Question: Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan was launched on-
(a) 1 December
(b) 2 December
(c) 30 November
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 1 December 2016; Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar launched ‘Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan’ in New Delhi.
- ‘Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan’ has been launched to encourage, create awareness and motivate all people around them to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for transfer of fund.
- The Union HRD Minister also appealed to higher education institutes to receive nothing in cash (fee/fines/deposits) and pay nothing in cash (wages/salaries/vendor payments) and develop a cashless campus (covering shops/canteens/services).
- The Union HRD Minister launched a webpage(http://mhrd.gov.in/vabhiyaan/) where students can register themselves, give continuous feedback and suggestions on the initiative as well as upload the progress of their work.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154755
http://mhrd.gov.in/vabhiyaan/