Mooted by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), instituted by the human resource development ministry, the project is likely to be up and running in June.

"We want to the young generation to be interested in Urdu literature and culture," Khwaja Mohammed Ekramuddin, NCPUL director, said.

The council will initially upload nine volumes of the Urdu encyclopedia that covers subjects ranging from arts, science, politics and culture. It also plans to place a team of people to edit and update comments posted on the Urdu Wiki.