PIB Summaries 21 Might 2025

Content material :

1. Mizoram Achieves Full Purposeful Literacy
2. Depot Darpan Portal and Digital Platforms-Anna Mitra and Anna Sahayata

Mizoram Achieves Full Purposeful Literacy

Context : Milestone Achievement

• Mizoram declared India’s first totally literate state on twentieth Might 2025 by CM Lalduhoma.
• Achieved full useful literacy, outlined by the Ministry of Training as above 95% literacy fee.

Relevance : GS 2 (Governance, Social Justice, and Training)

Background Context

• Mizoram attained statehood on 20 February 1987.
• In line with the 2011 Census, literacy fee was 91.33% (third highest in India).
• Geographical space: 21,081 km².

Current Knowledge and Surveys

• Door-to-door survey (Aug–Sep 2023) by Cluster Useful resource Centre Coordinators (CRCCs) recognized 3,026 non-literates.
• 1,692 learners actively participated in literacy actions.
• PFLS survey 2023-24: Literacy fee reached 98.20%.

Neighborhood Participation

• 292 volunteer academics (college students, educators, CRCCs, and many others.) led the literacy efforts.
• Impressed by “Kartavya Bodh” and Mizo cultural values.
• Highlights community-led mannequin of inclusive training.

Position of ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram

• Mizoram’s literacy mission aligned with ULLAS Scheme (2022–2027).
• A centrally sponsored scheme focusing on adults aged 15+.
• 5 Parts:
  • Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
• Nationwide outreach:
  • 1.77 crore neo-literates appeared for FLNAT.
  • 2.37 crore learners & 40.84 lakh volunteers registered on ULLAS cell app.

Comparative Perception

• Ladakh was the first administrative unit (not a state) to declare full literacy on 24 June 2024.
• Mizoram turns into the first full-fledged state to attain this milestone.

Significance

• Reinforces NEP 2020’s imaginative and prescient of inclusive, equitable training.
• Units a mannequin for grassroots-driven literacy initiatives.
• Symbolizes cooperative federalism in training.
• Demonstrates effectiveness of volunteerism in governance.

Depot Darpan Portal and Digital Platforms-Anna Mitra and Anna Sahayata

Context and Goal

• Launched by Union Meals and Client Affairs Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi.
• Geared toward strengthening the Public Distribution System (PDS) and enhancing transparency, effectivity, and accountability.
• Ensures meals safety for over 81 crore beneficiaries below NFSA & PMGKAY.

Relevance : GS Paper 2( Governance, Welfare Schemes, and e-Governance)

Depot Darpan Portal

• A self-assessment & monitoring portal for meals grain depots (FCI & CWC).
• Permits depot officers to consider operations through Composite Scores (based mostly on 60:40 – operational: infrastructural efficiency).
• Tech integration: IoT sensors, CCTV, stay video feeds, and analytics.
• Advantages:
  • Potential₹275 crore financial savings in FCI depots.
  • ₹140 crore earnings increase by means of optimized CWC area utilization.
  • Addresses infrastructure gaps; price range allocations:
  • Encourages good warehousing and five-star rated depots.

Anna Mitra Cellular App

• Focused at PDS stakeholders: FPS Sellers, DFSO Officers, Meals Inspectors.
• Key options:
  • Inventory receipt updates, alerts, geo-tagged inspections.
  • FPS efficiency monitoring & beneficiary information entry.
• Pilot states: Assam, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Punjab.
• Languages: Hindi, English.
• Goals at real-time information, transparency, operational effectivity.

Anna Sahayata Grievance Redressal System

• Designed for PMGKAY beneficiaries.
• Makes use of:
  • WhatsApp, IVRS, and ASR (Automated Speech Recognition).
• Makes grievance lodging accessible, fast, and multilingual.
• Pilot in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh.
• Obtainable in Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Bangla, and English.

Broader Significance

• Aligned with Digital India and Viksit Bharat visions.
• Reinforces One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC) for portability and entry.
• Enhances infrastructure grading, dietary safety, and public service supply.
• Proof-based: Supported by Family Consumption Expenditure Survey (50% decline in meals spending as a result of improved entry).

Conclusion

• These platforms signify a paradigm shift in welfare supply by means of digital instruments.
• They bolster meals safety, grievance decision, and depot administration.
• Embody the federal government’s objective of reaching the final man, upholding transparency, and selling tech-enabled governance.