Akshar Mitra Yojana

Introduction

The Official Language Advisory Board in its meeting, held on 23-03-2013 under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Chief Minister, decided that the Directorate of Official Language should make provision under a special scheme to provide financial assistance to magazines/periodicals, which are running for promotion of local languages through their continuous and qualitative contribution in the field. In response, the Directorate of Official Language, Government of Goa formulated the scheme “Rajbhas Akshar Mitra Yojana” to provide financial assistance to the Goan publishers for publication of periodicals/magazines dedicated to local languages Konkani/ Marathi in the State of Goa.