Union Government has announced that 14 States & Union Territories (UTs) have achieved or exceeded the literacy rate of 80%. It was announced by the Union Human Resource Development(UHRD) Minister Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
14 States & Union Territories are:
Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Daman or Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, NCR of Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim &Tamil Nadu. The Union Government’s flagship scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has helped to improve the literacy rate. For implementing the scheme, Centre has helped the States and Union Territories. The literacy of adults has been covered under the Saakshar Bharat Programme. It was also announced that TEN States and Union Territories have also been able to reduce gender gap to 10% or less. These states are Punjab, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Goa, Lakshadweep, Kerala , Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
14 States, Union Territories achieve literacy rate of 80%
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