Section 15 — Functions of the Authority.

15. Functions of the Authority.- The Authority shall,-  
 (a) review  the actions taken by the different departments; public undertakings, all 
institutions and local bodies and institutions and receiving grants by the State 
Government in the implementation of official language policy of the State Government; 
 (b) suggest measures to the State Government for the effective implementation of 
the recommendations of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi Report as approved by the State 
Government; 
 (c) identify the hurdles in the implementation of Kannada as the administrative 
language and to take suitable measures to solve them; 
  1[(ca) take action to secure priority for, and promotion of Kannada in the field of 
education and cultural activities.]1 

   1. Inserted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997. 
 (d) review form time to time the system of Kannada Examinations (Service 
Examination), Examinations conducted for testing the knowledge of Kannada along with 
the relevant syllabus existing or that may be prepared and if necessary suggest the 
Government to revise, modify or renew the same, to conduct study and consultations 
regarding the manufacture, purchase and distribution of Kannada typewriters, the use of 
Kannada in modern equipments like computers, teleprinters, telex, which are used in the 
modernisation of offices and in this connection to take decisions that would promote 
extensive use of Kannada and to take necessary actions to get it implemented; 
 (e) arrange training programmes, workshops, exhibitions and seminars which would 
facilitate the use of Kannada for officers and officials and Kannada teaching courses for 
non kannadigas and to prepare the necessary syllabus and literature; 
 (f) publish, purchase and distribute useful publications relating to the development of 
Kannada; 
 (g) ensure all the forms used in the offices are printed in Kannada and to examine 
and grant permission for the printing of forms, publications and registers which are 
required to be in languages other than Kannada; 
 (h) examine whether the regional language as being used in the forms, notices and 
name plates that are in day to day use in accordance with the language policy of the 
Central Government in the offices of the Central Government, banks, post offices and in 
other offices and undertakings which have more public contacts in the State and to 
conduct correspondence with those offices in this connections; 
 (i) take decisions on the matters of preparation, revision, printing and distribution of 
reference books on administration and to implement the same and to monitor the 
progress in this field and suggest necessary measures; 
 (j) examine the standards of Kannada text books and give instructions to rectify the 
mistakes, if any, in these books.