Kerala invites applications for its official language awards, with ₹25,000 for the best department

10 October 2026

The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, official language section, has invited applications for the official language awards. Applications must reach by October 12 at 5 pm. The awards are meant to promote Malayalam in government administration and to complete the official language transition. The department that makes the best progress in the official language transition gets ₹25,000, a plaque and a certificate, and the district that best promotes the mother tongue gets ₹20,000, a plaque and a certificate. The Book Writing Award for employees who write original works that help make Malayalam the official language carries a first prize of ₹20,000 and a second prize of ₹10,000. The state-level Official Language Service Award, for Group A, B and C officers and for typists, computer assistants, stenographers and confidential assistants, carries ₹20,000 and ₹10,000 in each category. The district official language award for Group C employees carries ₹10,000. A new literary award for school students covers classes 1 to 4, 5 to 7 and 8 to 10, with a first prize of ₹5,000 and a second prize of ₹3,000. Work done in Malayalam during the 2025 calendar year is what is considered for the awards. State-level applications go to the Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Official Language), Annex 1, Government Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram, and district applications to the District Collectors.