(𝒊) 𝑵𝒐 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆: Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language. Hindi was identified as the official language. But Hindi is the mother tongue of only about 40 per cent of Indians. Therefore, there were many safeguards to protect other languages.

(𝒊𝒊) 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔: Besides Hindi, there are 22 other languages recognised as Scheduled Languages by the Constitution. A candidate in an examination conducted for the Central Government positions may opt to take the examination in any of these languages. States to have their own official languages. Much of the government work takes place in the official language of the concerned State.

(𝒊𝒊𝒊) 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉: Unlike Sri Lanka, the leaders of our country adopted a very cautious attitude in spreading the use of Hindi. According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in 1965. However, many non-Hindi-speaking States demanded that the use of English continue. In Tamil Nadu, this movement took a violent form. The Central Government responded by agreeing to continue the use of English along with Hindi for official purposes. Promotion of Hindi continues to be the official policy of the Government of India. Promotion does not mean that the Central Government can impose Hindi on States where people speak a different language.

(𝒊𝒗) 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔.

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