Lok Sabha Question No. 2946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Sanskrit Language
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2946 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Sanskrit Language

## †2946. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the efforts made/being made by the Government to promote Sanskrit language in the country;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to formulate any new scheme to promote and propagate the Sanskrit in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to  (c):    The  Government  is  promoting  Sanskrit  through  three  Central Universities  viz.  i)  Central  Sanskrit  University,  Delhi,  ii)  Shri  Lal  Bahadur  Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi and iii) National Sanskrit University, Tirupati and 17 Central Universities in which separate Sanskrit Departments are established. Central  Sanskrit  University,  Delhi  popularize  Sanskrit  at  all  levels  through  its Headquarters. at Delhi, with its 12 campuses, 26 Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya/Adarsh  Shodha  Sansthan  (ASM/ASS)  and  62  grantee  affiliated institutions. Apart from promoting Sanskrit language through teaching, the government also implements a large number of schemes through Central Sanskrit University, Delhi like establishing Adarsh Sanskrit Vidyalayas/Mahavidyalayas /Shodha Sansthans, conducting competitions amongst people of all ages, providing financial assistance to scholars, felicitating senior scholars with cash awards through Shastra  Choodamani  and  engaging  them  as  referral  scholars,  giving  Presidential awards  to  eminent  as  well  as  young  scholars  etc.  A  list  of  schemes  under  which Sanskrit language is being promoted is placed at Annexure 'A'.

*****

## ANNEXURE-'A'

## ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2946 FOR REPLY ON 21.03.2022 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI REGARDING SANSKRIT LANGUAGE

- 1) Scheme  of  the  Presidential  Award  of  Certificate  of  Honour  and  Maharshi Badarayan Vyas samman Award to Sanskrit, Pali /Prakrit, Arabic and Persian Scholars other classical language.
- 2) All India  Merit  Sanskrit  Scholarship  Scheme  (Award  of  Scholarships  to Students of Sanskrit Pathshalas / Mahavidyalayas / High / Higher Secondary Schools / Colleges)
- 3) Financial assistance to the institutions recognized as Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya / Shodha Sansthan
- 4) Financial Assistance for Sanskrit Teaching -Teachers for Modern Subjects in Traditional Sanskrit Pathasalas / Mahavidyalayas
- 5) Financial Assistance for Sa  nskrit Teachers in State Government Schools
- 6) Financial Assistance to NGOs / Universities for various Research Projects and Programmes /Activities for promotion of Sanskrit.
- 7) Financial Assistance for Vocational Training Scheme.
- 8) Financial  Assistance  for  Utilization  of  services  of  retired  /  eminent  literary Sanskrit Scholars (Shastra Chudamani)
- 9) Financial Assistance for Publication, Re-print of Rare Sanskrit Books and Bulk Purchase of Sanskrit Books
- 10) Samman Rashi to poor Eminent Sanskrit Pandits who are above 55 years of age.
- 11) All India Sanskrit Elocution Contest
- 12) Sanskrit Dictionary Project, Deccan College, Pune
- 13) Ashtaadashi (18 Projects for sustaining growth of Sanskrit Language)

****