New Delhi: In a boost to language diversity, 'Language Learning programme' for Members of Parliament, State/Union Territory legislators, officials and their family members will be inaugurated virtually by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday. Participants will be introduced to Indian and foreign languages during the programme.
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Ambassadors of France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Russia and Spain and dignitaries from Indian missions abroad are special invitees to the programme. The programme is jointly organized by Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) and Lok Sabha Secretariat.
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Online foreign language courses in French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish will begin from June 22. Languages in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution will be included in the course. It includes Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Sanskrit. The course will start on July 5. Classes of Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Urdu, Santhali, Nepali, Meitei (Manipuri), Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili and Punjabi will start from July 12.
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