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Re:How to count every language in India (2018) by throwaway20-20 on Sunday November 01, 2020 @12:22PM (#24960931)
> It makes convenient to promote the varna system(modern caste system)

Not sure how Hindi is related to the caste system. Caste system plagues all of India irrespective of the mother tongue.

> forces in to the education of all non-hindi speaking states too

Education is a state subject in India, the union government cannot force a language on a state

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Re:How to count every language in India (2018) by furyroad on Monday November 02, 2020 @04:02AM (#24965996)
> Education is a state subject in India

This is not true anymore. Education used to be a state subject but it is now in concurrent list; which means the union govt. has a say in education. That's how the union govt. was able to mandate three language formula in New Education Policy 2020.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_List

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