In June 2013, the Central Information Commission held six political parties to be public authorities under the RTI Act and hence subject to the transparency and information requirements under the Act. The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Status: Lapsed The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August […]
Through various judgements, it was held by the Supreme Court that people cannot speak unless the they know. Hence, the Right to Information (RTI) is a fundamental right, embedded in Article 19(1) of the Indian Constitution which specifies that every citizen has freedom of speech and expression. RTI Background Timeline In 1994, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan (MKSS)
The concept of motivation focuses on explaining what “moves” behaviour. In fact, the term motivation is derived from the Latin word ‘movere’, referring to movement of activity. Working, studying, playing and caring are some important daily activities which are considered purposeful. Motives help explain our movement towards the chosen goals. Hence, motivation is one of the determinants
Memory plays a very important role in our learning and psychological growth. Through memory of our past experiences, we handle new situation it helps us in our relearning, problem solving and thinking. Since memory is central to almost all cognitive processes such as perception, thinking and problem solving, psychologists have attempted to understand the manner in
Learning is a key process in human behaviour. Most of our behaviours are acquired through the process of learning. All children are born with limited capacity of reflexes but it is only learning that empowers individual to realise one’s potentials. Interestingly enough learning is not directly observable. It is often inferred from changes in the external behaviour. It
