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The Government of India has recently established a committee under the chairmanship of S. K. Thorat. What was the mandate of the committee?<\/p>\n

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\nThe committee established under the chairmanship of S. K. Thorat (in 2012) was mandated to review political cartoons and other potentially controversial content in NCERT social science and political science textbooks for classes IX to XII.
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\n– The committee was formed in response to a controversy surrounding a political cartoon of B. R. Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru published in an NCERT political science textbook for class XI.
\n– The mandate was specifically to examine the content of social science and political science textbooks for higher secondary classes to identify and recommend removal of objectionable material.
\n– The committee’s work focused on reviewing specific content like cartoons, pictures, and text that were deemed inappropriate or potentially offensive.
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\nS. K. Thorat is a well-known economist and former Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The controversy highlighted issues related to pedagogical methods, interpretation of historical events, and sensitivities in textbook content.
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