India, Aug. 14 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Rajasthan government is all set to implement Sanskrit as a compulsory subject at the pre-primary level in all schools, officials said.

"Rajasthan will be the first state in India to teach Sanskrit at the pre-primary level. A proposal has been sent to the cabinet in this regard earlier this year. We have prepared the curriculum framework and also launched the books. We will start the classes once the cabinet gives the final nod," commissioner of Rajasthan's Sanskrit education department Priyanka Jodhawat said.

According to government officials, the project will be implemented in three phases. "In the first phase, we will start at the pre-primary schools only under the Sanskrit educat...