Overview

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that his ministry will begin communicating with states in their native languages starting December 2025.
• Shah reaffirmed that Hindi is not in competition with other Indian languages, describing it as a 'friend' and 'sister' to regional tongues.
• The Tamil Nadu government continues to reject the three-language formula, maintaining its two-language policy of Tamil and English.
• Efforts to promote regional languages include translating engineering and medical courses into local languages, Shah emphasized.
• Shah criticized the use of language politics to obscure corruption, calling all Indian languages cultural treasures that foster national unity.