Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India
| The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
| An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. | |
| Citation | 92nd Amendment |
| Territorial extent | India |
| Enacted by | Lok Sabha |
| Date passed | 22 December 2003 |
| Enacted by | Rajya Sabha |
| Date passed | 23 December 2003 |
| Date assented to | 7 January 2004 |
| Date commenced | 7 January 2004 |
| Legislative history | |
| Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha | Constitution (One-hundredth Amendment) Bill, 2003 |
| Bill published on | 18 August 2003 |
| Introduced by | Lal Krishna Advani |
| Committee report | Report of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
| Date passed by conference committee | 5 December 2003 |
| Related legislation | |
| 21st and 71st Amendments | |
| Summary | |
| Included Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali 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 Santhali 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.
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages.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.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title This Act may be called the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003.
2. Amendment of Eighth Schedule In the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution—
The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 18 August 2003, as the Constitution (One-hundredth Amendment) Bill, 2003 (Bill No. 63 of 2003). It was introduced by then Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani and sought to amend the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. The full text of the Statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the bill is given below:
There have been demands for inclusion of certain languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. It is proposed to include Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.
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