SOUIHE RN RAILWAY

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLUY

per Arthde 343 of
1 Hindi In Devanageri script k the Otfcial Languge of Unton of India s
the Constitutlon
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Artide 345 of the Constitution contains provisions regarding Offdel Languages of the
States
Court, High
3. Artide 348 contalns provslons regarding language to be used in the Supreme
Courts and for Acts Bls, etc.
of the
Directivves for development of the Hindi Language are mentoned in rtide 351
Constitution.
proided in Trilingu al
The Station Name Boards and Publlc Information Boards should be
Eng#sh.
form, Regional Language on the Top, followed by Hindi and Bingual,
6. Name Badges, Rubber Stamps & Metal seals should be in Hindi on the top and
English ln the bottom.
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22 languages are listed as offdal languages in the Elhth Schedule of the Constttution.
Bodo, Dogri, Gujrathi, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani,
They are Assamese, Bengali, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi,
Maithili, Maiayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi,
Tamll, Telugu and Urdu.
Hindi Day is celebrated on14th September every year of the
9. Offidal Languages Commission was constituted in year 1955. The hairman
Commission was Shri Bal Gangadhar Kher.
10. Parfiamentary Committee on Offdal languages was constituted in 1957. Shri Govind
Ballabh Pant was the Chairmnan. The committee was to examine the recommendations of
Offidal Languages Commission.
11. As per Section 3(3) of 0.LAct 1963, followng documents shall be Issued in Hindi and
English (1) Resolutios (2) General Orders (3) Rules (4) NotifAcations (5) Adrninistr aatve ad
Other reports (6) Press Communiques (7) Reports submitted in Parllament (8) Contracts
(9) Agreements (10) Ucences (11) Permits (12) Notices (13)Forms.
12. The Administratve Head of each Central Government ofice Is responsible for the
compliane ofofRdal Language Act & Rules in thelr respective offices.
13. The 3Regions mentioned in the Offfdal Language Rules, 1976 are region A, B&C
14. The states Bihar, Haryana, Himnachal Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.
Chattisgarh, sharkhand, Uthranchal, Union territories of Delhi and Andaman-Nicobar
Island, come under REGION-A
15. The state of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Unon Territory of Chandigarh. Daman &
Diu, Dadar Nagar & Havel (Union Territorles) come under REGION-+8.
16. AI states and Union territories not referred in REGION A & B (le.Tamilnadu, Kerala,
Karnataka. Andhra Pradesh. Ortssa, West Bengal, SIkkimn, Assam, Nagaland, Maghalaya,
Arunadhal Pradesh Goa etc)
17. Hinditraining to CentralGovernment employees is imparted by Ministry of Home Affairs.
18. The three presibed Hindi courses conducted for the Central Government employees are
Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya.
19. On Passing the Hindi Examinations Cash Award is granted as under:
Prabodh Praveen
Course Pragya
S5-59X Martks 400 600 800
60-69% Marks 800 1200 1600
70% & above Marks 1600 1800 2400
20. Lumpsum Award for passing Hindi Examinations as Private Candldates:
Praveen: 1500
Prabodh: 1600 Pragya: 2400
21. On passing the presatbed Hindi Examination, one Personal Pay Equvalent to one
Inrement In amnount is gnted for 12 months
22. The expansion of OUC is Ofñdal anguage Implementation Committee.
23. The Meeetings of the OICSare required to be conducted once in 3 months.
24. The Chairman of Zonal Otfcial Language Implementation Commttee is GM. (meets once in
3 moths)
25. TOUC means Town Ofñdal Language implementation Committee (meets once in 6
months).