Seventy - first Amendment of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia Seventy - first Amendment of the Constitution of India The Constitution ( Seventy - first Amendment ) Act, 1992 Parliament of India An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. Citation 71st Amendment Territorial extent India Enacted by Lok Sabha Date passed 20 August 1992 Enacted by Rajya Sabha Date passed 20 August 1992 Date assented to 31 August 1992 Date commenced 31 August 1992 Legislative history Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha Constitution ( Seventy - eighth Amendment ) Bill, 1992 Bill published on 20 August 1992 Introduced by Shankarrao Chavan Related legislation 21st and 92nd Amendments Summary Included Konkani, Meitei ( Manipuri ) and Nepali as official languages by amending the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution Status : In force The Seventy - first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution ( Seventy - first Amendment ) Act, 1992, amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include Konkani, Meitei ( Manipuri ) and Nepali languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to eighteen. The Eighth Schedule lists languages that the Government of India has the responsibility to develop. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages. Sindhi was included by the 21st Amendment, enacted in 1967. Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili were included in the Eighth Schedule in 2004, through the 92nd Amendment, raising the total number of languages to 22. Contents 1 Text 2 Proposal and enactment 3 See also 4 References Text BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty - third Year of the Republic of India as follows : -- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Constitution ( Seventy - first Amendment ) Act, 1992. 2. Amendment of Eighth Schedule In the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution -- ( a ) existing entry 7 shall be re-numbered as entry 8, and before entry 8 as so re-numbered, the entry `` 7. Konkani. '' shall be inserted ; ( b ) existing entry 8 shall be re-numbered as entry 10, and before entry 10 as so re-numbered, the entry `` 9. Manipuri. '' shall be inserted ; ( c ) existing entries 9 to 15 shall be re-numbered as entries 12 to 18 respectively, and before entry 12 as so re-numbered, the entry `` 11. Nepali. '' shall be inserted. Proposal and enactment The Constitution ( Seventy - first Amendment ) Act, 1992, was introduced in Lok Sabha on 20 August 1992, as the Constitution ( Seventy - eighth Amendment ) Bill, 1992 ( Bill No. 142 of 1992 ). It was introduced by Shankarrao Chavan, then Minister of Home Affairs, and sought to include Konkani, Meitei and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The full text of the Statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the bill is given below : There have been demands for inclusion of certain languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. It is proposed to include Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. The Bill seeks to give effect to this decision. 2. The Nepali language is also known in some areas as `` Gorkha Bhasa ''. In the Census operations, other nomenclatures such as `` Gorkhali '', `` Gorkdhi '', `` Gurkhiya '', `` Khaskura '' or `` Naipali '' have also been used. -- S.B. Chavan, `` The Constitution ( Seventy - eighth Amendment ) Bill, 1992 ''. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. The Bill was debated by the Lok Sabha on 20 August 1992 and, as amended, passed on the same day. Clause 1 of the Bill was adopted by the Lok Sabha with a formal amendment replacing the word `` Seventy - eighth '' by the word `` Seventy - first ''. The Bill, as passed by the Lok Sabha, was considered and passed by the Rajya Sabha on 20 August 1992. The bill received assent from then President Shankar Dayal Sharma on 31 August 1992, and came into force on the same date. It was notified in The Gazette of India on 1 September 1992. 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Question: when was nepali language included in 8th schedule
Answer: 1992