| The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
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| Citation | 71st Amendment |
| Territorial extent | India |
| Passed by | Lok Sabha |
| Passed | 20 August 1992 |
| Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
| Passed | 20 August 1992 |
| Assented to | 31 August 1992 |
| Commenced | 31 August 1992 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
| Bill title | Constitution (Seventy-eighth Amendment) Bill, 1992 |
| Introduced by | Shankarrao Chavan |
| Introduced | 20 August 1992 |
| Related legislation | |
| 21st and 92nd Amendments | |
| Summary | |
| Included Konkani, Meitei (officially called Manipuri) and Nepali as official languages by amending the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution | |
| Status: In force | |
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, Meitei (officially called "Manipuri") and 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.[1]
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages.[2] Sindhi was included by the 21st Amendment, enacted in 1967. Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili were included in the Eighth Schedule in 2004, through the 92nd Amendment, raising the total number of languages to 22.[citation needed]
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- ^ "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.
