Schedules of Indian Constitution: 12 Schedules, Governance & Democracy

Schedules of Indian Constitution: 12 Schedules, Governance & Democracy #

• Names of the states and their territorial jurisdiction
• Names of the Union territories and their extent.
• Currently, within the Union of India, there are 28 states and 8 union territories.

• Provisions related to emoluments, allowances, privileges of: 
• President of India  Governors of states 
• Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly in states
• Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
• Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Legislative Councils of the Indian States
• Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts 
• CAG of India

(Note: No provision for Chairman of UPSC, ECI, AGI)

• Form of Oath of Office for 
  • Minister for the Union
  • Minister for a State
• Form of Oath of Secrecy for 
  • Minister for the Union
  • Minister for the State

Form of Oath or Affirmation to be made by

• A candidate for election to Parliament
• A member of Parliament
• A candidate for election to Legislature of a State(or Legislative Council)
• A member of the Legislature of a State(or Legislative Council)
• Judges of the Supreme Court and the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
• The Judges of a High Court

(NOTE: No oath for President, Governor ,Member of Election Commission and other Bodies like NCSC,NCST etc and Attorney General in Third Schedule)

• Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the states and the UTs.

• Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Schedules of Indian Constitution, including Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
• Administration and control of Schedules of Indian Constitution pertaining to Scheduled Areas.
• Amendment of the Schedules of Indian Constitution

• Provisions related to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

• Division of powers between the Union and the States in terms of
  •  Union List: Presently 100 subjects (Originally 97)
  •  State Lis: Presently 61 subjects (Originally 66)
  • Concurrent List: Presently 52 Subjects (Originally 47)
• The Parliament has the authority to enact legislation pertaining to residual Subjects or those subjects  that are not included in any of  the three lists.

• Originally, it was 14 and currently it includes 22 languages.
• These 22 includes Assamese,  Bengali,  Gujarati,  Hindi,  Kannada,  Kashmiri, Konkani,  Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali,  Maithili and  Dogri.
• The  21st Constitutional Amendment, included Sindhi in 1967.
• The 71st Constitutional  Amendment, enacted in 1992, included three more languages, i.e. Konkani, Meitei (Manipuri) and Nepali. 
• The 92nd Constitutional Amendment added Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili in 2003, raising the total number of languages to 22.
• At present, there are demands for inclusion of 39 more languages in the Eighth Schedules of Indian Constitution (As per Ministry Home Affairs Data).

• Laws and regulations enacted by state legislatures pertaining to land reforms and the eradication of the zamindari system.
• Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister at the time, introduced this schedule to the Indian Constitution through the 1st Amendment in 1951.
  • To protect the laws included in Schedules of Indian Constitution from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights.
  • But in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the laws included in Schedules of Indian Constitution after April 24, 1973, are now open to judicial review which is the Basic structure of the constitution.

• Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures
• It is also known as Anti-Defection Law which was added by the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985.

• It specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats (29 matters) 
• This  Schedules of Indian Constitution was added by the 73rd amendment Act, 1992 which came into force  on 24 April 1992.

(Note: National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on April 24th.)

• It specifies powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities (18 Matters).
• This Schedules of Indian Constitution was added by the 74th Amendment Act, 1992 (It came into  force on 1 June 1993)

Part V

Chapter II – Parliament (79 to 122)

Chapter III – Legislative Powers of President (123)

Chapter IV – The Union Judiciary (124 to 147)

Chapter V – Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (148 to 151 )

(Note: It does not include UPSC,ECI)

Part VI

Part VII 

Right to property (Article 300 A)

Part XXII