CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO LANGUAGES
• Article 29: Protects the interests of minorities including Linguistic minorities.
• Eighth Schedule: Enlists 22 languages as scheduled languages.
• Art 343: Official language of the Union: Hindi and English.
• Art 344: Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language
• Art 345: Official language or languages of a State
• Art 346: Official language for communication between one State and another or between a State and the Union
• Art 347: Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of a State.
• Art 348: Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc. (at present English)
• Art 349: Special procedure for enactment of certain laws relating to language
• Art 350: Language to be used in representations for redress of grievances
• Art 350A: Facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at the primary stage
• Art 350B: Special Officer for linguistic minorities
• Art 351: Directive for development of the Hindi language