How seniors helped Kerala become India’s first fully digitally literate state

NEW DELHI: After three years of community engagement including even those residents aged 100 and older, Kerala has India’s first fully digitally literate state. Efforts began in Pullampara, a village near the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, when rural workers employed under a government scheme started receiving payments digitally into their bank accounts. They needed to go online to confirm that their wages had been paid correctly. “Villagers needed digital literacy to see their salary in bank.

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