The State Government has given its nod to carry out all official work in Odia language. In this context, steps have been taken to formulate adequate laws a soon as possible to implement the Odisha Official language Act-1954.
At a recent meeting of the joint action committee, comprised of five Ministers and seven members of the Odisha Bhasa Sangram Samiti, linguists Debi Prasad Mishra was given the responsibility to adopt the language policy.
The language policy along with the language implementation guidelines will be presented before the State Government for approval after a discussion on the two documents, said committee president and School and Mass Education Ministers Debi Prasad Mishra at the meeting.
The Samiti has invited everyone to give their suggestions or opinions in formation of the language policy to linguist Dr Patnaik through post at Bhasa Sangram Samiti, HIG-3, Gangadhar Meher Marg, Jaydev Vihar, Bhubaneswar-751013, said Samiti convenor Shankarsan Parida.