Evaluation of Plan Schemes of the Department of Official Language
Evaluation of Plan Schemes of the Department of Official Language
Evaluation of Plan Schemes of the Department of Official Language
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<strong>of</strong>ten <strong>the</strong> requisite number <strong>of</strong> books that merit awards are not available and<br />
a number <strong>of</strong> prizes remain undistributed (see Annexure IV). This is one<br />
reason for shortfall in expenditures on this head. Ano<strong>the</strong>r reason is that <strong>the</strong><br />
conferences and award ceremonies are sometimes combined. A decision<br />
was taken in <strong>the</strong> last year <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plan to increase <strong>the</strong> cash amount <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Indira Gandhi Awards. Also a new award scheme for in-house journals in<br />
Hindi was introduced from 2006-07.<br />
PRINTING & PUBLICITY<br />
Under this scheme money is made available to <strong>the</strong> Research & Publicity<br />
unit both for maintenance <strong>of</strong> vehicle, photocopiers etc and for printing and<br />
publication <strong>of</strong> posters, calendars and o<strong>the</strong>r material. As seen earlier, <strong>the</strong>re<br />
is considerable shortfall in expenditure under this scheme, partly because <strong>of</strong><br />
some billing problems in <strong>the</strong> early years <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plan. There are no physical<br />
targets set under <strong>the</strong> scheme and, during <strong>the</strong> last year <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plan,<br />
expenditure was also incurred on arranging exhibition <strong>of</strong> books, magazines<br />
and journals during <strong>the</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Language</strong> Conferences, etc.<br />
Under this scheme <strong>the</strong> DOL has printed and distributed posters and<br />
calendars to increase awareness and motivation <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficials/employees for<br />
progressive use <strong>of</strong> Hindi. It has also brought out an artistic book, called<br />
Akshar, which links each letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hindi alphabet with a painting. The<br />
Annual Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> DOL for 2005-06 reports that 60,000 posters were<br />
distributed among different <strong>of</strong>fices. Also Manuals regarding <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong><br />
Hindi, Book Lists, Annual Programme, Annual Assessment Report, Annual<br />
Report and Raj Bhasha Bharti were distributed among <strong>the</strong> central<br />
government <strong>of</strong>fices all over <strong>the</strong> country. The Annual Report <strong>of</strong> 2006-07 also<br />
reports <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> 12,000 Raj Bhasha Calendars for <strong>the</strong> year 2007.<br />
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