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PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI IN OFFICIAL WORK
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PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI IN OFFICIAL WORK
10. The Ministry continued to make concerted efforts to promote the use of Hindi in
official work and to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Official Languages
Act, 1963 as amended in 1967 and Rules framed thereunder as also the various
orders/instructions issued by the Department of Official Language from time to
time with a view to ensuring proper implementation of the Official Language Policy
of the Government.
IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY AND THE ANNUAL
PROGRAMME
Machinery for Implementation
10.1 The Ministry has a full-fledged Hindi Section headed by a Deputy Director(OL)
with two Assistant Directors and other supporting staff. This Section caters to the
need of the Department of Personnel and Training as also of the Department of
Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare. There is a separate Hindi Unit under a Deputy
Director (OL) with necessary supporting staff in the Department of Administrative
Reforms and Public Grievances. Besides monitoring the implementation of the
Official Language Policy and the Annual Programme, Hindi Section arranges for inservice
training of the staff in Hindi language, Hindi typewriting and Hindi stenography.
It also undertakes translation of the material received from various sections/ desks
of the Ministry from English into Hindi and vice-versa.
Hindi Salahakar Samiti
10.1.1Meeting of the Hindi Salahakar Samiti of this Ministry was held on 25 March, 2008
under the Chairmanship of Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions. The tenure of the Samiti has expired on 28 June, 2008. The reconstitution
of the Samiti is in process.
Official Language Implementation Committee
10.1.2Three meetings of the Official Language Implementation Committee of the
Department of Personnel and Training and the Department of Pensions and
Pensioners’ Welfare were held on 6 June, 2008, 26 September, 2008 and 31 March,
2009.
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