NEW DELHI: The Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) has plans to start e-literacy initiative soon to train 6 crore Indians over a period of next three years as a part of Budget 2016-17 provisions.“We are starting digital literacy program in this fiscal to train another 6 crore individuals,” DeitY additional secretary Ajay Kumar told ET, adding that the initiative under the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) has received an overwhelming response by training 59 lakh individuals within 2 years of inception.The government in 2014 had set up a preliminary target of providing digital literacy to 52.5 lakh people in four years, which has already been achieved by the department and have undertaken a registration of more than 84 lakh people currently.The Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (Disha) or National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) is a pan-India digital literacy scheme to provide education for free to BPL (below poverty line) households and members of the scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) communities.The government has partnered with the Nasscom Foundation which is driving the digital literacy initiative with CSR (corporate social responsibility) funds from the multinationals such as Google Microsoft , and Intel US-based processor maker Intel has also launched "Unnati Kendra at Common Service Centre" and "Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur" initiatives to accelerate digital literacy and provide access to technology for rural Indians.Many private-sector companies, according to the official, have shown interest in the recent past to partner for the e-literacy initiative which Kumar believes, is a critical aspect for the mega Digital India umbrella program."The scheme is aimed to facilitate people to become digitally literate so that they can be empowered for digital inclusion,” Kumar said.To make a person IT literate, NDLM is offering a 40-hour course that includes hands-on training on operating digital devices such as mobile devices, tablets and desktop with Internet browsing and search for basic information, online chat and e-mail communication.The government is also encouraging village level entrepreneurs (VLEs) to impart digital programs through locally-spread common service centers (CSCs) in village blocks.The government is also working with content providers to include local languages to make program citizen friendly and is giving special focus to mobility devices in line with government’s strategic shift to m-Governance for various citizen-centric services.