Adarsh Sanskrit Village Programme

25.04.2025

Adarsh Sanskrit Village Programme

Why in the news?                        

The Uttarakhand cabinet approved the Adarsh Sanskrit village programme to teach Sanskrit to everyone in 13 selected villages, turning them into “model Sanskrit villages.”

About Adarsh Sanskrit Village Programme:

• Uttarakhand is inspired by Mattur, a village in Karnataka where everyone speaks Sanskrit. The state wants to create similar “Sanskrit Grams” to make the language alive again, not just a subject in books.
• The programme encourages villagers to use Sanskrit for everyday tasks—like greeting neighbors or singing songs during festivals.
• The government picks one village per district for this pilot project. If it works well, they’ll expand it to more villages at the block level.
• A committee in each district, led by the District Magistrate, District Education Officer, and Sanskrit officer, chose the villages.
• The programme starts in May 2025, funded by the Central Sanskrit University in Delhi.

How will it be implemented?

• The government hired 13 instructors, each will be paid ₹20,000 per month, after a written test and interview. These instructors train at the Sanskrit Academy in Haridwar to learn how to teach villagers.

This programme is part of Uttarakhand’s push to revive Sanskrit. Other efforts include:

• • Financial incentives: Girls get ₹250 monthly from 2023-24, and SC/ST students from 2024-25, for studying Sanskrit in schools.
  • Sanskrit in madrasas: The Uttarakhand Waqf Board plans to teach Sanskrit in 416 madrasas, alongside Arabic and NCERT subjects, to promote inclusivity.
  • Tech boost: The state collaborates with IIT Roorkee to use AI for Sanskrit, feeding 1 billion characters of Sanskrit texts into a language model.
  • Vedic mathematics: The Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology promotes Vedic math in projects.

                                                           Source: Indian Express

Consider the following statements regarding to Adarsh Sanskrit Village Programme:

Statement-I: The programme starts in May 2025, funded by Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya in Varanasi.

Statement-II: The programme encourages villagers to use Sanskrit for everyday tasks—like greeting neighbors or singing songs during festivals.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

 Answer D