I have moved your question to the speech and drama group so that some speech specialists might see it and help you further.
By doing a quick search “literacy in India” I found that the literacy rate in India is quite low. At the end of the colonial period (British rule) in 1947, it was 12% and by 2007, it had grown to 66%. However, the world average literacy rate is 84%, so India is still quite low. It has the largest illiterate population in the world right now. There is a gender gap in literacy. More women are illiterate than men, and this affects many things, notably population control. There is a strong correlation between illiteracy among women and population control. Obviously, if one is unable to read, one cannot learn anything – including birth control methods.
For your speech, you should do additional research and find out what other negative effects illiteracy has on the population of India. You will find it is tied to poverty – all sorts of things. I cannot think of any advantages to being illiterate, unless you are a conquering nation and want the people to be illiterate as in some oppressive regimes worldwide today. This does not apply to India, however.
Your research should also turn up efforts that are being undertaken to increase literacy. Are these methods effective? If so, why? If not, why not? Also, what unique ideas might YOU have to increase literacy?
Good luck!
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