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The Karnataka Cabinet, meeting in Mangaluru on 18 September 2026, made Tulu an additional administrative language in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced the decision, describing Tulu as the state's second additional administrative language; Kannada remains Karnataka's official language.
An annual allocation of about ₹82 lakh was fixed for translation work and staff training in the two districts.
The same Cabinet cleared projects worth roughly ₹32,611 crore and moved a proposal to rename Dakshina Kannada district as Mangaluru.
Tulu, a Dravidian language with 18,46,427 speakers in Census 2011, is still not in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Allows a State Legislature to adopt any one or more languages in use in the State as the official language(s) of that State. Karnataka's official language under this scheme is Kannada.
Lets the President direct that a language spoken by a section of a State's population be officially recognised in that State or part of it, on a demand being made.
Lists 22 scheduled languages. Adding a language, as Tulu campaigners demand, needs a constitutional amendment by Parliament, not a state decision.
Requires facilities for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary stage for linguistic minority children, the provision usually invoked in demands to teach Tulu in schools.
Build marine biotechnology and blue-economy capacity in coastal Karnataka
Key: Upgrade an existing college into a Fisheries, Marine and Blue Economy University, raising intake from 60 to 200 seats
Attract investment into tourism infrastructure in the coastal and Malnad regions
Key: Tourism projects to be treated as infrastructure projects, with incentives for greenfield tourism and longer loan repayment periods
The Tulu-speaking belt, Tulu Nadu, runs down India's south-west coast: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka and Kasaragod in Kerala. That the belt straddles a state border is why the language question recurs in both states, and why recognition in Karnataka does not settle it in Kerala.
GS Paper II > Polity: federal structure, official language provisions, Eighth Schedule
General Awareness > Indian Polity and current state-level developments
The Constitution (71st Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages? 1. Konkani 2. Manipuri 3. Nepali 4. Maithili Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
What is the Official Language of the state of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Tamil
What is the Official Language of the state of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Tamil
The constitutional list of 22 languages, relevant to Articles 344(1) and 351; inclusion requires a constitutional amendment by Parliament.
A language permitted for official use in specified areas alongside the State's official language, without replacing it.
The Tulu-speaking belt covering Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka and Kasaragod in Kerala.