NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, APR 15
Union Home Ministry on Saturday announced that it has taken a landmark decision to conduct CAPF Constable (General Duty) competitive examination in 13 regional languages apart from Hindi and English.
According to a release issued by PIB said that ‘MHA under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guidance of Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah is fully committed to encourage use and development of regional languages’.
Ministry of Home Affairs has approved conducting Constable (General Duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English. The decision has been taken at the initiative of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah to give further impetus to participation of local youth in the CAPF and encourage regional languages.
- The decision in this regard has been taken at the initiative of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah
- It has been decided to give further impetus to participation of local youth in large numbers in CAPF and encourage regional languages
- The question papers will also be set in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani in addition to Hindi & English
- Constable GD is one of flagship examinations conducted by the Staff Selection Commission attracting lakhs of candidates from across the country
It may be recalled that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging to conduct CAPF competitive examination in regional languages besides Hindi and English.
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Question papers will be set in the following 13 regional languages – Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani.
The decision will benefit lakhs of aspirants taking part in the examination in their mother tongue/regional language and improve their selection prospects, the release added.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Staff Selection Commission would sign an addendum to the existing MoU to facilitate the conduct of the examination in multiple Indian languages.
Constable GD is one of flagship examinations conducted by the Staff Selection Commission attracting lakhs of candidates from across the country. The examination in 13 regional languages in addition to Hindi and English will be conducted from January 01, 2024 onwards.
States/UT governments are expected to launch wide campaign encouraging local youths to use this opportunity of taking the examination in their mother tongue and participate in huge numbers to make a career serving the country.
The Ministry of Home Affairs under the dynamic leadership of visionary Prime Minister Narenda Modi is fully committed to encourage use and development of regional languages, the release added.
