The Constitution of India
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Official source217 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XVII. - Official Language)
(b) restrictions on the use of the English language for all or any of the official
purposes of the Union;
(c) the language to be used for all or any of the purposes mentioned in article 348;
(d) the form of numerals to be used for any one or more specified purposes of the
Union;
(e) any other matter referred to the Commission by the President as regards the
official language of the Union and the language for communication between the Union
and a State or between one State and another and their use.
(3) In making their recommendations under clause (2), the Commission shall have due
regard to the industrial, cultural and scientific advancement of India, and the just claims and
the interests of persons belonging to the non-Hindi speaking areas in regard to the public
services.
(4) There shall be constituted a Committee consisting of thirty members, of whom
twenty shall be members of the House of the People and ten shall be members of the Council
of States to be elected respectively by the members of the House of the People and the
members of the Council of States in accordance with the system of proportional
representation by means of the single transferable vote.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Committee to examine the recommendations of the
Commission constituted under clause (1) and to report to the President their opinion thereon.
(6) Notwithstanding anything in article 343, the President may, after consideration of
the report referred to in clause (5), issue directions in accordance with the whole or any part
of that report.
CHAPTER - II - REGIONAL LANGUAGES
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