A compromise was reached in the end , enshrined in Article 343 of the constitution , which states that he form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals , with the provision that a presidential order could be issued to allow the use of Devanagari numerals in addition to the international ones for a period of 15 years starting from the commencement of the constitution . In accordance with Article 344 , the Official Languages Commission constituted in 1955 and headed by B . G . Kher was given the power to make recommendations on the form of numerals to be used for any one or more specified purposes of the Union . The Commission had no recommendation to make on the issue according to its report . Consequently , the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language headed by G . B . Pant , which was constituted in 1957 to review the recommendations of the Kher commission , submitted additional recommendations that formed the basis for the Presidential Order of 1960 . The order has the following to say on the matter , As suggested by the Committee , a uniform basic policy should be adopted for the use of Devanagari numerals , in addition to the international numerals , in the Hindi publications of the Central Ministries depending upon the public intended to be addressed and the subjectmatter of the publication . For scientific , technical and statistical publications the international numerals should be adopted uniformly in all publications '. n o t e s a n d n u m b e r s h o w t h e n e w c u r r e n c y m a y r e s u r r e c t t h e l a n g u a g e d e b a t e d e b a t e w h y m o h a n l a l neednotshutandstickacting 53367