 bill  no  xl of  2008 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2008 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2008(2) it shall  come into force with immediate effect "4 chhatishgarhi" statement of objects and reasonschattishgarhi is spoken by nearly two crore people living in the state of chattishgrah one of the main factors in the formation of the state was the language which has its own grammar, dictionery and set of proverbs it is the medium of expression of people's art, literature and traditions the "pandawani", the chattishgharhi mahabharata, has assumed international significance the people of the state are known all over the country because of chattishgarhi akashwani and doordarshan present everyday programmes in chattishgarhi and the railways have adopted it for regular announcementsthe successive state governments have unanimously passed resolutions for recognition of chattishgrahi, as official language of the state, to convey the benefits of development to the last man and pave way for 100% literacyinclusion of chattishgrahi, will not only meet the long cherished aspirations of people of a distinct area surrounded by marathi, telugu and oriya speaking states in the southern part, and predominantly hindi belt in the north, but also contribute in enriching the assimilation desired in art 351 of the constitutionhence the billshreegopal  vyas annexure extract from the constitution of india     eighth  schedule[articles 344 (1) and 351]languages1 assamese 2 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 punjabi 17 sanskrit 18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu22 urdu      rajya   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri shreegopal vyas, mp)gmgipmrnd—4753rs(s-5)—29122008