| The English language may also be used for official purposes | Only, English is recognized for official uses as per the official language policy |
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| Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India | Eleven other languages — Bhutia, Lepcha, Limboo, Newari, Gurung, Mangar, Mukhia, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang - are termed "official", but only for the purposes of the preservation of culture and tradition |
Official website of Directorate of languages, Government of Maharashtra.
27| Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |
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| "The Riots in Tamilnadu: Problems and Prospects of India's Language Crisis" | The National Commission for Linguistic Minorities, 1950 ibid makes no mention of Chhattisgarhi as an additional state language, despite the 2007 notification of the State Govt, presumably because Chhattisgarhi is considered as a dialect of Hindi |