 bill no 95 of  2011 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2011 bydr  ajay  kumar, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic  of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2011 2 in the eighth schedule to the constitution,—(i) entries 3 to 6 shall be renumbered as entries 4 to 7, respectively, and before entry 4 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of the eighth schedule"3 bhojpuri";(ii) after entry 7 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"8 ho";(iii) entries 7 to 14 shall be renumbered as entries 9 to 16, respectively, and after entry 16 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"17 oraon";5(iv) entries 15 to 21 shall be renumbered as entries 18 to 24, respectively, and after entry 24 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"25 tulu";(v) entry 22 shall be renumbered as entry 26 statement of objects and reasonsthe eighth schedule to the constitution includes twenty-two languages as national languages which are widely spoken and written by our people it is presumed that it is around these languages that the education, culture and intellectual pursuits of our people grow and flourishbut it is unfortunate that the "bhojpuri" language, which is spoken and written by millions of people does not find a place in the eighth schedule bhojpuri is the mother tongue of a large number of people in several parts of bihar, jharkhand and eastern uttar pradesh and is spoken in other parts of the world toosimilarly oraon is a popular language of jharkhand which is spoken not only in that state but also in west bengal, orissa and chhattisgarh by millions of tribal people this language has a rich tradition dating back to thousands of years similarly, ho is one of the languages of santhali people of jharkhand whereas tulu is spoken by a large number of people in udupi and south canara districts of  karnataka all of these languages fulfil all the criteria for inclusion in the eighth schedule to the constitutionfor the promotion of literacy and the development of these languages, it is necessary that they are included in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this billnovember 9, 2011 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————(dr ajay kumar, mp)gmgipmrnd—2456ls(s3)—21112011