Centre backs down on Hindi row

Under attack from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and political parties in the state, the UGC on Thursday decided to withdraw it controversial circular directing universities to teach Hindi as one of the primary languages in undergraduate courses.
The University Grants Commission will now issue a revised circular on the subject tomorrow, UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said today, hours after Jayalalitha wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing "imposition" of Hindi and that the directive was "not binding" on the state.




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