Overview

• Data from an RTI-based report shows the Union government spent ₹2,532.59 crore on Sanskrit from 2014–15 to 2024–25, nearly 17 times the ₹147.56 crore combined allocation for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia.
• Stalin said Hindi serves as a facade for the Centre’s real agenda of promoting Sanskrit and accused the BJP-led government of sidelining South Indian languages.
• The DMK-led state government has rejected the NEP’s three-language requirement, insisting on its long-standing two-language policy of Tamil and English.
• Tamil Nadu Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi announced a forthcoming overhaul of school textbooks to address perceived biases and strengthen regional language instruction.
• The state has lodged a petition in the Supreme Court seeking release of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan grants withheld over its refusal to adopt the NEP.