Seventy-first Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation71st Amendment
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed20 August 1992
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed20 August 1992
Assented to31 August 1992
Commenced31 August 1992
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleConstitution (Seventy-eighth Amendment) Bill, 1992
Introduced byShankarrao Chavan
Introduced20 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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  2. ^ "The Constitution of India (1949)" (PDF). Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 1189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.