Facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at primary stage
included in editionWhat does this mean?
States and local authorities should endeavour to provide adequate primary-stage mother-tongue instruction facilities for children of linguistic minorities. The President can issue the specified directions to States.
Union and State official languages, communication, courts, linguistic minorities and language development.
Why is this provision here?
A multilingual constitutional system needs clear institutional language rules and minority safeguards rather than assuming one language rule applies everywhere.
Article 350A was introduced in its present subject framework by Amendment 7 (1956), after the original Constitution. The verified sources are the official edition and the linked Amendment Act and Bill statement. Original 1946–1950 Assembly debates predate this insertion and are not presented as its direct drafting reason. The explanation of function above is editorial; the Bill statement supplies the attributed legislative reasons for the later proposal.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 2. Arts. 350A and 350B ins. by s.21., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.