<div dir="ltr"><h1 id="gmail-headlineitem" class="gmail-page-title gmail-article-title">Maharashtra govt issues notification to central departments, tells them to use Marathi along with English and Hindi</h1><div class="gmail-article-meta gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-7 gmail-col-sm-6 gmail-col-xs-12"><div class="gmail-author-date gmail-pull-left gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-clearfix"><div><a class="gmail-section-btn" href="http://www.firstpost.com/category/india">India</a><a class="gmail-article-by" href="http://www.firstpost.com/author/fp-staff">FP Staff</a><span class="gmail-article-date">Dec, 06 2017 21:04:53 IST</span></div></div></div><div class="gmail-col-md-5 gmail-col-sm-6 gmail-col-xs-12"><div class="gmail-social-share-wrap"><span class="gmail-social-item"></span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-article-meta gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-5 gmail-col-sm-6 gmail-col-xs-12"><div class="gmail-social-share-wrap"><span class="gmail-social-item gmail-fb"><div class="gmail-fb-share-button gmail-fb_iframe_widget"><span style="vertical-align:bottom;width:92px;height:28px"></span></div></span><span class="gmail-social-item gmail-tw"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?text=Maharashtra govt issues notification to central departments, tells them to use Marathi along with English and Hindi" class="gmail-custom-twitter-share-button" target="_blank"> Tweet</a></span><span class="gmail-social-item gmail-wa"><a target="_blank" href="https://web.whatsapp.com/send?text=http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-issues-notification-to-central-departments-tells-them-to-use-marathi-along-with-english-and-hindi-4245847.html" class="gmail-whatsup gmail-hidden-sm gmail-hidden-xs"><img src="cid:ii_160326dcae273d87" alt="Inline image 1" width="128" height="128"></a></span><span class="gmail-social-item gmail-wa"></span></div></div></div></div><br><p>The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201712051645450633.pdf">a five-page notification</a>
to all the central government departments, reminding them that Marathi
is a part of the state's Tri-language policy and that its use, apart
from English and Hindi, is mandatory for services to public and all
communication.</p><p>According to the circular, only the state
government offices were following the policy while the central
government offices in the state were not using Marathi 'effectively'
along with English and Hindi.</p><p>The circular says, “Marathi” is the
official language of State of Maharashtra under the Maharashtra Official
languages Act, 1964 and Amendment Act, 2015 and its jurisdiction is
whole of the state. So, as per Tri- language formula of the Central
Government, it has been mandatory to use Regional language, i.e. Marathi
language along with English and Hindi in all offices and Establishments
of the Central Government in the state of Maharashtra and other offices
of the Central Government which provides banking, telephone, post,
insurance, railway, metro, mono-rail, airline, gas, petroleum, taxation,
etc. services to the people in the State of Maharashtra. In this
context, the resolutions had passed in both of the Houses of the
Parliament of India. In order to implement this Tri- language Policy,
Department of Official language, Central Government, had given the
instructions for the use of regional languages of the respective state,
vide its above-referred office orders, dated 18.06.1977 and 01.07.2010."</p><p> </p><p> </p><br><p>This
news comes days after Maharashtra Navnirma Sena chief Raj Thackrey had
asked banks to ensure that all the transactions are done in Marathi. He
criticised banks for ignoring the Marathi despite RBI guidelines on
using the local language, reported<em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/now-raj-thackeray-asks-all-banks-to-use-marathi-for-transactions/story-1aVb84CenRdqlOH4Y396cK.html">Hindustan Times</a></em>.</p><p>Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis has been ensuring that the Tri-language
policy is used in other sectors too. In June it was reported that
Maharashtra government would implement recommendations of the<a href="http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-planning-new-language-policy-to-increase-use-of-marathi-across-sectors-says-vinod-tawde-3763357.html" target="_blank"> Marathi language policy to use the state language other sectors</a> such as science, <span style="font-size:inherit"><a id="gmail-PXLINK_2_0_1" class="gmail-pxInta" href="http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-issues-notification-to-central-departments-tells-them-to-use-marathi-along-with-english-and-hindi-4245847.html#">education</a></span> and trade.</p><p>Education Minister <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-planning-new-language-policy-to-increase-use-of-marathi-across-sectors-says-vinod-tawde-3763357.html" target="_blank">Vinod Tawde</a> was quoted by <em>PTI</em>
as saying, "The first draft recommendations are received. It will be
reviewed with Marathi language department followed by Cabinet approval.
Once it clears all the necessary stages, it will be implemented soon."</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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