Chennai: The Central Government has sanctioned a total grant of Rs 41.97 crore to the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai. Promotion classical Tamil in the last five years.
Under various schemes of grants for promotion of Indian languages, the central government allocates funds for promotion of Sindhi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi and other scheduled/non-scheduled languages. The grant allocated in the last five years was Rs 2,367.63 crore, the union said. Minister for state education, Annapurna DeviReplying to a question raised by DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran in the Lok Sabha.
The Minister said that the policy of the Central Government is to promote all Indian languages including Classical Tamil and several steps have been taken in this regard. A grant of Rs 5.10 crore was released in 2016-17 and Rs 10.67 crore in the next financial year. Rs 4.65 crore and Rs 9.8 crore were released in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively, while Rs 11.73 crore was released during the last financial year. “The National Education Policy 2020, wherever possible, provides for the medium of instruction in the mother tongue/local language at least up to class 5 and preferably up to class VIII,” Devi said.
The Central Government established CICT, Chennai to promote Classical Tamil. CICT has 42 publications in book format and 8 in multimedia and non-book format.
Under various schemes of grants for promotion of Indian languages, the central government allocates funds for promotion of Sindhi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi and other scheduled/non-scheduled languages. The grant allocated in the last five years was Rs 2,367.63 crore, the union said. Minister for state education, Annapurna DeviReplying to a question raised by DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran in the Lok Sabha.
The Minister said that the policy of the Central Government is to promote all Indian languages including Classical Tamil and several steps have been taken in this regard. A grant of Rs 5.10 crore was released in 2016-17 and Rs 10.67 crore in the next financial year. Rs 4.65 crore and Rs 9.8 crore were released in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively, while Rs 11.73 crore was released during the last financial year. “The National Education Policy 2020, wherever possible, provides for the medium of instruction in the mother tongue/local language at least up to class 5 and preferably up to class VIII,” Devi said.
The Central Government established CICT, Chennai to promote Classical Tamil. CICT has 42 publications in book format and 8 in multimedia and non-book format.
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