 statement of objects and reasonsindia is a union of states thousands of dialects and languages are spoken throughout the country our parliament consists of representatives of all states and union territories people of one state, for lack of adequate opportunities, do not understand the language of another - state 7 in parliament, by virtue of article 120, all business is conducted in english or hindi ] members who do not understand these two languages or are not able to express themselves _ adequately find it very difficult to function effectively as parliamentarians whenever a member addresses the house, his speech should be simultaneously _ interpreted and verbatim reports thereof be translated into all languages specified in the eighth schedule to the constitution so that other members may understand what the member is speaking about this will not only enable members to function effectively, but also help in fostering unity among different states | at present, members are required to table notices under different provisions of the rules of procedure and conduct of business in lok sabha/rajya sabha either in english or in hindi since they are not well versed in either language, they are deprived from participating meaningfully in the debates | with a view to upholding sound democratic and parliamentary system and to afford j an opportunity to members to participate in the debates and function as true parliamentarians, it is proposed that— (/) translation/interpretation facilities should be provided in all languages - mentioned in the eighth schedule; (ii) members may be permitted to table notices in al! languages in the eighth schedule; and (iii) official languages of the union should be the languages specified in the eighth schedule the bill seeks to fulfil a long standing demand and aspiration of majority of people of the country,  financial memorandumthe bill seeks to provide for simultaneous interpretation and also translation facility in all languages specified in the eighth schedule to the constitution it also enables members to table notices in those languages the bill further seeks to provide that official languages of the union shall be the languages specified in the eighth schedule this was involve some expenditure from the consolidated fund of india in respect of appointment of interpreters, translators, etc it is likely that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten crore is to be involved a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is also likely to be involved for making necessary arrangements in parliament for simultaneous interpretation and making available translation in all languages annexure extract from the constitution of india     120 (/) notwithstanding anything in part xvii, but subject to the provisions of article language to be used in parliament 345, business in parliament shall be transacted in hindi of in english : provided that the chairman of the council of states or speaker of the house of the people, or person acting as such, as the case may be, may permit any member who cannot adequately express himself in hindi or in english to' address the house in this mother-tongue (2) unless parliament by law otherwise provides, this article shall, after the expiration of a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this constitution, have effect as if the words or in english were omitted therefrom      343 (/) the official language of the union shall be hindi or in devanagari script official language of the union the form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the union shall be the international form of indian numerals (2) notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this constitution, the english language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement : provided that the president may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the hindi language in addition to the english language and of the devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the union (3) notwithstanding anything in this article, parliament may be law provide for the use, after the said period of fifteen years of— (a) the english language, or (4) the devanagri form of numerals for such purposes as may be specified the law      344 (/) the president shall, at the expiration of five years from the commencement of | commission    | and    ||---------------|--------|| committee     | of     || parliament    | on     |this constitution and thereafter at the expiration of ten years from such commencement, by official language order constitute a commission which shall consist of a chairman and such other members representing the different languages specified in the eighth schedule as the president may appoint, and the order shall define the procedure to be followed by the commission (2) it shall be the duty of the commission to make recommendations to the president as to - (a) the progressive use of the hindi language for the official purpose of the union; (6) restrictions on the use of the english language for all or any of the official purposes of the union; (c) the language to be used for all or any of the purposes mentioned in article 348; (d) the form of numerals to be used for any one or more specified purposes of the union;(e) any other matter referred to the commission by the president as regards the official language of the union and the language for communication between the union and a state or between one state and another and their use, (3) in making their recommendations under clause (2), the commission shal! have due regard to the industrial, cultural and scientific advancement of india, and the just claims and the interests of person belonging to the non-hindi speaking areas in regard to the public services (4) there shall be constituted a committee consisting of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be members of the house of the people and ten shall be members of the council of states to be elected respectively by the members of the house of the people and the members of the council of states in accordance with the system of proportional tepresentation by means of the single transferable vote (5) it shall be the duty of committee to examine the recommendations of the commission constituted under clause (1) and to report to the president their opinion thereon (6) notwithstanding anything in article 343, the president may, after consideration of the report referred to in clause(5), issue directions in accordance with the whole or any part of that report    346 the language for the time being authorised for use in the union for official purposes shall be the official language for communication between one state and another state and between a state and the union: provided that if two or more states agree that the hindi language should be the official language for communication between one state and another or between a state and the union official language for communication between such states, that language may be used for such communication    348 (/) notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this part, until parliament by law otherwise provides— (a) all proceedings in the supreme court and in every high court, (b) the authoritative texts— language to be used in the supreme court and in the high courts and for acts, bills, etc(i) of all bills to be introduced or amendments thereto be moved in either house of parliament or in the house or either house of the legislature of a state, (i) ofall acts passed by parliament or the legislature of a state and of all ordinances promulgated by the president or the governor of a state, and (iii) of all orders, tules, regulations and bye-laws issued under this constitution or under any law made by parliament or the legislature of a state, shall be in the english language     "  (2)       provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any judgement, decree or order passed or made by such high court       directive of development of the hindi language 351 it shall be the duty of the union to promote the spread of the hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of india and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in hindustani and in the other languages of india specified in the eighth schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on sanskrit and secondarily on other languages      