 bill no 90 of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 byshri rajiv pratap rudy, 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,—amendment of the eighth schedule5(i) existing entries 3 to 9 shall be renumbered as entries 4 to 10, respectively, andbefore entry 4 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—''3 bhojpuri'';(ii) after entry 10 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—''11 magahi'';(iii) entries 10 to 16 shall be renumbered as entries 12 to 18, respectively, and after entry 18 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—5''19 rajasthani''(iv) entries 17 to 22 shall be renumbered as entries 20 to 25, 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 bhozpuri, 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 magazines 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, the figure shows that a total of 3,30,99,497 persons in the country have written bhojpuri as their mother tonguethe history of bhojpuri language dates back to 7th 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 areasrajasthani is another prominent language having rich traditions spoken widely in the states of rajasthan, madhya pradesh, haryana, gujarat and punjab around thirty-five million people speak this language in the state of rajasthan alone efforts have been made by the eminent scholars to get this language the recognition which it deserves however, the language has not yet got the due recognitionin view of above, in order to promote, integrate and empower bhojpuri, magahi and rajasthani languages and to protect the culture and traditions of the speakers of these languages and also taking into consideration of these languages, which are spoken by millions of people, it is necessary that these languages be given their due recognition by including them in the eighth schedule to the constitutionnew delhi;rajiv pratap rudyjune 30, 2014 annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth schedule[articles 344(1) and 351]languages1assamese2bengali3bodo4dogri5gujarati6hindi7kannada8kashmiri9konkani10maithili11malayalam12manipuri13marathi14nepali15oriya16punjabi17sanskrit18santhali19sindhi20tamil21telugu22urdu———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri rajiv pratap rudy, mp)gmgipmrnd—1886ls—01082014