[lg policy] India: Official Language Policy Of the Union

[Harold Schiffman]

Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
Department of Information Technology

	Official Language Policy Of the Union

Hindi in Devanagari script is the official language of the Union .The
form of numerals to be used for official purposes of the Union is the
international form of Indian numerals {Article 343 (1) of the
Constitution  }.In addition to Hindi language English language may
also be used for official purposes.(Section 3 of the Official
Languages Act) Business in Parliament may be transacted in English or
in Hindi.However, the Hon’ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or the
Hon’ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha may permit any Member to address the
House in his / her mother tongue under special circumstances (Article
120 of the Constitution ). The purposes for which Hindi alone is to be
used, the purposes for which both Hindi and English are to be used and
the purposes for which English language is to be used, have been
specified in the Official Languages Act, 1963, the Official Language
Rules , 1976 and the directions issued under them from time to time by
the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. It has
been the policy of the Government of India that progressive use of
Hindi inthe officialwork may be ensured through persuasion, incentive
and goodwill.

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