Native Languages

Recently, the Vice President elaborated on the importance of strong foundational skills in native languages in the initial years of informal learning at home.

Constitution on Native Languages

  • 8th Schedule of the Constitution: It lists the official languages of the country. Initially, there were 14 languages listed in the schedule, it now has 22. A majority of Indians speak the languages listed. While this Schedule recognizes that India is a multilingual country, there are still 1,300 ‘mother tongues’ that have been left out.
  • Article 29: Any citizen / section of citizens having a distinct language, script or culture have the ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Buy July 2021 Issue

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Related Content

News Snippets