Venkaiah Naidu calls for concerted efforts to promote use of Hindi in official work as per policy norms

New Delhi, July 13 (KNN) Minister of Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu today directed the two urban ministries to step up efforts to promote use of Hindi in official work as per the norms stipulated under the Official Language Policy.
 
Progress in this regard in respect of the two ministries was reviewed at a meeting of the Hindi Salahkar Samiti here today.
 
Naidu shared the concerns voiced by the members of the Committee over shortfall in meeting the norms for use of Hindi as Official Language. He directed the top administrative brass of both the Ministries to step up efforts to promote use of Hindi by December this year before the same is reviewed by the Committee in the next meeting. 

Naidu observed that “after extensive deliberations, the makers of the Constitution declared Hindi, the largest spoken language in the country as the Official Language and its implementation can’t be taken as a ritual. This needs to be implemented with all the seriousness. The initial resistance in some parts of the country has come to be replaced by ever increasing number of people speaking Hindi. Use of Hindi along with English needs to be promoted in the functioning of the central government while that of local language should be encouraged by the State Governments”.  (KNN Bureau)