EIGHTH SCHEDULE OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

02, Jul 2019

Prelims level : Constitutional Provisions, Constitutional Bodies, Regulatory Bodies Mains level : Indian Constitution- Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
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  • Context: Recently a Member of Parliament made a case in Lok Sabha for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution
About 8th Schedule:
  • It is the list of official languages recognised by the Constitution.
  • The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution contains a list of 22 scheduled languages viz. Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Sindhi (added by 21st Amendment Act, 1967), Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali (added by 71st Amendment Act, 1992), Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhal (added by 92nd Amendment 2003).
  • The list had originally 14 languages only but subsequently through amendments 8 new languages were added.
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