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The '''Seventy-first Amendment''' of the [[Constitution of India]], officially known as '''The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992''', amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Meitei language|Meitei]] (officially called "[[Manipuri language|Manipuri]]") and [[Nepali language|Nepali]] languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to eighteen. The Eighth Schedule lists languages that the [[Government of India]] has the responsibility to develop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008041425/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf |archivedate=8 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> | The '''Seventy-first Amendment''' of the [[Constitution of India]], officially known as '''The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992''', amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Meitei language|Meitei]] (officially called "[[Manipuri language|Manipuri]]") and [[Nepali language|Nepali]] languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to eighteen. The Eighth Schedule lists languages that the [[Government of India]] has the responsibility to develop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008041425/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf |archivedate=8 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> | ||
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution of India (1949)|url=http://164.100.47.134/intranet/CAI/E.pdf|work=Lok Sabha Secretariat|accessdate=5 December 2013|page=1189|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013102/http://164.100.47.134/intranet/CAI/E.pdf|archivedate=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] was included by the [[Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India|21st Amendment]], enacted in 1967. [[Bodo language|Bodo]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Santali language|Santhali]] and [[Maithili language|Maithili]] were included in the Eighth Schedule in 2004, through the [[Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India|92nd Amendment]], raising the total number of languages to 22.{{cn | The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution of India (1949)|url=http://164.100.47.134/intranet/CAI/E.pdf|work=Lok Sabha Secretariat|accessdate=5 December 2013|page=1189|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013102/http://164.100.47.134/intranet/CAI/E.pdf|archivedate=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] was included by the [[Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India|21st Amendment]], enacted in 1967. [[Bodo language|Bodo]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Santali language|Santhali]] and [[Maithili language|Maithili]] were included in the Eighth Schedule in 2004, through the [[Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India|92nd Amendment]], raising the total number of languages to 22.{{cn}} | ||
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The ''Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992'', was introduced in [[Lok Sabha]] on 20 August 1992, as the ''Constitution (Seventy-eighth Amendment) Bill, 1992'' (Bill No. 142 of 1992). It was introduced by [[Shankarrao Chavan]], then Minister of Home Affairs, and sought to include Konkani, Meitei and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.<ref name="Constitution Amendment in India">{{cite book|title=Constitution Amendment in India | The ''Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992'', was introduced in [[Lok Sabha]] on 20 August 1992, as the ''Constitution (Seventy-eighth Amendment) Bill, 1992'' (Bill No. 142 of 1992). It was introduced by [[Shankarrao Chavan]], then Minister of Home Affairs, and sought to include Konkani, Meitei and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.<ref name="Constitution Amendment in India">{{cite book|title=Constitution Amendment in India|publisher=Northern Book Centre|location=New Delhi|pages=124;217;451–452|isbn=9788172110659|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yp0yhzdKWIC|edition=Sixth|editor=R.C. Bhardwaj|accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> The full text of the Statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the bill is given below: | ||
{{blockquote|There have been demands for inclusion of certain languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. It is proposed to include Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. The Bill seeks to give effect to this decision. | {{blockquote|There have been demands for inclusion of certain languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. It is proposed to include Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. The Bill seeks to give effect to this decision. | ||