| The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003 | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of India | |
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| Citation | ANNEXURE (A)
TEXTS OF THE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACTS (First to Ninety-fourth)[1] |
| Territorial extent | India |
| Passed by | Lok Sabha |
| Passed | 22 December 2003 |
| Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
| Passed | 23 December 2003 |
| Assented to | 7 January 2004 |
| Commenced | 7 January 2004 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
| Bill title | Constitution (One-hundredth Amendment) Bill, 2003 |
| Introduced by | Lal Krishna Advani |
| Introduced | 18 August 2003 |
| Committee report | Report of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
| Final stages | |
| Reported from conference committee | 5 December 2003 |
| Related legislation | |
| 21st and 71st Amendments | |
| Summary | |
| Included Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali as official languages by amending the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution | |
| Status: In force | |
The Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to 22. The Eighth Schedule lists languages that the Government of India has the responsibility to develop.[1]
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages.[2] Sindhi was included by the 21st Amendment, enacted in 1967; and Konkani, Meitei and Nepali were included by the 71st Amendment in 1992, raising the total number of languages to 18.
- ^ http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf Archived 8 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "The Constitution of India (1949)" (PDF). Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 1189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
