Hyderabad, June 24 -- Between 2014-15 and 2024-25, the central government spent Rs 2,532.59 crore on promoting Sanskrit, a figure 17 times higher than the total Rs 147.56 crore allocated for the promotion of the other five classical Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia.

This data was accessed by Hindustan Times through a Right to Information (RTI) request and public records.

Rs 230 cr for Sanskrit, Rs 13 cr for 5 languages combined

According to a Hindustan Times report, on average, this translates to an annual spending of Rs 230.24 crore on Sanskrit, while the five other classical languages collectively received Rs 13.41 crore per year.

Among them, Tamil, the first language to be declared classical in 2004, re...