Question: Assam stands at which position in term of literacy rate as per census 2011?
(a) 26th
(b) 10th
(c) 13th
(d) 20th
Ans: (a)
Related Fact :
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (lARI) in Assam on May 17, 2017.
- The institute will be set up on 587 acre of land provided by the Govt. of Assam.
- This institute would be a Post-Graduate Institution of higher learning in Agricultural Education. It will have the hallmark identity of an IARI including all sectors of agriculture like field crops, horticultural crops, agro-forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, poultry, piggery, silk rearing, honey production, etc.
- It will be an off-campus of IARI, New Delhi and integrated multi-disciplinary research would be undertaken in school mode i.e. Schools of Crop Sciences, Natural Resource Management, and Animal Sciences & Fisheries.
- ARI-Assam would work on the agrarian challenges and complexities of North Eastern India in collaboration with all existing Central and State Government R&D Institutions and Private sector enterprises.
- It is notable that Assam stands at 26th position in terms of literacy rate according to the 2011 census.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=161881
http://www.narendramodi.in/cabinet-approves-setting-up-of-indian-agricultural-research-institute-lari-in-assam–535462