Mangaluru, Mar 27: Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala on Friday encouraged the translation of literary works in regional languages to Hindi so that majority of the Indian population which was Hindi-speaking, could understand the ideas and concepts in them.
Inaugurating the Joint Regional and Official Language Conference of South and South-West Regions, organised by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs in the coastal city on Friday, he said that strengthening the national language Hindi would strengthen the country and improve its national unity. The country will be strengthened when its thoughts and ideas are strengthened, which can be achieved through knowledge. This knowledge can be gained from languages; hence the need for promoting the official language, he said.
He said that there should be no conflict of interests when it came to the official language. The Indian Constitution proclaims Hindi as the national language of the country. However, the encouragement of Hindi as official language does not imply condemning English or regional languages such as Kannada, he said, pointing that language was merely meant for understanding.
“Every state has its own language, and it should be promoted along with the national language. We should honour all regional languages while strengthening our national language, which can help in boosting our national unity,” he encouraged.
He said that people in the country learnt English language to understand the law which was written in English. If the laws and other publications are brought out in Hindi in the future, the language will gain more prominence and importance among all the citizens, he noted.
Stressing on the need to promote the official language Hindi in all central government and public sector offices, Secretary of Department of Official Language Snehlata Kumar announced that the cash award under Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar Yojana had been increased to encourage promotion of the national language.
Chairman and Managing Director of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) Malay Chatterjee, Chief General Manager of Corporation Bank, Mangaluru A P Malhotra, Joint secretary of Department of Official Language Poonam Juneja and several others were present in the programme.
Awards were distributed to various individuals for effective implementation of Hindi official language in central government offices, public sector offices and nationalised banks, along with awards for best Town Official Language Implementation Committees (TOLIC) in South and South-West regions.
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