Under which scheme was NIPUN Bharat launched in July 2021?
- A.PM POSHAN
- B.Samagra Shiksha
- C.PM e-VIDYA
- D.PM SHRI
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Explanation
The correct answer is Samagra Shiksha. The National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy, shortened to NIPUN Bharat, was begun in July 2021 under the aegis of Samagra Shiksha and works on the foundational stage covering children of 3 to 8 years, with the goal of universal foundational literacy and numeracy by 2026-27 so that every child gains the basic skills by Grade 2. Option A is wrong because PM POSHAN is the scheme that serves one hot cooked meal to school students and is about nutrition, not reading and numeracy. Option C is wrong because PM e-VIDYA brings together digital, online and on-air learning. Option D is wrong because PM SHRI is the scheme to develop exemplar schools. Samagra Shiksha itself subsumed Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Teacher Education.
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Practice Questions
What is India's overall literacy rate according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025?
- A.74.04 per cent
- B.77.4 per cent
- C.81.1 per cent
- D.89 per cent
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The Periodic Labour Force Survey of 2025 puts the country's overall literacy rate at that level, and this is the headline figure quoted for India's literacy today.
Read the full explanation →How many States and Union Territories had declared themselves fully literate between 2024 and 2026?
- A.Five
- B.Eight
- C.Ten
- D.Fourteen
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The States and Union Territories that declared full literacy in that period are Ladakh, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, which comes to ten in all.
Read the full explanation →What is the financial outlay of the ULLAS scheme for the period 2022-27?
- A.1,037.90 crore rupees
- B.2,037.90 crore rupees
- C.5,000 crore rupees
- D.737.90 crore rupees
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ULLAS, also known as the Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram or the New India Literacy Programme, aims to cover 5 crore learners over 2022-27, and that outlay is the sum sanctioned for the period.
Read the full explanation →Which sector's share in rural employment rose to 56.7% during July-September 2026 as per the PLFS bulletin?
- A.Agriculture
- B.Mining and quarrying
- C.Tertiary or services sector
- D.Construction
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The share of rural workers engaged in farming climbed to 56.7% in July-September 2026 from 52.9% in April-June 2026, which the bulletin flags as a gain in rural agricultural employment.
Read the full explanation →According to the PLFS bulletin for July-September 2026, the all-India unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above stood at:
- A.4.3%
- B.5.1%
- C.5.4%
- D.6.8%
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For persons aged 15 years and above, the overall unemployment rate improved to 5.1% in July-September 2026.
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