Official Languages Commission

Summary

Official Languages Commission is an Indian commission which was constituted by the president of India in pursuance to the provisions stated in the Article-344 of the Indian Constitution. This commission was constituted on June 7, 1955 vide a notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, government of India.

Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, Chairman , Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission

Duties of the Commission edit

As defined in the Article-344 of the Constitution,[1] it shall be the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to the President as to:

  1. the progressive use of the Hindi language for the official purposes of the Union;
  2. restrictions on the use of the English language for all or any of the official purposes of the Union;
  3. the language to be used for all or any of the purposes mentioned in Article 348;
  4. the form of numerals to be used for any one or more specified purposes of the Union;
  5. any other matter referred to the Commission by the President as regards the official language of the Union and the language for communication between the Union and a State or between one State and another and their use.

Chairman & Members of the joint parliamentary committee, to examine the report of Official language Commission edit

As defined in the articles of the Constitution of India, the committee shall consist of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be members of the House of the People and ten shall be members of the Council of States to be elected respectively by the members of the House of the People and the members of the Council of States in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Part-XVII - Constitution of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2013-04-07.

External links edit

  • Department of Official Language (DOL) – Official webpage explains the chronological events related to Official Languages Act and amendments
  • Central Institute of Indian Languages – A comprehensive federal government site that offers complete info on Indian Languages
  • Committee of Parliament on Official Languages - Official Website
  • Reconciling Linguistic Diversity: The History and the Future of Language Policy in India by Jason Baldridge