03-14-2007, 03:59 PM
<b>Survey to be conducted to ascertain various languages</b>
New Delhi, March 14. (PTI): The Government proposes to conduct a survey to ascertain the languages of various parts of the country, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeshwari informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The proposed survey, report of which will be available after 10 years of its commissioning, aims at providing a <b>systematic and comprehensive account of the status of Indian Language diversity, multilingualism, interlingual relationships and dynamics of a language</b>, she said in a written reply.
As per 1991 Census, she said there are 114 languages in the country, 216 mother tongues, each of which is spoken by 10,000 or more people, are listed under these languages.
The 216 mother tongues together are spoken by nearly 99 per cent of the population and belong to four language families names, <b>Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman, </b>Purandeshwari said.
To another question whether the Government proposes to set up "finishing schools", she said in order to impart communication and IT skills to engineering graduates as well as brush-up their knowledge of core subjects in order to make them employable, it has been decided to start finishing schools, initially in seven National Institute of Technology (NITs).
Each Institute would conduct finishing school courses for a period of eight to 10 weeks for engineering graduates who are unemployed, she said.
Purandeshwari also informed the House that a <b>one-man Review Committee headed by D Bandhopadhaya has submitted its report on the functioning of the ICHR and has also looked into the issue of missing file on "Towards Freedom" project. volumes related to the project. </b>
The Committee, she said also found that unless important files were retrieved, much of the material relating to the non-publication/stoppage (of) "Towards Freedom" project would never be unearthed.
The Committee made many recommendations regarding this project including that the project be revived immediately and recommended that it should be completed within the next 24 months, She said.
It has also made wide ranging recommendations regarding the reconstitution of the Editorial Board and suggested ways and means of ensuring prompt action for printing and publication of the volumes related to the project.
The Government have accepted the recommendations of the one-man review committee and have asked the ICHR to implement the said recommendations, she said.
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New Delhi, March 14. (PTI): The Government proposes to conduct a survey to ascertain the languages of various parts of the country, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeshwari informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The proposed survey, report of which will be available after 10 years of its commissioning, aims at providing a <b>systematic and comprehensive account of the status of Indian Language diversity, multilingualism, interlingual relationships and dynamics of a language</b>, she said in a written reply.
As per 1991 Census, she said there are 114 languages in the country, 216 mother tongues, each of which is spoken by 10,000 or more people, are listed under these languages.
The 216 mother tongues together are spoken by nearly 99 per cent of the population and belong to four language families names, <b>Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman, </b>Purandeshwari said.
To another question whether the Government proposes to set up "finishing schools", she said in order to impart communication and IT skills to engineering graduates as well as brush-up their knowledge of core subjects in order to make them employable, it has been decided to start finishing schools, initially in seven National Institute of Technology (NITs).
Each Institute would conduct finishing school courses for a period of eight to 10 weeks for engineering graduates who are unemployed, she said.
Purandeshwari also informed the House that a <b>one-man Review Committee headed by D Bandhopadhaya has submitted its report on the functioning of the ICHR and has also looked into the issue of missing file on "Towards Freedom" project. volumes related to the project. </b>
The Committee, she said also found that unless important files were retrieved, much of the material relating to the non-publication/stoppage (of) "Towards Freedom" project would never be unearthed.
The Committee made many recommendations regarding this project including that the project be revived immediately and recommended that it should be completed within the next 24 months, She said.
It has also made wide ranging recommendations regarding the reconstitution of the Editorial Board and suggested ways and means of ensuring prompt action for printing and publication of the volumes related to the project.
The Government have accepted the recommendations of the one-man review committee and have asked the ICHR to implement the said recommendations, she said.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/...00703140312.htm