Cabinet Approves J&K Official Languages Bill

admin September 2, 2020 Daily Current Affairs

The Union Cabinet approved a Bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Announcing the decision at a news briefing, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, will be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session.
The government has accepted the long pending demand of the region for the inclusion of Dogri, Hindi and Kashmiri as official’s languages of the Union Territory.
It is not only a fulfilment of a long-pending public demand of the region but also in keeping with the spirit of equality which was ushered in after August 5 last year.