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Q120 (CDS-II/2009) Polity & Governance › Governance, Policies & Social Justice › Rights-based legislations Answer Verified

Consider the following statement about Aruna Roy: I. She was one of the prominent leaders of the right to information movement, which eventually led to the enactment of Right of Information Act in 2005. II. She was the founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana. III. She served as a civil servant in the Indian Administrative Service. Which of the statement given above is/are correct.

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Aruna Roy is a distinguished Indian social activist whose career spans civil service and grassroots mobilization. Statement I is correct as she was a central figure in the Right to Information (RTI) movement, which successfully campaigned for the enactment of the RTI Act in 2005 [t1][t5][t9]. Statement II is correct; she co-founded the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) in 1990 alongside Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh in Rajasthan [t4][t9][t10]. The MKSS was instrumental in linking grassroots struggles for wages to the demand for transparency [t5][t8]. Statement III is also correct; Roy served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1968 until 1975, when she resigned to dedicate herself to social work and empowering the rural poor [t4][t5][t10]. Consequently, all three statements accurately describe her professional and activist background.

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  1. [1] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aruna-Roy
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