UPSC Editorial Analysis: Literacy in India

General Studies-2; Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.   Introduction The 2023–24 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) has reported India’s national literacy rate at 9%, marking a clear improvement from the 74% literacy rate in Census 2011. While this is an encouraging development, the figures hide deep-rooted disparities …