 bill no 196of 2013 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2013 by shri hansraj gangaram ahir, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2013"5 gondi" statement of objects and reasonslanguage is an effective medium of expression the promotion of a language also leads to the development of the linguistic people concerned one finds ample opportunity to enrich one's social, educational standard through a developed language in the states of central india like maharashtra (vidarbha region), chhattisgarh, madhya pradesh and jharkhand, gondi language is widely spoken by the persons belonging to gond tribe at present, gondi language is being scripted in devanagari and the study of its grammar and language is gaining prevalence not just that, even literature is being written in the language identified as a primitive language the state governments concerned are also contributing in the usage and propagation of this languagethe mother tongue of many of the members of parliament elected from the tribal areas is gondi in view of its historic background and taking into account that this language is being spoken by a large number of persons, it is necessary that gondi language be given its due recognition by including it in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this billnew delhi;hansraj gangaram ahirfebruary 8, 2013 annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth  schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages1 assamese 2 bengali 3 bodo   4 dogri5 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  lok  sabha——————a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri hansraj gangaram ahir, mp)gmgipmrnd—4869ls(s-4)—25-02-2013