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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Restore RTI in school syllabus, Raje govt. told -Vidya Venkat

Restore RTI in school syllabus, Raje govt. told -Vidya Venkat

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published Published on Jun 28, 2016   modified Modified on Jun 28, 2016
-The Hindu

Former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, following the removal of a chapter on the Right to Information Act from school text books.

In a letter dated June 24, Mr. Habibullah, chairperson of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, cited Section 26 of the RTI Act to point out that the law places a statutory duty on State governments to educate the citizenry, particularly the disadvantaged segments, about their right to seek and receive information from public authorities.

The chapter on the law that was passed in 2005 to improve transparency was removed when the Rajasthan government revised the school syllabus for 2016.

In his letter, Mr. Habibullah referred to Rajasthan as the karmabhoomi of the RTI Act, and reminded the Chief Minister that the government she was a part of in 2002 was instrumental in bringing the first national level RTI law in 2002.

The RTI Act was passed as the result of a nationwide movement for transparency and accountability in governance led, among others, by Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan.

The Hindu, 28 June, 2016, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/restore-rti-in-school-syllabus-raje-govt-told/article8781033.ece?w=alauto


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