The Ministry of Education has launched NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy) Bharat Scheme. It aims to cover the learning needs of children in the age group of 3 to 9 years. The NIPUN Bharat Programme was launched by the Union Minister for Education, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal on July 5th, 2021. The full form of NIPUN Bharat Programme is the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy Bharat Programme. It has been launched under the aegis of the centrally sponsored Samagra Shiksha Scheme. Since the NIPUN Bharat Mission has been in the news recently, it is very important for the current affairs section of various competitive exams ... NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy), a programme launched by the Ministry of Education aims at consolidating foundational learning in students up to grade 3. Ministry of Education has launched a National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat), for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.