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Is India a literate country?
Data shows that the national literacy rate rose from just over 18% in 1951 to more than 80% today. While the definition and markers of literacy in this time have changed and the pace has been slow, it has been a result of interventions at multiple levels through different stakeholders like the state, civil society groups or volunteers. Experts advocate that beyond the ability to read and write, literacy remains intertwined with questions of gender, caste, and poverty. To understand this phenome…
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