India, Oct. 7 -- Uttarakhand has become the country's sixth fully literate state, following Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim, according to the state government.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami described the achievement as a matter of pride for residents and said the next focus would be digital and financial literacy, health awareness and life skills. He spoke at an event at the Chief Minister's Camp Office marking the achievement and felicitated new literates who had successfully passed examinations conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling.

Dhami said the achievement resulted from the collective participation of teachers, students, newly literate people, volunteers and others associated with the campaig...