VICTORY OF PROJECT VIJAY
Project VIJAY is a registered youth organization that strives to free our country from the social, economic and political evils and promote development for the weaker section of the society. In this regard, it has extensively used the Right to Information Act to uncover numerous cases of corruption in Government offices, schools, colleges, scientific institutions, etc. Project Vijay aspires to empower the people of the country by making them aware of their rights and duties. It has organized numerous RTI awareness campaigns and seminars too.
On 25-02-2010 the Secretary of Project Vijay, Mahendra Pratap Singh sent a proposal to the Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister of HRD and some other higher officials of Union Government, highlighting the importance of the RTI Act 2005 in the curriculum or secondary & higher education of India (Ref No. pv/rti/05) so that youth of the country may take part for the welfare of the nation.
In response, Ref F. 11-01/2010-Sch.4, Mr. Gulab Singh, Under Secretary Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy forwarded it to NCERT on 22-06-2010 for examining the proposal & sent comment directly to us following intimation from the HRD Ministry
Where NCERT received the proposal with great appreciation and replied with Ref No. F. 10-62/2010-C&P on 23-07-2010 by promising for development of new supplementary reading material on RTI to strengthen the understanding and implementation of the RTI Act 2005 since it promotes accountability and transparency in the functioning of public institutions. It is hoped that this effort will further help educate the youth of our country on how to fight the menacing corruption in our country in a fast and forceful manner using their constitutional rights.
We would like to express our gratitude to the Union Government for accepting this proposal and hope that the the RTI Act will be further incorporated into the syllabus for higher education. We also hope that the media will take due steps to promote sensitization of this Act and bring it to the knowledge of citizens of India so that they may use it for the benefit of the nation and safeguarding of their own rights.
