DEVELOPMENT OF HINDI
Hindi Shiksha Samiti The twelfth meeting of the Hindi Shiksha Samiti, appointed to assist and advise the Government of India for propagation and development of Hindi was held on 3rd March, 1959. The important recommendations made at this meeting were:-
(i) Hindi teachers should be treated on a par with the language teachers in the matter of scales of pay. This recommendation has been brought to the notice of the State Governments.
(ii) Recommendations regarding the recognition of Hindi examinations conducted by the various Hindi organisa- tions in the country (these recommendations have been generally accepted and the final decision of the Govern- ment will be announced in the near future).
(iii) One Hindi Teachers' Training College in each non- Hindi State (including the Union Territory of Manipur) should be opened if there is a demand for it. If the State Governments are unable to undertake this responsibility, assistance of voluntary organisations should be taken for setting up such colleges. (This recommendation has been accepted by the Government of India and the State Governments have been addressed accordingly).
(iv) In case of a genuine demand for opening Hindi medium schools, the State Governments might consider the application for grants. The Central Government may also consider the requests for ad-hoc grants to meet the deficit of the budgets of such schools after taking into consideration the grants received from the State Governments. (This recommendation has been accepted by the Government of India and the State Governments have been addressed accordingly).
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Progress in respect of Plan schemes carried over from the First Five Year Plan has been made as follows:-
(i) Payment of Grants to Hindi Organisations and Individuals etc.
Name of the Organisation Purpose of Grant Amount
Rs.
1 Sansadeeya Hindi Pari- For the development and 15,000
shad, New Delhi.
propagation of Hindi.
2 Hindi Bhawan, New Do. 2,350
Delhi.
3 Rashtrabhasha Prachar For holding the 9th session 9,000
Samiti, Wardha. and an Exhibition at New
Delhi.
4 Nagari Pracharini Sabha, For bringing out a revised 15,000 towards part pay-
Varanasi. edition of standard Hindi ment.
Dictionary.
5 Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Maintenance grant for the 41,625
Prayag. year 1958-59
6 Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Pa- Training of Hindi Teachers 60,109
rishad, Agra.
7 Bhartiya Hindi Parishad, Publication of History of 5,000 towards part pay-
Allahabad. Hindi Literature. ment.
8 Mysore Riyasat Hindi For school building and con- 20,000 Do.
Prachar Sabha, Banga- struction of lecture hall.
lore.
9 Karnatak Prantiya Hindi Running of 57 additional 8,925
Prachar Sabha, Dhar- Hindi classes.
war.
10 Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Preparation and publication 5,000 towards part pay-
Varanasi. of History of Hindi Lite- ment.
rature.
11 Dr. Goradh Prasad, Va- For preparation of Dictio- 2,000
ranasi. nary of Scientific and
Technical terms.
12 Gauhati University Gau- For morpho-phonemic ana- 2,400 towards part pay-
hati. lysis of Assamese language. ment.
13 Gujrat University, Ah- For Morpho-phonemic ana- 2,575 Do.
medabad. lysis of Gujrat Language.
14 Mysore University, My- For morpho-phonemic ana- 2,575 Do.
sore. lysis of Kannada Langu-
age.
15 Calcutta University, Cal- For morpho-phonemic ana- 1,350 Do.
cutta. lysis of Bengali Language.
16 Andhra University Wal- For morpho-phonemic ana- 2,450 Do.
tair. lysis of Telugu language.
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Evaluation of, the work for which financial assistance is given is done by reference to the audited accounts as also by reference to the State Governments wherever considered necessary. On-the-spot inspections are also made by the Officers of the Ministry in special cases.
(ii) Hindi Encyclopaedia So far Rs. 1,70,000 have been paid to the Nagri Pracharini Sabha for the work of preparing a ten-volume Encyclopaedia in Hindi. A nucleus staff including the Chief Editor and two associate Editors has been appointed. The number of the topical words has finally been fixed at about 30,000 which would ultimately form the main entries of the Encyclopaedia. Out of these about 10,000 words were provided with Hindi parallels. The list of Contributing Editors was finalised and approved by the Board of Advisors. List of contributors were also prepared and placed before the Board for approval. Steps were then taken to assign important topics to the contributors with the advice of the Contributing Editors. Further the draft format of the Encyclopaedia was prepared which was, as mentioned above, finally approved by the Advisory Board. The first volume will contain about 1,400 topics beginning with Hindi vowels. Almost all the articles of the volume have been received. They are being edited, translated if necessary, and their press copy is being prepared.
