Jagan calls Lokesh’s claim of 82.1% literacy in Andhra false, cites Centre’s survey showing 71.4%

Summarized by PinBrief · From The Hindu · 1d ago

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy rejected Education Minister K. V. P. Lokesh’s assertion that Andhra Pradesh’s literacy rate is 82.1%, stating the figure lacks a published survey. He referenced a recent central government survey that records the state’s literacy at 71.4%. The minister’s claim, shared on X with a newspaper link, was described as unfounded.