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<h1 class="">Govt. panel links jobs, promotions to use of Marathi</h1><div class=""><div class=""><br></div>
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<h2>Promotions and raises of government servants are to be stringently
linked to the `usage of correct' Marathi in offices and establishments.</h2>
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Civil servants and personnel in government and educational
establishments across Maharashtra could end up paying a price for
actions that ‘undermine’ Marathi if the recommendations of a committee
set up by the former Congress-NCP government are accepted.
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The Congress-NCP government had first constituted a committee on Marathi
language policy in June 2010. However the government chose to set up a
new one February 2013 through a gazette notification. The mandate of the
committee was to make recommendations to preserve and promote Marathi
in educational institutions as well as other government agencies. The
draft, put up on the State government’s website (<a href="http://www.maharashtra.gov.in" target="_blank">www.maharashtra.gov.in</a>), is open for public feedback until December 15.
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The document, drawn up by a 30-member advisory committee and headed by
educationist and writer Nagnath Kotapalle, aims not only at conserving,
but also promulgating the language globally.
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According to its recommendations on the Marathi language policy for the
next 25 years, promotions and increments of government servants are to
be stringently linked to the ‘usage of correct’ Marathi in offices and
establishments.
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Career advancements of individuals are to be stopped, while
establishments are to have their grants and privileges withheld if
Marathi is not used at all by a person or establishment or used
incorrectly. The panel further recommends appointment of special
officers to monitor that “correct” Marathi is always spoken on
television channels. </p>
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According to the document, there must be 50 per cent reservation for
Marathi-speaking people in multinational companies. The document also
suggests that 30 per cent of a film crew including technicians should be
Marathi-speaking for a movie to be eligible for tax benefits.
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“Few government and judicial bodies use Marathi in the course of their
day-to-day functioning. It is generally absent in financial and
industrial bodies. It is unfortunate that despite Marathi being the
State language for over five decades, not a single Marathi medium
university has come up in Maharashtra,” said Mr. Kotapalle.
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Mr. Kotapalle, recently elected as president of 86th Akhil Bharatiya
Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, is known as a zealous crusader for the
conservation of the language. According to him, all recommendations made
in the draft policy were “eminently viable” and designed in such a way
so as to permit its practical implementation.
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“The purpose is to instill a sense of pride in the Marathi language.
This in turn will facilitate make the conservation and promotion of
Marathi,” he said. <br></p><p class=""><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/panel-demands-proper-marathi/article6594870.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/panel-demands-proper-marathi/article6594870.ece</a><br></p><p class=""><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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