APPENDIX D(c)- REPORT ON WORK IN CONNECTION WITH PREPARATION OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS IN HINDI AND THE POPULARISATION OF HINDI IN NON-HINDI SPEAKING STATES
Preparation of scientific terminology.-To implement the resolution of the Central Advisory Board of Education in regard to international scientific and technical terms in Hindi and to lay down the principles according to which international terms may be adapted to the genius of Indian Languages a Board of Scientific Terminology was set up. The Board held its first meeting on 11th December, 1950 and recommended the establishment of an Organisation in the Ministry to deal with this work. The Board also recommended that a Committee of Philologists be set up to advise on the various aspects of the subject and to lay down the general principles of translation of terms etc. For the time being, the work will be confined to the ten sub- jects mentioned below :-
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Zoology, Botany, Agriculture, Geology, Social Sciences and Administrative subjects and Defence terms.
Each subject is to be in the charge of a committee of three Experts with power to co-opt additional members, if necessary.
In accordance with the above recommendations of the Board the Ministry of Education have set up a separate Hindi Section in the Ministry. A Committee of Philologists was set up in June 1951 and at its first meeting the Committee recommended general principles for transliteration and coining of scientific terms in Hindi
The ten Expert Committees have also been set up. The Conveners of these committees met on lit February, 1952 and, while discussing the future programme of work, recommended 'hat scientific terms commonly used up to high school standard should be taken up first.
Popularisation of Hindi.-In March 1951 a Conference of 27 Hindi organisations operating in Non-Hindi speaking areas was arranged. The Conference discussed various measures to be taken for the propagation of Hindi. These suggestions were examined and some of them have been incorporated in the five-year plan prepared by the Ministry. Details of this plan are given in last para. below.
Later, another conference of leading Hindi organisations was called in June, 1951. It recommended the setting up of a Central Organisation (Hindi Shiksha Samiti) for the purpose of advising the Government of India from time to time on matters relating to propagation and development of Hindi.
The Hindi Shiksha Samiti met in January 1952 and made various recommendations which are under the consideration of Government. All State Governments have already been requested to introduce Hindi as a compulsory subject in the Secondary Schools.
The five-year plan prepared by the Ministry, for the propagation and development of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking areas includes the following schemes :-
1. Preparation of dictionaries of scientific and technical terms in Hindi
2. Setting lip of a Central Hindi Organisation.
3. Giving grants to approved Hindi Organisations engaged in spreading Hindi in the non-Hindi areas.
4. Opening of a new Hindi Section in the Ministry.
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5. Establishment of a Library of Hindi books at the centre.
6. Preparation of dictionaries of Hindi to/from regional languages.
7. Translation of selected books from other languages into Hindi.
8. Translation of text-books of other languages into Hindi.
9. Award of prizes for original works in Hindi.
10. Starting Hindi classes for Central Government employees.
11. Holding of exhibitions of Hindi books, charts etc.
12. Preparation of bilingual series of books.
13. Preparation of a dictionary of Basic Hindi words.
14. Preparation of a dictionary of words common to Hindi and other Regional languages.
Action has already been initiated on 1 to 5 and 6 to 10 of the above schemes.