India will have 100% literacy rate in next 5 years: HRD Min
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that India will achieve 100% literacy rate within the next five years. He added that class 6 to 12 students are being given training to educate illiterate members of their families. He further said that India's literacy rate of 18% in the post-independence era has gone up to 80% now.