(iii) Preparation of Manuals on the Basis of 'Terminologies Evolved
Standard manuals relating to Botany, Physics and Chemistry have been finalised and are under print. Manuals on Agriculture, Commerce, Medicine and Educational Psychology have also been written and are in the process of finalisation. In addition to these, manuals relating to Civics, Economics, Education (General), Engineering, Mathematics and Geology are under preparation.
(iv) Grants to States Consequent on the introduction of the revised procedure for pay ment of grants to the State Governments on Plan schemes, the Central assistance under this scheme is being released to the State Governments by the Ministry of finance, Department of Economic affairs in the shape of "ways and means advances". Final sanctions on the basis of amount spent by the State Governments concerned will be issued during the last quarter of the year.
The progress made in respect of schemes included in the Second Five-Year Plan is as indicated below:-
(i) Preparation of Terminological Indexes of all Standard Hindi
Works Old and New This scheme envisages the preparation of terminological indexes verborum of fourteen Hindi works in the first instance. The work has
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been entrusted to various universities in India. Grants totalling Rs. 18,325/- have so far been paid to the different universities for the work entrusted to them. The manuscripts of the terminological indexes of the following works have been received from the following universities:-
Works University from whom re-
ceived.
1. 'Kamayani' of Jaishankar Prashad. Delhi University.
2. 'Saket' of Mathilisaran Gupta. Do.
3. Kabir Granthawali University of Allahabad.
4. Bisal Dev Raso. Do.
(2) Collection of Indexing of Special Vocabularies on Arts and
Crafts with the Help of Existing Literature and Actual Field Work Requisite material for the above has been received from the Government of Punjab and Bombay.
(3) Investigation of Terminological Material in Old Literature The required material is under collection. It has now been decided to proceed with the scheme in Hindi Division itself by entrusting the work to Research assistants.
(4) Publishing Revised and Critical Editions of Standard Hindi
Works, Now Out-of-Print This scheme envisages the preparation of thirteen works in the first instance. These have been entrusted to various universities and scholars. The University of Allahabad has been sanctioned an initial grant of Rs. 5,000 for the work entrusted to it. The scheme is being re-examined.
(5) Publication of Omnibus Volumes of Me Works of Eminent Hindi
Writers This scheme envisaged the preparation of sixteen works in the first instance. These have been entrusted to various scholars and universities. The Universities of Agra, Lucknow and Saugar and Dr. Faiyaz Ali Khan have been sanctioned initial grants totalling Rs. 10,665/- for the works entrusted to them. The scheme is being re- examined.
(6) Organisation of Debating Teams of Schools and Colleges from
Non-Hindi Speaking Areas to Hindi Speaking Areas and vice-versa The details of the scheme have been finalised and circulated,to the State Governments concerned. So far six debating teams-three senior
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teams from Lucknow, Kerala and Utkal University and three Junior teams from Kerala, Madras and U.P. have been organised.
(7) Organisation of Lecture-tours by Prominent Hindi Scholars
and Writers from Hindi Speaking Areas to Non-Hindi Speaking Areas and
vice-versa The following lecture-tours have been undertaken so for:- Sarvashri Guru Nath Joshi, V. Ramamurthy Renu, Uppendra Nath Ashk, N.D. Bajpaui, B.P Mishra, K.R. Nanjundan, A. Chandrahasan, Dr. J.P. Sharma, G. P. Tandon, A. C. K. Rao. and L. N. Misra in Bihar, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Mysore, U.P., Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madras, Madhya Pradesh and Bombay respectively.
(8) Holding of Seminars of Hindi Teachers of non-Hindi Speaking
Areas in Hindi Speaking Areas Four seminars of Hindi teachers from the various non-Hindi speaking States were held at Varanasi, Gwalior, Patna and Udaipur. It is proposed to hold the next seminar at Madras in February, 1960.
