 bill no 275 of  2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri sunil kumar singh, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called  the constitution (amendment) act, 2015short title2 in the eighth schedule to the constitution,—(a) existing entries 3 to 9 shall be renumbered as entries 4 to 10, respectively, and—amendment of the eighth schedule5(i) before entry 4 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"3 bhojpuri"; (ii) after entry 10, as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"11 magahi";(b) entries 10 to 14 shall be renumbered as entries 12 to 16, respectively, and after entry 16 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"17 oraon"; (c) entries 15 and 16 shall be renumbered as entries 18 and 19, respectively, and after entry 19 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—5"20 rajasthani"; (d) entries 17 to 22 shall be renumbered as entries 21 to 26 statement of objects and reasonstwenty-two languages find mention in the eighth schedule to the constitution as national languages which are widely spoken and written by our people it is believed that it is in the juxtaposition of these languages only that there is educational, cultural and intellectual development of our people language is not only a tool of communication but also a symbol of deference and respect language also symbolizes history, culture, people, governance, ecology, politics, etc'bhojpuri' is also known as bihari, deswali and khotla and happens to be a member of indo-aryan branch of indo-european language family and holds close abuttal to magahi and maithili bhojpuri is spoken in the north central and eastern region in particular, it is spoken in the western part of bihar, north-western part of jharkhand and in the eastern part of uttar pradesh many bhojpuri journals and newspapers are published in the states of bihar and uttar pradeshbhojpuri is spoken by more than 40 million people in the country  as per 2001 census, as many as 3,30,99,497 people have mentioned bhojpuri as their mother tongue the history of bhojpuri language dates back to the 7th century owing to long history of migration from bhojpuri areas, this language has made its presence felt in all the continents of this world it is one of national languages of fiji and is called fiji hindibhojpuri culture is popular in the countries like nepal, mauritius, sri lanka, thailand, england and greece as well bhojpuri speaking people account for fifteen to sixty-five per cent population in nearly twenty countries in mauritius too more than 40 lakh people speak bhojpuri different forms of bhojpuri are spoken by bhojpuri speaking progeny of plantation workers in many countries like guinea, surinam, fiji, trinidad and tobago other than bhojpuri, magahi is one of the principal languages being spoken by the people residing in the eastern part of india particularly in various districts of bihar, jharkhand, odisha and west bengal by lakhs of people this language carries rich cultural heritage and conventions of these regionsrajasthani is yet another principal language which has rich tradition and is widely spoken in the states of rajasthan, madhya pradesh, haryana, gujarat and punjab nearly thirty-five million people speak in rajasthani alone endeavours have been made to provide this language the recognition which it is entitled to however, this language is yet to receive proper recognitionlikewise, oraon is a popular language of jharkhand which is spoken not only in the state but by lakhs of tribal people in west bengal, odisha and chhattisgarh also this language has rich tradition history of which dates back thousands of yearsin view of the above, in a bid to promote, consolidate and empower these languages, it is proposed that bhojpuri, magahi, rajasthani and oraon languages be included in the eighth schedule to the constitution and thus given due recognition keeping in view the fact that these languages are spoken by lakhs of peoplehence this billnew delhi;sunil kumar singhnovember 17, 2015 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 telugu 22 urdu  lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri sunil kumar singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—2920ls(s3)—02-12-2015