A language lab will be set up in the Banaras Hindu University to teach Tamil quickly and easily to speakers of other languages, Minister for Culture and Tamil Official Language K Pandiarajan announced in the Assembly.
The minister said Rs 9.60 lakh will be allotted for the purpose.
The government will provide for tuition and hostel fee of students who opt to learn Tamil as second language in BHU, "according to the number of students, every year."
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