 bill no 23 of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 byshri om prakash yadav, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth  year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2014of the eighth"3 bhojpuri" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsbhojpuri language which originated in the gangetic plains of india is a very old and rich language having its origin in the sanskrit language bhojpuri is the mother tongue of a large number of people residing in uttar pradesh, western bihar, jharkhand and some parts of madhya pradesh as well as in several other countries in mauritius, this language is spoken by a large number of people it is estimated that around one hundred forty million people speak bhojpuri bhojpuri films are very popular in the country and abroad and have deep impact on the hindi film industrybhojpuri language has a rich literature and cultural heritage the great scholar mahapandit rahul sankrityayan wrote some of his work in bhojpuri there have been some other eminent writers of bhojpuri like viveki rai and bhikhari thakur, who is popularly known as the "shakespeare of bhojpuri" some other eminent writers of hindi such as bhartendu harishchandra, mahavir prasad dwivedi and munshi premchand were deeply influenced by bhojpuri literature bhojpuri language and its literature is gaining new heights because of the efforts made by various scholarsmany personalities with bhojpuri background have achieved highest positions in the country various international conferences have been organized to promote bhojpuri at present indira gandhi national open university is planning to start a certificate course in bhojpuri language recently, the bhojpuri study centre had been established in banaras hindu university to propagate and develop the bhojpuri language in uttar pradesh and bihar, movements have been initiated to give bhojpuri language its due placebut it is unfortunate that the "bhojpuri" language is yet to find a place in the eighth schedule to the constitutionfor the promotion of literacy and the development of this language, it is necessary that this language be included in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this billnew delhi;om  prakash  yadavjune 9, 2014 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 santhali19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri om prakash yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—673ls(s3)—27062014