Main functions of the Division include:

• (i) Translation work: Various documents of the Department including those to be laid in Parliament such as Parliament Questions, Parliamentary Assurances, papers related to Standing Committees and other Parliamentary Committees, Private Member Bills, Calling Attention Notices, Budget related documents, Demands for Grants, Annual Reports, Notifications, General Orders, Advertisements, Tenders, MOUs/ MOAs, Cabinet Notes, Suo Moto Statements/ Speeches and other documents received from Office of the Minister (C&I) and Office of the Minister of State (C&I) and Press releases etc. are translated regularly by Hindi Division of the Department.
• (ii) Implementation work: Implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Union; Official Languages Act, 1963; Official Languages (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Rules, 1976; Directions/Instructions issued by the Government from time to time regarding the use of Hindi; Annual Programme issued by the Department of Official Language, MHA every year for transacting the official work of the Union in Hindi and Presidential Orders issued on the recommendations of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language constituted under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister of Home Affairs.

• Presently, Hindi Division is under the administrative control of Deputy Director General, a senior officer equivalent to the level of Joint Secretary. The Division consists of one Joint Director (OL), one Deputy Director (OL), two Assistant Director (OL), three Senior Translation Officers, five Junior Translation Officers, two PS / PA and two Hindi Typists.