Shri Dharmendra Pradhan releases 55 literary works in classical Indian languages, including Tamil, Odia, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Indian Sign Language

• Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan released 55 literary works in classical Indian languages on 6 January 2026 in New Delhi.
• Part of the Government's push under NEP 2020 to mainstream classical languages (now 11 after the Oct 2024 additions) in education and research.
• Tests aspirant knowledge of CIIL, CICT, Centres of Excellence (CoE) for Classical Languages, the classical-language criteria, and Tirukkural as a knowledge text.