 bill no xxxviii of  2018 the national  anthem (modification) bill, 2018 a billto modify the national anthem ''jana gana mana''be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the national anthem (modification) act, 2018short title, and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint the  schedule[see section 2]jana gana mana adhinayaka jaya hey bharata bhagya vidhata punjab sindh uttarpurv gujarat maratha dravida utkala banga vindhya himachala yamuna ganga uchchala jaladhi taranga tava shubha name jage tava shubha ashisha mage gahe tava jaya gatha jana gana mangala dayaka jaya hey bharata bhagya vidhata jaya hey, jaya hey, jaya hey jaya jaya jaya, jaya hey statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe national anthem of india "jana gana mana" was composed by dr rabindranath tagore and was first sung on december 27, 1911 the anthem naturally reflects the composition of india at that timethe then president of india, dr rajendra prasad, had made a statement in the constituent assembly on 24th january, 1950 that the composition consisting of the words and music known as jana gana mana is the national anthem of india, subject to such alterations in the words as the government may authorise as occasion arisesthe anthem does not mention very important component of india like the northeast, now comprising of the states like assam, meghalaya, manipur, nagaland, tripura, arunachal pradesh, sikkim and mizoram the north-eastern(ne) states are situated at such strategic and sensitive points, that they are at the border of burma, china, bhutan and bangladesh in most of the cases the people of north-eastern states feel alienated from rest of india, as most of the states are still not easily accessible by virtue of being hill states with inhabitants of hill tribes inspite of the mass participation and commendable contribution of the people of these states in the freedom struggle of india therefore, the anthem needs to be modified so that it reflects the true composition of present day india including the northeastern stateshence, this billripun bora rajya  sabha———— a billto modify the national anthem ''jana gana mana''————(shri ripun bora, mp)mgipmrnd—823rs(s3)—25 -06-2019