Question: Which of the following ministry has launched the Bharatavani Portal?
(a) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(d) None of the above
Ans:(c)
Related facts:
- On 25 May 2016 the Union HRD Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani launched the multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in at Lucknow .
- Bharatavani is the Largest Online Repository of Dictionaries in India.
- The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru is implementing this ambitious project of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
- Bharatavani is the first knowledge portal of its kind in India which focuses on becoming a single point source for multiple language learning, content and technology.
- Alongwith the Bharatavani portal, MHRD has also launched the Bharatavani Multi-lingual App called Bharatavani.
- This App will enable users to search for one language text in another language.
- Currently the App has 35 multilingual Dictionaries and MHRD aims to extend it to 250 dictionaries in a years time.
- The Bharatavani Portal would publish the content in the following main sections:
1.Paa Thyapustaka Kosha : Textbooks by various authorities
2.Jnana Kosha : Encyclopedic Knowledge base in all languages
3.Shabda Kosha: Dictionaries, Glossaries, Terminologies,
4.Bhasha Kosha: Language learning books
5.Suchanaa Praudyogikii Kosha : It tools ( right now linked to TDIL)
6.Bahumaadhyama Kosha: Multimedia content - Significantly, more than 130 Dictionaries, Glossaries and Terminology books have been posted on the web portal.
- The portal has been launched in 22 scheduled languages, which eventually will be extended to 100 more languages.
- Many institutions both at National and State level have declared their support to this initiative and have already signed MOUs with Bharatavani.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145676