Parliamentary Committee on Official Language

Published on 30 Mar 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah was re-elected as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language.

• The formation of the Committee was established under the Official Languages Act, 1963, in 1976.

• The Committee consists of 30 members: 20 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha.

• It is responsible to review the progress made in the use of Hindi for the official purpose of the Union and submit a report to the President while making recommendations on it.

• The President will subsequently get the report laid before each house of the parliament and thereafter forward it to the state governments.

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