92nd Constitutional Amendment
Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali were added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as part of the Constitution’s ninety-second amendment, officially known as ‘The 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003’. This brought the schedule’s total number of languages listed to 22. The Government of India must foster the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule.
The 92nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution
India has a democratic government and its own Constitution. It also has a diverse linguistic population. Many of them are designated as the nation’s official languages. Languages are covered in Articles 344 (1) and 351 of the Indian Constitution. These are a part of the 8th schedule, which supports 22 languages. The State Legislature may, subject to the provisions of articles 346 and 347, adopt Hindi or any of the languages already in use in the State as the language or languages to be used for all or some of the State’s official functions.