Uttarakhand was declared India’s sixth
fully literate state
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Uttarakhand was declared
India’s sixth fully literate state on 8 July 2026.
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The declaration was made
under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ULLAS (Understanding
Lifelong Learning for All in Society) programme.
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According to the Union
Ministry of Education, a state is considered fully literate when the adult
literacy rate (15 years and above) is 95% or higher.
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Uttarakhand fulfilled the
literacy benchmark prescribed by the Department of School Education and
Literacy under the Union Ministry of Education.
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The state's literacy rate
exceeded 98% in 2026, while it was 98.7% in 2025.
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Uttarakhand's literacy
rate was 83.8% in 2023–24, recording an increase of 14.9 percentage points in
two years.
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The Uttarakhand Cabinet
approved the proposal on 19 June 2026.
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Governor Lieutenant
General (Retd.) Gurmeet Singh approved the declaration on 8 July 2026.
