Parts, Schedules and Languages at a Glance
The 12 Schedules
| Schedule | Subject |
|---|---|
| 1st | Names and territories of States and Union Territories |
| 2nd | Salaries and allowances of the President, Governors, Speakers, judges, CAG |
| 3rd | Forms of oaths and affirmations |
| 4th | Allocation of Rajya Sabha seats |
| 5th | Administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes |
| 6th | Administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram |
| 7th | Union, State and Concurrent Lists |
| 8th | Recognised languages (22) |
| 9th | Laws protected from challenge (added by the 1st Amendment, land reforms) |
| 10th | Anti-defection law (52nd Amendment, 1985) |
| 11th | Powers of Panchayats, 29 subjects (73rd Amendment) |
| 12th | Powers of Municipalities, 18 subjects (74th Amendment) |
Important Parts
| Part | Subject | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| I | The Union and its territory | 1 to 4 |
| II | Citizenship | 5 to 11 |
| III | Fundamental Rights | 12 to 35 |
| IV | Directive Principles | 36 to 51 |
| IVA | Fundamental Duties | 51A |
| V | The Union (President, Parliament, Supreme Court, CAG) | 52 to 151 |
| VI | The States (Governor, Legislature, High Courts) | 152 to 237 |
| VIII | Union Territories | 239 to 242 |
| IX | Panchayats | 243 to 243O |
| IXA | Municipalities | 243P to 243ZG |
| IXB | Co-operative societies | 243ZH to 243ZT |
| X | Scheduled and Tribal Areas | 244 to 244A |
| XI | Centre-State relations | 245 to 263 |
| XII | Finance, property, contracts | 264 to 300A |
| XIV | Services under the Union and States | 308 to 323 |
| XIVA | Tribunals | 323A to 323B |
| XV | Elections | 324 to 329A |
| XVII | Official language | 343 to 351 |
| XVIII | Emergency provisions | 352 to 360 |
| XX | Amendment of the Constitution | 368 |
| XXI | Temporary, transitional and special provisions | 369 to 392 |
The 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
- Original: 14 languages.
- Sindhi added by the 21st Amendment (1967).
- Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali added by the 71st Amendment (1992).
- Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali added by the 92nd Amendment (2003).
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