March 18, 2002

RAJYA SABHA

‘10’

142 VOLUMES OF THE WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF BABA SAHEB AMBEDKAR IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES PUBLISHED

    142 Volumes in different languages of the collection of writings and speeches of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar have been published so far. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya said that Rs. 4.37 crore have been spent for this purpose. He said that Dr. Ambedkar Foundation is engaged in translation of the collection of writings and speeches of Baba Saheb from English to Hindi and eleven regional languages. The regional languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malyalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telgu and Urdu. Dr. Jatiya said that the concerned state governments / agencies are being pursued for completing the remaining translation and publication work as early as possible. Specifically asked about Gujarat, the Minister said that 17 volumes of translation in Gujarati have been published and Rs. 43.52 lakh have been provided to Gujarat government for this purpose so far. He said that more money would be released on getting further details from Gandhi Nagar.