15-05-2025
Curriculum in school to include right to services
Mumbai: The school curriculum in the state will soon include chapters based on
Maharashtra Right to Public Services
(MRTPS) Act, aiming to increase awareness and enhance accessibility to the online services offered to the public by the state govt through its 'Aaple Sarkar' portal.
Similarly, the state plans to offer some govt services with home delivery.
The state will not only upgrade its portal to an advanced version soon, but will also launch a mobile app to make it convenient for the larger populace to access the services. State Chief Commissioner for RTS, Manu Kumar Srivastava, while interacting with citizens on Wednesday, said the govt was planning to introduce a chapter on the RTS Act in class 9 and 10 school textbooks, fostering civic awareness from a young age.
Moreover, the 'Sevadoot' model of home delivery of services, experimented with in Wardha, would be implemented for the larger populace of the state soon, he added.
Srivastava said the RTS platform was being made more accessible, with a mobile-friendly version and a dedicated app currently under development. He was replying to queries from citizens during an awareness programme held recently. Citizens complained that the portal did not accept their documents while uploading them, eventually making services inaccessible for a larger number of applicants. So far, the state has made available 1,027 services through the portal.
In the last 10 years of its existence, the platform Aaple Sarkar, which promotes the mandates under MRTPS Act, received over 18.89 crore applications, with 17.79 crore successfully disposed of
.
