COMMITTEE'S RESOLUTION DATED MARCH 20-21, 1990 REGARDING INTERIM REPORT AND EMPOWERED COMMITTEES

The Committee constituted for making recommendations for the implementation of the Gujral Committee report for Promotion of Urdu has carefully considered in its meeting held on March 2021, 1990, the D.O. letter No.F.13-2/90-D.III(L), dated March 14, 1990 of Shri S.Gopalan, Additional Secretary, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, addressed to Shri.K.K.Kullar, Member- Secretary, regarding the submission of an Interim Report of the Committee by 30th April, 1990.

The Committee would make earnest efforts to submit an Interim Report by the date suggested but is unanimously of the view that it is essential for its meaningful working that the Government of India immediately sets up an Inter-ministerial Empowered Committee on the usual pattern followed in such cases to take substantive decisions on Gujral Committee's recommendations and also write an urgent letter to the State Governments to set up similar Committees for deciding on issues within their purview.

The Committee urges that the Government of India should ensure that the suggested Empowered Committee shall complete its Report within a month from the date so that this Committee is enabled to finalise practical recommendations for implementation after taking substantive decisions of the Government of India and State Governments into view.

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