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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-20122025-268676
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 27, 1947
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 18th December, 2025
F.No. No. E. 11016/1/2024-O.L. In supersession of the Ministry of Culture Resolution No. E-
11016/1/2019-O.L., dated 31st August, 2021, the Government of India has decided to reconstitute the Hindi Advisory
Committee of the Ministry of Culture. The Composition, functions and tenure etc. of the reconstituted Committee,
will be as under:-
I. COMPOSITION
Hon'ble Minister of Culture Chairman
Hon'ble Minister of State (Culture) Vice Chairman
II. Non-Official Members
Nominated by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
1. Ms Kangna Ranaut Member
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
2. Shri Rodmal Nagar Member
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
3. Shri Nabam Rebia Member
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
4. Shri Sadanand Mhalu Shet Tanavade Member
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
Members nominated by Parliamentary Committee on Official Language
5. Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri Member
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
6. Shri Ram Chander Jangra Member
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
Members nominated by the Ministry of Culture
7. Prof. Sanjay Kumar Member
Quarter No.- T-51, Block No.-VII,
Mizoram University Campus,
Aizawl, Mizoram-796004
8. Dr. Priya Rani P S Member
Preetha Bhavan, T C 21/510,
Pallithanam Nedumcadu, Karamana P.O
Thiruvananthapuram-695002
9. Prof. Punam Kumari Member
CIL/SLL & CS,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi-110067
10. Ms T G Kalavathi Member
D No. 6-26/45, Surya Buildings,
Opp. Baba Medicals, Bose Road,
Tenali-522201, Guntur Dist.,
Andhra Pradesh
Member nominated by Vishwa Hindi Parishad
11. Shri Deepak Kumar Thakur Member
C/o Dr. C.P. Thakur, Fraser Road
Patna-800001, Bihar
Member nominated by Nagari Pracharini Sabha
12. Shri Vyomesh Shukla Member
K. 58/21, Bada Ganesh,
Lohatia, Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh-221001
Members nominated by the Department of Official Language
13. Shri Mahesh Shamrao Palande Member
Saksham Enterprises, 01, First Floor,
Raj Ssquare, Above ICICI Bank,
Opposite Reliance Fresh, Sus Pashan Road,
Pashan, Pune-411021
14. Shri Arun Lamba Member
Village Nangla Jogian (49),
Faridabad, Haryana-121004
15. Shri Mukul Garg Member
GF 350, Sector-11,
Vasundhara, Ghaziabad-201012
Official Members
16. Secretary, Deptt. of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs
17. Secretary, Ministry of Culture
18. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Culture
19. Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Culture
20. Joint Secretary (ASI), Ministry of Culture
21. Joint Secretary (Museum), Ministry of Culture
22. Joint Secretary (C&C), Ministry of Culture
23. Joint Secretary (Admin. & O.L.), Ministry of Culture Member Secretary
24. Joint Secretary, Deptt. of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs
25. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
26. Director General, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi
27. Director General, National Library, Kolkata, West Bengal
28. Director General, National Gallery of Modern Arts, New Delhi
29. Director General, National Museum, New Delhi
30. Director General, National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh
31. Director General, Delhi Public Library, Delhi
32. Director General, National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata, West Bengal
33. Director General, Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, West Bengal
34. Vice Chancellor, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi, U.P.
35. Vice Chancellor, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda, Bihar
36. Vice Chancellor, Indian Institute of Heritage, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
37. Member Secretary, National Culture Fund, Puratatva Bhavan, New Delhi
38. Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
39. Member Secretary, National Monument Authority, New Delhi
40. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal
41. Director, Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
42. Director, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi
43. Director, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh, Ladakh
44. Director, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi
45. Director, Indian Museum, Kolkata, West Bengal
46. Director, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
47. Director, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, Tamilnadu
48. Director, Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna, Bihar
49. Director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, West Bengal
50. Director, National School of Drama, New Delhi
51. Director, Prime Minister Museum & Library, New Delhi
52. Director, Rampur Raza Library, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
53. Director, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, Telangana
54. Director, North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, Punjab
55. Director, North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
56. Director, North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur, Nagaland
57. Director, South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra
58. Director, South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
59. Director, West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur, Rajasthan
60. Director, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal
61. Director, Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies, Arunachal Pradesh
62. Secretary General, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, West Bengal
63. Secretary & Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, West Bengal
64. Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
65. Secretary, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
66. Secretary, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
67. Librarian, Central Reference Library, Kolkata, West Bengal
Functions of The Committee
The functions of the Committee are to render advice regarding implementation of the provisions Acts/Rules
relating to Official Language contained in the Constitution, Policy decisions of the Kendriya Hindi Samiti,
instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Department of Official Language and also regarding the
Progressive use of Hindi in the Ministry of Culture and its Attached/Subordinate Offices/Autonomous Institutions.
Tenure
The tenure of the members of the Samiti shall ordinarily be three years from the date of its constitution
provided that:
(a) Members of Parliament who are the members of the Committee shall cease to be members as soon as
they cease to be Members of Parliament.
(b) Ex-officio Members of the Committee shall continue as Members as long as they hold the office by
virtue of which they are Members of the Committee.
(c) If any vacancy arises on the Committee due to resignation or death of a Member, the Member
appointed in that capacity shall hold the office for the residual term of three years.
(d) Tenure of the Committee can be extended or curtailed in the special circumstances.
TRAVELLING AND OTHER ALLOWANCES
As per Department of Official Language's Office Memorandum No. II/20034/4/2005-O.L (Policy-2) dated
03.02.2006. Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance to Non Official Members of the committee will be paid as
under:-
(a) The Members of Parliament nominated in this committee will be paid travelling Allowance and Daily allowance
for attending the meetings of the Committee as per the provisions of the Members of Parliament (Salary, Allowance
and Pension), Act, 1954 and Rules made thereunder and the amendments issued from time to time.
(b) Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance to other Non-Official Members of the Committee will be paid as per
guidelines contained in the Department of Official Language's Office Memorandum No. II/2/22034/4/86-O.L (A-2)
dated 22 January, 1987 and in accordance with the prescribed rates and rules of the Government of India as amended
from time to time.
GENERAL :
The headquarters of the Samiti shall be in New Delhi. As per the decision taken during the 31st meeting of
the Kendriya Hindi Samiti constituted under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister, held on 06.09.2018 and
according to the Department of Official Language letter no. 14013/01/2019 dated 21.01.2029, meetings of Hindi
Salahakar Samiti should be held in Delhi.
ORDER
Ordered that a copy of this resolution be sent to all Members of the Committee, all State Governments and
Union Territory Administrations, President Secretariat, Vice President Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office, Cabinet
Secretariat, Parliament Committee on Official Language, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Accountant
General, Central Revenue, Niti Aayog, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Pay and Accounts office of
Ministry of Culture and all the Ministries and Departments of the Government of India.
Ordered also that the Resolution may be published in the Gazette of India for general information.
Dr. ARVIND KUMAR, Jt. Secy.
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