India, May 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that a language grows faster when it gets linked with employment and business stakes. In the same vein, he said, Hindi is not being imposed upon anyone, but instead being promoted by linking it with official work, employment, business, science, technology and public participation.

The Minister stated that whenever a language becomes associated with opportunity and livelihood, its acceptance and expansion happen naturally.

Dr. Jitendra Singh was chairing the second meeting of the Hi...