Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Tourism

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-25022026-270475 EXTRAORDINARY PART I—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 40] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026/PHALGUNA 6, 1947 1386 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF TOURISM RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 3rd February, 2026 F. No. E/1/2025-OL.- In suppression of Ministry of Tourism Resolution no. E-11016/3/2019-Hindi, dated 23.02.2023, the Government of India has decided to re-constitute the Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry of Tourism as follows: MINISTER OF TOURISM Chairman MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM Vice Chairman Non-Official Members: Nominated by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 1. Sh. Indra Hang Subba (Lok Sabha) Member 2. Mrs. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (Lok Sabha) Member 3. Dr. Sasmit Patra (Rajya Sabha) Member 4. Sh. Mayank Bhai Jaydev Bhai Nayak (Rajya Sabha) Member Nominated by Committee of Parliament on Official Language 5. Sh. Ujjwal Raman Singh (Lok Sabha) Member 19-A Nyay Marg, Ashok Nagar, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh-211001 6. Sh. Zia Ur Rehman (Lok Sabha) Member Barq Manzil, Deepa Sarai, Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh-244302 Nominated by Kendriya Sachivalaya Hindi Parishad, 116, Type-IV Laxmibai Nagar, New Delhi-110023 7. Sh. Prakash Chand Meena Member 475, Pocket-E, Mayur Vihar, Phase-2, New Delhi-110091 Nominated by Vishwa Hindi Parishad, S-32, 1st Floor, Uphaar Cinema Business Complex, Green Park Extension, New Delhi - 110016 8. Dr. Shravan Kumar Member Flat No.- 286, Pocket G.H.-1 Sanskriti Apartments, Sector 28, Rohini, New Delhi-110042 Nominated by Ministry of Tourism 9. Dr. Sushmaa Singh Member D-303, Sai Complex, Shrikant Verma Marg, District Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) 10. Dr. P.C Rayulu Member No. 552, 7th Main, Behind Sadashivanagar Post Office, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080 11. Dr. Anurag Anand Member Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 12. Dr. Nawal Kishore Bhabhra Member 5/87 Panchsheel Nagar, Housing Board Colony, Ajmer- 305004 Nominated by Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs 13. Sh. K.M. Haridas, Member Moochithodiyil House, Amayur P.O., Pattambi, Palakkad - 679303 14. Sh. Umesh Singh, Member A 102, Plot No. 13, Dwarka Dham Apartment, Sector-23, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110077 15. Sh. Sista Madhusudan Rao, Member B-510, Boseineni Bayon, Kondapur, District K.V. Rangareddy, Telangana - 500084 Official Members: Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs 16. Secretary Member 17 Joint Secretary Member Ministry of Tourism 18. Secretary Member 19. Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser Member 20. Additional Secretary and Director General Member 21. Joint Secretary (Tourism) Member 22. Additional Director General (R&A) Member 23. Regional Director (North), Indiatourism New Delhi Member 24. Regional Director (West), Indiatourism Mumbai Member 25. Regional Director (East), Indiatourism Kolkata Member 26. Regional Director (South), Indiatourism Chennai Member 27. Regional Director (North-East), Indiatourism Guwahati Member 28. Managing Director, Member India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. New Delhi 29. Director, Member National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Noida, UP 30. Director, Member Indian Tourism and Travel Management Institute Gwalior, MP 31. Senior Economic Adviser (Tourism) Member-Secretary And Official Language Incharge FUNCTIONS OF THE SAMITI Functions of the Samiti will be to render advice to the Government in regard to the implementation of the provisions relating to Official Language contained in the Constitution, Official Languages Act and Rules framed thereunder, decisions of the Kendriya Hindi Samiti, implementation of the instructions issued by the Department of Official Language and give advice to progressive use of Hindi in the Ministry of Tourism and its Subordinates and Attached Offices/Autonomous and Statutory Bodies/Training Institutes/Public Sector Undertakings. TENURE OF THE SAMITI The tenure of the Samiti shall be three years from the date of its constitution i.e. from the date of issue of this resolution, provided that:- (a) A member, who is a Member of Parliament, ceases to be member of the Samiti as soon as he/she ceases to be a Member of Parliament. (b) Ex-officio Members of the Samiti shall continue as members as long as they hold the office by virtue of which they are members of the Samiti. (c) If a vacancy arises in the samiti due to resignation or death of a member, the member appointed in that capacity shall hold the office for residual term. (d) Under special circumstances, the tenure of the Samiti can be curtailed or extended. GENERAL Headquarter of the Samiti will be in New Delhi. TRAVELLING AND OTHER ALLOWANCES The Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, vide their O.M. No. 11/20034/04/2005- OL(Policy-2) dated 3rd Februrary, 2006 has stated that as the 15 non-official members include 06 Members of Parliament, nominated in the Hindi Salahakar Samiti, constituted by the Central Ministries/Departments, so the provision regarding travelling/daily allowance is made more elaborate in the following manner:- (a) The Members of Parliament nominated in the Samiti will be paid travelling/daily allowance as per the provisions in the "Members of Parliament (Salary, Allowance and Pension) Act, 1954, as amended from time to time and rules made thereunder. (b) Travelling/daily allowance to other non-official Members of the Samiti will be paid as per the guidelines contained in the Department of Official Language's O.M. No. 11/20034/04/86-OL (A-2) dated 22 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 this resolution be communicated to all the members of the Samiti, all State Governments and Union Territory Administrations, all Ministries and Departments of the Government of India, President's Secretariat, Vice President's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office, Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Committee of Parliament on Official Language, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, NITI Aayog, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Accountant General, Central Revenue, Election Commission and Union Public Service Commission. It is also ordered that a copy of this resolution be published in the Gazette of India for general information. GYAN BHUSHAN, Sr. Economic Advisor (Tourism)