Lok Sabha Question No. 458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Hundred Per cent Literacy
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 458

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## HUNDRED PER CENT LITERACY

458. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of literacy rate of the country, State-wise;

(b) the reasons behind low literacy rate in the country;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to attain 100 per cent literacy in the country within a nearby future and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons for not implementing a dream project to attain 100 per cent literacy in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  The  details  of  the  literacy  rate  as  per  Census  2011  in  the  country,  State-wise  are  at Annexure-I.

(b)  to  (d):  Multiple  factors  like  accumulated  backlog  of  non-literates,  poverty,  gender  and social category inequalities etc. affect the literacy scenario of the country.

A Centrally Sponsored Scheme called New India Literacy Programme (NILP), now popularly  known  as  ULLAS-  Nav  Bharat  Saaksharta  Karyakram  was  launched  by  the Government of India for implementation during FYs 2022-27. ULLAS has a budget outlay of Rs.1037.90 crore including Central Share of Rs.700.00 crore and State share of Rs. 337.90 crore. ULLAS is to be implemented through Volunteerism for imparting basic education to non-literates.  The  scheme  endeavours to  be  implemented  across the nation as a movement of जन जन साक्षर (Jan Jan Saakshar).

The  scheme  has  five  components,  namely  (i)  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy,  (ii) Critical  Life  Skills,  (iii)  Basic  Education,  (iv)  Vocational  Skills,  (v)  Continuing  Education. The details of the scheme guidelines can be seen at link https://nilp.education.gov.in/nilp/#/.

The scheme aligns with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and aims to empower those adults aged 15 years and above from all backgrounds who could not get due schooling and remained deprived from mainstream education system. The salient features of the NILP are (i) involvement of school students, pre-service students of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), school teachers, Anganwadi and ASHA workers, NYKS, NSS, NCC as volunteers, (ii) use of ICT and implementation of the scheme through hybrid mode i.e.  both  online  and  offline  viz.  ULLAS  app,  (iii)  assessment  as  Functional  Literacy  and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT) to be conducted in schools by States/UTs twice a year and (iv) imparting of basic education at Samajik Chetna Kendras.

The  registration  of  non-literates  and  volunteers  is  through  the  ULLAS  app  which  also connects the users to Teaching learning material like ULLAS & UJAAS primers on DIKSHA platform of NCERT.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  458  FOR  05.02.2024  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL, HONOURABLE MP REGARDING 'HUNDRED PER CENT LITERACY'.

State/UT and gender-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per census 2011

| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Persons         | Male            | Female          |
| 1.       | India Andhra Pradesh   | 72.98 67.02     | 80.88 74.88     | 64.63 59.15     |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 65.38           | 72.55           | 57.70           |
| 3.       | Assam                  | 72.19           | 77.85           | 66.27           |
| 4.       | Bihar                  | 61.80           | 71.20           | 51.50           |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           | 70.28           | 80.27           | 60.24           |
| 6.       | Goa                    | 88.70           | 92.65           | 84.66           |
| 7.       | Gujarat                | 78.03           | 85.75           | 69.68           |
| 8.       | Haryana                | 75.55           | 84.06           | 65.94           |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh       | 82.80           | 89.53           | 75.93           |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir         | 67.16           | 76.75           | 56.43           |
| 11.      | Jharkhand              | 66.41           | 76.84           | 55.42           |
| 12.      | Karnataka              | 75.36           | 82.47           | 68.08           |
| 13.      | Kerala                 | 94.00           | 96.11           | 92.07           |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh         | 69.32           | 78.73           | 59.24           |
| 15.      | Maharashtra            | 82.34           | 88.38           | 75.87           |
| 16.      | Manipur                | 76.94           | 83.58           | 70.26           |
| 17.      | Meghalaya              | 74.43           | 75.95           | 72.89           |
| 18.      | Mizoram                | 91.33           | 93.35           | 89.27           |
| 19.      | Nagaland               | 79.55           | 82.75           | 76.11           |
| 20.      | Odisha                 | 72.87           | 81.59           | 64.01           |
| 21.      | Punjab                 | 75.84           | 80.44           | 70.73           |
| 22.      | Rajasthan              | 66.11           | 79.19           | 52.12           |
| 23.      | Sikkim                 | 81.42           | 86.55           | 75.61           |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu             | 80.09           | 86.77           | 73.44           |
| 25.      | Tripura                | 87.22           | 91.53           | 82.73           |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh          | 67.68           | 77.28           | 57.18           |
| 27.      | Uttarakhand            | 78.82           | 87.40           | 70.01           |
| 28.      | West Bengal            | 76.26           | 81.69           | 70.54           |
| 29.      | A &NIslands            | 86.63           | 90.27           | 82.43           |
| 30.      | Chandigarh             | 86.05           | 89.99           | 81.19           |
| 31.      | D &NHaveli             | 76.24           | 85.17           | 64.32           |
| 32.      | Daman &Diu             | 87.10           | 91.54           | 79.55           |
| 33.      | Lakshadweep            | 91.85           | 95.56           | 87.95           |
| 34.      | NCT of Delhi           | 86.21           | 90.94           | 80.76           |
| 35.      | Puducherry             | 85.85           | 91.26           | 80.67           |