The second Sub-Committee of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language inspected the Department on 21 December 1990 and expressed its satisfaction on the progressive use of Hindi in the official work and made suggestions for enhancing the use of Hindi. Quarterly meetings of the Official Language Implementation Committee were held under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary (Administration) to review the progressive use of Hindi in the day to day work of the Department. A Hindi workshop was held for the officers on 10 December 1990 in which 10 gazetted officers participated. A Hindi workshop on ocean sciences was held at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa on 3 December 1990. 14 scientists from various institutes, universities & laboratories read papers. A scheme was instituted to promote original writing on ocean sciences and allied subjects in Hindi language. Under this scheme five books were evaluated by the senior officers and scientists for award.

All correspondence, documents, papers specified under Section 3(3) of the Official Languages Act, 1963, as amended, were issued both in Hindi and English and efforts to promote the use of Hindi in official work were continued. Hindi week was observed from l4-20 September 1990, during which essay writing in Hindi, noting, drafting and typing competitions were held. 35 employees participated in these competitions. Posters, charts and annual programmes issued by the Official Language Department were circulated

10.1. Parliament questions

During the Sessions of the Ninth Lok Sabha, 21 unstarred and one starred questions were admitted and answered. One assurance was also fulfilled. Two starred questions and three unstarred questions were admitted and answered in the Rajya Sabha.