 bill no 36 of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20162 in the eighth schedule to the constitution,—amendment of the eighth schedule5(a) the existing entries from 4 to 9 shall be re-numbered as entries 5 to 10,respectively and before entry 5 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"4 bundeli"; and10(b) the existing entries from 10 to 22 shall be renumbered as entries 12 to 24 andbefore entry 12 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"11 kumaoni" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsbundeli language has its own glorious history the very mention of bundeli emerges a picture of such culture and region that does not show its reluctance to even sacrifice one's life the 'alha-udal' drama of bundelkhand region is world famous bundeli language has been in use for official purposes for more than one hundred years and as per 2001 census nearly three crore people belonging to various states use this language bundeli language is the fulcrum of identity and contact for these peoplebesides bundeli, kumaoni language too has its illustrious background kumaoni was official language of chandel rulers of uttarakhand and even today it continued to be local language in the region in various states of the country, nearly 25 crore people use kumaoni in their day to day interaction kumaoni literature is fairly enriched and is frequently used in public literature as well as in conventionsboth the languages, that are historically and traditionally enriched ones, are being subjected to gross neglect these days both of these languages run the risk of losing their existence and call for assistance on the part of the government it is unavoidable and desirable both on having been included in the eighth schedule, the usage and popularity of these languages shall spread all acrossneither of these two languages has so far been in the scheme of examination being conducted by the union public service commission as a result students proficient in these languages cannot use them in the examination by including these two languages in the eighth schedule, avenues of employment shall also be generated therefore, these two languages call for inclusion in the eighth schedule to the constitution with immediate effect in order that they may receive their due recognitionhence this billnew delhi;kunwar pushpendra singh chandelfebruary 9, 2016 annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth schedule[articles 344(1) and 351]languages1assamese2bengali3bodo4dogri5gujarati6hindi7kannada8kashmiri9konkani10maithili11malayalam12manipuri13marathi14nepali15oriya16punjabi17sanskrit18santhali19sindhi20tamil21telugu22urdu lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)gmgipmrnd—4261ls(s3)—26-02-2016