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🔆 Kerala Declared India’s First Fully Digitally Literate State

📍 Why in Focus?
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan officially declared the state as India’s first fully digitally literate state, marking the successful completion of Phase I of the Digi Kerala project.

📍 Key Highlights:
✅ The project is a grassroots-level intervention across all local bodies aimed at bridging the digital divide.
✅ Out of 1.5 crore people surveyed from 83.46 lakh families, 21.88 lakh were digitally illiterate.
✅ Astonishingly, 99.98% of them successfully completed digital training and evaluation.
✅ The program included even the elderly—e.g., 104-year-old M.A. Abdullah Moulavi Baqavi participated.
✅ CM called it a model for the nation, setting an example in inclusive governance.

📍 Governance Relevance:
✅ Promotes digital inclusion, a key pillar of Digital India.
✅ Bridges urban-rural tech divide.
✅ Empowers citizens for e-governance, banking, healthcare, and education access.

✅ Prelims Question:
Which Indian state was recently declared the first fully digitally literate state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans: B

✅ Mains Question:
Discuss the significance of Kerala being declared India’s first fully digitally literate state. How can similar models be implemented to bridge the digital divide in other parts of the country?

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🔆 Kerala Declared India’s First Fully Digitally Literate State

📍 Why in Focus?
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan officially declared the state as India’s first fully digitally literate state, marking the successful completion of Phase I of the Digi Kerala project.

📍 Key Highlights:
✅ The project is a grassroots-level intervention across all local bodies aimed at bridging the digital divide.
✅ Out of 1.5 crore people surveyed from 83.46 lakh families, 21.88 lakh were digitally illiterate.
✅ Astonishingly, 99.98% of them successfully completed digital training and evaluation.
✅ The program included even the elderly—e.g., 104-year-old M.A. Abdullah Moulavi Baqavi participated.
✅ CM called it a model for the nation, setting an example in inclusive governance.

📍 Governance Relevance:
✅ Promotes digital inclusion, a key pillar of Digital India.
✅ Bridges urban-rural tech divide.
✅ Empowers citizens for e-governance, banking, healthcare, and education access.

✅ Prelims Question:
Which Indian state was recently declared the first fully digitally literate state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans: B

✅ Mains Question:
Discuss the significance of Kerala being declared India’s first fully digitally literate state. How can similar models be implemented to bridge the digital divide in other parts of the country?

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