The Adibasi Socio-Educational and Cultural Association, Rourkela, has given a memorandum to the Prime Minister, the Union Finance Minister and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor urging them to print the values of Indian currency in Santali Ol-Chiki script.
The memorandum mentioned that as the Union Government prints the values of Indian currency in many languages which are under the purview of the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Association secretary Arjun Marandi said Santali is the 19th schedule language of India. Hence, the values of Indian currency should be printed in Ol-Chiki script, Marandi pointed out.