Official scripts of India

Officially mandated writing systems in India There are several official scripts of India, which are either used officially by the Union government or by the state governments. The official languages of the Indian Union are Hindi and English, whereas the Devanagari script is used to write Hindi and the Latin script is used for English. Alongside, the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists languages that are officially recognised by the Indian government. However, the state legislatures are free to adopt by law any languages as official ones. Bengali–Assamese Script The Bengali–Assamese script is the official script for the Bengali and Assamese language in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura. Devanagari Script The Constitution of India says: The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals.— Part XVII of the Indian Constitution Being the official script for Hindi, Devanagari is officially used in the Union Government of India as well as several Indian states where Hindi is an official language: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Hima