Parliamentary Committee on Official Language

Current Context : Union Home Minister Amit Shah was unanimously re-elected as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

ABOUT  PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

• It was constituted under the provisions of Section 4 of the Official Languages Act, 1963, in the year
• It comprises 30 members of Parliament, out of which 20 are from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha. 
• Purpose : to review the progress made in the use of Hindi as the official language of the Union and to suggest measures for its propagation and development.