Star News Agency
New Delhi. Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Shri V. Narayanasamy has said that Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu and Kannada languages have been classified by the Government as Classical Languages.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, various schemes/programmes relating to research, documentation, development and preservation are implemented to promote classical languages. It also includes instituting chairs for classical languages in Universities and instituting awards to eminent scholars in classical languages.