Recently the central government has
approved the Naya Baharat literacy program
this scheme has been launched for the
period from the year
2022-2027 this scheme is in line with
the national education policy 2020 and
budget announcements of 2021-22
the objective of this scheme is to
provide basic literacy and cover
important subjects like basic education
life skills vocational skill development
this scheme will be implemented through
volunteers in online mode this scheme
will cover non-literate people of the
age of 15 years and above in all the
states and union territories of the
country under this scheme a target has
been set to benefit about 5 crore
persons in 5 years significantly
according to the 2011 census the number
of non-literate people above 15 years of
age in india was about 26 crore.