Minister Renuka Singh Saruta Asserts That Half Of Tamil Nadu's Scheduled Tribe Population Is Illiterate

Lakshadweep's scheduled tribal males have the greatest literacy rate, at 91.7 percent, followed by Mizoram (91.5 percent) and Nagaland (80 percent), with Andhra Pradesh's scheduled tribe men having the lowest literacy rate, at 48.8%. Mizoram's scheduled tribe women have the highest literacy rate (89.5%), followd by Lakshadweep (87.8 percent ). ST women in Rajasthan had the lowest literacy rate, at 37.3 percent. According to the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) report (July 2019-June 2020) released by the Union statistics and programme implementation ministry, scheduled tribes in India have a literacy rate of 70.6 percent, reported

The Times Of India.

Saruta, thereby highlighting the measures initiated by the Union government to raise the literacy rate of tribal women, said the Union education ministry launched 'Saakshar Bharat' in October 2009 to enhance the literacy rate of women and other oppressed minorities. The programme has been extended through March 31, 2019.

Moreover, the minister

of state said thatstate-wise information of literacy rates are not accessible in PLFS report. She added by that following that, with the financial year 2020-21, a new centrally-sponsored adult education scheme called 'Padhna Likhna Abhiyaan' would be introduced in rural and urban areas of 33 states or Union Territories, including tribal women.