In which Schedule of the Constitution of India were 22 languages mentioned?

Option 1 : 8th Schedule

The correct answer is 8th Schedule.

• 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.

• 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