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19 Chapter PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI IN OFFICIAL WORK 19.1 PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI 19.3 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE committed to promoting to use of Hindi in Official (OLIC) work during 2015-16 as the Annual Programme An Official Language Implementation Committee issued by the Department of Official Language, (OLIC) has been constituted in the Ministry under Ministry of Home Affairs and Official Languages the chairmanship of a Joint Secretary In-charge Policy of the Union. The matter pertaining to the of the official language and its meetings are held use of Hindi in the Ministry is supervised by a Joint regularly in each quarter. This Committee chalks Secretary In-charge of Official Language. There out strategies to implement the constitutional is an official language Division of the Ministry provisions of Official Language Policy of the headed by a Director, reports to the Joint Secretary. Union in the Ministry and its subordinate/ A number of measures have been taken for attached offices/autonomous organizations with encouraging use of Hindi in the official work. a view to achieve the targets prescribed in the Annual Programme issued by the Department They are summarized below: of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. 19.2 IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL The Committee periodically reviews the progress LANGUAGE POLICY made in the use of Official Language (Hindi) and In pursuance of the official language policy of the suggests and recommends measures to be taken Government of India, all documents covered under for the effective implementation of the Official section 3(3) of the Official Language Act, 1963 are Language Policy. The subordinate/attached offices/ being issued in English and Hindi. Action plan autonomous organizations of the Ministry have based on the check points identified in the Ministry also been instructed for convening their OLIC has been prepared to ensure compliance of the meetings regularly. Official Language Policy. Annual Programme and 19.4 HINDI FORTNIGHT other orders/instructions issued by the Department In order to encourage the use of Hindi in official of Official language were forwarded to all the work amongst officers/employees of the Ministry, sections of the Ministry and its subordinate/ the Hindi fortnight was held in the Ministry during attached offices/autonomous organizations for 01-15 September, 2015. Various competitions information and directives were issued for their such as Hindi essay writing, Hindi typing, Hindi compliance. noting/drafting, Hindi general knowledge, Hindi 295 Annual Report 2015-16 dictation and self-composed poetry recitation were 19.7 PRATI DIN EK SHABD organized. The winners of these competitions are The Scheme named ‘Prati Din Ek Shabd’, is being being awarded by 51 cash prizes and certificates. run in the Ministry, that continued this year also. 19.5 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE Under this scheme, one word/phrase in Hindi CONFERENCE/SEMINAR and its English equivalent was being displayed on the Electronic Board installed on the first The Department has taken a new initiative of and third floor ‘A’ Wing, Nirman Bhavan. These organizing Official Language Conference every words/phrases are generally of administrative and year in the offices under its administrative control, technical in nature, which are used in day-to-day for the dissemination of Official Language Policy official work. and creating conducive atmosphere for use of the 19.8 ORGANISING OF HINDI Official Language Policy of the Union of India. WORKSHOP Under this initiative, so far, four conferences A two-day Hindi workshop was conducted on have been organized at Bengaluru, Kannur, 28-29 September, 2015 in the Ministry, in which Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram respectively. The officers/employees were informed about i) Official participants were awarded Commendation letter Language Policy of the Union Government, and certificates. All conferences were highly ii) Noting & Drafting, iii) Use of Unicode on successful and praised by all. Computer, etc. 19.6 HINDI WEBSITE OF THE 19.9 INSPECTIONS REGARDING MINISTRY PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI This year the website of Ministry of Health and In order to achieve the targets laid down in the Family Welfare was launched in Hindi. As per the Annual Programme issued by the Department directions of Secretary (MoHFW), all the material of Official Language, officers of this Ministry is being uploaded inevitably in bilingual form inspected 05 subordinate offices under their viz. English and Hindi. The website is also being administrative control situated in Noida, Kannur, updated regularly. Chandigarh, Kasauli and Shimla. 296
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