 bill no 2 of  2015 the  constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 by shri janardan singh 'sigriwal', mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20152 in the eighth schedule to the constitution,—"3 bhojpuri";(ii) after entry 10 as so re-numbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"11 magahi";(iii) entries 10 to 22 shall be re-numbered as entries 12 to 24, respectively statement of objects and reasonslanguage is not only a medium of communication but also a sign of respect language also reflects on the history, culture, people, system of governance, ecology, politics, etc 'bhojpuri' language is also known as bhojpuri, bihari, deswali and khotla and is a member of the bihari group of the indo-aryan branch of the indo-european language family and is closely related to magahi and maithili languagesbhojpuri language is spoken in many parts of north-central and eastern regions of this country it is particularly spoken in the western part of the state of bihar, north-western part of jharkhand and the purvanchal region of uttar pradesh many bhojpuri magazine and newspapers are published in the states of bihar and uttar pradesh bhojpuri language is spoken by over 40 million people in the country as per the census 2001, a total of 3,30,99,497 persons in the country have mentioned bhojpuri as their mother tonguethe prosperity of a society is earmarked by its linguistic heritage if one goes through the history of bhojpuri language, it dates back to seventh century due to a long history of emigration from the bhojpuri regions, this language has spread over all continents of the world it is also one of the national languages of fiji spoken as 'fiji hindi'bhojpuri culture is popular even in countries like nepal, mauritius, sri lanka, thailand, england and greece in about twenty countries across the world, fifteen to sixty-five per cent of the population is bhojpuri speaking in nepal, bhojpuri is spoken by over two million people bhojpuri is also spoken by over four lakh people in mauritiusvariants of bhojpuri are spoken by descendants of bhojpuri-speaking plantation workers in several countries like guyana, suriname, fiji, trinidad and tobagoin addition to bhojpuri, 'magahi' is one of the prominent language spoken by millions in the eastern part of india specially in various districts of the states of bihar, jharkhand, odisha and west bengal the language carries the rich cultural heritage and traditions of the people residing in these areas research has shown that it is being spoken since mauryan era because of onslaught of english and khari boli, the future of this language appears to be flattened it is, therefore, the duty of the government to protect this language, being an important part of our heritagein view of above, in order to promote, integrate and empower 'bhojpuri' and 'magahi'languages and to protect the culture and traditions of the speakers of these languages and also taking into consideration importance of these languages, it is necessary that these languages be given their due recognition by including them in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this bill annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages1assamese2bengali3bodo4dogri5gujarati6hindi7kannada8kashmiri9konkani10maithili11malayalam12manipuri13marathi14nepali15oriya16punjabi17sanskrit18santhali19sindhi20tamil21telugu22urdu      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri janardan singh 'sigriwal', mp)gmgipmrnd—4150ls(s3)—04-02-2015