❖ The Centrally Sponsored New India Literacy Programme (NILP) has implemented during five years from the FYs 2022-23 to 2026-27.

❖ The scheme aims to cover a target of 5.00 crore non-literates in the age group of 15 years and above.

❖ For this, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has defined ‘literacy,’ and what it means to achieve ‘full literacy.’

❖ It has stated that the literacy may be understood as the ability to read, write, and compute with comprehension.

❖ It includes to identify, understand, interpret and create along with the critical life skills such as digital literacy, financial literacy etc.

❖ Full literacy is to be considered equivalent to 100% literacy.

❖ Achieving 95% literacy in a State/UT that may be considered as equivalent to fully literate.

❖ According to the Census 2011, India faces a significant literacy challenge, with 25.76 crore non-literate individuals in the 15 years and above age group.

❖ It was comprising 9.08 crore males and 16.68 crore females.

❖ The Saakshar Bharat programme has certified 7.64 crore individuals as literate between 2009-10 and 2017-18.

❖ Still approximately 18.12 crore adults in India remain non-literate.