{"id":9853,"date":"2024-06-14T14:30:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2024-06-14T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:30:29","slug":"half-of-st-people-in-tamil-nadu-illiterates-says-minister-renuka-singh-saruta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/half-of-st-people-in-tamil-nadu-illiterates-says-minister-renuka-singh-saruta\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of ST people in Tamil Nadu illiterates, says minister Renuka Singh Saruta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost half of the<u>scheduled tribe<\/u>(ST) <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/population\">Population<\/a> in<u> Nadu<\/u>are illiterates, according to the statistics based on the 2011 census released by the minister of state for tribal affairs<u>Renuka Singh Saruta<\/u>.<br \/> Furnishing a written reply to <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> the queries posed by<u>Villupuram<\/u>MP D Ravikumar in the<u>Lok Sabha<\/u>, the minister said the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/literacy\">Literacy<\/a> rate of ST men in Tamil Nadu stood at 54.3% as against the national <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/average\">Average<\/a> of 59% and ST <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/women\">Women<\/a> in the state at 46.8% <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> as against the national average of 49.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled tribe men in Lakshadweep have the highest literacy rate, at 91.7%, followed by Mizoram (91.5%) and Nagaland (80%), while Andhra Pradesh ST men registered the lowest literacy rate at 48.8%. Scheduled tribe women in Mizoram have the highest literacy rate at 89.5%, followed by Lakshadweep (87.8%). Rajasthan ST women recorded the lowest literacy rate of 37.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Saruta said as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/periodic-labour-force-survey\">Periodic Labour Force Survey<\/a> (PLFS) report (July 2019-June 2020) published by the Union statistics and programme implementation ministry, the literacy rate for scheduled tribes in India is 70.6%. &#8220;However, state-wise details of literacy rates are not available in PLFS report,&#8221; the minister of state said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost half of thescheduled tribe(ST) Population in Naduare illiterates, according to the statistics based on the 2011 census released by the minister of state for tribal affairsRenuka Singh Saruta. 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