J&K Official Languages Bill, 2020 received Presidential assent on September 26. The amendment Act has been enacted to provide for the languages to be used for the official purposes of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami made it clear today that there was no way he would allow the proposed three-language policy, as outlined in the centre’s New Education Policy (NEP), to be implemented in the state.
The state of Haryana amended section 3 of “The Haryana Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1969” and this Act called as “The Haryana Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2020.”