India Contributes USD 800,000 to promote the Hindi Language at UN

India Contributes USD 800,000 to promote the Hindi Language at UN

• The government of India has contributed USD 800,000 to the United Nations (UN) as part of the initiative which aims to enhance public outreach of the organization in Hindi. R Ravindra, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, handed over a cheque for the ‘Hindi @ UN’ project to Mita Hosali, Deputy Director and Officer-In-Charge (News and Media Division), UN Department of Global Communications (DGC).
• The project was launched by India in 2018 in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information to disseminate information about the UN to the Hindi-speaking population across the world. Since 2018, India has been partnering with the UN DGC by providing an extra-budgetary contribution to mainstream news and multimedia content of DGC in Hindi.

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Published date : 16 May 2022 05:54PM