Madhya Pradesh: Amit Shah launches MBBS textbooks in Hindi on October 16

For the first time in India, MBBS textbooks are launched in Hindi by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on October 16, 2022.

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the first MBBS course in Hindi in the country on October 16, 2022, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Many dignitaries including the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present on the occasion.

"This day is very important for the medical sector in the year of the AzadikaAmritMahotsav and will be written in golden letters in times to come. This is the day of renaissance and reconstruction of the education sector of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a very historic decision in the New Education Policy, by giving importance to the mother tongue of students in Primary, Technical and Medical education. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given a call to provide Medical and Engineering education in regional languages ​​such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali and the Government of Madhya Pradesh led by Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the first fulfil Shri Modi’s wish," said Amit Shah.

"Today Medical education is commencing in Hindi and soon engineering studies will also begin in Hindi and translation of engineering books has commenced in eight languages ​​across the country, and soon students across the Nation will be able to pursue technical and medical education in their Mother Tongue. This day is important as from today onwards, students will not only receive instructions in Technical and Medical education in their mother tongue, but also will be able to conduct research in their own language," he added.

Madhya Pradesh is the first state to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi's New Education policy and is implementing it in a very good way. The thinking process is done the best in the mother tongue and words spoken in the mother tongue touch the heart. He said the mind processes thinking, revision, research, reasoning, analysis and arriving at a decision in one's mother tongue. If studies and research are conducted in the mother tongue, then Indian students are no less competent than students from other countries, and they will bring laurels to India in research, said Shah.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a message for the world when he gives speeches in global forums in the official Language Hindi.  

"When PM Modi speaks in Hindi on the global stage, the confidence of the youth across the country increases," he added further.

In 2014 there were 387 medical colleges and these have increased to 596, the number of MMBS seats has increased from 51,000 to 79,000. There were 16 IITs which are now 23, there were 13 IIMs which are now 20 and there were nine IIITs which are now 25. In 2014, there were 723 universities in the country, which has been increased to 1,043 by the Government. 

After today's launch, India will go a long way in global research and the intellectual potential of our students will also be placed before the world, said the Home Minister.

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