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Library act: Maulka announces an 8-member committee to finalize and implement
Chandigarh: The Punjab Education and Language Minister Sikander Singh Maluka has been authorized to constitute a sub-committee to short list the names for Shiromani Awards to be given for the year 2012 and 2013. This decision has been taken in the maiden meeting of newly constituted ‘State Advisory Board’ of Language Department held here today.
Presiding over the meeting, Maluka underlined the need to ensure total transparency in the process of short listing the names for various Shiromani Awards being provided by the State Government. He said that a sub-committee would be constituted to thoroughly short list the names besides any addition or restructuring of these awards. He said that to promote Punjabi as well as other languages in the state, it becomes imperative for all of us to ensure foolproof process for selecting the names of different awardees.
It was also decided by the State Advisory Board that the Language Department should start a library membership plan on the pattern of Punjabi University, Patiala to provide all its publications to its members at 50% rebate. Besides this, all the old manuscripts lying with the Language Department should be published on the pattern of Punjabi University Patiala through private publishers. Majority of the members emphasized the need to promote the reading culture with special focus on developing reading habits amongst the students.
It was also decided in the meeting to restructure the District level Advisory Committees to make them more pro-active