(9) Prizes on Hindi Books of Outstanding Merit Three contests have already held so far covering books published up to 1955. The scope of the scheme has now been revised so as to cover only unpublished works on scientific and technical subjects. 20 prizes of Rs. 1,500 each have been announced and the last date for the receipt of entries is 31-3-1960.
(10) Preparation of Histories of Sciences, Encyclopaedia of
Indian Mythology and Dictionary of 'Indian Phrases and Fables The preparation of works on,the following subjects has been entrusted to the universities mentioned against each work:-
1. History of Sciences (Pure) Allahabad University
2. History of Sciences (Applied) Jabalpur University
3. History of Social Sciences Lucknow University
4. Encyclopaedia of Indian Mythology Muslim University, Aligarh.
5. Dictionary of Indian Phrases and Fables. Banaras Hindu University
(11) Appointment of Hindi Teachers in non-Hindi speaking States
It is expected that grants totalling about Rs.5.0 lakhs will be sanctioned to the concerned State Governments during the current financial year for appointment of Hindi teachers in their schools under this scheme. The scheme would be continued during the year 1960-61. It is also proposed to expand the scope of the scheme to include appointment of Hindi teachers in Primary and Middle Schools and Teachers' Training institutions.
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The progress of non-Plan schemes is as follows:-
(1) Technical Terminology.The lists of technical terms in Hindi on the following subjects have been finalised, and are available for sale at the Casual Sales Depot of the Ministry of Education, and with the Manager of Publications, Civil Lines, Delhi:-
1. Agriculture I (Out of stock)
2. Agriculture II
3. Botany (Out of stock)
4. Chemistry (Out of stock)
5. Chemistry II
6. Defence I
7. Defence II
8. Defence V
9. Diplomacy I
10. Economics
11. Commerce
12. Engineering
13. General Administration I
14. Mathematics
15. Mathematics II
16. Overseas Communication Service
17. Posts and, Telegraphs (Designations)
18. Physics
19. Social Sciences (Out of stock)
20. Zoology
21. Tourism
22. Railways
23. Posts and Telegraphs (General Terms)
24. Transport (Highway Engineering)
Finalised lists on teh following subjects have been sent to the press:-
1. Education (General)-I
2. Botany II
3. Medicine-I
4. Information & Broadcasting
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Provisional lists on the following subjects were revised and sub- mitted for approval to the Board of Scientific Terminology at its meeting held on 21-8-1959:-
1. Agriculture III
2. Botany III
3. Chemistry III
4. Defence VI
5. General Banking & Trade
6. History (Pre-History)
7. Advanced Banking
8. P. & T.- (General Banking)
9. Transport VI
10. Zoology II
The following provisional lists have been published and circulate to various universities, Ministries and State Governments, Research institutions and other important organisations for comments:-
1. Chemistry IV
2. Defence VII
3. Defence VIII'
4. Defence IX
5. Diplomacy III
6. Diplomacy IV
7. Education (Education Psychology)
8. Education (Education Psychology, II)
9. Education (Education Psychology III)
10. Engineering II
11. Engineering III
12. General Meteorology
13. Information and Broadcasting
14. Law I
15. Law II
16. Law III
17. Mathematics III
18. Mathematics IV
19. Medicine.II (Part II)
20. Medicine III (Part I)
21. Physical Geography
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22. Physical Geolography II
23. Steno Typing
24. Labour Economics
25. Medicine II (Part I)
26. Physics II
27. Meteorology II
28. Advanced Economic Theory and Thought
Up to 15th December, 1959 about 1,91,000 terms in different subjects have been evolved of which 40,898 have been finally approved by the Government of India.
A Dictionary Unit has been set up in the Hindi Division of the Ministry for preparing a dictionary of scientific and technical terms evolved by the Board of Scientific, Terminology. One General Editor, 5 Editors and one Assistant Editor have already been appointed in addition to other staff in junior posts. The actual work of preparation of the dictionary has been started.
(2) Basic Hindi Grammar:
(3) Recognition of Hindi Examinations :