New Delhi: Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai on Wednesday clarified that the Central government has no proposal to amend the Official Languages Act to include Scheduled languages other than Hindi and English as its official languages as suggested by the Supreme Court.
The Minister clarified this in a written reply in Rajya Sabha to the unstarred question posed by Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) founder and Member of Parliament (MP) Vaiko.
When asked how the people in the South and the Northeast, especially villagers could understand the communications, ruled and regulations published by the government, Rai stated, "There is the provision of three language formulae Hindi, English and Regional Language) as per point no. 3 of Official Language Resolution, 1968 which have been prepared in consultation with the State Governments.