Assamese Language Declared Compulsory For All Official Work In State

Assamese Language Declared Compulsory For All Official Work In State

The notification will come into effect from April 15 (‘Bohag’-Assamese New Year).

Assam mandates Assamese as compulsory official language for all government works

Assamese to be compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, acts and other such works in Assam, announced Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday. He further said that Bengali and Bodo will be used respectively in the districts of Barak Valley and Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). In an X post, Sarma said, "Beginning this Bohag, Assamese will be the compulsory official language for all government notifications, o…