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to Urdu writers also but the Sahitya Parishad of Madhya Pradesh has not so far concerned itself with Urdu. The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has, however, assured us that the matter will be looked into. We are sure that the claims of Urdu will patronage
due recognition soon in Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Pending the establishment of such academies there, the State receive
should ensure that Urdu writers and scholars within their Governments/Administrations
ate represented on the existing akademies/parishads and are given the same incentives as are available to fellow-writers in the official or other languages of the States/Territories. In some State Akademies, the representation of Urdu writers is territories
This should be remedied by providing due representation to them. 7.70 The role and effective functioning of the akademies has become important in the context of rapid developments taking place on the cultural and literary fronts. One, nominal.
feels that there is a lack of a well defined policy in regard to the provision of however,
Much can be done by the akademies to stimulate original writing and research through subsidies or grants. They could, for example, play a more positive role in the diversification of literature by offering greater incentives for the writing and incentives.
of books on social and physical sciences and for other functional literature which could prove helpful to the readers in the choice of professions and in earning a livelihood. publication
State akademies should also promote the compilation of reference works like 7.71
biographical dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, etc., in Urdu and help in the cultivation of closer links between Urdu and other regional languages. An obvious method of achieving this objective is to encourage inter organizational bibliographies
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cooperation and translation from international and regional languages into Urdu and vice versa and to publish bilingual journals or by holding cultural symposia, seminars, etc. The compilation and editing of the vast volume of literature produred during the national struggle for freedom could also be encouraged. The recent decision of the Ministry of Information and Broad casting to take up the compilation of short
on Urdu