DD, AIR urged to promote Hindi

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 29. The Hindi Salahkar Samithi meeting of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was held here on Saturday with the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms. Sushma Swaraj, in the chair. Her deputy, Mr. Ramesh Bais, was also present.

Reviewing the progress of Hindi implementation, Ms. Sushma Swaraj said that 90 per cent of the work in her Ministry was being done in Hindi. She urged Doordarshan and AIR to become sources of promoting knowledge of Hindi through their programmes.

Mr.Ramesh Bais said it was the endeavour of the Ministry to implement the suggestions that cropped up in the meeting.

Earlier, Ms. Sushma Swaraj released a Hindi publication ``Panjeeyan Bharathi'' brought out by the Registrar of Newspapers for India.

The Samithi paid homage to Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy by observing a two-minute silence.

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