Facts: 95% literacy treated as full literacy and census trends since 1947
Good time to update the Literacy measurement 95% Literacy Rate = Full Literacy In 1947, India’s literacy rate was ~14%. According to the 1951 Census, it was 18.33%. In the 2011 Census, India’s literacy rate stood at 74.04% and 2026 Cesus yet to come A literacy rate of 95% in a State or Union Territory is considered equivalent to full literacy. Department of School Education and Literacy defines Literacy as “the ability to read, write, and compute with comprehension, i.e., to identify, understand, interpret and create, along with critical life skills such as digital literacy, financial literacy, etc.” 🔴 ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, also known as the New India Literacy Programme (NILP).