Lok Sabha Question No. 1487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Promotion of Regional Languages in Higher Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1487 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

Promotion of Regional Languages in Higher Education

## 1487.    SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a)  the  list  of  Indian  languages  in  which  university  level  text  books  is being published in the country;
- (b)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  regional languages in higher education across courses in the country; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  use  of Sanskrit language in India?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a): The university level text books are being translated and published in all  the  22  languages  of  Eighth  Schedule  of  Constitution  of  India  under various schemes of Government of India.
- (b) The Government has taken the following steps to promote regional languages in higher education courses in the country:-
- (i)  The  Commission  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Terminology  (CSTT)  is providing  publication grant  towards  the  publications  of  University  Level Books in regional languages.  So far books have been published in eleven Indian languages viz. (1) Assamese (2) Bengali (3) Gujarati (4) Hindi (5) Kannada (6) Malayalam (7) Marathi (8) Oriya (9) Punjabi (10) Tamil (11) Telugu.

- (ii)      The  National  Translation  Mission  (NTM)  is  being  implemented
- through  the  Central  Institute  of  Indian  Languages  (CIIL),  Mysore  under which the books of knowledge texts mostly text books of various subjects prescribed in Universities and Colleges are being translated in all Languages of the 8 th  Schedule of the Constitution of India.
- (iii) The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  also  promotes  regional
- languages in higher education  courses in  the  country  and  supports  nine Central  Universities  under  the  scheme  'Establishment  of  Centre  for Endangered Languages in Central Universities'.

## (c):    The Government has taken following measures to promote the use of Sanskrit language in India:

- 1) Providing financial assistance to Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas/Shodha Sansthans.
- 2) Award  of  merit  scholarships  to  student  of  Sanskrit  Pathasala  to
3. College level.
- 3) Financial    assistance  to  NGOs/Higher  Educational  Institutions  of
5. Sanskrit for various Research Projects/Programmes.
- 4) Retired  eminent  Sanskrit  scholars  are  engaged  under  the  Shastra
7. Chudamani  scheme for teaching.
- 5) Sanskrit  is  also  taught  through  Non-formal  Sanskrit  Education (NFSE)  programme,  by  setting  up  Non  Formal  Sanskrit  learning centres,  in  reputed  institutions  like  Indian  Institutes  Technology, Ayurveda institutions, Modern Colleges and Universities.
- 6) Presidential awards for Sanskrit Language are awarded annually to 16 senior scholars and to 5 young scholars
- 7) Financial Assistance for Publication, Reprint of rare Sanskrit books
- 8) Ashtaadashi containing eighteen projects for sustaining the growth of Sanskrit has been implemented

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