JAMMU, Sept. 22 -- Central Govt. Introduces Hindi, Kashmiri & Dogri, In Addition To Urdu and English As Official Languages
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Official Language bill, 2020, to introduce Hindi, Kashmiri and Dogri as official languages in the Union Territory, in addition to Urdu and English. The bill also states that the existing institutional mechanisms such as the Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Jammu and Kashmir, would serve for promotion and development of regional languages of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, including Gojari (Gujri), Pahari and Punjabi.
Till now, Urdu is the official language in J&K, however, it is the mother tongue of only a small section of the population in the Unio...