References to abrogation of Article 370, replacing the term “Azad Pakistan” with “Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK)”, revising a paragraph defining the Left as those who prefer “state regulation over free competition”, and references to Manipur are among several changes made by the NCERT in its Social Science textbooks for the academic year 2024-25.
According to the document, in Chapter 7 of the Political Science textbook of Class 12 (Politics in India since Independence), the Council has revised a paragraph to include a reference to abrogation of Article 370.
The earlier paragraph said, “While most of the states have equal powers, there are special provisions for some states like J&K and the states in the North-East”. The revised version adds one line in the end of the paragraph saying, “However, Article 370 that contains special provisions for J&K, was abrogated in August 2019.”
In the same chapter, the Council has also replaced “Azad Pakistan” with “Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK)” in a paragraph on the border dispute between India and Pakistan. The existing version says, “India claims that this area is under illegal occupation. Pakistan describes this area as ‘Azad Pakistan”.
However, the changed version says that “it is the Indian territory which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan called as Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK).”
“The change, which has been introduced is in complete concurrence with the latest position of the Govt of India in regard to Jammu and Kashmir,” the Council said.
In Class 10 Social Science textbook named ‘Democratic Politics’, the Council has dropped the content related to the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) from its Chapter 4. It, however, added references to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the National People’s Party (NPP).
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