25-03-2023
GS II
Sub-Categories:
Polity Notes for UPSC
Prelims: Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc
Mains: Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
Part XVII of the Constitution deals with the official language in Articles 343 to 351.
Articles |
Provisions |
1. Language of the Union |
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Article 343(1) |
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Article 343(2) |
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Article 344 |
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2. Regional Languages |
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Article 345 |
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Article 346 |
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Article 347 |
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3. Language of the Judiciary |
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Article 348(1) |
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Article 348(2) |
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Article 348(3) |
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4. Special directives |
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Article 350 |
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Article 350A |
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Article 350B(1) |
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Article 351 |
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The Official Languages Commission is to be established by the President in accordance with Article 344 of the Indian Constitution. The commission was constituted in 1955 via a notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution consists of the following 22 languages:
Assamese |
Bengali |
Gujarati |
Hindi |
Dogri (2004) |
Kannada |
Kashmiri |
Konkani (1992) |
Malayalam |
Maithili (2004) |
Manipuri (1992) |
Marathi |
Nepali (1992) |
Oriya |
Bodo (2004) |
Punjabi |
Sanskrit |
Sindhi (1967) |
Tamil |
Santhali (2004) |
Telugu |
Urdu |
Benefits of inclusion under the Eighth Schedule:
India is a country with immense linguistic diversity. To protect this linguistic diversity, there are several steps that can be taken:
Q) Consider the following languages: (2014)
Which of the above has/have been declared as “Classical Language/Languages” by the Government?
Q) Which one of the following was given classical language status recently? (2015)
Currently, six languages are recognized as classical languages by the Government of India. These are Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia.
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