Question

How has linguistic policy of Indian government promoted peace and integrity in the country

Answer 1

India is a land of diversity where people belonging to multiple linguistic groups reside. While forming the linguistic policy, the Constitution makers followed the principle of secularism so that in future no conflicts arise due to linguistic differences. In India, no language was declared as the national  language of India. All languages were given equal treatment and people belonging to all linguistic group were allowed to practise their own language. Hindi was declared as the official language of India. But, since only 40% of the Indians have Hindi as their mother tongue, 21 other languages were included in the list of Scheduled Languages in the Constitution.