Uttar Pradesh

• 16 Nov 2021

All India Official Language Conference

Why in News

On November 13-14, 2021, a two-day All India Official Language Conference was organized by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Hastkala Sankul, located in Bada Lalpur, District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Key Points

• The conference was inaugurated by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on 13 November.
• For the first time, the All India Official Language Conference was organized outside the country's capital New Delhi under the Amrit Festival of Independence.
• Various aspects of official language were discussed in different sessions in this conference.
• The main objective of this conference is to promote the official language Hindi.
• On this occasion, Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also released the souvenir of the All India Official Language Conference.