The Maharashtra Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, approved the modified Marathi language policy on Wednesday. The policy prioritises the use of contemporary technologies and the preservation and conservation of all Marathi dialects. In accordance with the preservation, conservation, promotion, diffusion, and development of the Marathi language, the government believes that the use of Marathi in education and all public affairs will be expanded.
The policy proposes that, over the next 25 years, the Marathi language be established as the language of knowledge and employment, that higher education in various disciplines such as science and technology and medicine be provided in Marathi, and that the Marathi language be developed for administrative affairs that can be understood by the general public. The Marathi language policy encompasses school education, higher and technical education, computer education, law and justice, finance and industry, and the media.
