Lok Sabha Question No. 3333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: CIIL
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3333

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## CIIL

## 3333.    SHRI D.K.SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) imparts training to non-native school teachers, prospective teachers and general public through ten month diploma course to teachers across the country in all southern languages;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of people including teachers enrolled for the said diploma course of CIIL during the last five years, year/language-wise including Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam; and
- (d) the details of the total fund allocated for promotion of Indian languages by the CIIL?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (c):  Yes Sir.  The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore imparts training to non native school teachers, prospective teachers  through ten month diploma course to teachers in its Regional Language Centres  located at Mysore, Lucknow, Patiala, Solan, Pune,  Bhubaneswar, Guwahati.   The details of language courses imparted at different centres are as follows:

|   No | Name of Centres                               | Languages taught                  |
|------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|    1 | Southern Regional Language Centre, Mysore     | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam |
|    2 | Eastern Regional Language Centre, Bhubaneswar | Bengali, Maithili, Oriya, Santali |

|   3 | Western Regional Language Centre, Pune           | Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi, Sindhi   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|   4 | Northern Regional Language Centre, Patiala       | Dogri, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Urdu       |
|   5 | Urdu Teaching and Research Centre, Solan         | Urdu                                 |
|   6 | Urdu Teaching and Research Centre, Lucknow       | Urdu                                 |
|   7 | North Eastern Regional Language Centre, Guwahati | Assamese, Bodo, Manipuri, Nepali     |

The  number  of  people  including  teachers  enrolled  in  different    diploma course in   CIIL during  the last five years is given in annexure.

(d):  Grants allocated to CIIL for promotion of Indian Languages during the last five years is as under:

(Rs. in crores)

|   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        30 |      40.5 |      40.5 |     40.07 |     45.07 |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3333  ASKED  BY  SHRI  D.K.SURESH,  HON'BLE    M.P.  FOR 09.12.2019 REGARDING CIIL

|   No. | Languages   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|     1 | Kannada     |         8 |         1 |         2 |         1 |         4 |
|     2 | Malayalam   |         4 |         1 |         2 |         6 |         6 |
|     3 | Tamil       |        13 |         4 |         8 |        10 |        10 |
|     4 | Telugu      |         6 |         0 |         5 |         6 |        12 |
|     5 | Bengali     |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |        12 |
|     6 | Maithili    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         2 |         1 |
|     7 | Oriya       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         5 |
|     8 | Santali     |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         3 |
|     9 | Gujarati    |         0 |         1 |         1 |         2 |         2 |
|    10 | Konkani     |         3 |         1 |         1 |         2 |         3 |
|    11 | Marathi     |         3 |         1 |         2 |         3 |         3 |
|    12 | Sindhi      |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         2 |
|    13 | Dogri       |         0 |         1 |         0 |        14 |        14 |
|    14 | Kashmiri    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         6 |        10 |
|    15 | Punjabi     |         2 |         1 |         0 |         9 |         8 |
|    16 | Urdu        |         5 |         3 |         2 |        36 |        24 |
|    17 | Assamese    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         2 |         4 |
|    18 | Bodo        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         5 |
|    19 | Manipuri    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         9 |
|    20 | Nepali      |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |        10 |