Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh (Constitution) Rules, 2018

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    "title": "Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh (Constitution) Rules, 2018",
    "short_title": "Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh (Constitution) Rules, 2018",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. G.O. Ms. No.40, Yo",
    "act_year": 2018,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "description": "Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh (Constitution) Rules, 2018",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(i) \"Authority\" means the Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh established under Section 6 of the Act;\n(ii) \"Chairman\" means the Chairman of the Authority;\n(iii) \"Erstwhile Department\" means Department of Official Language;\n(iv) \"Fund\" means the Telugu Language Development Fund established under Rule 8;\n(v) Projects and Programmes\" means the Annual Projects Programmes approved by the Authority, for development and promotion of Telugu Language in the State; and\nPart-II\nTelugu Language Development Authority",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of the Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh.",
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            "content": "(a) Chairman;\n(b) Secretaries to Government dealing with General Administration, Law, Labour, Culture & Tourism and Education Departments.\n(c) Upto four experts having special knowledge or practical experience in the fields of Telugu literature, administration and law as members.\n(d) Chief Executive Officer of Andhra Pradesh State Creativity and Culture Commission;\n(e) Chief Executive Officer and Member-Secretary.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Appointment of Sectoral Committees.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Committee on Telugu Official Language Implementation;",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Committee on Telugu Language Development with focus on Education;",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Committee on e-Telugu Development;",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Committee on Translations and Publications; and",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Committee on International Telugu Development.",
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            "content": "Part-III\nFunctions of the Authority",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Functions of the Authority.",
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            "content": "(i) General\n(a) To prepare every year projects and programmes for the development of Telugu Language and obtain approval of Government with or without modifications;\n(ii) Official Language Implementation\n(a) To identify the hurdles in the implementation of Telugu as the official language and to take suitable measures to solve them;\n(b) To convert all the forms used by citizens to access public services into Telugu and create professionally designed forms;\n(c) To convert all the registers, process flow charts, manuals and publications into easy to understand Telugu in all public offices;\n(d) To coordinate with High Court and other Courts in the State to deliver their judgments in Telugu;\n(e) To organise training programmes, workshops, exhibitions and seminars which facilitate the use of Telugu for public servants;\n(f) To prescribe and review from time to time the syllabus and system of Telugu examinations conducted for testing public servants.\n(g) To ensure that the Regional Language, as being used in the forms, display boards, notices and name plates in the Central Government establishments such as Airports, Banks, Post Offices and such other offices and undertakings which have a public interface, is in accordance with the language policy of the Central Government;\n(h) To take decisions on the matters of preparation, revision, printing and distribution of reference books on administration, to implement the same, to monitor the progress in this field, and to suggest necessary measures;\n(i) To encourage that Government business right from preparation of note file to introduction of bills in the State Legislature should be carried out in Telugu;\n(j) To encourage that the correspondence in administration right from Village Secretariat is done in Telugu;\n(k) To ensure that implementation of Telugu as Official Language is reviewed periodically as a subject at all levels right from divisional level to State level;\n(l) To prepare an action plan and implement to create a \"word bank\" in Telugu to substitute technical, administrative and legal terminology available in other languages;\n(m) To develop and publish glossary of administrative terms in Telugu for use by departments;\n(n) To ensure name plates, boards, flexies, banners and other advertisement material are primarily written in Telugu and to initiate necessary panel action against the defaulters; and\n(o) To ensure that all boards of Government offices and foundation/inauguration plaques are legibly written in Telugu and to initiate action to punish the defaulters.\n(iii) Telugu Language Development Education\n(a) To take action to secure priority for, and promotion of Telugu in the field of education and cultural activities;\n(b) To examine the standards of Telugu text books and give instructions to rectify the errors, if any;\n(c) To verify the learning levels of students upto intermediate or equivalent;\n(d) To motivate students and parents, and convince them to opt for Telugu during the first 12 years of schooling;\n(e) To translate works, written or digital, across the world which changed the course of mankind in the fields of philosophy, science, mathematics, engineering, medicine, economics, history, arts and such other fields;\n(f) To prescribe syllabus, prepare literature and digital content, and organize Telugu teaching courses for non Telugu persons;\n(g) To ensure that Telugu lessons prescribed for students are of proper standards both in content and language;\n(h) To improve and/or publish lexicon relating to various professions such as medicine, engineering, science, law, philosophy and so on;\n(i) To identify all original Telugu words used by poets of different periods in their literature and introduce them back into popular use;\n(j) To coordinate with Andhra Pradesh Creativity and Culture Commission to propagate the classic nature, lyrical beauty and uniqueness of Telugu Language;\n(k) To prepare action plans to motivate youth towards adoption of Telugu Language by conducting seminars, workshops and competitions;\n(l) To encourage research on Telugu Language, Culture and Heritage;\n(m) To coordinate with Government of India institutions; and\n(n) To conduct World Telugu Conference every two years and make the Conference a Forum for discussing all aspects