Eleventh Five Year Plan Objectives

The objectives of the Eleventh Five Year Plan are 1) to take special efforts
to use Tamil as administrative language in Government offices in a full-fledged
manner for the implementation of official language and to make Tamil the
medium of transaction in day to day activities in temples, educational
institutions, business establishments and courts including High Court 2) to

preserve the ancient greatness and literary richness of the Tamil language, 3)
to enlighten the people regarding the glory of the Tamil language and literature
4) to pay special attention for the enrichment of the Tamil language to cope
with the changes in the era of Science and Technology development, particularly
Information Technology, and 5) to make available a comprehensive
contemporary Tamil dictionary and etymological dictionary, for the use of
researchers in linguistics.
Plan Proposals
Schemes to be implemented during Eleventh Five Year Plan are given
below:
Ongoing Schemes
Grants, prizes etc. for Tamil Development
Ongoing schemes such as preparation of ‘verbose’ on Tamil literature,
publication of encyclopedia on technical terms and Tirukkural will be continued
during the Eleventh Plan. In addition, schemes such as nationalization of
books written by Tamil Scholars, and awards and prizes for implementation of
official language scheme will be implemented. A sum of Rs.1.90 crore is
proposed for these schemes during the Eleventh Plan period.
Endowment for chair for Tamil studies in Foreign Universities
Tamil studies in foreign countries will be given special focus by instituting
Tamil chairs in foreign universities. A sum of Rs.0.10 crore is proposed during
the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
New Schemes
Implementation of official language
In order to strengthen the use of Tamil as the official language in
Government offices, an intensive inspection drive will be launched at the district
and sub-district level. Further, to enable Government officers to adopt a uniform
set of official forms only in Tamil, an e-book will be published. This book,
which will contain the standardized Tamil forms will be made available on the
computer for easy downloading. An amount of Rs.0.52 crore is proposed for
these schemes during the plan period.

Preserving the glory of Tamil language
The ancient richness and heritage of Tamil language and literature has
to be preserved for posterity. To achieve this objective, the schemes that will
be taken up, include publication of ‘ideal treasure’ of Tamil literature and
completion of Tamil vocabulary from multiple sources such as literature,
inscriptions and palm leaves.
It is estimated that there are 2 lakh palm leaves, which are rare treasures
with useful information. Hence it is also proposed to bring out the bibliography
of these leaves to ensure that this ancient heritage is preserved.
The writings of the best Tamil scholars which are nationalised will be
published and disseminated, both in book form and on the website. Special
training classes and workshop on translation will be conducted. Financial
assistance will be given to the Madras University for the publishing of the
Tamil lexicon.
These schemes will be implemented at a total cost of Rs.3.28 crore.
Promotion of Tamil Literature among non-Tamils
In order to enlighten the people of other languages to know the ancient
richness and literature of the Tamil language, schemes such as supply of
pamphlets about Thiruvalluvar and translated copy of Thirukkural to the
tourists visiting the Thiruvalluvar statue at Kanyakumari, financial assistance
to the Dravidian University at Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh and translation of
Tamil literature into English will be implemented, with an outlay of Rs.0.50
crore.
Enlightenment of Tamil languages in consonance with the development of
Science and Technology
The Tamil language has to be constantly enriched to keep up with the
development of Science and Technology. Importance will be given to inputs
like preparation of translation software and creation of fonts converter.
Digitalisation of Tamil literature will also be taken up. The total allocation for
these schemes is Rs.0.70 crore.

Schemes for Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project
A special thrust will be given to bring out the remaining parts of the
comprehensive etymological dictionary. Similarly compilation and printing of
comprehensive contemporary Tamil Dictionary is also planned based on the
objectives highlighted in the Plan. A sum of Rs.0.26 crore is proposed for the
above schemes.
Eleventh Five Year Plan Outlay
The total outlay for the Tamil Development sector for the Eleventh Plan is
Rs. 7.26 crore.