Latest Constitutional Amendment

The latest Amendment Bill is Constitution(113th Amendment) Bill, 2010 which was introduced on March 15, 2010.

Background:On March 24, 2011 the Rajya Sabha had passed the bill to change the name of Orissa to “Odisha” and an amendment in the constitution to rename “Oriya” language as “Odia”. Both bills were passed by the Lok Sabha in November 2010. The gazette notification mentioned that the change of names came into effect from November 1, 2011. With the passing of the two bills in the Parliament, the name of the state specified as Orissa in the First Schedule of the Constitution would now be changed as Odisha.The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2010, and the Constitution (113th Amendment) Bill, 2010, for the change of the name of the language were moved by Union home minister P. Chidambaram early this year on the basis of resolutions passed by the Orissa Legislative Assembly.