Summary
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the goal of becoming the world’s biggest dictionary by 2029, highlighting linguistic diversity as a national strength.
The project seeks to link Indian languages, encouraging the use of Hindi alongside mother tongues and promoting multilingual education.
Technology initiatives such as the Kanthasth version two platform, powered by artificial intelligence, support word collection and translation across languages.
The government has also expanded language options for major exams like the engineering entrance exam and medical entrance exam to thirteen languages, and trained over half a million officials in official language use.