Lok Sabha Question No. 131 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Central Hindi Directorate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.3.2018

## CENTRAL HINDI DIRECTORATE

## *131.  DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  it  is  true  that  the  students  enrolled  in  Hindi  Certificate  and  Diploma courses of Tamil Medium are the highest in number than all other mediums of the Central Hindi Directorate during the last five years and the current year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)    whether  the  maximum  number  of  students  enrolled  in  Hindi  Certificate    and Diploma  courses  of  English  medium  belong  to  Tamil  Nadu  during  the  above period and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)      the  details  of  the  students  enrolled  in  Hindi  Certificate  and Diploma courses of other  mediums  of  Central  Hindi  Directorate  during  the  last  five  years,  coursewise;
- (d)    the  details  of  number  of  academic/  technical  staff,  who  had  been/have  been working in English and Tamil mediums during the last five years and at present along with the details of the sanctioned post of Evaluator (Tamil) and Technical Assistant (Tamil) for Tamil Medium in the Directorate; and
- (e)   whether there are some posts of Evaluator (Tamil) lying vacant for more than ten years in the Directorate and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.3.2018 ASKED BY DR. K. GOPAL, HON'BLE M.P. REGARDING 'CENTRAL HINDI DIRECTORATE'

- (a) : The students enrolled in Hindi certificate and diploma courses of Tamil medium are the highest in number than all other mediums of Central Hindi Directorate during the last five years and the current year.  The details are as under:
- (b) : The maximum number of students enrolled in Hindi Certificate and Diploma courses of English medium belong to Tamil Nadu.  The details are as under:
- (c) : The  details  of  the  students  enrolled  in  Hindi  Certificate  and  Diploma  courses  of  other medium of Central Hindi directorate during the last five years course-wise are at columns 3, 4 and 5 of the statement at Part (a) of the reply.
- (d)    :  Academic/Technical Staff working in Correspondence Courses are 13, out of which 2 have Tamil  as  their  Regional  Language.    The  Academic/Technical  Staff  are  not  segregated individual language-wise.  As per Recruitment Rules of these posts, some of the posts are earmarked for Regional Languages.  Exact requirement of Regional Language is specified by  Central  Hindi  Directorate  at  the  time  of  making  requisition  to  Staff  Selection Commission.
- (e)      :    It  has  been  taken  up  with  Staff  Selection  Commission  for  filling  of Evaluators (Regional Languages), which includes Tamil.

| Year     | Tamil       | Tamil   | Malayalam   | Malayalam   | Bangla      | Bangla   | English     | English   |
|----------|-------------|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|
|          | Certificate | Diploma | Certificate | Diploma     | Certificate | Diploma  | Certificate | Diploma   |
| 2012 -13 | 1866        | 475     | 676         | 358         | 640         | 176      | 912         | 510       |
| 2013 -14 | 7447        | 1572    | 140         | 67          | 276         | 132      | 2149        | 908       |
| 2014 -15 | 2007        | 614     | 233         | 68          | 550         | 213      | 976         | 602       |
| 2015 -16 | 2138        | 838     | 76          | 45          | 331         | 119      | 1138        | 605       |
| 2016 -17 | 2671        | 1063    | 160         | 147         | 428         | 149      | 1510        | 898       |
| 2017 -18 | 2127        | 888     | 72          | 71          | 141         | 79       | 1299        | 740       |

| Year    | English     | English   |
|---------|-------------|-----------|
|         | Certificate | Diploma   |
| 2012-13 | 706         | 245       |
| 2013-14 | 706         | 329       |
| 2014-15 | 723         | 425       |
| 2015-16 | 732         | 375       |
| 2016-17 | 446         | 522       |
| 2017-18 | 1151        | 517       |