 bill no xv of 2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement2 it shall come into force with immediate effect53 in the eighth schedule to the constitution,—amendment of the eighth schedule(i) the existing entries 9 to 21 shall be renumbered as entries 10 to 22respectively and before entry 10 as so renumbered the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"9 kodava"(ii) after entry 22 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"23 tulu";(iii) entry 22 shall be renumbered as entry 24 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 two such languages seeking constitutional recognition are "kodava" language of kodagu region of karnataka and "tulu" which is spoken by a large number of people in udupi and south canara districts of karnataka there has been a long-standing demand from the kodavas and above stated region to include their native languages in the eighth schedule to the constitutionboth of these languages fulfil all the criteria for inclusion in the eighth schedule to the constitution kodava language has a great heritage and history which is widely spoken in the kodagu region from where great soldiers of our nation like field marshal cariappa and general thimmaiah hailed and who grew up speaking kodava languagefor 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 billbk hariprasad annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages1 assamese2 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 punjabi17 sanskrit 18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu      rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri bk hariprasad, mp)gmgipmrnd—2234rs(s3)—05-08-2016