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Plea to make sign language official
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Coca-Cola India president Venkatesh Kini on Thursday co-signed a petition to make sign language an official language of India.
​New Delhi: Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Coca-Cola India president Venkatesh Kini on Thursday co-signed a petition to make sign language an official language of India.
The petitioners also urged the Prime Minister and the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to include sign language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
The petition read that the prime minister's dream of "accessible India" could only be fulfilled if sign language became the official language of the country.
"This will bring millions of people to the mainstream and further enable our society to become an inclusive society," the joint petition said.
Speaking at the annual event to felicitate "Special People of the Year", organised by the Limca Book of Awards, Murthy said the government and corporates must come together to accomplish the vision of an accessible India.
