[lg policy] Maharashtra govt issues notification to central departments, tells them to use Marathi along with English and Hindi

[Harold Schiffman]

Maharashtra govt issues notification to central departments, tells them to
use Marathi along with English and Hindi
India <http://www.firstpost.com/category/india>FP Staff
<http://www.firstpost.com/author/fp-staff>Dec, 06 2017 21:04:53 IST
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued a five-page notification
<https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201712051645450633.pdf>
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.

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.

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."





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*Hindustan Times
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/now-raj-thackeray-asks-all-banks-to-use-marathi-for-transactions/story-1aVb84CenRdqlOH4Y396cK.html>*
.

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 Marathi
language policy to use the state language other sectors
<http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-planning-new-language-policy-to-increase-use-of-marathi-across-sectors-says-vinod-tawde-3763357.html>
such
as science, education
<http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-issues-notification-to-central-departments-tells-them-to-use-marathi-along-with-english-and-hindi-4245847.html#>
and trade.

Education Minister Vinod Tawde
<http://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtra-govt-planning-new-language-policy-to-increase-use-of-marathi-across-sectors-says-vinod-tawde-3763357.html>
was quoted by *PTI* 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."


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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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