Venkaiah Naidu sets a record, speaks in 10 Different Languages in RS
Venkaiah Naidu sets a record, speaks in 10 Different Languages in RS
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New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu set a record unique when he spoke in ten languages on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament on Wednesday. The record came when he announced that the Upper House now has facility for instantaneous interpretation in 22 Indian languages.

The Rajya Sabha earlier had simultaneous interpretation services for 17 languages including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Now These services have been more facilitated for RS members to speak in five more languages such as Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Santhali and Sindhi.

Making the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule, Naidu spoke few words in Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu to enlighten the members about the simultaneous interpretation service.

Though, members will have to provide a prior notice for the interpreter in the Upper House secretariat.

Naidu said there may be some weakness in the start as translators may not be familiar to the speed of the speaker.

RS member Subramanian Swamy  described it as a wonderful gesture. He also suggested that  efforts should be made to include Sanskrit words too in the vocabulary.

Naidu asserted that the Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 66 years panned a deal with a parliamentary institution of a foreign nation when it agreed for a MoU with the Senate of Rawanda earlier this month.

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