DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, ART AND CULTURE, FAILED TO SUPPLY REPORT OF 1961 CENSUS, RELATED TO IDENTITY OF EXISTING (PAHARI BHASHA) REQUIRED FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

It is surprising that we do not know the precise composition of Indian society and we also don't have an accurate list of language spoken in our country and States and their scripts and the idea of carrying out an appropriate survey of languages in the sub continent was proposed very earlier in 1886 by George Abrahim Grierson and after years of survey on the captioned subject matter deliberation required to be made research for the difference, it is revealed that the India is a union of states , however the country depends on the data gathered during the census, where in the 1961 census reported 1652 mother tongues. The 1971 census had a list of 108 languages plus another classification called others. The 2011 census had listed 1369 mother tongue and 121 languages , however it is not understood, why 283 mother tongue disappeared during the half century between 1961 to 2011 . RTI reveal issued by state government of Himachal Pradesh vide number 1645 dated 10-6-2026 is also silent on the captioned subject matter deliberation required to be taken on record about (Pahari bhasa) mother tongue so used in speaking orders by the people living in Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi, as their local language more over the department of the language art and culture failed to supply information related and pertinent to the identity of existing pahari bhasa since first census report so gathered during 1961 census to date clarification whether yet existing, or disappeared or dissolved by the next census. The information supplied by the department of language arts and culture seems to be assessment of the work done by the state government of Himachal Pradesh however there is no old relevance of the record and report required for the asked margin of reply that census should have been carried out in 2021 as on the horizon and it will be completed in 2027 . The questions to be asked don't include any observation on OBCs and DNTs, with regard to language related questions, there is a strange rider attached, if a language community does not have more than 10000 speakers, its name will not be published in the census reports. Keeping in view the required criterion it is not processing the language related data in the census and it is necessary to have observation of the data, being carried out primarily to facilitate Delimitation of Assembly and the Parliamentary constituencies/seats, nor wishful linguistics, can tell us who and how many we are and what the extent of our social and cultural diversity is. :-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377