[lg policy] Assam Sahitya Sabha Roping in Bihu Committees for Assam Official Language Act

[Harold Schiffman]

Assam Sahitya Sabha Roping in Bihu Committees for Assam Official Language
Act
March 24, 2019
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Implementation of Official Language Act

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: The Assam Sahitya Sabha, which is observing 2019 as the year of
Pledge for Mother Tongue, is trying to rope in the numerous Bihu Udjapon
Committees of the State in its movement for the implementation of the Assam
Official Language Act and mother tongue in the State.

In a statement issued to the media on Saturday, Assam Sahitya Sabha
president Paramananda Rajbongshi said: “The Official Language Act is still
to be implemented properly in the State because of the lenient language
policy adopted by the State government. Barring Assam, in all other States
in the country all names, right from administrative machineries to shops,
are written in their respective official languages. The deviation from the
accepted norm in Assam is unfortunate for the Assamese nationality. The
Assam Sahitya Sabha has all along been putting pressure on heads of various
departments and deputy commissioners for the implementation of the Official
Language Act.

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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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