Hindi day is being celebrated across the country today. It was on this day in 1949 that the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the country. '<br/><br/>President Ram Nath Kovind will give away Rajbhasha awards for the Year 2016-17 at a function in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The Rajbhasha awards were instituted by the Department of Official Language of Home Ministry to recognize the excellent contribution of Ministries, Departments and Nationalized Banks in the field of Hindi. <br/><br/>Home Minister Rajnath Singh has stressed on the need for more and more use of Hindi language in official works. In his address on the occasion of Hindi Divas, Mr Singh appealed to the heads of all the Central Ministries, Departments, Offices and Banks to use Hindi language in their official works as well as in their daily works. <br/><br/>He said, this activity will inspire other officials and staff to work in Hindi. The Home Minister said, the proper knowledge of Hindi language is the key foundation of any person to work in Hindi.

Hindi day is being celebrated across the country today. It was on this day in 1949 that the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the country. '<br/><br/>President Ram Nath Kovind will give away prizes to chiefs of various departments, Ministries and offices for their outstanding performances in promoting the language. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over this programme, which will be attended by Ministers of State for Home, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Kiren Rijiju. <br/><br/>On this occasion, the Department of Official Language in collaboration with the C-DAC will release a mobile app, Leela for learning India language with Artificial Intelligence. <br/>'<br/>Home Minister Rajnath Singh will deliver an address to the nation which will be aired by various stations of All India Radio. It will be broadcast at 7:05 AM on the Indraprasth channel and 7:50 AM at the FM Rainbow channel.