as introduced in the rajya sabhaon the 8th december, 2006 bill no  cv of  2006 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2006(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectand commencement"17 rajasthani" statement of objects and reasonsthe language of rajasthan is rajasthani which is a very important language of the indo-aryan family rajasthani has vast literature written in various genres starting from 1000 ad it is spoken by around eighty million people in rajasthan and other states of india the richness of the rajasthani language and literature has been recognized by the sahitya akademi and the university grants commission and the language and literature are taught and researched in many universities the rajasthan board of secondary education has included rajasthani in the educational syllabus and it has been an optional subject in rajasthan since 1973 the rajasthan legislature has already passed a resolution to include rajasthani in the eighth schedule of the constitution there is a widespread popular demand for the inclusion of rajasthani language which has every cultural, linguistic and literary justification  to be included in the eighth schedule of the constitution the cultural aspirations of millions of people will be met who take pride in their language and literature which has flourished for many centuries and which the people of rajasthan would love to preserve and this will be done by the inclusion of rajasthani in the eighth schedule thus it would be appropriate to accord recognition to the rajasthani language and insert it into the eighth schedule of the constitutionhence this bill abhishek  manu  singhvi annexure      extract from the constitution of india      eighth  schedule[articles 344 (1) and 351] languages1assamese2bengali3bodo4dogri5gujarati6hindi7kannada8kashmiri9konkani10 maithili 11 malayalam 12 manipuri 13 marathi 14 nepali 15 oriya 16 punjabi 17 sanskrit18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu————abill further to amend the constitution of india————(dr abhishek manu singhvi, mp)mgipmrnd—4153rs(s3)—8-12-2006