Evaluation of Plan Schemes of the Department of Official Language

purposes of the Union. It also authorized the publication of Hindi
translations of all Central acts, orders, rules, regulations or byelaws etc.
In January 1968 both houses of the Parliament adopted the Official
Language Resolution, which re-iterated “the duty of the union to promote
the spread of the Hindi Language and to develop it so that it may serve as a
medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India”.
The Central Government and the Parliament are also required to monitor
the progress achieved in the use of Hindi.
In exercise of the powers conferred by the Official Language Act
1963, the Government of India framed the Official Language (Use for the
Official Purposes of the Union) Rules, in 1976. These rules lay down the
norms for the use of Hindi in official communication and official documents.
It has been the policy of the Government of India that progressive use of
Hindi in the official work may be ensured through persuasion, incentive and
goodwill.
DEPARTMENT OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
In accordance with the Government of India (Allocation of Business)
Rules, 1961, the Department of Official Language has been entrusted with
the nodal responsibility for all matters relating to the progressive use of
Hindi as the Official Language of the Union and co-ordination in all matters
relating to the progressive use of Hindi as the Official Language of the
Union.
The department of Official Language was set up in 1975 It is entrusted
with the responsibility of ensuring compliance of the Constitutional and legal
provisions regarding the Official Language. Its main functions include,
inter-alia, the following:
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