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O.M. No. 1/14013/9/89-O.L. (A-1), dated 9.2.1990
Subject:— Fixation of proportion for purchase of Devanagari typewriters for progressive use of Official Language Hindi.
The following targets regarding purchase of Devanagari typewriters in Central Government Offices were fixed vide
Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs O.M.No 1/13011/1/75 -O.L (A-1) dated 22nd November, 1976:
(a) At least one Hindi typewriter should be purchased in the offices where there are no Hindi typewriters.
(b) For offices of the Central Government located in region "A" which already have a Devanagari typewriter, at
least 50 percent of the total typewriters purchased during a year should be Devanagari typewriters.
(c) For offices of the Central Government located in region "B" which already have a Hindi typewriter, at least
25 percent of the total typewriters purchased during a year should be Devanagari typewriters.
(d) For offices of the Central Government located in region "C" which already have a Hindi typewriter, at least
10 percent of the total typewriters purchased during a year should be Hindi typewriters.
2. These targets regarding purchase of Hindi typewriters have been reiterated every year in the Annual Programmes
since 1976-77.
3. The figures received regarding the availability of Hindi typewriters reveal that still the number of Devanagari
typewriters in many of the Ministries/Departments is much less. It has generally been observed during inspection of
attached and subordinate offices that the number of Devanagari typewriters in these offices, too, is quite below the
prescribed proportion. This poses difficulty in carrying out official work in Hindi in the proportion prescribed in accordance
with the policy of the Government.
4. The issue was taken up for discussion at the meeting of the Central Official Language Implementation Committee
held on 27.7.1989 and some recommendations were made in this regard. After considering these recommendations, the
following decisions have been taken in partial modification of the directions regarding purchase of Devanagari typewriters
as stated in para-1 above:
(a) Of the total number of typewriters avilable in the Headquarters of the Ministries/Departments located in
region 'A', at least 30% should be Devanagari typewriters.
(b) This proportion should be 60% in the offices other than Headquarters of the Ministries/Departments
located in region ‘A’.
(c) Out of the total number of typewriters available in the Ministries/Departments and other offices located in
region 'B', at least 30% should be Devanagari typewriters.
(d) Out of the total number of typewriters available in the Ministries/Departments and other offices located in
region 'C', at least 12% should be Devanagari typewriters.
5. It has also been decided that only Devanagari typewriters should be purchased in such Ministries/Departments/
Offices etc. until the proportion of Devanagari typewriters in these Ministries/Departments/Offices etc. coincides with the
proportion mentioned in para 4 and no Roman typewriter should be purchased till then. If an existing Roman typewriter
becomes useless, only a Devanagari typewriter may be purchased in its place.
6. If, in an office, the need for Devanagari typewriters more than the proportion mentioned in Para 4 is felt, typewriters
more than this prescribed proportion may be purchased.
7. It shall be the responsibility of the officer making order for purchase of typewriters to ensure that only Devanagari
typewriters are purchased until Devanagari typewriters in the above mentioned proportion become available.
8. These directions shall also apply to the Undertakings/Banks owned or controlled by the Central Government.
9. All Ministries/Departments etc. of the Central Government are requested to bring the above directions to the notice
of their attached and subordinate offices and the companies/undertakings/nationalized banks etc. owned or controlled by
the Central Government.
10.The purhcase of bilingual typewriters should not be included in the calculation of the points mentioned above.
11.Action taken in this regard may be intimated also to this department.