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             PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI IN  
             OFFICIAL WORK 
             19.1  PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI                               19.3 OFFICIAL                         LANGUAGE 
             The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is                           IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE 
             committed to promoting to use of Hindi in Official                   (OLIC)
             work during 2015-16 as the Annual Programme                  An Official Language Implementation Committee 
             issued by the Department of Official Language,               (OLIC) has been constituted in the Ministry under 
             Ministry of Home Affairs and Official Languages              the chairmanship of a Joint Secretary In-charge 
             Policy of the Union. The matter pertaining to the            of the official language and its meetings are held 
             use of Hindi in the Ministry is supervised by a Joint        regularly in each quarter. This Committee chalks 
             Secretary In-charge of Official Language. There              out strategies to implement the constitutional 
             is  an  official  language  Division  of  the  Ministry      provisions  of  Official  Language  Policy  of  the 
             headed by a Director, reports to the Joint Secretary.        Union in the Ministry and its subordinate/
             A number of measures have been taken for                     attached  offices/autonomous  organizations  with 
             encouraging  use  of  Hindi  in  the  official  work.        a view to achieve the targets prescribed in the 
                                                                          Annual Programme issued by the Department 
             They are summarized below:                                   of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. 
             19.2  IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL                             The Committee periodically reviews the progress 
                      LANGUAGE POLICY                                     made in the use of Official Language (Hindi) and 
             In pursuance of the official language policy of the          suggests and recommends measures to be taken 
             Government of India, all documents covered under             for  the  effective  implementation  of  the  Official 
             section 3(3) of the Official Language Act, 1963 are          Language Policy. The subordinate/attached offices/
             being issued in English and Hindi. Action plan               autonomous organizations of the Ministry have 
             based on the check points identified in the Ministry         also  been  instructed  for  convening  their  OLIC 
             has been prepared to ensure compliance of the                meetings regularly. 
             Official Language Policy. Annual Programme and               19.4  HINDI FORTNIGHT
             other orders/instructions issued by the Department           In order to encourage the use of Hindi in official 
             of  Official  language  were  forwarded  to  all  the        work amongst officers/employees of the Ministry, 
             sections of the Ministry and its subordinate/                the Hindi fortnight was held in the Ministry during 
             attached  offices/autonomous  organizations  for             01-15  September,  2015.  Various  competitions 
             information and directives were issued for their             such as Hindi essay writing, Hindi typing, Hindi 
             compliance.                                                  noting/drafting, Hindi general knowledge, Hindi 
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            dictation and self-composed poetry recitation were      19.7  PRATI DIN EK SHABD
            organized.  The winners of these competitions are       The Scheme named ‘Prati Din Ek Shabd’, is being 
            being awarded by 51 cash prizes and certificates.       run in the Ministry, that continued this year also. 
            19.5 OFFICIAL                      LANGUAGE  Under this  scheme,  one  word/phrase  in  Hindi 
                    CONFERENCE/SEMINAR                              and its English equivalent was being displayed 
                                                                    on  the  Electronic  Board  installed  on  the  first 
            The Department has taken a new initiative of            and third floor ‘A’ Wing, Nirman Bhavan. These 
            organizing  Official  Language  Conference  every       words/phrases are generally of administrative and 
            year in the offices under its administrative control,   technical in nature, which are used in day-to-day 
            for the dissemination of Official Language Policy       official work. 
            and creating conducive atmosphere for use of the        19.8 ORGANISING OF HINDI 
            Official Language Policy of the Union of India.                WORKSHOP
            Under  this  initiative,  so  far,  four  conferences   A two-day Hindi workshop was conducted on 
            have  been  organized  at  Bengaluru,  Kannur,          28-29 September, 2015 in the Ministry, in which 
            Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram respectively. The          officers/employees were informed about i) Official 
            participants  were  awarded  Commendation  letter       Language  Policy  of  the  Union  Government, 
            and  certificates.    All  conferences  were  highly    ii)  Noting  &  Drafting,  iii) Use of Unicode on 
            successful and praised by all.                          Computer, etc. 
            19.6 HINDI WEBSITE OF THE  19.9 INSPECTIONS  REGARDING 
                    MINISTRY                                               PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI 
            This year the website of Ministry of Health and         In order to achieve the targets laid down in the 
            Family Welfare was launched in Hindi. As per the        Annual Programme issued by the Department 
            directions of Secretary (MoHFW), all the material       of  Official  Language,  officers  of  this  Ministry 
            is being uploaded inevitably in bilingual form          inspected  05  subordinate  offices  under  their 
            viz. English and Hindi.  The website is also being      administrative control situated in Noida, Kannur, 
            updated regularly.                                      Chandigarh, Kasauli and Shimla.  
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