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the Official Language Department, Ministry of Home Affairs
and Ministry of Power, Government of India.
A special drive is going on in DVC to fill in the vacant post
of the Hindi Cell. As a result of regular training and with the
recruitment of Hindi staff, there has been a remarkable increase
in the implementation of Section 3.3 of Official Language Act
and Rule - 5 of the Official Language Rules in DVC.
Hindi classes under the Hindi Training Scheme of
Government of India are conducted to impart Hindi
Training and to develop the working knowledge of Non-
Hindi speaking employees of the Corporation. Some of
the employees have also acquired the knowledge of Hindi
through correspondence courses. As per the Annual
Programme, received from the Government of India,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Official Language,
DVC is striving to attain the target of the training programme
during the year, under review. Further, DVC has set the target
to complete the Hindi Training by 2008 at Headquarters and
in the field formations for those employees who could not
complete the programme till now.
Hindi Workshops are being organized regularly to remove
the hesitation of Non-Hindi speaking Staff/Officers of
DVC for conducting official work in Hindi. During the year
under review, till date two Official Language Workshops
have been organized in which 40 officers and 40 staff took
part.
During 2005 - 2006 (upto November, 2005), Hindi Diwas /
Hindi Pakhwara has been organized. Several competitions
related to Official Language have been organized to inspire
employees for executing their official work in Hindi. On
this occasion, Kavi Sammelan has been organized and
Departmental Rajbhasha Shield has been awarded to the
best department on the basis of using maximum Hindi in
official activities.
During the year under review, Damodar Valley
Corporation has received a Rajbhasha Shield from
CALTOLIC (Undertaking) for its excellent performance in
implementation of the Official Language activities. DVC
officers and staff have also taken part in the different
type of programmes and competitions organized by
CALTOLIC. The anticipated target to be achieved by
DVC from December, 2005 to March, 2006 includes Hindi
training to the employees as per the target fixed on the
basis of the action plan, organizing more Workshops on
Official Language, purchasing Hindi books as per rule for
the Central Library at HQ.
MINISTRY OF POWER
BBMB
Special efforts have been made by BBMB for
implementation of Official Language policy of the Union. All
the documents under Section 3(3) of the Official Language
Act are issued bilingually and letters received in Hindi or
signed in Hindi are invariably replied in Hindi. At present
about 92% correspondence of Board Secretariat with
region ‘A’ offices and 89% with region ‘B’ offices is being
done in Hindi. Board Website is made available bilingually
and discussions in the meetings of Board’s High Level
Administrative Committees are held in Hindi also and their
minutes are issued bilingually.
Meetings of the Official Language Implementation
Committee of Board Sectt., are held regularly in which
report regarding progressive use of Hindi in any subordinate
office of the Board is also reviewed. Almost 50% notings
as per the target fixed for ‘B’ region are done in Hindi.
Bilingual working facilities are available on all computers
of the Board. Training in Hindi typing has been imparted to
all the English Steno typists/typists/Clerks.
Hindi Library has been set up in Board Secretariat and
50% amount of total expenditure for the purchase of books
is being spent for the purchase of Hindi Books for the last
four years. Hindi Workshops are organised on quarterly
basis and subordinate offices are regularly inspected for
effective implementation of official Language.
Hindi fortnight is organized in Board Secretariat every
year in the month of September during which various
Hindi competitions are held in order to create awareness
amongst the Officers and Employees to work in Hindi.
Staff members doing considerable work in Hindi during
the year are encouraged with cash awards.
All magazines/journals of the Board are published
bilingually. Two editions of Board’s quarterly house journal
‘BHAKRA BEAS SAMACHAR’ are published in Hindi
only. Besides, ‘TAKNIKI SHABDAVALI and ‘RAJBHASHA
SAHAYAK PUSTAK’ has been published and distributed
to all employees so that they can work in Hindi in a more
convenient and effective manner.
Board Secretariat has been awarded on a number of
occasions for excellent performance in Implementation of
Official Language policy of the Government by Ministry of
Power as well as by Town Official Language Implementation
Committee.
PGCIL
POWERGRID, as a company, is sensitive towards it
heritage, social and cultural concerns. In pursuance
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