Schedules of the Indian Constitution: How do they work?
Learn the trick and everything you need to know about the Schedules of the Indian Constitution.
Our Constitution is one of the lengthiest Constitutions in the world and the source for our democratic country. The Constitution had begun with 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules in 1950. Over the years, it has been amended more than hundred times and it now has 448 articles, 25 parts and 12 schedules.
What are schedules?
The schedules of the Constitution can be seen as an additional source of information that is not mentioned in the articles. It is a list that contains the provisions relating to different aspects- such as the privileges, oaths, administration of certain areas and many more.
What are the different schedules and what do they contain?
Knowing all the 12 schedules and the provisions contained in them is very important from any competitive exam point of view.
Here is a small trick that will help you remember the schedules-
| First Schedule | 1. List of states and their territorial jurisdiction
2. Union territories and their territories |
Articles 1 and 4 |
| Second Schedule | It contains the emoluments, allowances, privileges etc. of-
1. President, 2. Governors of States 3. Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People (Lok Sabha) 4. Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) 5. Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 6. Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of a State 7. Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts 8. Comptroller and Auditor-General of India |
Articles 59, 65, 75. 97, 125, 148, 158, 164, 186 and 221 |
| Third Schedule | It contains the Oaths and Affirmations for-
1. Minister for the Union 2. A candidate for election to Parliament 3. Member of Parliament 4. Judges of the Supreme Court and the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India 5. Minister for a State 6. A Candidate for election to the Legislature of a State 7. Member of the Legislature of a State 8. Judges of a High Court |
Articles 75, 99, 124, 148,164, 188 and 219 |
| Fourth Schedule | Allocation of seats to the states and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha. | Article 4 and 80 |
| Fifth Schedule | Provisions related to the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes | Article 244 |
| Sixth Schedule | Provisions related to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. | Article 244 and 275 |
| Seventh Schedule | It contains three lists-
1. Union list 2. State list 3. Concurrent list- both the states and union have the power to makes laws related to subjects in this list. It divides various powers of the central and state governments and their areas of jurisdiction. |
Article 246 |
| Eighth Schedule | It contains the list of languages that are recognised by the Constitution.
There are 22 languages in total. Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Maithili, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. The 92nd Constitutional Amendment had added Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali. |
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| Ninth Schedule | Validation of certain Acts and Regulations.
This schedule was added through the first constitutional amendment. |
Article 31- B. |
| Tenth Schedule | It contains provisions related disqualification on ground of defection (anti defection law)
It was added by the 52nd Amendment Act, 1985. |
Article 102 and 191. |
| Eleventh Schedule | It contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.
It was added by the 73rd Amendment, 1992. |
Article 243- G |
| Twelfth Schedule | It contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities.
It was added by the 74th Amendment, 1992. |
Article 243- W |
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