Question
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Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFOption 4 is the correct answer: Currently, there are 22 languages approved by the constitution of India.
- Schedule VIII of the Indian constitution has given recognition to 22 languages.
- Initially, there were 14 languages in the eighth schedule of our constitution.
- 21st Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA) 1967 added one language (Sindhi), 71st CAA, 1992 added 3 (Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali).
- 92nd CAA od 2003 added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhali to the eighth schedule making a total of 22 languages.
Facts:
- English and Hindi are the languages declared by our constitution for transacting business in the Parliament.
- English and Hindi are the official languages of India.
- There is no national language of India as mentioned by the constitution of India.
- To give constitutional recognition to a language recognition it must be added to the eighth schedule of our constitution by the Constitutional Amendment Act
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