Relevance:
Madhya Pradesh has become the first State to offer medical education in Hindi language with the launch of Hindi version of the MBBS book.
Initiatives to promote regional languages:
- Translation of 22 books of Diploma & Under Graduate level in 9 scheduled Indian languages by the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
- Grant for publication of University Level Books in regional languages by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT).
- ‘Bahubhaashak’, a software tool provides for real-time translations of lectures in multiple languages with the help of artificial intelligence etc.
- It was developed by IIT Bombay and funded by MEITY under National Language Translation Mission (NLTM).
- NLTM is being implemented through the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL).
Constitutional Provisions related to Regional Language:
- Article 345: The legislature of a State may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or Hindi as the Language or Languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of that State.
- Article 346: The language authorised for use in the Union for official purposes shall be the official language for communication between one State and another State and between a State and the Union.
- Article 347: It gives the President the power to recognise a language as an official language of a given state, provided that the President is satisfied that a substantial proportion of that state desires that the language be recognised. Such recognition can be for a part of the state or the whole state.
- Article 350A: The facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at the primary stage.
- Article 350B: It provides for the establishment of a Special Officer for linguistic minorities.
- Article 351: It gives power to the union government to issue a directive for the development of the Hindi language.
Reference: The Hindu
