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All India Rajbhasa Conference of Ministry of Power held at REC Limited
Dated 2024-08-03
Under the aegis of the Ministry of Power, Government of India, the All India Official Language Conference of the Ministry of Power and the offices under its administrative control was organized on 3rd August 2024. This event was organized in the auditorium of REC Corporate Office, Gurugram.
This Rajbhasha Sammelan was presided over by Hon'ble Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik; Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Pankaj Agrawal; CMD, REC Limited, Shri Vivek Kumar Dewangan; Chief Engineer, Ministry of Power, Shri Dheeraj Kumar Shrivastava, and other senior officers of the Ministry of Power and CMDs and Heads of Offices and Undertakings under its control were present in the conference. About 300 participants from offices across the country in the power sector attended the conference.
The conference started with lighting of the lamp and Saraswati Vandana by the Rajbhasha team of the Ministry of Power. The chief guest of the conference, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Hon'ble Minister of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, appreciated the work being done towards the promotion and implementation of Hindi in the Ministry of Power and the offices under its control.
In his address, Hon'ble Minister of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, said, “There are many states in our vast nation. They have different languages and dialects, but Hindi is a common language which has been the contact language of the common people due to being spoken in a large part of the vast India. Hindi has an important contribution in the unity and integrity of India. Keeping in mind the widespread, cleanliness, simplicity and scientific nature of the script of Hindi, the policy makers of the country have given it the honor of being the official language of the Union.”
He said that “our ministry is creating new steps for the development of Hindi as the official language of the Union in subordinate undertakings and departments. Hindi is the language of various mass media. Hindi is the language of the masses. Hindi is the language of the national consciousness. It is playing an important role in awakening the people. In the current environment, Hindi is expanding continuously and its recognition is increasing in many countries of the world. Let us all together, with the spirit of national affection, fulfill our sense of responsibility towards the official language Hindi in the Ministry of Power and its undertakings and institutions and maintain an environment of enthusiasm and inspiration by taking innovative initiatives towards making the use of official language Hindi continuously dynamic.”
During the conference, a short film based on the implementation and propagation of the Official Language Policy of the Union in the power sector was also broadcast which focused on the achievements and innovative initiatives related to official language during the last one year in the Ministry of Power and all the undertakings and offices under its control.
In the second session of the conference, Dr. Jai Prakash Kardam, well-known litterateur and former Director, Central Hindi Training Institute; Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena, Associate Professor (Translation Studies), JNU and in the third session, Dr. Pooran Chand Tandon, former Professor (Hindi), Delhi University gave important lectures on various dimensions of the official language. In the last session of the conference, the famous humorous poet Shri Rajesh Chetan enthralled all the participants with his humorous poems.
