In an initiative that aims to bring equality, generate income and boost the country’s health, a new literacy mission was launched. The Rs.65-billion mission ‘Sakshar Bharat’ has a mandate to make all women in 365 under-developed districts literate in five years.
The number of illiterates in India is probably the highest among all nations of the world and India cannot therefore be satisfied with the status quo. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too has said that poor infrastructure in the economic sector and female illiteracy in the social sector are “two very critical factors that impede India’s steady climb to a higher and sustainable level of growth”.
