{"id":35130,"date":"2023-05-07T07:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T02:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=35130"},"modified":"2025-04-20T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:24:20","slug":"10-indian-languages-to-get-technical-term-dictionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/10-indian-languages-to-get-technical-term-dictionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Indian Languages To Get Technical-Term Dictionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>About Commission for Scientific and Technology Terminology (CSTT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions of CSTT<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Achievements of CSTT<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance of Developing Dictionaries in Regional Languages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eight Schedule of the Constitution<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) is aiming to create technical and scientific terminology in 10 Indian languages underrepresented in the learning landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>About Commission for Scientific and Technology Terminology (CSTT)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology was established in <strong>1961<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Commission was established under clause (4) of <strong>Article 344<\/strong> of the Constitution of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective \u2013<\/strong> To evolve and define scientific and technical terms in Hindi and all Indian languages.<\/li>\n<li>Presently, CSTT is functioning under Department of Higher Education, <strong>Ministry of Education<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is headquartered in <strong>New Delhi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Functions of CSTT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation and Publication of bilingual and trilingual <strong>glossaries<\/strong> involving English and Hindi and other Indian Languages.<\/li>\n<li>Identification of pan Indian terms. Preparation and publication of national terminology.<\/li>\n<li>Identification and publication of School Level Terminology and Departmental Glossaries. Preparation of Definitional Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias.<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of University level textbooks, monographs and journals. Grant-in-Aid to grant academies, textbook boards and university cells for University level books in regional languages.<\/li>\n<li>Propagation, expansion and critical review of terms coined and defined through training and orientation programmes, workshops, seminars etc.<\/li>\n<li>Providing necessary terminology to National Translation Mission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Achievements of CSTT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Twenty two State Granth Academies \/ State Text-Book Boards \/ Universities Cells, etc. are also associated with this Commission.\n<ul>\n<li>They produce University Level Text-Books \/ reference materials in Hindi and other Indian Languages with the use of standard terminology as evolved by the CSTT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Till date, <strong>CSTT has standardized the terminology of about eight lakhs technical terms in different subjects and in different languages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Besides this, CSTT has <strong>published large number of Definitional Dictionaries<\/strong>, Glossaries, Text-Books, Reference Materials and Monographs, Quarterly Journals.\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Vigyan Garima Sindhu<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<strong>Gyan Garima Sindhu<\/strong>\u2019 are two prominent quarterly journals published by the CSTT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>CSTT <strong>regularly organizes workshops<\/strong>, seminars, symposium, conferences, orientation and training programmes to increase the use and popularize the standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) is aiming to create technical and scientific terminology in 10 Indian languages underrepresented in the learning landscape.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><u>CSTT will bring out what it calls fundamental (basic) dictionaries with 5,000 words per language<\/u><\/strong>, in three to four months.\n<ul>\n<li>These will be in digital, searchable format, and free of cost. About 1,000-2,000 copies will be printed in each language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The immediate focus is to cover 15 disciplines \u2013 journalism, public administration, chemistry, botany, zoology, psychology, physics, economics, etc.<\/li>\n<li>These will <strong><u>enable textbook formulation at the middle- and senior-school as well as university levels<\/u><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The dictionaries will be distributed to State education boards, universities, engineering institutes, and the National Testing Agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Significance of Developing Dictionaries in Regional Languages<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The move assumes importance as the <strong><u>National Education Policy 2020 has espoused the use of regional languages as a medium of education<\/u><\/strong> in both school and college.<\/li>\n<li>Following this, the government has taken several initiatives such as introducing engineering and medical courses in regional languages in several States.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><u>UGC has also said that it will soon release a road map to introduce undergraduate and postgraduate courses in regional languages<\/u><\/strong> in all disciplines.<\/li>\n<li>In June, the Bar Council of India (BCI) also constituted a panel to formulate recommendations on how to introduce courses in regional languages in law colleges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Eight Schedule of the Constitution<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution lists the official languages of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part XVII<\/strong> of the constitution deals with the official languages in <strong>Articles 343 to 351<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Although there are hundreds of languages spoken across the country, the eighth schedule recognises a total of <strong><u>22 languages as the official languages<\/u><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These 22 languages are \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>(1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.<\/li>\n<li>Of these languages, <strong><u>14 were initially included in the Constitution<\/u><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Sindhi language was added in 1967.<\/li>\n<li>Thereafter three more languages viz., Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 1992.<\/li>\n<li>Subsequently Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>At present, there are demands for inclusion of 38 more languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/internet\/g7-should-adopt-risk-based-ai-regulation-propose-ministers\/99883302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">However, there is <strong>no fixed criteria<\/strong> for any language to be considered for inclusion in the Eighth Schedule.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What are the top 5 most spoken language in India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to Census 2011 data, Hindi (52.83 crore), Bengali (9.72 crore) and Marathi (8.3 crore) are the three most spoken languages in India.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) What is the criteria for linguistic minority in India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Linguistic Minorities are group or collectivises of individuals residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language or script of their own. The language of the minority group need not be one of the twenty two languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/10-indian-languages-to-get-technical-term-dictionaries\/article66820568.ece#:~:text=These%20will%20be%20in%20digital,languages%20of%20India&#039;s%20Eighth%20Schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>10 Indian languages to get technical-term dictionaries<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.in\/article-344#:~:text=(4)%20There%20shall%20be%20constituted,States%20in%20accordance%20with%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>education.gov.in<\/u><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Education is aiming to prepare fundamental dictionaries in regional languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}