The environment ministry re-introduces a scheme ‘Medini Puraskar Yojna’ which…

Concept

The Medini Puraskar Yojana is an award scheme of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Its purpose is to encourage and reward original writing of books on environmental themes — forests, wildlife, pollution, water resources and allied subjects — in a specific Indian language, so that environmental awareness reaches a wider readership in that language.

Application

The defining condition of the scheme is the language of the books it rewards. Under Medini Puraskar Yojana the books considered for the award must be original works written in Hindi; the scheme exists precisely to promote original environmental writing in Hindi. Hence the language the scheme aims to promote is Hindi.

Contrast

The scheme is language-specific, so the other widely spoken Indian languages offered do not qualify:

• Tamil — a major classical language, but the scheme does not invite or reward environmental books written in it.

• Urdu — not the language targeted by this particular award.

• Bengali — not the language for which this scheme calls for original books.

• English — the scheme deliberately rewards an Indian language rather than English, to widen environmental readership in that language.

Cross-check: the award is conferred by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the eligibility rules require submissions to be original Hindi books, confirming Hindi as the answer.