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In the year 1997, the Directorate of Official Language was established vide Government Order No. 23/1/87/GA & C (1) dated 26/03/1997 with the existing staff of the Official Language Cell, and full-time Director was appointed vide Order No. 5/9/2002/PER dated 28/08/2003. A separate budget head was allotted from the year 2004-05. Hence, the Directorate of Official Language was established in 2004 with responsibilities to implement the Official Language Act 1987 and the Schemes for the Development of Languages prevalent in the State.
It may be observed that this Department does not deal directly with the Citizens. The major part of the activities and the services rendered by this Department are for Government Departments/Agencies or Government Employees. The Directorate of Official Language is expanding its ambit of functioning by way of introducing various Schemes, Training for the development of Official Language and other vernacular languages, preparation of Terminologies in Konkani, Research activities, etc.