(a) whether the Government have taken any steps for
the development of Scientific and Technical terminology in
Hindi;
(b) if so, the progress made by the Commission in this
regard;
(c) whether the Government propose to convert this
statutory Commission into an autonomous body; and
(d) if so, the reason therefor?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLIMANOHAR JOSHI)
(a) Yes Sir, The Government has set up Commission for
Scientific and Technical terminology Commission a
subordinate office under the administrative control of
the Department of Education. Ministry of Human Reasource
development.
(b) The CSTT is engaged in developing a computer base
National Terminology Bank for storing, coordinating and
analyzing in Hindi th entire scientific and technical
terminology of the major scientific discipline. The
Commission plans to bring its National Terminology Bank
on the INTERNET in near future.
The Commission for scientific and Technical terminology
has evolved and published more that 5.00 lakh terms
belonging the major university disciplines- the
Sciences, Social sciences, Humanities, Engineering,
Medicine, agriculture etc. They are available subject
wise as well in comprehensive glossaries.
(c) & (d) This matter is under active consideration
of Government.