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class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">Republic of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">NDCC-II Bhawan, 'B' Wing 4th Floor, Jai Singh Road <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> - 110001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Minister">Cabinet Minister</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Rai" title="Nityanand Rai">Nityanand Rai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministry executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a>, Secretary</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Dr. Minakshi Jolly, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a>, Joint Secretary</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">* Central Translation Bureau</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">* Central Hindi Training Institutes</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en">rajbhasha<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in<wbr />/en</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Department of Official Language</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>'s department responsible for the implementation of the provisions of the Constitution relating to official languages and the provisions of <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Official_Languages_Act,_1963" class="extiw" title="s:Official Languages Act, 1963">the Official Languages Act, 1963</a>. Department of Official Language was set up in June 1975 as an independent Department of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official languages of <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> were English, <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, with English being used for purposes at the <a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">central</a> level.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Indian constitution adopted in 1950 envisaged that English would be phased out in favour of Hindi, over a fifteen-year period, but gave <a href="/wiki/Indian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Parliament">Parliament</a> the power to, by law, provide for the continued use of English even thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans to make Hindi the sole official language of the Republic were met with <a href="/wiki/Anti-Hindi_agitations_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu">resistance</a> in many parts of the country. English and Hindi continue to be used today, in combination with others (at the central level and in some states) official languages. </p><p>The legal framework governing the use of languages for official purpose currently is <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Official_Languages_Act,_1963" class="extiw" title="s:Official Languages Act, 1963">the Official Languages Act, 1963</a>, the Official Language Rules, 1976, and various state laws, as well as <a href="/wiki/Delegated_legislation" class="mw-redirect" title="Delegated legislation">rules and regulations</a> made by the central government and the states. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Indian constitution</a>, in 1950, declared <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> script to be the <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official language</a> of the union. Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e., on 26 January 1965. The prospect of the changeover, however, led to much alarm in the non-Hindi-speaking areas of India, especially <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_languages" title="Dravidian languages">Dravidian</a>-speaking states whose languages were not related to Hindi at all. As a result, <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a> enacted the <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Official_Languages_Act,_1963" class="extiw" title="s:Official Languages Act, 1963">Official Languages Act, 1963</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-languages_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which provided for the continued use of English for official purposes along with Hindi, even after 1965. </p><p>Department of Official Language was set up in June 1975 as an independent Department of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> is the head of the department. The department is divided into four main offices. </p> <ul><li>Central Translation Bureau</li> <li>Central Hindi Training Institutes<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Committee of Parliament on Official Language</li> <li>Regional Implementation Offices</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Annual targets are set by the Department of Official Language regarding the amount of correspondence being carried out in Hindi. A Parliament Committee on Official Language constituted in 1976 periodically reviews the progress in the use of Hindi and submits a report to the President. The governmental body which makes policy decisions and established guidelines for the promotion of Hindi is the <i>Kendriya Hindi Samiti</i> (est. 1967). In every city that has more than ten central Government offices, a Town Official Language Implementation Committee is established and cash awards are given to government employees who write books in Hindi. All Central government offices and PSUs are to establish Hindi Cells for implementation of Hindi in their offices.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Department hosts various events throughout the year to promote Hindi language.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hindi_Diwas">Hindi Diwas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hindi Diwas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hindi_Diwas" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi Diwas">Hindi Diwas</a></div> <p>Hindi Day (<a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>: <span lang="hi">हिन्दी दिवस</span>; <i>Hindī Diwas</i>) is celebrated every year on 14 September marking the declaration of <a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi language</a> as official language of <a href="/wiki/Union_government_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Union government of India">Union government of India</a>. On 14 September 1949, Hindi was adopted as <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official language</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-renamed_from_1_on_20201205114601_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renamed_from_1_on_20201205114601-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Workshops">Workshops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Workshops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hindi language training workshops are arranged periodically by the department.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various national awards are given to individuals as well as to other government departments for their exceptional work. </p> <ul><li>Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (for other internal government agencies)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Official language Achievement Award</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a> in its order dated 25 March 2015 has changed name of two awards given annually on Hindi Divas. 'Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar' instituted in 1986 changed to 'Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar' and 'Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar' changed to "Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_Committee_on_Official_Language">Parliamentary Committee on Official Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Committee on Official Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Official_Languages_Commission#Joint_parliamentary_committee" title="Official Languages Commission">Official Languages Commission § Joint parliamentary committee</a></div> <p>In September 2024, Chairperson of the parliamentary committee, <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> set the goal of using <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> for country's entire work by the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(India)" title="Independence Day (India)">Independence Day</a>, 2047 when the country will mark 100-years of freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee has developed a <a href="/wiki/Shabdkosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shabdkosh">Hindi Shabdkosh</a> in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Ministry of Education</a>, adding thousands of new words from other <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">local languages</a>, enriching Hindi of wider vocabulary words. Department of Official Language is working on a software that enables translation of all languages of 8th Schedule to Hindi automatically.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Official_Language&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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