[lg policy] Karnataka: Kannada Development Authority tells Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to follow official language policy

[Harold Schiffman]

KDA tells HAL to follow official language policy

indianexpress Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Updated Jul 14, 2011 at 10:03am IST


BANGALORE: The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) reviewed the steps
taken by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the promotion and
safeguarding of the Kannada language in the company. The authority
also examined the measures taken to give preference to local people at
the time of appointment.

A team of five from the Kannada Development Authority led by chairman
Mukhyamantri Chandru, met Executive Director of HAL Corporate office
Sudhakar Rao and his team and asked them about the proKannada measures
taken in the HAL.

HAL conducted a small presentation for the team to brief them about
the company, its activities and the linguistic composition of its
employees. They said, out of 15,162 employees, 11,266 belong to the
state. A recent advertisement placed by HAL for the recruitment of 676
employees was met with a lot of criticism as the advertisement did not
specify that the posts in the C and D group will be preferably given
to those who know how to read as well as write in Kannada.

Chandru said that the administrative language in Karnataka is Kannada
and that all Union Government organisations have to comply by the
official language policy. "Employment in the C and D division must be
preferably given to those from the region", he clarified. Further, he
also pointed out that according to the policy, all signboards,
letterheads have to be in the trilingual form and in a specific order.

Rao said that he will consult his superiors and consider making the
changes that were suggested by authority.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kda-tells-hal-to-follow-official-language-policy/167234-60-115.html

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