of Telugu Language Culture and Heritage;\n(iv) e-Telugu Development\n(a) To promote creation of digital content in Telugu in the fields of philosophy, science, mathematics, engineering, medicine, economics, architecture, history, arts and such other fields;\n(b) To facilitate implementation of Telugu on the internet, and in popular websites and information technology applications;\n(c) To provide online courses teaching Telugu language;\n(d) To publish all Telugu classics on the Authority website;\n(e) To digitalise all inscriptions and palm leaf manuscripts and publish on the Authority website;\n(f) To introduce Unicode in all Government correspondences and preserve all information in Unicode; and\n(g) To coordinate with Information Technology (IT) companies and facilitate availability of all popular IT tools in Telugu language;\n(v) (A) Translation and Publication\n(a) To coordinate with all departments to take up translations of glossaries, administrative terminology and other information of departments to facilitate implementation of Telugu as official language;\n(b) To publish and preserve the dictionaries, lexicons and to translate them alongwith other research books on Telugu culture and heritage available in other languages;\n(c) To ensure that translations are done using simple terms understandable to common man;\n(d) To formulate translation guidelines in order to ensure that official correspondence is done in Telugu; and\n(e) To encourage and publish books and articles on the advantages of using mother tongue as official language and medium of instruction through stories, poems, plays etc.\n(B) Promotion\n(a) To publish publicity material such as posters, handbills, user manuals, digital content;\n(b) To create awareness among employees and public on use of mother tongue;\n(c) To facilitate implementation of Telugu in user manuals for various hardware equipment manufactured in the State;\n(d) To facilitate communication, oral or written, in Telugu in the airlines, trains and buses operating in the State; and\n(e) To facilitate creation of new and innovative Telugu fonts;\n(C) International Telugu Development\n(a) To liaison with other State Governments to facilitate Telugu teaching in their respective states Telugu minorities;\n(b) To liaison with Hindi speaking States to implement Telugu as third language in their States;\n(c) To liaison with Official Language Commission of Government of India and extend its jurisdiction to all Indian languages incorporated in eighth schedule of the Constitution of India without confining to Hindi;\n(d) To protect Telugu language in the border mandals from invasion by other languages of neighboring States by formulating special schemes/programs; and\n(e) To liaison with other State Governments to sort out any academic or administrative problem that may arise regarding Telugu language; and\nPart-IV\nPowers of the Authority",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Powers of the Authority.",
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            "content": "(a) To issue directions to departments and review the action taken on implementation of Telugu in a time bound manner duly considering the technical, financial and capacity building constraints;\n(b) To seek and obtain information relating to implementation of Telugu from any officer of the Government or Legislature or High Court and such officer shall be bound to furnish the information sought by the Authority;\n(c) To advise the State Government regarding implementation of its projects and programmes;\n(d) To record any violation or dereliction of duty and to advise the appointing authority for imposing a penalty on any public servant;\n(e) To impose and collect penalties, as prescribed under the rules;\n(f) To prescribe and review syllabus and system of Telugu examinations conducted for testing public servants;\n(g) To issue directions to Central Government establishments on use of Telugu in areas having interface with public;\n(h) To review and protect the status of Telugu Medium Institutions and their continuation;\n(i) To set up required offices at the State level and District level;\n(j) To issue directions on implementation of Telugu as first language upto intermediate or equivalent education;\n(k) To verify the learning levels of students upto intermediate or equivalent;\n(l) To ensure teaching of Telugu Language as a subject in all the semesters upto degree;\n(m) To ensure teaching of Telugu Language in all the technical courses like Medicine, Engineering and Law;\n(n) To ensure teaching of Telugu Language as a subject in all English Medium Institutions;\n(o) To ensure primary education is provided in all Government Institutions in Telugu Medium; and\n(p) To co-ordinate with project works of centre for Telugu Classical Language of Government of India.\nPart-V\nProvisions Relating to Staff",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Appointment of staff.",
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            "content": "Part-VI\nFinancial Provisions",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Establishment and administration of Telugu Language Development Fund.",
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            "content": "(b) Except as otherwise directed by the Government all money credited to the Fund shall be invested only in a single Scheduled bank.\n(c) A specified percentage out of tax collections specified by Government, may be paid to the Fund;\n(d) Government Corporations are hereby authorized to give grants to the Fund at their discretion, not exceeding fifteen percent of their surplus;\n(e) The private portion of the Fund shall be raised from the donations and other conveyances including funds, materials, property and services, by gratuitous title;\n(f) For the purposes of income tax and corporate tax, the Fund shall be treated as that belonging to Government.\n(g) Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for day to day administration of the Fund.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Delegation of financial powers.",
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            "content": "Part-VII\nMiscellaneous Provisions",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Offences and penalties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Transitional provisions.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "ap280",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. G.O. Ms. No.40, Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture (PMU) Department, dated 10.7.2018 and Published in the A.P. Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 18.7.2018",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2018",
        "Short Title": "Telugu Language Development Authority of Andhra Pradesh (Constitution) Rules, 2018",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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