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of Urdu typewriters can be undertaken. It might become a foreign exchange earner. (5.102) 98. To meet the immediate demands of the Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh manufacture
news. papers and cultural and literary organisations for Urdu typewriters, import licences should be given liberally. (5.104) 99. This also leads us to the question of training of Urdu typists and stenographers. Governments,
a centre for the training of Urdu typists has been started at Delhi, there is Although
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from other States also. These States should set up or subsidise centres for training in Urdu reporting and stenography. Where need is felt, provision may be made for the appointment of Urdu stenographers and typists. (5.105) demand
Another problem pertains to the publication of court notices in Devnagari script in 100.
papers. The publication of these notices in a language or script which the readers of that newspaper are not expected to know, defeats the very purpose of publication. It was pointed out that the language used in the notices was the same as was prevalent in Urdu
days. If true, its transliteration into Urdu script at the time of sending it to the newspaper should not present any particular difficulty. As there is still a complement of bilingual stiff in the civil courts and collectorates, the rectification of the pre-Independence
should not present much difficulty. In any case, the text could be got rendered position
into Urdu script through authorised scribes. The Committee recommends accordingly. (5.160) 101. The Committee has noted that the work of translating of acts etc., into Urdu has easily
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been entrusted to Jammu and Kashmir Government. The Committee recommends that the work of translation of acts, etc., into Urdu should be finalised and the translating agency setup by the Jammu and Kashmir Government should be enabled to finish the job quickly by allotment of adequate funds. Once these proposals are com- pleted,
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