Central Hindi Directorate

A branch of the Hindi Prachar Samithi, a Hindi learning school administered by the Central Hindi Directorate, in Udupi.
Formation	1 March 1960; 64 years ago (1960-03-01)
Type	Governmental organisation
Headquarters	New Delhi
Parent organisation	Ministry of Education
Website	English Hindi

The Central Hindi Directorate (Hindi: केन्द्रीय हिन्दी निदेशालय, romanized: Kendrīya Hindī Nideśālay), New Delhi is the directorate, under the Ministry of Education (India), responsible for promotion of Standard Hindi. It also regulates the use of Devanagari script and Hindi spelling in India.^[1] In keeping with the instructions of Article 351 of the Constitution of India, the Central Hindi Directorate of 1 March 1960 was established. There are four regional offices situated at Chennai, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Kolkata.