Kerala House passes resolution to rename the State ‘Keralam’
- The Kerala Legislative Assembly, recently passed a resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment to change the name of the State from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’.
Highlights:
- The resolution called for invoking Article 3 of the Indian Constitution to effectuate this change in the First Schedule.
- This resolution mirrors a previous attempt from last year, which was sent back by the Central government due to procedural issues.
- Originally, the State sought to amend the names across all languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution to ‘Keralam’.
- However, following advice from the Union Home Ministry, the focus shifted to amending only the First Schedule
- Despite ‘Keralam’ being the Malayalam name of the State, it continues to be officially recorded as ‘Kerala’.
- The resolution aims to align the official name with the Malayalam pronunciation.
Prelims Takeaway
- Article 3
- Schedule 1