Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addressed Hindi Diwas 2026 and the 6th All India Official Language Conference in Mumbai, announcing significant developments in India's language policy and digital infrastructure. The 'Hindi Shabd-Sindhu' dictionary has grown from 51,000 words to 800,000 words and is projected to become the world's largest dictionary by 2029. Over 50,000 words from local languages including Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, and Odia have been incorporated into official Hindi, making the language more flexible and inclusive.
The AI-based 'Kanthasth 2.0' platform, containing a database of more than five crore (50 million) sentences, has been opened to foreign users to facilitate learning Indian languages internationally. More than 5 lakh (500,000) Government of India employees have been trained in Hindi word processing, typing, and shorthand. Under the Modi government, four volumes of the Official Language Committee's reports have been submitted to the President since 2019, with the fifth volume ready for submission.
National entrance examinations including JEE, NEET, and undergraduate entrance exams are now conducted in 13 Indian languages. The Department of Official Language has developed 'Bharti – Bahubhashi Anuvad Sarathi' and launched the 'Indian Languages Section'. The government has also incorporated words coined by Veer Savarkar into the Hindi dictionary and released special commemorative publications including 'Shiv Anadi Hain, Anant Hain', 'Bharatiya Gyan Tantra: Srot Aur Swaroop', 'Andheron Se Ujalon Tak', and '150 Chapters of Vande Mataram'.
Rajbhasha Kirti and Rajbhasha Gaurav Awards were conferred during the event. The conference marked the sixth such event held outside Delhi since 2019, as part of the government's rotational state hosting policy. Maharashtra was highlighted as India's most multilingual state, with Marathi having been granted classical language status under the current administration.