Archive · 19 Dec 2025
India's 2030 Literacy Goal Faces Bihar Hurdle
India wants everyone to be able to read and write by 2030.
The government made a plan called ULLAS to help people learn.
But Bihar, a state with many people who can't read or write, isn't joining the plan.
The government says Bihar should use the money given to them to teach people.
Bihar says they already have their own plan to teach people.
The government wants all states to help so that everyone in India can read and write soon.
India's ULLAS scheme aims to achieve 100% literacy by 2030.
Bihar, with a literacy rate of 74.3%, is not participating in the scheme.
The Union Education Ministry has repeatedly urged Bihar to join and utilize the released funds.
Bihar cites its own literacy scheme, Akshar Anchal, as the reason for not participating.
Five states/UTs have already declared themselves fully literate under the ULLAS scheme.
- Who
- Union Education Ministry and Bihar state government
- What
- Dispute over participation in the ULLAS literacy scheme
- When
- Scheme launched in 2022, ongoing communications in 2023-24
- Where
- India, specifically Bihar
- Why
- To achieve 100% literacy by 2030 as per NEP 2020 and UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Scheme Name
- ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society)
- Launch Year
- 2022
- Bihar's Literacy Rate (2023-24)
- 74.3%
- National Literacy Rate (2023-24)
- 80.9%
- Funds Released to Bihar (2023-24)
- Rs 15.79 crore
- Bihar's Own Scheme
- Akshar Anchal
- NEP 2020 Goal
- 100% literacy by 2030
- Fully Literate States/UTs
- Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Ladakh