Panel to advise MCA on 'progressive use' of Hindi

A panel, that includes Parliamentarians, will render advise to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on "progressive use" of Hindi language.
The 'Hindi Salahkar Samiti' would have members from the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha as well as representatives from the voluntary organisations, among others. There would be more than 30 members on the committee.
"The functions of the Samiti are to render advice in regard to the implementation of the provisions relating to official language Hindi contained in the Constitution, Official Languages Act and Rules, and Policy decisions of the Kendriya Hindi Samiti and instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Department of Official Language relating to Official Language Hindi," the Ministry said in a release today.

Further, the panel would provide advice with regard to the "progressive use of Hindi in the Ministry".
The members would have a tenure of three years from the date of the constitution of the panel.
Ashwini Kumar and Sanjay (Kaka) Ramchandra Patil -- both from Lok Sabha -- and Rajya Sabha members Vijay Goel and Premchand Gupta, among others, would be part of the panel.
The panel would be headquartered in the national capital.