Lok Sabha Question No. 124 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Vernacular Languages in Examinations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## VERNACULAR LANGUAGES IN EXAMINATIONS

- *124. SHRI D. K. SURESH:
- SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  government  has  received  any  representations  for allowing  the  candidates  to  use  Scheduled  language  including Kannada  to  appear  in  the  examinations  conducted  by  the Railways and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  guidelines  in  this regard; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along  with  the total  number  of candidates who used vernacular languages in their examinations  during  the  last  three  years,  year  and  Scheduled language-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF STARRED  QUESTION  NO.124  BY  SHRI  D.  K.  SURESH  AND  SHRI NALIN  KUMAR  KATEEL  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING VERNACULAR LANGUAGES IN EXAMINATIONS (a)   Yes, Sir. Representations were received requesting for conducting  all  competitive  examinations  by  Railways  in  Tamil and Regional languages also. (b) Yes, Sir. (c) For  examinations  for  Direct  Recruitment,  instructions  provide for  an  option  of  any  of  fifteen  (15)  languages,  which  include Hindi and English and 13 vernacular languages.  There is also no  restriction  regarding  the  question  papers  in  local/regional languages  for  General  Departmental  Competitive  Examination (GDCE). The  details  of  candidates  who  used  vernacular  languages  in last 3 (three) years is appended. ****

APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.124 BY SHRI D. K. SURESH AND SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING VERNACULAR LANGUAGES IN EXAMINATIONS

## (c)  Number of candidates who used vernacular languages during last three years in examination is as under:

| S.No.   | Language(s)   | 2017   |    2018 |   2019 |   Total |
|---------|---------------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
| 1       | Assamese      | -      |  151484 |    695 |  152179 |
| 2       | Bengali       | -      |  844407 |   4076 |  848483 |
| 3       | Gujrati       | 277    |  354712 |   6911 |  361900 |
| 4       | Kannada       | -      |  351097 |   7097 |  358194 |
| 5       | Konkani       | -      |     266 |      2 |     268 |
| 6       | Malayalam     | -      |  319569 |   5208 |  324777 |
| 7       | Manipuri      | -      |     830 |     47 |     877 |
| 8       | Marathi       | 599    |  842298 |   9631 |  852528 |
| 9       | Odiya         | -      |  305545 |   1042 |  306587 |
| 10      | Punjabi       | -      |  111892 |   1853 |  113745 |
| 11      | Tamil         | -      |  381876 |   5993 |  387869 |
| 12      | Telegu        | -      |  989818 |  12569 | 1002387 |
| 13      | Urdu          | -      |    8612 |     85 |    8697 |
|         | TOTAL         | 876    | 4662406 |  55209 | 4718491 |

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