan Scheme as of August 2, 2021. Key Points According to Union Minister for ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
NSO’s Report on Digital Divide
National Statistical Organisation (NSO) recently published the report on ‘household social consumption’ in its 75th round of the survey which was conducted between 2017-2018. The report shows that how digital divide have increased across States, cities and villages, and income groups. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Kerala to launch digital literacy campaign
The state of Kerala is set to launch a huge digital literacy campaign called ‘I am also digital’ which aims at making the benefits of the state reach the common citizens. This campaign is initiated by the Kerala Literacy Mission ..
‘We Think Digital’ program launched in UP
We Think Digital is a global digital literacy program of the technology major Facebook. The program was launched in 2019 with an aim to overcome gender imbalance on the internet space. Recently, Facebook launched ‘We Think Digital’ program in Uttar ..
Data security after Capital One data breach
In what could be a major deterrent for governments looking to promote digital transactions and attempting to store data online, a data breach in a financial firm has led to the loss of personal information of 106 million people in ..
Tech in Brief : Cyber Resilience
The ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks is known as Cyber Resilience. Cyber resilience is now being increasingly desired by companies, organizations and even governments these days. A cyber resilient government/organization should be able ..