Last Updated: 22 Oct 2025
Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme or NILP)
Last Updated: 22 Oct 2025
The scheme targets non-literates aged 15 and above, focusing on women and educationally backward states. It aligns with NEP 2020 and is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- The scheme is in alignment with the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
- The scheme targets all non-literates of age 15 years and above in the country, with more focus on females and educationally backward states.
- The scheme is to be implemented through volunteer teachers and students of schools and Higher Education Institutions and Teacher Education Institution.
- Target for FYs 2022-27 is 5 crore learners (1.00 crore per year) by using "Online Teaching, Learning and Assessment System (OTLAS)" in collaboration with National Informatics Centre, NCERT and NIOS.
