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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-23122025-268773
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I-Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025/PAUSHA 2, 1947
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 22nd December, 2025
F. No. 13035/13/2022-O.L.U. In pursuance of the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home
Affairs' O.M. No. 11011/03/2024-OL(Re.) dated 28th October, 2024, Government of India, hereby, decides to
reconstitute Hindi Salahkar Samiti of the Ministry of Education. The composition, functions & tenure of the
reconstituted Samiti will be as under:-
I. Minister of Education Chairman
II. Minister of State for Education (Dr. Sukanta Majumdar) Vice Chairman
III. Non-Official Members
(04 members of Parliament nominated by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs)
1. Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Member
2. Dr. Sambit Patra, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Member
3. Dr. Kalpana Saini, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Member
4. Shri Ashok Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Member
02 Members of Parliament nominated by the Parliamentary Committee on
Official Language
5. Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Member
6. Shri Ram Chander Jangra, Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha) Member
01 Representative of Kendriya Sachivalaya Hindi Parishad
7. Shri Mohan Prakash Dubey Member
C.-3134, First Floor, Green Field Coloni, Faridabad-121010
01 Representative of Vishwa Hindi Parishad, a Voluntary Organization for
propagation of Hindi at all india level.
8. Shri Devi Prasad Mishra Member
S-32, First Floor, Business Complex, Green Park, Near Uphar Cinema, New
Delhi-110016
04 scholars nominated by the Ministry of Education
9. Prof. N. Lakshmi Aiyar, Visiting Professor, Indian Council for Cultural Member
Relations(ICCR), Srilanka, Former Professor and Head of Department of
Hindi, Rajasthan Central University.
10. Dr. Sunil Jogi(Padma Shri), President, Maa Foundation, Member
New Delhi,
Flat No.-5184, A.T.S Advantage, Ahinsa Khand, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad-
201014, Uttar Pradesh.
11. Shri Abhinav Chauhan, Co-editor, Avilom Sahityik Patrika, C-85, Street No.- Member
3, Prem Nagar, Cross Line, Muradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh
12. Prof. (Retd.) Mohan, Department of Hindi, Delhi University, New Delhi. Flat Member
No. 214, First floor, C&D Block, Pocket-1, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi-110088
03 members nominated by Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Official
Language
13. Shri Bhagirath Ojha, P. M. Dutta Road, Ward No.-1, Near District Library, Member
Dhubri, Assam-783301
14. Dr. Chand Kishore, Village Upper Mian Behad, Near Rim Tower, Dhalpur, Member
Kullu, Himachal Pradesh - 175101
15. Prof. H. K. Mishra, Department of Hindi, North-Eastern Hill Member
University(NEHU), Shillong-793022
IV. Official Members (Ex-Officio)
1. Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education Member
2. Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Member
Education
3. Secretary, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs Member
4. Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs Member
5. Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education. Member
6. Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry Member
of Education.
7. Chairman, University Grant Commission, New Delhi. Member
8. Joint Secretary (Languages), Ministry of Education Member
9. Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha. Member
10. Director, Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi. Member
11. Chairman, National Institute of Open Schooling, Noida(U.P) Member
12. Chairman, Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, New Member
Delhi
13. Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi Member
14. Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Noida (U.P) Member
15. Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi Member
16. Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, Member
New Delhi.
17. Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi. Member
18. Director, National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi. Member
19. Director, Central Hindi Institute, Agra (U.P) Member
20. Director, Indian Language Institute, Mysore. Member
21. Director/Joint/Deputy Director (Official Language), Department of Higher Member
Education, Ministry of Education
22. Joint Secretary (Official Language and Administration) Department of Higher Member-
Education, Ministry of Education Secretary
V. FUNCTIONS:
The function of the Hindi Salahkar Samiti is to advise the Ministry, its attached and Subordinate offices on
implementation of the constitutional provisions relating to official language, provisions of the Official Language Act
and Rules, decisions of the Central Hindi Committee and directions/instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs
(Department of Official Language) and to promote use of Hindi in the working of the Ministry/Department concerned.
If the Hindi Salahkar Samiti suggests changes in the Official Language Policy or any directions/instructions issued in
connection therewith, then the same can be implemented only with the consent of the Department of Official Language.
VI. TENURE:
1. The tenure of the Samiti will ordinarily be for 03 years from the date of its reconstitution.
2. If a person is nominated as member during the tenure of the Samiti, he/she will hold the office for the
residual tenure of the Samiti.
3. In special circumstances, the tenure of the Samiti may be curtailed or extended by the Ministry.
4. Members of Parliament who are the members of the Samiti shall cease to be members as soon as they
cease to be Member of Parliament.
5. Ex-officio members of the Samiti shall continue as members as long as they hold office by virtue of
which they are members of the Samiti.
VII. GENERAL :
The Headquarters of the Samiti shall be at New Delhi. All correspondences related to the Samiti will be
addressed to e-mail rajbhasha.edu@gmail.com
VIII. T.A. AND OTHER ALLOWANCES:
(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 & Pension) Act,
1954" and amendments issued from time to time and rules made thereunder vide Department of
Official Language Office Memorandum No. II/20034/04/2005-O.L (Policy-2), dated 03.02.2006 for
participating in meetings of the Samiti.
(b) Keeping in view the high level status of the Committee, 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(A-2) dated 22nd of January, 1987 and
in accordance with the revised/prescribed rates and rules as amended from time to time by the
Government of India.
SYED EKRAM RIZWI, Jt. Secy.
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SARVESH KUMAR Digitally signed by SARVESH
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