APPENDIX A (h) REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS SCHEMES FOR PROMOTION OF HINDI UNDER THE SECOND FIVE-YEAR PLAN DURING 1956-57
The schemes of the Hindi Division for the Propagation and Development of Hindi under the Second Five-Year Plan fall into two categories, viz., (A) Central schemes which are to be financed entirely by the Centre, and(B) schemes which are being implemented by the State Governments with financial assistance from the Central Government on percentage basis. The progress made in the implementation of these schemes during 1956-57 is given below.
(A) CENTRAL SCHEMES The Central schemes include (i) five schemes carried over from. the First Five-Year PIan for which a provision of Rs. 26 lakhs has been made during the Second Plan period, and (ii) eleven fresh schemes included in the Second Five Year Plan during 1956-57 with a total Plan provision of Rs. 41.02 lakhs. A list of these schemes is given at Annexure X.
Schemes carried over from the First Five- Year Plan (i) Payment of Grants to Hindi Organisations-Under this scheme grants are given to Hindi organisations of all-India character for the development of Hindi in general. Grants amounting to Rs. 1,24,480 were sanctioned during 1956-57 to various Hindi organisations for that purpose.
(ii) Preparation of Hindi Encyclopaedia-The work of preparing the Encyclopaedia has been entrusted to the Nagri Pracharini Sabha, Banaras. The Encyclopaedia will be in ten volumes of 500 pages each. A grant of Rs.35,000 out of a total estimated expenditue of Rs. 6.5 lakhs was paid to the Sabha during 1956-57. The Sabha appointed one Associate Editor to start the work.
(iii) Preparation of Elementary Readers on Scientific lines for the non-Hindi speaking States-On the recommendation of the Hindi Shiksha Samiti it was. decided to prepare, in the first instance, a list of 2000 Basic Hindi words for use in the proposed Readers with the help of a committee of experts. The list was prepared. It is under revision at present.
(iv) Preparation of Devanagri Alphabet Charts-The object of this scheme is to enable the people of the non-Hindi speaking areas to learn Devanagri script through the medium. of their own mother tongue. In June, 1956 a Press Note was issued inviting model charts from. publishers etc. The entries received were found to be below the mark and also too few in number. Another Press Note was, therefore, issued extending the date of receipt of charts from publishers to 30th June, 1957.
(v) Preparation of Manuals on the basis of Terminologies Evolved-They work of preparing manuals on five subjects, viz., Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Mathematics and Civics was taken up. The manuscript of the manual in Physics was prepared during 1956-57.
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Fresh Schemes included in the Second Five- Year Plan During 1956-57 broad details of these schemes were prepared, and two Special Committees of Hindi; Experts, chosen from various universities were set up to get those details vetted. Under the scheme of awarding prizes on Hindi books about 300 books published during 1955 were received for consideration. They are under evaluation.
(B) SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH STATE
GOVERNMENTS Under this scheme grants are given to non-Hindi speaking States on percentage basis for the implementation of their approved schemes. A total provision of Rs. 25.0 lakhs has been made for this scheme under the Second Five-Year Plan. A statement showing the grants sanctioned to the various. non-Hindi speaking States during 1956-57 is given at Statement XVI. These grants covered 66 per cent of the total expenditure involved in "Fresh" schemes and 50 per cent of that involved in 'continuing' schemes.
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ANNEXURE X
List of Central Schemes on Propagation and Development of Hindi in the Second Five- Year Plan
Promotion of Hindi and other National Languages
Total Provision
Schemes carried over from the First Five-Year Plan (Rs. in lakhs)
(i) Payment of grants to Hindi organisations .. .. ..
(ii) Preparation of Hindi Encyclopaedia .. .. ..
(iii) Preparation of Elementary Readers on scientific lines for non-Hindi speak-
ing States } 26.0
(iv) Preparation of Devanagri Alphabet Charts .. .. ..
(v) Preparation of Manuals on the basis of Terminologies Evolved ..
