The Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Shripad Yesso Naik gave away the awards of the winners of various competitions which were held during Hindi Pakhwara celebrated at the Ministry last year, at New Delhi today. Also present at the award distribution were the Secretary (Health) Shri B P Sharma, DGHS, Dr. Jagdish Prasad and Joint Secretary, Dr. Rakesh Kumar. Speaking at the occasion, the Minister of State stated that this is our part of our constitutional responsibility to work in Hindi language in our day to day routine as well as for official purpose. He said that Hindi is not only Rajbhasa and Rashtrabhasa but ‘Samparkbhasa’ as well. He added we need to strive to use it more in our daily work.
The Secretary (Health), Shri B P Sharma congratulated all the winners and participants and said we should use technology to improve Hindi language. He also said that Hindi is very simple language but we have to make it simpler. The DGHS, Dr Jagdish Prasad said that we should try to evolve ways for improvement of the Rajbhasha. The Joint Secretary, Dr. Rakesh Kumar said that we are regularly trying to improve Hindi skills in the Ministry. He informed that Rajbhasha Vibhag will soon establish a language lab in this Ministry. This will provide training to the employees within the Ministry, who would earlier be sent outside for such training. He also said that the Ministry is trying to encourage people to work in Hindi at least on Mondays, to begin with.