Question 2884
In Dec 2020, which of the following states introduced the ‘Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2020’ in the legislative Assembly to make Bodo associate official language?
Answer
Assam
Why?
The correct answer is Assam : The Assam government has introduced ‘The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2020’ in the legislative Assembly to make Bodo associate official language. The Bill will allow Bodo language in Devanagari script as an ‘associate official language’ for “all or any of the official purposes” of Assam. Parliamentary affairs minister Chandra Mohan Patowary tabled the bill in the assembly on behalf of chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The salient feature of the Bill is to substitute the Section 5A of the Assam Official Language Act, 1960, to implement Clause 6.2 of the MoS (memorandum of settlement) signed on 29 January 2020 with Bodo groups.
