Draft manuscripts of both the guides were prepared and sent to the Hungarian side for their comments which are still awaited.

Hindi-Russian and Russian-Hindi Guide

The Russian-Hindi conversational guide is under print in the USSR and the manuscript of the Hindi- Russian guide has been sent to the USSR for their comments.

Production of Standard Literature in Sindhi

The objectives of this scheme, which was started in 1975, are production of standard literature in Sindhi including re-printing of rare books, classics and educational text books of secondary and university levels. Under this scheme, seven books have-been published, nine books allotted for printing and manuscripts of thirteen have been made press ready.

Commission for Scientific and Terminology

The progress made by the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology in the implementation of various schemes during 1982-83 is as follows:-

Production of University level books in Hindi

Books of university level in Hindi are being published by the five Hindi Granth Akademies, Unicersities of pant Nagar and Hissar, and Cells at Banaras. Hindu University and Delhi University. So for, 1,332 (417 translations and 915 original books) have been published in various disciplines. During the year under report, 75 books have been, published.

Production of books in Agriculture, Medicine, PharmacY, Nursing, Veterinary Sciences and Engineering

Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology is dealing directly with the production of books in Agriculture, Medicine, Engineering etc. So far, 71 books have been published in Agriculture 23 manuscripts are in press; 42 books have been published in Medicine, Pharmacy and

Nursing and 22 manuscripts are in press; 9 books have been published in Veterinary science and 7 are in press; 43 books have been published in Engineering and 15 manuscripts are in press.

The Commission is bringing out a magazine under the title "AYURVIGYAN PATRIKA" for the benefit of persons engaged in the medical profession.

Procurement of Copyrights

The Commission has been assigned the work of obtaining copyrights of books being translated by the Granth Akademies, the Commission and Book Production Boards. So far, 1540 copyrights have been obtained. During the year under report, translation rights of about 30 books are under negotiation and in the final stage of procurement. The prescribed period for translation was got extended in about 100 cases and 250 books are under negotiation for extension. Demand for obtaining copyrights for 50 books has been received from the Akademies and State Boards and this is being processed.

Definitional Dictionaries

Fifteen dictionaries pertaining to physics, chemistry, mathematics. botany, zoology, geology, medicine, engineering, home science, geography, agriculture, physical anthropology,' sociology, architecture and pharmacy are in various stages of preparation and printing. Consolidation and co- ordination of basic definitions in science subjects is in progress.

Digests/Readings/Glossaries

Physical Science Digest II, Earth Science Digest II, Biological Science Digest II and Botany Reading III are in press. Printing of a Comprehensive Glossary of Technical Terms in Social Sciences and Humanities (Hindi-English) has been completed and is due to be released shortly. A similar Hindi-English Glossary in Agriculture, Medicine, Engineering and Physical Anthropology is being prepared and is likely to be sent to the press within the current year.

Coordination and simplification

A separate Unit has been set up to coordinate and simplify the terms evolved by the Commission so far. Under this project, one seminar was held at Indore where terms requiring coordination under alphabet 'A' were considered and their equivalents finalised.

Pan-Indian Terminology

So far, 13 workshops have been organised for identifying/evolving Pan Indian Terminology in various subjects. During the year under report, 4 workshops were held at Siliguri, Hyderabad and Amritsar in which 450 terms pertaining to Physics, 350 terms pertaining to Geology, 400 terms pertaining to Education, Psychology and Psychiatry, 250 terms pertaining to Sociology and Cultural Anthropology were discussed and their Pan- Indian equivalents identified.

Compilation of medical terms

The work pertaining to the compilation of medical terms and phrases in Common use in the South Indian languages has been initiated III Malayalam and Tamil and in this connection, two meetings were field, one each at Trivandrum and Madras.

Kendria Hindi Shikshan Mandal, Agra

Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal, Agra was set up in 1961 as an autonomous body to manage and supervise the affairs of the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Institute of Hindi), an apex institution working in the area of teaching, training and research in Hindi, specially as a second language and foreign language. The Sansthan has its main Campus at Agra and branches at Delhi, Hyderabad and Gauhati.

Teaching and Training Programmes

About 328 Indians and foreigners were admitted in different courses during 1982-83. The Sansthan conducts 15 regular full session courses which include Hindi Shikshan Nishnat. (equivalent to M.Ed.), Parangat

(equivalent to B.Ed.) and Post M.A.Diploma and also Advanced Diploma in Applied Hindi Linguistics and Diploma in Translation. Teaching of Parangat course by correspondence-cum-contact has been started since last year and 179 trainees have joined the course.

The Sansthan conducts short-term Orientation Course, remedial courses and special need-based courses which include courses for Hindi teachers working in universities, training colleges and High/Higher Secondary Schools of non-Hindi speaking states. Under these programmes 282 teachers have been trained this year up to October and another 250 will be trained by the end of this year.

Research in Methodology of Teaching Hindi and Material Production

The Sansthan organises research programmes for the development of techniques of Hindi teaching and training at. different levels. During 1982-83, Sansthan prepared 15 books for use of the elementary schools of the tribal areas of M.P. following bilingual transfer model at the request of the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Research on Functional Hindi Registers

The Sansthan has undertaken a research project on the nature and development of the scientific registers of Hindi. Work has also been initiated on determining the nature and linguistic characteristics of the Pan- Indian Hindi vis-a-vis Hindi as a regional language.

