IMPHAL, August 20 NNN : Manipur now has a full-fledged Language Directorate aimed at promoting and preserving various language and dialects of the state.
Announcing this during a function marking Sadbhavana Divas at Congress Bhavan here, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh said the state Government is ready to fulfill all the requirements for the new directorate.
The announcement by the Chief Minister is significant in the light of the 22nd anniversary of the inclusion of Manipuri language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution on this day, August 20, 1991.
Meanwhile, the Manipur Language Day was widely celebrated across the state.
Speaking on the occasion of Sadbhavana Divas, Ibobi said the full-fledged Language Directorate aims to develop all the language and dialects of various communities in the state.
Education minister M Okendro said Kh Raghumani, IAS has been chosen Director of the new Language Directorate.
Leaders of Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasilon Apunba Lup (MEELAL) were also present at the occasion. They expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Chief Minister after he announced the opening of the directorate. The overjoyed MEELAL leaders later presented the Chief Minister with garlands during the function.
Ibobi also released a book on National Food Security Ordinance. The book written in English is translated into Manipuri by MPCC.
Manipur Language Day was observed by many NGOs in different parts of the state. Manipur Language Development Committee in collaboration with Manipur State Shumang Leela Council and Manipur Nat Kanba Lup marked the day at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen, Palace Compound here.
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