Schedules of the Indian Constitution and its matters
Schedules of the Indian Constitution
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World’s lengthiest written constitution had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of commencement. Now, Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts and 12 schedules.
What is meant By Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
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- Schedules are lists in the Constitution of India that categorize and tabulate bureaucratic activities and policy of the Government.
- Indian Constitution had originally eight schedules.
- The 9th schedule was added via First Amendment Act, while 10th Schedule was first added by 35th Amendment {Sikkim as Associate State}.
- Once Sikkim became a state of India, the 10 Schedule was repealed but later added once again by 52th Amendment Act, 1985 in context with the “Anti-defection” law.
- Here is a brief description of the schedules of Indian Constitution:
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Numbers |
Subject Matter |
First Schedule
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Name of the State, Union Territories and their territorial jurisdiction Names of the Union Territories and their extent |
Second Schedule
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Provisions relating to the emoluments, allowances, privileges and so on of: The President of India The Governors of States The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the states The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council in the states The Judges of the Supreme Court The Judges of the High Courts The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India Not mentioned are MPs, MLAs, Union and State Ministers, Election Commissioner, UPSC Members |
Third Schedule
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Forms of Oaths or Affirmations for: The Union ministers The candidates for election to the Parliament The members of Parliament The judges of the Supreme Court The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India The state ministers The candidates for election to the state legislature The members of the state legislature The judges of the High Courts Not included: President & Vice President, Speaker, Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly, Chairman & Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council, Election Commission, UPSC, SPSC |
Forth Schedule
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Allocation of the Seats in Rajya Sabha, States and the union territories. |
Fifth Schedule
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Provisions relating to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes. |
Sixth Schedule
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Provisions relating to the Administration of Tribal Areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram |
Seventh Schedule
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Division of Powers between States and Centre. It includes State list, Centre list and Concurrent list. Presently, the Union List contains 100 subjects (originally 97), the state list contains 61 subjects (originally 66) and the concurrent list contains 52 subjects (originally 47). |
Eighth Schedule
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Official Languages recognized by the Constitution originally 14 and now 22 languages. They are: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. 21st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1967 – Sindhi 71st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 – Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003 – Bodo, Dongri, Mythili, Santhali |
Ninth Schedule
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Matters outside judicial review introduced by first amendment act. Acts and Regulations (originally 13 but presently 282) 19 of the state legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of the zamindari system and of the. Parliament dealing with other matters. This schedule was added by the 1st Amendment (1951) to protect the laws included in it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights. |
Tenth Schedule
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Provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of defection. This schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Anti-defection Law. |
Eleventh Schedule
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Powers that can be transferred to Panchayats 73rd constitutional amendment 1992. Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats. It has 29 matters. |
Twelfth Schedule
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Powers that can be transferred to Municipalities 74th constitutional amendment 1992. Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities. It has 18 matters. |
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