CHRI writes to Rajasthan CM to restore RTI chapter in school syllabus

[Venkatesh Nayak]

Dear all,

In May this year, the media reported the removal of a chapter relating to RTI and the contribution of the people's movement to the practical realisation of people's fundamental right to information across the country, from text books prescribed for middle school students in Rajasthan. 

CHRI's Chairperson Mr. Wajahat Habibullah has written to the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Rajasthan seeking restoration of the chapter on RTI and the reference to the people's movement for the practical realisation of RTI in the text books prescribed for children. The letter and the annexure are in the attachment. 

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Venkatesh Nayak

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Access to Information Programme

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

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"“Where a society has chosen to accept democracy as its credal faith, it is elementary that the citizens ought to know what their government is doing": Justice P N Bhagwati, former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India, (1981)

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