New Delhi, February 16, 2026: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Monday met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan to formally hand over the 13th report of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, marking a key step in the Centre’s ongoing efforts to promote and modernise the use of Hindi in official work.
Shah was accompanied by members of the Parliamentary panel during the meeting, where the latest set of recommendations and observations of the Committee were presented to the President for consideration.
In a statement shared on social media platform X, the Home Minister highlighted the Committee’s consistent efforts over the past several years to streamline its functioning and enhance the role of the official language in governance. He noted that in the last six years alone, the panel has submitted four reports to the President — a pace he described as a notable accomplishment reflecting renewed momentum in its work.
The Parliamentary Committee on Official Language reviews the progress made in the use of Hindi for official purposes by various ministries, departments, public sector undertakings and financial institutions. It also makes recommendations aimed at improving implementation of the Official Languages Act and related policies.
According to officials, the 13th report includes assessments of compliance levels across government bodies and proposes measures to integrate technology-driven tools to facilitate greater use of Hindi in administration. The report is also understood to emphasise training, translation infrastructure, and digital capacity-building to support multilingual governance.
Over the past few years, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sought to encourage wider adoption of the official language through capacity enhancement programmes, digitisation initiatives, and periodic reviews conducted by the Committee.
The submission of multiple reports within a relatively short span is being viewed as an indication of the government’s priority to strengthen institutional mechanisms overseeing language policy. The recommendations contained in the 13th report will now be examined further in accordance with established procedures.
The meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan underscores the constitutional framework under which the Parliamentary Official Language Committee reports its findings to the President, who then forwards them to the government for necessary action.
With the latest report submitted, the focus is expected to shift toward implementation of the Committee’s recommendations aimed at modernising official communication and reinforcing the use of Hindi in central government functioning.
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