 bill no 28 of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 byshri arjun meghwal, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment ) act, 2014"17 rajasthani" statement of objects and reasonsrajasthani is a language or language cluster of the indo-aryan languages familyrajasthani language is a very old and rich language  spoken widely in many parts of the country especially in the states of rajasthan, madhya pradesh, haryana, gujarat, punjab and in  some adjacent bordering areas of pakistan as per census of india-2001, around thirty-six million people speak this language in the state of rajasthan alone if we take into consideration the number of speakers of this language all over the world including the state of rajasthan, the number of 'rajasthani' speakers may touch the eighty million mark worldwide the language has its own history, literature and eminent scholars this language is taught in many schools, colleges and universities apart from this, rajasthani 'lok-geet' has its own importance and is famous all over the worldrajasthani language has achieved its own importance through the various efforts made by the scholars in 1908, a scholar george abraham grierson first gave the name 'rajasthani' to this language, which was earlier known through its various dialectsbecause of the efforts  of various scholars, today, the sahitya akademi which is india's national academy of letters and the university grants commission has recognized it as a distinct language it is also taught in the university of jodhpur and udaipur the board of secondary education, rajasthan has included 'rajasthani' as an optional subject since 1973 since 1947, several movements have also been going on in rajasthan to give this language the recognition it deserves however, unfortunately, this rich language has not yet got due recognitionthus, considering the above facts, it is  proposed in the bill that the rajasthani language be included in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this billnew delhi;arjun  meghwaljune 12, 2014 annexure extract from the constitution of  india eighth  schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages01 assamese 02 bengali 03 bodo 04 dogri 05 gujarati 06 hindi 07 kannada 08 kashmiri 09 konkani 10 maithili 11 malayalam 12 manipuri 13 marathi 14 nepali 15 oriya 16 punjabi 17 sanskrit 18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu ———————— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri arjun meghwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—672ls(s3)—27-06-2014