Question : PROMOTION OF INDIAN LANGUAGES



(a) whether any review has been conducted in regard to promotion of Hindi in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the necessary measures taken /proposed to be taken for the promotion of Indian Languages including Hindi to make them popular?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLIMANOHAR JOSHI)

(a) No,Sir.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The Government of India has set up various organisations such as Central Institute of Indian Languages, (Mysore), Central hindi Directorate, (New Delhi), Commission for Scientific and technical Terminology. (New Delhi), National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (Vadedara), National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (New Delhi), Rashtriya Sankrit Sansthan, (New Delhi), Maharashi Sandipani Rashtriya CVeda Vidya Pratishthan, (Ujjain). All these organisations are engaged in the promotion of Indian languages through different Centrally sponsored schemes. In addition. The State Governments have their own schemes for the Development of different Indian Languages.