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Use Hindi in official work, says President Mukherjee | | If we want democracy to be strong and progressive, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said, "we should respect Hindi and regional languages in the working of central and state governments, respectively". After conferring 55 awards in
various categories for excellence in different fields pertaining to Hindi on the
occasion of 'Hindi Diwas' here, Mukherjee said: "Language has an important role
in democracy because it is a mode of communication between the government and
people. This is why in our constitution, Hindi has been given the status of national
language for work at the Centre while regional languages were recognised for work
in states." He further said that the development programmes of the government
could only be implemented effectively through the use of Hindi and other regional
languages. Mukherjee further said that Hindi is also contributing significantly
in business arena as foreign companies have adopted Hindi and other regional languages
for augmenting their business in the country. Asserting that Hindi is being taught
in 150 Universities across the world, Mukherjee said: "Hindi has also been recognised
as one of the seven heritage languages of UNESCO." Hindi Diwas is being observed
across the country today to commemorate the historic occasion, as Hindi was adopted
as the official language of constituent assembly on September 14, 1949. It was
on September 14, 1949 when the Constitution-makers of the country decided to accord
the status of Official Language of the Union to Hindi. To commemorate the historic
occasion, Hindi Diwas is observed every year this day.
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