Lok Sabha Question No. 3833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: UPSC Exams in all Official Languages
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3833

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019)

## UPSC EXAMS IN ALL OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

## 3833. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the Government is planning to hold the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations in all official languages of the country;
- if not; the reasons therefor; and
- if the details thereof; SO,
- the details of the present languages in which the examination can be written thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (c): and notified by the nodal Ministryl Department, which; inter-alia; contain scheme of the examination; medium of language etc. At present; the Civil Services (Main) Examination can be written in English and languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

UPSC and the nodal Ministries/ Departments are seized of the matter: In fact, UPSC had constituted a High Level Standing Committee to examine the modalities of implementing the Parliamentary Resolution on Official Languages dated 18.01.1968. The Committee had, in its Report   submitted in the year 2012, which was accepted by the UPSC; underlined certain constraints such as practicalloperational difficulties in getting the precise Hindi translation of question papers; especially in technical papers (Engineering; Medical Science etc.); growth of Hindi and other languages in the higher educational system, which are existing aS of today.

(d): Details of the language mediums for various competitive Examinations conducted by the UPSC are at Annexure:

## Union Public Service Commission

| S.No.   | Name of Examination                                                                                       | Type of Paper            | Answering medium                                                             | Medium of questions                                    |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination#:                                                                 | Objective                | No language medium for answering in multiple-choice objective type questions | Hindi & English                                        |
| 2       | Combined Defence Services Examination                                                                     | Objective                | No language medium for answering in multiple-choice objective type questions | Hindi & English_                                       |
| 3       | National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination_                                                     | Objective                | No language medium for answering in multiple-choice objective type questions | Hindi & English                                        |
| 4       | Combined Medical Services Examination                                                                     | Objective                | No language medium for answering in multiple-choice objective type questions | English only                                           |
| 5_      | Civil Services (Main) Examination                                                                         | Conventional             | English and Eighth Schedule languages                                        | Hindi & English (Except language and literature papers |
| 6       | Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination                                                                  | Conventional             | English                                                                      | English only                                           |
| 7       | Indian Economic Servicel Indian                                                                           | Conventional             | English                                                                      | English only                                           |
| 8       | Combined Geo-Scientist Examination                                                                        | Objective + Conventional | English                                                                      | English only                                           |
| 9       | Engineering Services Examination                                                                          | Objective + Conventional | English                                                                      | English only                                           |
|         | Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants Examination                                                  | + Conventional           | Hindi and English*                                                           | Hindi and English@                                     |
| 11_     | Central Industrial Security Force Assistant Commandant (Exe) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination | Objective + Conventional | Hindi and English-                                                           | Hindi and English@                                     |
| 12      | Section Officers' / Stenographers' Group B'/ Grade-I Limited Departmental Competitive Examination         | Objective + Conventional | Hindi and English                                                            | Hindi and English                                      |

Annexure