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O.M. No. I/14013/3/94-O.L. (P-1), dated 13.5.2003
Subject:— Mention in the Annual Confidential Reports of officers/staff about the commendable work done by them in
Hindi clarification regarding.
Kindly refer to the Department of Official Language D.O. letter of even no. dated the 11th November, 2002 on the
above subject, wherein it has been stated that commendable work, done in official language Hindi by officers/staff of Group
'A', 'B' and 'C' (including the All India Services Officers), may be mentioned in the column "Communication Skill" in their
Annual Confidential Reports.
2. In this connection, some Ministries/Departments have sought clarification from the Department of Official Language
that in the case of absence of "Communication Skill" column in the format of Annual Confidential Reports of Group 'B' and
'C' employees, in which column such entry may be made?
3. After due consideration in the Department of Official Language, it has been decided that in Part-III, Column 7(c)-
"Quality of Noting and Drafting" of the ACR for Assistants and in Part-III, Column 5- "Proficiency in work, namely,
maintenance of prescribed registers and charts etc." of the ACR for clerks (LDCs and UDCs), a mention may be made
regarding the commendable work done by them in Hindi.
4. Joint Secretaries (Administration) of all Ministries/Departments are requested to bring it to the notice of their
attached and subordinate offices also.
O.M. No. 11014/18/2004 O.L. (Patrika), dated 8.11.2004
Subject:— Honorarium for Articles published in the Magazines of the Department of Official Language.
In modification to the O.M. No. 11014/25/93-O.L. (Patrika) Dated 16.06.1994 and O.M. No. 11015/32/99-O.L. (P) Dated
16.08.1999, the following rates of honorarium have been prescribed for the material i.e. Articles, Poems and Book Reviews
etc. published in Raj Bhasha Bharti, the quarterly magazine of the Department of Official Language:-
Detail of the Published Material Rates of Honorarium
Article, Story, Play, Ekanki Generally Rs. 1000/- per article, Rs. 2000/- per article in the case of
invited articles for special issue.
Poem Rs.300/- to Rs.600/-
Book Review Rs.300/- to Rs.900/-
These rates will take effect from 1st November, 2004. This Office Memorandum issues with the concurrence of the
Internal Finance Division (Home)vide Diary No. F.2520/FA(H), dated 20.10.2004.
O.M. No. 13015/1/91-O.L.(D), dated 5.1.2005
Subject:— Prescribing requirement of possession of knowledge of Hindi during the period of probation-Implementation of
the recommendation of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.
The undersigned is directed to invite the attention of Ministries/Departments of the Government of India to the
Department of Personnel and Training O.M.No. 21011/1/96-Estt. (C) Dated 13th August, 2004 on the above mentioned
subject conveying the acceptance of the Government to the following recommendations made by the Committee of Parliament
on Official Language in para 22(G) of its report (Part III):—
"According to the Official Language Resolution, 1968 passed by the Parliament, recruitment rules of all posts
should be reviewed with a view to examining whether it is necessary to have the knowledge of English or Hindi or
both at the time of recruitment. Where for a particular post, the knowledge of a particular language is not essential,
the option of English or Hindi should be given to the candidate and if at the time of recruitment he does not have
the knowledge of Hindi, a provision should be made in the rules requiring him to acquire the same during his
probation period."
2. Some Ministries have sought clarifications about the standard upto which Central Government employees should
acquire the knowledge of Hindi during the probation period. In this regard it is clarified that this Department,