The Gujral Committee Report - Language in India

There is multiplicity of agencies directly or indirectly controlled by the Government of India which are doing more or less the same job. For example, Publications Division, National Book Trust, Taraqqi Urdu Board and Sahitya Akademi, besides several State 183.
organisations are publishing books. One comes across several instances of duplication and overlapping. The Government of India should devise means of bringing about coordination between the various official and semiofficial organisations in Government
matter of selecting titles and writers. (7.108) the
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In the absence of organized research work, much of the effort centres around individuals behind the project. This leads to overlapping for neither the individuals nor the academies and the other sponsoring bodies are aware of similar work being done 184.
Interests of the language and of research work will be well served by the constitution of a central coordination committee consisting of representatives of all the various official and non- official organisations engaged in or concerned with research. elsewhere.
could be represented through the representatives of the University Grants Governments
the Sahitya Akademi, the Taraqqi-e-Urdu Board, the Urdu academies of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad and the Jammu and Kashmir Academi of Art, Culture and Languages and similar bodies. They could jointly Commission,
out a programme of research. The Sahitya Akademi should take the initiative in convening a preliminary meeting of experts to formulate the scheme for each major language including Urdu in its basic outlines. (7.80) chalk
Similarly, there is need for coordinating the production of reference work. We are 185.
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told that more than one agency has plans for compiling dictionaries, encyclopaedias, etc. This work also does not admit of duplication. The coordination Committee discussed above, could re-plan and re-schedule their work also. (7.81)
on Urdu