STATE TIMES NEWS
NEW DELHI: MoS PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh convened a meeting of the Hindi Advisory Committee reconstituted by him under the auspices of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) with the motive to promote the use of Hindi language in administration.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that, in spite of government’s emphasis on increased use of Hindi in official work, there still needs a lot to be done in this direction and this requires experimentation with new ideas and application of innovative strategies. Common colloquial Hindi used in routine conversation can be promoted to begin with, instead of insisting on difficult vocabulary which sometimes ends up becoming counterproductive.
Stressing the need to promote the use of Hindi in regions like North-East and South India where it is not a common medium of language, Singh said, Hindi has the capacity to serve not only as a common medium of communication for whole country, but it also carries high stakes for youngsters who aspire for jobs in Corporate Sector and Multi-National Companies where knowledge of Hindi is given an additional weightage during selection.
Among the newly appointed members of the Advisory Committee who attended the meeting were Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Ramnarayan Dudi and Vasishta Narayan Singh, social activist R.P Singh, journalist Naveen Kumar, Dashrath Singh Rathore, Suresh Tiwari, Swami Yajyanand Saraswati, Raghvenddhira and Abhishek Gupta. Also present were senior officers of DoPT and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (ARPG).
