 bill no  49 of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 byshri vincent h pala, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth  year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2014 2  in the eighth schedule to the constitution, existing entries 9 to 22 shall be renumbered as entries 10 to 23, respectively, and before entry 10 as so re-numbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"9 khasi" statement of objects  and reasons'khasi' language is widely spoken in the state of meghalaya and other adjoining north-eastern states such as mizoram, nagaland, tripura and assam the language is also spoken by a sizeable population living in bangladesh close to the indian border in meghalaya alone nearly twenty lakh people speak khasi in other parts, the number of people who speak this language, though yet to be estimated, may be nearly twenty lakhs roman script is used for writing khasi khasi is rich in folklore and folk tale the language has immense valuable history and heritage the celebrated poet soso tham commonly revered as the 'bard of the khasis' had added embellishment and enrichment to the khasi language a demand for adorning him on the indian postage stamp is still pending with the central governmentthere is a long pending demand from the khasi-speaking people to include khasi language in the eighth schedule to the constitution so that it is accorded a place of pride in the comity of languages mentioned in the eighth schedule such an inclusion would bring khasi speaking people from the meghalaya and other north-eastern states into the mainstream and make them feel more  patrioticthe bill, accordingly, seeks to amend the constitution with a view to include khasi language in the eighth schedule annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth  schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages1 assamese 2 bengali 3 bodo 4 dogri 5  gujarati 6 hindi 7 kannada 8 kashmiri 9 konkani10 maithili 11 malayalam 12 manipuri 13 marathi 14 nepali 15 oriya 16 punjabi 17 sanskrit 18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri vincent h pala, mp)gmgipmrnd—758ls(s-3)—01072014