<div dir="ltr"><h1>Govt to frame policy to promote Gujarati language: Rupani</h1><div class="gmail-newstory-stripsection gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-author-section gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-author-img"><img src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/resources/images/defaultauthor-img.gif" alt="" width="44"></div><div class="gmail-autherninfo"><div class="gmail-authername"><a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/author/PTI/1.html">PTI</a></div><div class="gmail-story-timedate"> January 5, 2018 | UPDATED 01:00 IST </div></div></div><div class="gmail-font-incer"><div class="gmail-size_inc_dec"><a>A +</a><a>A -</a></div></div></div>


<div class="gmail-ad-blocker-ajax" style="width:100%"><div class="gmail-right-story-container" style="width:100%"><span><p>Ahmedabad, Jan 4 (PTI) Gujarat Chief Minister <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/people/vijay-rupani/52157.html">Vijay Rupani</a>
 today said his government will come up with a policy to promote the 
Gujarati language and sought inputs from academic bodies in this regard.
 </p><p>He asked the Gujarat University and the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi to guide the government in formulating the policy. </p><p>To promote Gujarati, the government will come up with a language policy, Rupani said. </p><p>He was speaking at the inaugural function of the Gujarat Literature Festival (GLF) at the Gujarat University premises here. </p><p>"The
 Gujarat University should take the initiative, and together with the 
Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, it should help the government in the policy 
formulation. </p><p>"You (the university and the akademi) should guide the state government in this direction," he said. </p><p>Admitting
 that Gujarati has not received importance like languages of other 
states, Rupani said events like the GLF will help promote the language. </p><p>He said the state government will help in organisation of the festival. </p><p>Accompanying Rupani at the event was Amruta Fadnavis, a banker and wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/people/devendra-fadnavis-maharashtra-cm/24611.html">Devendra Fadnavis</a>. </p><p>Awards in different categories were also distributed at the literary event which will go on till January 7. PTI KA PD RSY</p></span></div></div><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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