New Delhi India January 10 ANI On the occasion of World Hindi Day, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi said on Monday that Hindi is a language of peace and love that has helped in the expansion of Indian culture and traditions across the world.
The Ministry of External Affairs celebrated the World Hindi Day virtually on Monday and the programme was presided over by the Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi.
On the occasion, Lekhi mentioned the steps taken by the Ministry to promote the study of Hindi abroad.
She said that Hindi also helped in the expansion of Indian culture and tradition across the world.
The union minister said the government has established about 50 Chairs including 13 Hindi Chairs in universities abroad to promote Indian languages, culture and studies. She said that the Hindi language is taught in more than 670 educational institutions in more than 100 countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Hindi plays an important role in the communication of knowledge and culture because of its simplicity and ease of language, as well as his best wishes for World Hindi Day. There is a bright future for the language because of the increasing use of Hindi in the field of information technology and its popularity among the youth.