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| Type | Commercial Circular |
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Summary
committees for review of the use of Hindi in ministries, departments, offices, companies, etc. The work of the Ministry of Railways is looked after by the Second Sub-Committee • Rule 7(2): If such communication is in Hindi or bears a signature in Hindi, its reply shall be given in Hindi.
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Useful for Departmental Examinations Official Language Policy and Rules: English Translation Courtesy: Official Language Department, Ahmedabad Division, Western Railway Translator's note: This PDF is a clean English translation of the uploaded Hindi question bank. The factual answers have been translated as found in the source; they have not been updated to current law, policy, geography, office-holders, or railway data. 1. Constitutional Provisions Relating to the Official Language Western Railway - Ahmedabad Division • Part V, Article 120 - language to be used in Parliament. • Part VI, Article 210 - language to be used in the Legislature. • Part XVII, Article 343 - Official language of the Union: Hindi in Devanagari script. • Article 344 - Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language. • Article 345 - Official language or languages of a State. • Article 346 - Language for communication between one State and another State, or between a State and the Union. • Article 347 - Special provision relating to a language spoken by a section of the population of a State. • Article 348 - Language to be used in the Supreme Court, High Courts, Acts, Bills, etc. • Article 349 - Special procedure for enactment of certain laws relating to language. • Article 350 - Language to be used in representations for redress of grievances. • Article 351 - Directive for development of the Hindi language. Article 351, in substance, makes it the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all elements of India's composite culture, and to enrich it by assimilating, without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other Indian languages specified in the Eighth Schedule. Its vocabulary may be drawn primarily from Sanskrit and secondarily from other languages wherever necessary or desirable. 2. Documents Covered by Section 3(3) of the Official Languages Act, 1963 Under Section 3(3) of the Official Languages Act, 1963, as amended in 1967, certain official documents must mandatorily be issued in bilingual form, that is, in Hindi and English together. This section is treated as very important because it introduced the bilingual phase of official work. Hindi term in source English meaning Samanya Aadesh General orders Adhisuchana Notifications Press Vigyapti / Press Note Press communiques / press notes Sanvida Contracts Karar Agreements Licence Licences Permit Permits Tender form and tender notice Tender forms / tender notices Sankalp Resolutions Niyam Rules Prashasnik ya anya report Administrative and other reports Documents laid before Parliament Administrative and other reports and official papers to be laid before either or both Houses of Parliament Important points: • Under the present legal position, no officer is authorised to prepare, execute, or issue the above documents in only one language. • The officer signing such documents is responsible for ensuring that they are prepared, executed, and issued simultaneously in Hindi and English. 3. Official Languages Rules, 1976 The Central Government, exercising the powers mentioned in Section 8 of the Official Languages Act, 1963, framed the Official Languages Rules, 1976 on 20 June 1976 for effective implementation of the progressive use of Hindi in Government offices, corporations, companies, and similar establishments. Rule-wise Translation • Rule 1: These rules extend to the whole of India except the State of Tamil Nadu and are called the Official Languages Rules, 1976. • Rule 2: For effective implementation, India is divided into three language regions: Region A, Region B, and Region C. • Region A: States whose official language is Hindi and which have decided to correspond with the Central Government in Hindi. The source lists Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand, Chhattisga
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