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This Resolution announces the reconstitution of the Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, superseding a previous resolution dated June 8, 2022.

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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) issued a Resolution on August 22, 2025 (F. No. E. 11015/1/2018-Hindi), published in the Gazette of India on September 1, 2025, to reconstitute its Hindi Salahakar Samiti. This new resolution supersedes the Ministry's Resolution No. E.11015/1/2018-Hindi, dated June 8, 2022, and subsequent amendments. The reconstituted Samiti has a three-year tenure from its constitution date, with its headquarters in New Delhi. Its functions include reviewing the implementation of the Official Language Policy as per the Constitution of India, Official Language Act and Rules, Kendriya Hindi Samiti decisions, and Department of Official Language instructions, and advising on increasing Hindi usage within the Ministry and its attached/subordinate offices. The committee's composition includes the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment as Chairperson (Dr. VIRENDRA KUMAR), two Ministers of State (SHRI B.L. VERMA and SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE), 4 members nominated by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, 2 members by the Committee of Parliament on Official Language, 4 Hindi Scholars nominated by the Ministry, representatives from Kendriya Sachivalaya Hindi Parishad and Nagripracharini Sabha, Varanasi, 3 members nominated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Official Language), various official members from the Departments of Social Justice & Empowerment, Empowerment of Persons with Disability, and Official Language, and representatives from 15 offices/corporations/institutes under the Ministry. Traveling and Daily Allowances for Members of Parliament are governed by the 'Members of Parliament (Salary, Allowance and Pension) Act, 1954', while other non-official members follow guidelines from Department of Official Language O.M. No. II/22034/04/86-OL(I-2) dated January 22, 1987, and Government of India prescribed rates, referencing O.M. No. II/20034/04/2005-O.L. (Policy-2), dated February 3, 2006.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02092025-265877 EXTRAORDINARY PART I-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 236] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2025/BHADRA 10, 1947 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 22nd August, 2025 F. No. E. 11015/1/2018-Hindi-In supersession of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment's Resolution No. E.11015/1/2018-Hindi, dated 08th of June, 2022 as amended from time to time, Government of India has decided to reconstitute Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability). The composition, functions and tenure etc. of the Samiti shall be as follow: 1. COMPOSITON +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 1.| Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | Chairperson | | | (Dr. VIRENDRA KUMAR) | | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 2.| Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment| Dy. Chairperson| | | (SHRI B.L. VERMA) | | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 3.| Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment| Member | | | (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE) | | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ 2. Non-Official Members Members nominated by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (4) +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 4.| Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Lok Sabha | Member | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 5.| Smt. Sandhya Ray, Lok Sabha | Member | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 6.| Shri Dhairyashil Mohan Patil, Rajya Sabha | Member | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 7.| Shri Ryaga Krishnaiah, Rajya Sabha | Member | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Members nominated by the Committee of Parliament on Official Language (2) +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 8.| Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Lok Sabha | Member | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 9.| Shri Ramchander Jangra, Rajya Sabha | Member | +---+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Hindi Scholars nominated by the Ministry (4) +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 10.| Prof. Rasal Singh, 17, First Floor, BD Estate, Mall | Member | | | Road, Delhi-110054 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 11.| Dr. Rajat Sharma, B-280, First Floor, Swarnjayanti | Member | | | Puram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201013 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 12.| Dr. Archana Gaitonde, H. No. 799, Saraswati Niwas, | Member | | | Teen Manas, Bambordem, Moira, Bardez, Goa-477445 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 13.| Adv.(Dr.) B. Madhu, T.C. 18/851-1, Aiswarya, Armada | Member | | | P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695032 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Representative of Kendriya Sachivalaya Hindi Parishad +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 14.| Shri Narendra Singh, A-3, Hydel Colony, Malikapuram,| Member | | | Govindnagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh -110018 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Representative of Nagripracharini Sabha, Varanasi +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 15.| Vyomesh Shukla, K. 58/21, Bada Ganesh, Lohatia, | Member | | | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221001 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Members Nominated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Deptt. of Official Language) +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 16.| Dr. Seema Sharma, 220, Kautilya Nagar, Vidhayak | Member | | | Colony, Patna-800014 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 17.| Sh. Vishnu Saini, 158 Krishna Nagar, Near Zila | Member | | | Parishad, Bharatpur, Rajasthan-321001 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 18.| Prof. Sitaram K. Pawar, Head of Department of Hindi,| Member | | | Karnataka University, Dharwad-580003 | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Official Members Representatives of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 19.| Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment | Member | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 20.| Additional Secretary (CKD), Department of Social | Member | | | Justice & Empowerment | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 21.| Additional Secretary (BS), Department of Social | Member | | | Justice & Empowerment | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 22.| Joint Secretary (OL/Estt.), Department of Social | Member Secretary | | | Justice & Empowerment | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ Representatives of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 23.| Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons | Member | | | with Disability | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 24.| Additional Secretary, Department of Empowerment | Member | | | of Persons with Disability | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 25.| Joint Secretary (O.L. Matters), Department of | Member | | | Empowerment of Persons with Disability | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Representatives of Department of Official Language +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 26.| Secretary, Department of Official Language, M/o Home| Member | | | Affairs | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 27.| Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language, | Member | | | M/o Home Affairs | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Representatives from the Offices/Corporations/Institutes/Foundations/Trust/ Commissions etc. under the Deptt. of Social Justice & Empowerment and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 28.| Secretary, National Commission for Schduled Castes, | Member | | | New Delhi. | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 29.| Secretary, National Commission for Safai | Member | | | Karamcharis, New Delhi. | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 30.| Secretary, National Commission for Backward Classes,| Member | | | New Delhi. | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 31.| Chairman cum Managing Director, National Scheduled | Member | | | Castes Finance and Development Corporation, New | | | | Delhi. | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 32.| Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis | Member | | | Finance & Development | | +----+---------------------------------------------------+----------+ Corporation, New Delhi. +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 33.| Managing Director, National Backward Classes Finance and | Member | | | Development Corporation, New Delhi. | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 34.| Chief Executive Officer, Development and Welfare Board for De-notified,| | | Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Communities, New Delhi | Member | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 35.| Director, National Institute of Social Defence, New Delhi. | Member | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 36.| Director, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, New Delhi. | Member | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 37.| Member Secretary, Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation, New Delhi.| Member | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 38.| Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Rehabilitation Council | Member | | | of India, New Delhi | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 39.| Chief Commissioner for persons with Disabilities, New Delhi | Member | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 40.| Joint Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, National Trust, New Delhi| Member | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 41.| Chairman & Managing Director, Artificial Limbs Manufacturing | Member | | | Corporation of India (ALIMCO), Kanpur, UP | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 42.| Chairperson and Managing Director, National Handicapped Finance | Member | | | and Development Corporation (NDFDC), New Delhi | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 43.| Director, National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with | Member | | | Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan), Chennai, Tamil Nadu | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 44.| Director, Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation | Member | | | Training and Research (SVNIRTAR), Cuttak, Odisha. | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 45.| Director, National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, | Member | | | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 46.| Director, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing | Member | | | Handicapped, Mumbai | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 47.| Director, National Institute For Locomotor Disabilities | Member | | | (Divyangjan), Kolkata | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 48.| Director, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for | Member | | | Persons with Physical Disabilities (Divyangjan), New Delhi | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 49.| Director, National Institute for the Empowerment of the Persons | Member | | | with Intellectual Disabilities, Divyangjan (NIEPID), Secunderabad,| | | Telangana | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 50.| Director, Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre | Member | | | (ISLRTC), New Delhi | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 51.| Director, National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation | Member | | | (NIMHR), Sehore, M.P. | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | 52.| Deputy Director, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Training Centre For | Member | | | Disability Sports (ABVTCDS), Gwalior, M.P. | | +----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ 2. FUNCTIONS: The functions of the Committee will be to review the implementation of the Official Language Policy as envisaged in the Constitution of India, Official Language Act & the Rules made thereunder, decisions of the Kendriya Hindi Samiti and the instructions issued by the Department of Official Language and also to render advice in regard to increasing the use of Hindi in the working of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability) and its Attached and Subordinate offices. 3. TENURE: The tenure of the Committee will be for three years from the date of its constitution. The Members of Parliament, who are members of the Committee, shall cease to be members of the Committee on the dissolution of the House or on expiry of their term or otherwise ceasing to be member of the House. The ex-officio members of the Committee will remain members of the Committee till they work in their respective posts. If a vacancy arises in the Committee, the member nominated against that vacancy shall hold office for the remaining period. Under special circumstances, the tenure of the Committee may be curtailed or extended. 4. GENERAL: The Headquarters of the Committee shall be at New Delhi and its meetings are required to be held in Delhi region. 5. T.A/D.A. & Other Allowances The Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs vide their Office Memorandum No. II/20034/04/2005-O.L. (Policy-2), dated 03 Februarry, 2006 has stated that as the 15 non-official members include 6 Members of Parliament, nominated in the Hindi Salahakar Samitis constituted by Central Ministries/Departments, so the provision regarding travelling/daily allowance is made more elaborated in the following manner:- (a) The Members of Parliament nominated in the Samiti will be paid Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance as per the provisions in the "Members of Parliament (Salary, Allowance and Pension) Act, 1954", amendments issued from time to time and rules made thereunder. (b) Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance to other non-official members of the Samiti will be paid as per the guidelines contained in the Department of Official Language O.M. No. II/22034/04/86-OL(I-2) dated 22nd January, 1987 and in accordance with the prescribed rates and rules as amended from time to time by the Government of India. ORDER Ordered that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to all Ministries/Departments of Government of India, all State Governments and Union Territory Administrations, President's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office, Cabinet Secretariat, Committee of Parliament on Official languages, Ministry of Parliament Affairs, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Union Public Service Commission, Election Commission of India, NITI Ayog, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Accountant General Central Revenue, Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability). Ordered also that a copy of this Resolution be published in the Gazette of India for general information. SHAILENDRA KUMAR, Jt. Secy.

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