Overview

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Hindi Diwas 2025 and the fifth All India Rajbhasha Conference in Gandhinagar, with participation from thousands of officials and delegates.
• Shah launched the Saarthi system to translate government correspondence between Hindi and state languages, enabling replies in regional tongues.
• He highlighted upgrades to the Digital Hindi Shabd Sindhu to about seven lakh words, with a claim that it could become the world’s largest dictionary by 2029.
• Leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged a pledge to enrich all Indian languages, as Shah emphasized that Hindi is a companion to other Indian languages rather than a competitor.
• Shah called for Hindi to be used in science, technology, the judiciary and policing, and urged parents to prioritize mother-tongue learning, citing benefits for children’s learning capacity.