Promotion of Hindi Language: Implications
The Hindi language is spoken in India and countries where Indians have earlier migrated either in post-independence period or before Independence of India. The Indian diaspora is present in the entire world & Hindi is said to be the 4 th largest spoken language in the world, after English, Mandarin & Spanish. In India, there has been debates and campaign going on for a long time to make Hindi as the National Language of India although it has always been protested against by the non-Hindi speakers. Recently the topic is in the news because there have been discussions in the parliament about initiating a resolution in the UN for making Hindi as the official language there. It is also said that Indian government will also have to bear the cost of approximately INR 400 Cr every year to translate the language at the assembly. For a developing country like India it is a major amount and already there is a dearth of fund availability in front of the government because the funds ...