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.
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.
[5] 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.
[5] The bill received assent from then President Shankar Dayal Sharma on 31 August 1992, and came into force on the same date.