Extension Service Programme

During 1982-83 ten members of the teaching staff participated in lectures, seminars, discussions and for offering consultancy services to State Governments.

All India Competitions

To encourage original Hindi writing by non-Hindi speaking persons, the institute organises an AM-India Hindi Essay Competition every year. The Institute also conducts annually an All-India Hindi Debate (in two categories) for the teacher-trainees of Hindi Teachers Training Colleges of the non-Hindi speaking areas.

Publication

The new publications of the Sansthan have come out this year. Two volumes of the Research Journal 'GAVESHNA' and four volumes of the News Bulletin of the Sansthan have been published.

Library

1314 new books have been acquired in the Institute's Library. The library has about 26,548 books and Subscribes to 134 journals and magazines at present.

Faculty Improvement

Seven teachers of the Sansthan have been awarded Ph.D. degrees and three have submitted their theses for Ph.D.

Seminar, Workshop and Extension Lectures

The Sansthan organises seminars, workshops and extension lectures on areas 'relating to the fields of its; activities. This year, the Sansthan is organising two seminars : one on Multi-Lingualism and Problem of Translation and the other on Bilingual Transfer Model of Language Instruction. Besides, a seminar-cum-workshop is being organised on Communicative Grammar and Discourse Analysis.

Under the annual extension lecture series, the Sansthan is holding extension lectures by Prof. Ashok Kelkar; Poona University on Linguistics, Prof. Naresh Guha, Jadavpur University on Comparative Literature (specially in the context of the Unity in the Indian Literatures) and Prof. S. Adaval, Allahabad University on Language Teaching on Pedagogy and Language Teaching.

Propagation of Hindi Abroad

The scheme to promote Hindi abroad is in operation mainly in Caribbean countries, countries of South-East and West Asia and in the advanced countries like the UK, the USA, the USSR, France, West Germany and Japan.

The scheme has a provision of awarding 50 scholarships every year to the students of different foreign countries for study of Hindi at Central Institute of Hindi, New Delhi. During 1982-83, 45 students were selected out of whom 25 students joined the Institute. Some students have also been admitted on, self-financing basis. The selected scholars are en- titled to Rs. 500 per month, as scholarship and air-fare from their home country to New DOW and back. During 1983-84, it is expected to admit 35 students for study of Hindi at Central Institute of Hindi, New Delhi.

The Ministry continued to maintain three Hindi lecturers at Surinam, Trinidad and Guyana, two part-time teachers in Sri Lanka and one full time librarian in the Embassy of India at Kathmandu. Under the Cultural Exchange Programme a two-member Indian delegation was sent to Prague (Czechosolovakia) in September 1982 in connection with the work relating to the compilation and preparation of Hindi-Czech and Czech-Hindi dictionaries etc.

B. PROMOTION OF MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGES

Production of University level Books in Hindi and Regional Languages

The programme for production of University-level Books Was launched in 1968-69 with a view to facilitating early adoption of the Indian Languages as media of instruction in various disciplines at the university stage. Under the programme, 5960 books have been published as on December 1, 1982 out of which 1400 are translations. A large number of books are in the various stages of production.

Core Books Production Programme

Core books on medicine are being brought out with the cooperation of National Book Trust. In medicine, 4 books have been published. The colour atlas of tropical dermatology, the production of which was taken up in 1980-81 has been completed. 3 more books on medicine are under preparation.

Assistance to Voluntary Organisations and Educational Institutions for Promotion of Regional Languages

Under this scheme financial assistance is given to voluntary organisations/educational institutions for promotion and development of Indian languages. The scheme is being continued under the Sixth Plan. It has proved to be very useful as it not only enlists cooperation of, but also helps those engaged in the propagation and development of Indian languages. The term "Indian languages" includes all the languages, other than Hindi and Sanskrit, as set out in VIII Schedule of the Constitution and other recognised languages (including tribal languages) used in India.

Production of Books in Urdu

The Tarraqi Urdu Board was set up in 1969 with the Education Minister as its chairman to advise the Government on the production of academic literature in Urdu. Fresh nominations to the new Board were made in 1981. In, 1977 the Board was declared as a subordinate office of the Ministry of Education and Culture and has recently been given permanent status.

Under the guidance of the, Board, 370 books (including 71 NCERT textbooks) were prepared and published which include, university-level books popular science, children's literature, general books and reference books. -More than 600 titles are under various stages of translation and original writing. The 5- volume English-Urdu Dictionary is under printing and the 12-volume encyclopaedia will also be assigned to the press shortly. A total of 1.2 lakhs technical terms have been finalised and 10 multi-disciplinary panels have been evolved.

In addition to the 10 calligraphy centres at Delhi, Bombay, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Bangalore, Patna, Srinagar, Tonk, Nagpur and Madras, it has been decided to open new centres during 1981-83. The centres are to be located at Allahabad, Patiala, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Aligarh, and Calcutta.

The Solan and Patiala centres for training of Urdu teachers under the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore have trained 640 secondary school teachers in Urdu.

It is proposed to start a research journal in Urdu. Financial assistance is also given to voluntary organisations and educational institutions engaged in the promotion of all Indian languages including Urdu. During the year under review, 3000 books in Urdu have been purchased involving an expenditure of Rs. 1.50 lakhs.

Urdu books worth Rs. 11.75 lakhs have been sold.