Lok Sabha Question No. 3037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Increase Use of Sanskrit in Official Work
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3037

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

INCREASE USE OF SANSKRIT IN OFFICIAL WORK

3037. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the steps being taken by the Government for dissemination of Sanskrit language;
- (b)  whether  the  Government proposes to increase the use of Sanskrit in official work;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  create  new  posts  for Sanskrit translators; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

- (a):    The  details  of  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for dissemination of Sanskrit language is annexed.
- (b) & (c):    As per Article 343(1) of the Constitution, the Official Language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devnagari script, the form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals.  As  per  Article  351 of the Constitution,  it shall be the

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## LS.US.Q.NO.3037 FOR 22.03.2022

duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating  without  interfering  with  its  genius,  the  forms,  style  and expressions  used  in  Hindustani  and  in  the  other  languages  of  India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable,  for  its  vocabulary,  primarily  on  Sanskrit  and  secondarily  on other languages.

(d) & (e): No, Sir.

## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN PART (A) OF THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3037 FOR ANSWER ON 22/03/2022 REGARDING 'INCREASE USE OF SANSKRIT IN OFFICIAL WORK'

The  Central  Government  promotes  Sanskrit  language  through  three  Central  Sanskrit Universities viz. Central Sanskrit University, Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi and National Sanskrit University, Tirupati. Further, various schemes of the Government for promotion of Sanskrit are being implemented through Central Sanskrit University, Delhi.

A list of schemes implemented for promotion of Sanskrit language through Central Sanskrit University is given below.

- 1)  Scheme of the Presidential Award of Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badarayan Vyas classical 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 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 Sanskrit 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).

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