Punjab to have Punjabi as official language
Education and Languages, Civil Aviation, Vigilance and Justice Minister Punjab Upinderjit Kaur on Saturday directed to make official use of Punjabi compulsory in the state.
By PTI |
CHANDIGARH: Education and Languages, Civil Aviation, Vigilance and Justice Minister Punjab Upinderjit Kaur on Saturday directed all the departments, boards/corporations, subordinate courts and educational institutions to make official use of Punjabi in the right earnest keeping in view the spirit of ordinance to amend Punjab Languages Act (PLA) making use of the language compulsory in the state.
"In pursuance to the unanimous resolutions adopted by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha recently, a collective responsibility on our shoulders has been added to promote our mother tongue Punjabi in the state and to give due recognition to Punjabi as an ordinance had been drafted to amend the statutory PLA to make Punjabi as an official language at all administrative level including subordinate courts and universities in Punjab", she said.
The proposed ordinance on Punjabi language implementation had been made legally watertight act by incorporating punitive measures for erring officials.
Elaborating the directions being issued to various heads of departments, district authorities and educational institutes, the language minister said that they would have to replace their name plates, notice boards, forms, applications and other documents in Punjabi and use Punjabi as an official language in their day to day functions.
"Those flouting the rules and regulations would invite punitive measures as enshrined in the ordinance as well as the Punjab Civil Service rules", cautioned the Minister.
"In pursuance to the unanimous resolutions adopted by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha recently, a collective responsibility on our shoulders has been added to promote our mother tongue Punjabi in the state and to give due recognition to Punjabi as an ordinance had been drafted to amend the statutory PLA to make Punjabi as an official language at all administrative level including subordinate courts and universities in Punjab", she said.
The proposed ordinance on Punjabi language implementation had been made legally watertight act by incorporating punitive measures for erring officials.
Elaborating the directions being issued to various heads of departments, district authorities and educational institutes, the language minister said that they would have to replace their name plates, notice boards, forms, applications and other documents in Punjabi and use Punjabi as an official language in their day to day functions.
"Those flouting the rules and regulations would invite punitive measures as enshrined in the ordinance as well as the Punjab Civil Service rules", cautioned the Minister.
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