Assamese Made Compulsory Official Language For All Govt Notifications In Assam

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that Assamese will be the compulsory official language for all the government notifications, orders, and acts across the state.

Announcing the government's decision, CM Sarma said, “Beginning this Bohag, Assamese will be the compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, acts, etc., across Assam. In the districts of Barak Valley and BTR, Bengali and Bodo languages shall be used, respectively.”

The notification from the governor states that-

1. The Assamese language shall be used compulsorily in all official works.

2. In the districts of the Barak Valley, Bengali shall be used in addition to English for the aforementioned official purposes.

3. In the Bodoland Territorial Region, Bodo shall be used in addition to English for the aforementioned official purposes.

4. All notifications, orders, acts, rules, regulations, and guidelines issued by the central government shall be published by translating them into the Assamese language (Bodo and Bengali, wherever applicable) within 30 days of receipt by the department concerned.

5. The notification further states that legacy documents comprising acts, rules, regulations, and notifications shall also be translated into Assamese (Bodo and Bengali, wherever applicable) for two years, in a phased manner.

6. The translation work shall be undertaken with the assistance of language departments of the universities.

7. In the event of any ambiguity, discrepancy, or requirement of legal interpretation, the English version of such laws, notifications, rules, regulations, or ordinances shall prevail.

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