Current Context : On 14th September 2024, during the Hindi Diwas Celebrations Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) was awarded the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar by the Hon’ble Home Minister and Cooperation Minister, Shri Amit Shah.

• This award has been given for the best performance in Official Language Hindi, to the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, in the category of Ministries / Departments with less than 300 personnel.

ABOUT RAJBHASHA KIRTI AWARD

• It is a prestigious award in India recognizing excellence in the use of Hindi in official communications and administrative work.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs introduced the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar award scheme to encourage the implementation of the official language policy among ministries, departments, public sector undertakings, nationalised banks, among others.

HINDI ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• There is a joint Hindi Advisory Committee of DARPG, DoPT and DoP&PW to monitor the implementation of Official Language Policy in the Ministry.