MHA boost for 2nd official language
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 17 2011:
Directing all concerned to give due prominence to second offi-cial language, the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that all Central Government Offices and Public Sector Banks and Undertakings shall write, print, paint, inscribe or emboss the information on boards, sign-boards, name-plates and directional signs in language/s other than Hindi, recognised for use for official purposes in the State/s, having Hindi as their first official language, in addition to Hindi and English.
The font sizes of the texts of all the languages will be of the same size, the Ministry directed.
The decision was taken recently taking into consideration the public convenience and welfare of the large sections of the society living in the said States.
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The boards, signboards, name-plates and directional signs will have to be written/printed/painted/ins- cribed/embossed in Hindi first, and the order of other language/s, including English will have to be determined by the Department or the State concerned.
As for the use of languages on boards, signboards, name-plates and directional signs in the non-Hindi speaking States, that is, States located in Regions B and C, the instruction contained in OM no.1/14013/5/76-OL (AI) dated 18.6.1977, which require the use of Regional language, Hindi and English, in that order, on the stated media, will continue to hold good.