Lok Sabha Question No. 3416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Printed Copies of Works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3416 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2016

## PRINTED COPIES OF WORKS OF DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR

## 3416. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any policy for preservation of the innovative works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of copies of the works of Dr . B.R. Ambedkar printed, year - wise and language -wise;
- (c) the number of copies currently available in English and Hindi; and
- (d) the current status of re - printing the said works to mark the 125th Birth anniversary Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERM ENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a): Yes Sir. The writings and speeches of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in English Langua have been compiled as Collected Works of Babasaheb Ambedkar (CWBA) in 18 Volumes by Government of Maharash tra.  Dr. Ambedkar Foundation has undertaken the translation and publication of these Collected Works of Babasaheb Ambedkar (CWBA) from English into different languages  i.e. Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, and Urdu.  The total 18 Volumes compiled by Government of Maharashtra are divided into 40 Volumes in each of the above languages.
- Language- wise details and status of translation and publication of these volumes at Annexure -I.
- (b):The year - wise &language - wise details of the number of copies of CWBA publications are at Annexure - II.
- (c): 288 copies of the Hindi Edition and 2 copies of English Edition  of the CWBA Volu are available in Dr. Ambedkar Foundation .
- (d): The current status of re - pr inting of the works of Dr. Ambedkar are as follows: -

English Edition : Dr. Ambedkar Foundation has re - printed 20000 copies of CWBA English Edition  Volumes  1  to  17  after  receiving  No  Objection  Certificate  (NOC)  from  t Government of Maharashtra.   The Gov ernment of Maharashtra withdrew the NOC in the year 2014.  Hence, the re - printing work has since been stopped.

Hindi Edition -Dr. Ambedkar Foundation has placed orders for re - printing of Hindi Edition on 18.5.2016 and 27.1.2016.

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## Annexure referred in part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 3416

Language- wise  details  of  the translation  and  publication  of  writings  and  speeches  of  Babasaheb  D Ambedkar in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu: -

| Sl No.   | Language   |   No. of volumes |   No. of volumes published | Under print   | Ready for printing                  | Under translation   | Under vetting/ type   | No. of Volumes to be Translated   |
|----------|------------|------------------|----------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | 2          |                3 |                          4 |               | 5                                   | 6                   | 7                     | 8                                 |
| 1.       | Malayalam  |               40 |                         40 | -             | -                                   | -                   | -                     | -                                 |
| 2.       | Hindi      |               40 |                         21 | 19 (22 to 40) | -                                   | -                   | -                     | -                                 |
| 3.       | Tamil      |               40 |                         37 | -             | 2 (38 to 39)                        | 1 (40)              |                       | -                                 |
| 4.       | Oriya      |               40 |                         30 | -             | 4 (31 to 34)                        | 3 (35 to 37)        |                       | 3 (38, 39 to                      |
| 5.       | Telugu     |               40 |                         13 | -             | 2 (14 to 15)                        | -                   |                       | 25 (16 to 40)                     |
| 6.       | Gujarati   |               40 |                         22 | -             | 3 (23 to 25)                        | 10 (31 to 40)       | 5 (26 to 30)          | -                                 |
| 7.       | Bengali    |               40 |                         26 | -             |                                     | -                   |                       | 14 (27 to 40)                     |
| 8.       | Punjabi    |               40 |                          4 | -             | 16 (5 to 14, 16,17,19, 20, 21 & 32) | -                   | 2 (15 & 18)           | 18 (22 to 31, 33 40)              |
| 9.       | Urdu       |               40 |                          5 | -             | 1 (6)                               | -                   |                       | 34 (7 to 40)                      |
| Total    | Total      |              360 |                        197 | 19            | 29                                  | 14                  | 7                     | 94                                |

(The figures in brackets are the volume number of Dr. Ambedkar's speeches and writings which have not been finally published)

Annexure -II The language- wise and year -wise number of copies printed of Dr. Ambedkar's work

| For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   | For English language total 20000 copies were printed in 2013 - 14   |
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| S.No.                                                               | Year                                                                | Hindi                                                               | Urdu                                                                | Punjabi                                                             | Telugu                                                              | Tamil                                                               | Malayalam                                                           | Oriya                                                               | Gujarati                                                            | Bengali                                                             |
| 1                                                                   | 1993- 94                                                            | 14866                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 9000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 2                                                                   | 1994- 95                                                            | 39723                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 10000                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 3                                                                   | 1995- 96                                                            | 71190                                                               | -                                                                   | 18580                                                               | 2000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 4                                                                   | 1996- 97                                                            | 76115                                                               | -                                                                   | 9990                                                                | 2000                                                                | -                                                                   | 25000                                                               | -                                                                   | 5230                                                                | -                                                                   |
| 5                                                                   | 1997- 98                                                            | 87055                                                               | -                                                                   | 1990                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 5000                                                                | 64047                                                               | -                                                                   |
| 6                                                                   | 1998- 99                                                            | 111833                                                              | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 5000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 7                                                                   | 1999- 00                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 1990                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 50000                                                               | -                                                                   | 5810                                                                | -                                                                   |
| 8                                                                   | 2000- 01                                                            | 9929                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 2000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 18000                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 9                                                                   | 2001- 02                                                            | 4864                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 8400                                                                | 4000                                                                | -                                                                   | 45000                                                               |
| 10                                                                  | 2002- 03                                                            | 21000                                                               | 3572                                                                | 6472                                                                | -                                                                   | 64861                                                               | -                                                                   | 2000                                                                | 17                                                                  | 38955                                                               |
| 11                                                                  | 2003- 04                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 20031                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 14080                                                               | -                                                                   |
| 12                                                                  | 2004- 05                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 13                                                                  | 2005- 06                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 6851                                                                | -                                                                   |
| 14                                                                  | 2006- 07                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 14116                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 32973                                                               |
| 15                                                                  | 2007- 08                                                            | -                                                                   | 1750                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 0                                                                   | 14000                                                               | -                                                                   | 1000                                                                | -                                                                   |
| 16                                                                  | 2008- 09                                                            | -                                                                   | 1000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 15000                                                               | -                                                                   | 2000                                                                | 3744                                                                | -                                                                   |
| 17                                                                  | 2009- 10                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 1000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 951                                                                 | -                                                                   |
| 18                                                                  | 2010- 11                                                            | -                                                                   | 1000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 31185                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 19                                                                  | 2011- 12                                                            | 9000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 15410                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 20                                                                  | 2012- 13                                                            | 42000                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 6000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 21                                                                  | 2013- 14                                                            | 189000                                                              | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 22                                                                  | 2014- 15                                                            | 84000                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 23                                                                  | 2015- 16                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 1000                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 24                                                                  | 2016- 17                                                            | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | -                                                                   |
| Total                                                               | Total                                                               | 760575                                                              | 7322                                                                | 39022                                                               | 27000                                                               | 160603                                                              | 103400                                                              | 36000                                                               | 101730                                                              | 116928                                                              |