Overview
- On June 6, 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag in New Delhi to champion local tongues in government.
- The new section offers a structured platform to coordinate all Indian languages in official use, aiming to reduce reliance on English in administration.
- With its establishment, the Department of Official Language now functions as a unified entity overseeing language policy and translation.
- The 2024-25 Union Budget allocated ₹56 crore to develop a platform facilitating document translation between Hindi and regional languages.
- The Ministry plans to partner with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing to deploy technology that maintains each language’s unique spirit and cultural nuances.