There are Twelve Schedules to the Constitution.
First Schedule (under Articles 1 and 4) gives a list of the States and Territories comprising the Union. States.
Second Schedule under Arts. 59(3), 65(3), 75(6), 97, 125, 148(3), 158(3) consists of 5 Parts, A to E. Salary of President, Governors, Chief Judges, Judges of High Court and Supreme court, Comptroller and Auditor General
Third Schedule (under Articles 75(4), 99, 124(6), 148(2), 164(3), 188 and 219) contains forms of Oaths and Affirmations.
Fourth Schedule (under Articles 4(1) and (20)) allocates seats for each State and Union Territory, in the Council of States.
Fifth Schedule (under Articles 244(1) provides for the administration and control of Scheduled Areas. This schedule provides for amendment by a simple majority of Parliament and takes it out of the ambit of Article 368 (Amendment of the Constitution).
Sixth Schedule (under Articles 214(2) and 275(1)) Provisions for administration of Tribal Area in Asom, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh
Seventh Schedule (under Article 246) Gives allocation of powers and functions between Union & States. It contains 3 lists
- Union List (For central Govt) 97 Subjects.
- States List (Powers of State Govt) 66 subjects
- Concurrent List (Both Union & States) 47 subjects.
Eighth Schedule (under Articles 344(1) and 351(1) gives a lot of 18 languages recognised by the Constitution : 1. Assamese, 2. Bengali, 3. Gujarati, 4. Hindi, 5. Kannada, 6. Kashmiri, 7. Malayalam, 8. Marathi, 9. Oriya, 10. Punjabi, 11. Sanskrit, 12. Sindhi, 13. Tamil, 14. Telugu, 15, Urdu, 16. Konkani, 17. Manipuri, 18. Nepali.
Ninth Schedule (under Article 31(B) Added by Ist amendment in 1951. Contains acts & orders related to land tenure, land tax, railways, industries.{Right of property not a fundamental right now}
Tenth Schedule (under Articles 101, 102, 191 and 192). It contains the Anti-defection Act.
Eleventh Schedule (under Article 243 G) By 73rd amendment in 1992. Contains provisions of Panchayati Raj.
Twelfth Schedule By 74thamendment in 1992. Contains provisions of Municipal Corporation.
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