All Notifications To Be Issued In Nepali, English: Sikkim Govt

Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced that the Sikkim Government began using Nepali as an official language besides English across all its gazettes and notifications from Wednesday onwards, marking the Nepali Bhasha Manyata Diwas.

Gangtok: The Sikkim government has begun using Nepali as an official language, besides English, across all its gazettes and notifications from Wednesday. The announcement was made by Chief Minister PS Tamang at a function held to mark the Nepali Bhasha Manyata Diwas here on Tuesday.

In a notification, the state government said the Sikkim Official Language Act, 1977, recognises Nepali as one of the official languages of the state. At present, all notifications are published only in English.