A parliamentary committee has recommended that the medium of instruction in technical and non-technical higher education institutes such as IITs in Hindi-speaking states should be Hindi and in other parts of India their respective local language. It recommended that Hindi should be one of the official languages of the United Nations. In its 11th report presented to President Droupadi Murmu last month, the Committee of Parliament on Official Language, headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, recommended that local languages should be given preference over English in all states.