Govt Committee of Parliament on Official Language Jobs 2023 - Sarkari Naukri

Mahatma Gandhi, in his address to the Gujrat Education Conference at Bharuch in 1917 had stressed the need for a national language and expressed that Hindi is the only language that could be adopted as a national language because this is a language spoken by a majority of the Indians. It has the potential of being used as an economic, religious, and political communication link. The Constitution makers had deliberated the issue of Official Language in detail at the time of framing the Constitution and it was decided that Hindi in Devanagari script should be adopted as the official language of the Union. This is the basis of declaring Hindi as the Official Language of the Union under Article 343(1). At the time of framing and adoption of the Constitution, it was envisaged that English will continue to be used for executive, judicial and legal purposes for an initial period of 15 years i.e. till 1965. Besides, it was provided that the President may authorize the use of the Hindi language for some specific purposes.