Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The Lok Sabha currently allows proceedings to be conducted only in Hindi and English. 2.The Lok Sabha has extended translation services for all the 22 official languages. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Explanations –
Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect. While Hindi and English are the primary languages for conducting business in the Lok Sabha as per Article 120 of the Constitution, members are permitted to address the House in their mother tongue if they cannot adequately express themselves in Hindi or English, with prior permission from the Speaker. Translation services have been extended to 16 languages, including Hindi and English. These include Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Urdu, and Sanskrit. Efforts are ongoing to extend services to all 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution but have not yet been fully implemented.
Source: The Hindu
