New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday informed the Lok Sabha about the Centre allocating Rs 308.44 crore from the budget for the year 2024-25 to promote various languages under the Grants for Promotion of Indian Languages (GPIL) scheme.

The highest budget allocation to promote languages under GPIL was Rs 420.60 crore and Rs 459.70 crore for the years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively.

When asked about whether Sanskrit received higher funds compared to other languages, Pradhan said that allocation of funds was not on a language basis. Instead, they are provided according to the requirements and utilisation.

"Under the Grants for Promotion of Indian Language (GPIL), Government of India provides grant...