Sanskrit Commission set up by the previous UPA government for promotion of the language had not submitted its report and government has formed a new panel to review the present schemes for its development.
A Rajya Sabha member had sought to know about the findings of the 13 member Sanskrit Commission led by Professor Satya Vrat Shastri which had been set up by the previous UPA government for promotion of the Sanskrit.
"The second Sanskrit Commission led by Prof Satya Vrat Shastri was set up on 10th January 2014. This commission was asked to submit its recommendations within one year but it could not submit its report within that period and the Commission's term expired on January 9, 2015," the Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply today.
A panel headed by N Gopalswami has been set up in November this year to assess and review the present schemes for the development of Sanskrit and Veda Vidya, Irani added.
