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The Seventy-first Amendment of the Constitution of India to the Constitution of India incorporated three languages – Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali – to the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. The amendment was enacted on 31 August 1992. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution contains a list of 22 scheduled languages. Before the enactment of the amendment the Schedule contained fifteen languages.

Background
The Union of India has no language of national language status. The Indian Constitutional recognises Hindi as the official language of the Union with English as an additional language for official work. States and Union territories of India can legislate their own official languages.