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Delhi L-G orders probe into ‘neglect’ of Punjabi language by govt | Delhi Information

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Expressing “critical” concern over the Delhi authorities’s “neglect” in the direction of the Punjabi language, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V Ok Saxena has ordered an intensive investigation into the matter, the L-G workplace mentioned on Tuesday.

Based on a press notice shared by the L-G workplace, 752 posts of Punjabi-trained graduate lecturers and 4 posts of postgraduate lecturers are mendacity vacant in faculties run by the Delhi authorities. It additional mentioned the Punjabi Academy of the federal government that works for pthe romotion of the language might spend solely Rs 19.99 crore towards Rs 27.28 crore allotted to it throughout the monetary yr 2023-24.

There was a discount of 17% within the price range allocation for the Punjabi Academy within the present fiscal, it mentioned, including that a lot of positions of Punjabi lecturers in MCD faculties are additionally vacant.

Officers within the Delhi authorities, in the meantime, mentioned in an announcement that the matter falls beneath the providers division, which comes beneath the L-G Workplace.

The LG, in the meantime, has underlined many “shortcomings” and requested for an intensive re-examination whereas disposing of a file associated to a standing report submitted by the Punjabi Academy on the situation of the language, mentioned the notice.

The standing report was put up by the academy, which comes beneath the Artwork, Tradition and Language Division of the Delhi authorities, following a gathering of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Administration Committee (DSGMC) with the L-G.

“Observing that the report submitted by the division is incomplete, inconclusive, and doesn’t replicate the entire image with respect to the issues raised by DSGMC, Saxena has ordered an intensive investigation into the matter, directing the chief secretary to look at the difficulty with all stakeholders,” the notice mentioned.

 



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