[lg policy] India: Implementation of official language policy can't be taken as ritual, says Venkaiah Naidu

[Harold Schiffman]

 Implementation of official language policy can't be taken as ritual, says
Venkaiah Naidu    Jul 13, 5:30 pm
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New Delhi, July 13 (ANI <http://www.aninews.in>): Venkaiah Naidu
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directed the two urban ministries under his charge to step up efforts to
promote use of Hindi in official work as per the norms stipulated under the
official language policy.

Progress in this regard in respect of the two ministries was reviewed at a
meeting of the Hindi Salahkar Samiti here today.

Naidu shared the concerns voiced by the members of the Committee over
shortfall in meeting the norms for use of Hindi as Official Language. He
directed the top administrative brass of both the Ministries to step up
efforts to promote use of Hindi by December this year before the same is
reviewed by the Committee in the next meeting.

Naidu observed that "after extensive deliberations, the makers of the
Constitution declared Hindi, the largest spoken language in the country as
the Official Language and its implementation can't be taken as a ritual.
This needs to be implemented with all the seriousness.

Naidu said that the initial resistance in some parts of the country has
come to be replaced by ever increasing number of people speaking Hindi. Use
of Hindi along with English needs to be promoted in the functioning of the
central government while that of local language should be encouraged by the
State Governments".

Naidu further said that four Prime Ministers of the Country including
late Morarji
Desai <http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/morarji-desai.html>,
Deve
Gowda <http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/deve-gowda.html>,
P.V.Narasimha Rao and Narendra Modi
<http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/narendra-modi.html> came
from non-Hindi speaking states and all of them were good in Hindi and this
is a significant development in many ways. He said that Modi has been using
Hindi to converse with world leaders and at all international forums.

Naidu referred to leaders of several developed countries like Japan,
France, Germany etc., likewise using their mother tongue and those
countries prospering without resorting to English as a medium of learning.

"Language gives primary identity to a community and a Nation and hence,
various regional languages and Hindi shall be protected and promoted" said
Naidu.

He said that simple and easily understandable words should be used instead
of less known literary words for promoting the use of Hindi.

Members of Hindi Salahkar Samiti
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of the two urban ministries appreciated Naidu for acquiring reasonable
proficiency in Hindi and for extensively using Hindi in Parliamentary
debates and discussions and on other occasions.

In his response, Naidu said that he realized the importance of Hindi and
learned the same after shifting to national politics in late 80s.

Naidu assured the members of the Committee that he will ensure that the
past ritualistic approach towards use of Hindi in official work of the two
ministries will be replaced by a more serious and purposeful actions.

The meeting was attended by K.C.Tyagi, MP, Mahesh Chandra Gupta, Dr. Anita
Arya, Vibhuti Narayan Singh, Sanjiv Dubey, Dilip Bhai Pandya, Secretaries
and other senior officials of the two urban ministries and heads of various
attached and autonomous organizations. (ANI <http://www.aninews.in>)

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