Fresh Schemes
(1) Preparation of terminological Index of all Standard Hindi Works-old and new 1.5
(2) Collection and Indexing of Special Vocabularies on Arts and Crafts with the
help of Existing Literature and Actual Field Work .. .. .. 5.0
(3) Rese arch into Frequency of Hindi Words .. .. .. 10.0
(4) Organisation of Debating Teams of schools and colleges from non-Hindi
speaking areas to Hindi speaking areas and vice-versa .. .. .. 1.0
(5) Organisation of Lecture Tours by Prominent Hindi Scholars and Writers of
Hindi areas to non-Hindi speaking areas and vice versa .. .. .. 1.0
(6) Holding of Seminars of Hindi Teachers of non-Hindi speaking areas in Hindi
speaking areas and vice-versa .. .. .. 1.5
(7) Investigation of Terminological Material in old Literature .. .. .. 0.52
(8) Prizes on Hindi Books .. .. .. .. .. 1.0
(9) Preparation of Technical Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries and other Reference
Books in Hindi 14.5
(10) Publishing Revised and Critical Editions of Standard Hindi Works-now out-
-of-print .. .. .. .. .. 2.5
(11) Publication of Omnibus Volumes of the Works of Eminent Hindi Writers 2.5
Total .. 67.02
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STATEMENT XVI
Statement showing Grants given to and Amounts utilised by State Governments for promotion of Hindi during 1956-57
Serial Name of State Purpose of Grants Amount Amount Items Remarks
No. Sanctioned Utilized Imple-
mented
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rs. Rs.
1 Andhra .. .. Balance of Central Government's share of 4,228 * *
expenditure for 1955-56
2 Assam .. .. (i) Construction of a building for Hindi Tea- 66,000 * *
chers' Training Centre
3 Bombay .. .. (i) Short-term courses in Hindi for Teachers
(ii) Supply of books to school libraries .. 19,750 * *
4 Jammu & Kashmir .. (i) Distribution of Hindi Literature .. 16,500 * *
(ii) Scholarship to students ..
(iii) Aids to non-Government schools for tea-
ching Hindi ..
(iv) Supply of free textbooks to students .. *Information
for columns 5
(v) Award of prizes and certificates .. and 6 has not
yet been rece-
(vi) Preparation of hind Charts for schools .. ived from the
State Govern-
ments
5 Kerala .. .. (i) Maintenance of a Hindi Teachers' Training
Centre .. 24,000 * *
(ii) Balance of Central Government's share of 30,966 * *
expenditure for 1955-56
6 Madras .. Balance of Central Government's share of expen- 1,381
diture for 1954-55 and 1955-56
7 Mysore .. (i) Grants to three Hindi Organizations in Mys- 13,200 * *
ore for Hindi conferences and basic Hindi classes
(ii) Running of 63 free hindi classes ..
8 Coorg .. .. (i) Opening of Hindi classes .. 5,240 * *
(ii) Supply of Hindi books to school and college
libraries ..
(iii) Training of one Hindi Pracharak ..
(iv) Appointment of one full-time Hindi Pracharak
(v) Grant of one scholarship for higher studies
in Hindi ..
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STATEMENT XVI-contd.
Serial Name of State Purpose of Grants Amount Amount Items Remarks
No. Sanctioned Utilized Imple-
mented
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rs. Rs.
9 Orissa .. .. (i) Establishment of a Training centre 53,500 * *
(ii) Introduction of Hindi in degree
colleges ..
(iii) Grant to utkal Prantiya Rashtrabhasha
Prachar Sabha for opening Hindi centres
10 Punjab .. .. Establishment of a Training centre for trai- 8,580 * *
ning of Hindi teachers
11 West Bengal .. .. (i) Maintenance of sign-boards with Hindi
writings .. 17,000 * * *Information for
columns 5 and 6
has not yet been
received from
the State Gover-
ments
(ii) Appointment of Hindi teachers in Juni-
or basic Training colleges
(iii) Grants to Hindi organizations .. ..
(iv) Appointment of part-time hindi teachers ..
12 Manipur .. .. (i) Award of two scholarships for higher studies
in Hindi .. 7,560 * * -
(ii) Deputation of a teacher for training out-
side the State ..
(iii) Grant-in-aid to 20 Hindi schools .. ..
(iv) Grant-in-aid to the Manipur Hindi Maha-
vidyalaya ..
13 Tripura .. .. Grants to Hindi Teaching organizations .. .. 16,000 * *
Total .. 2,83,905
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