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Friday, August 10, 2012

Twelve Schedules - Indian Constitution - Study material for IPO Examination - Paper III


There are Twelve schedules to the constitution The Ninenth schedule was added by the first amendment to constitution in 1951and the 11th by the 73rd and 74th amendment to 1992


First schedule (Under articles 1 and 4) gives a list of the states and territories comprising the union)

Second schedule Under arts 59(3), 65(3) , 75(6),97,125.148(3),158(3) consists of 5 parts Ato EPart A fixes the remuneration and emoluments payable to the president and governors Part B has been deleted by the constitution (seventh amendment ) act of 1956 Part c contains provisions as to the speaker and the deputy speaker of the house of the people and the chairman and deputy chairman of the council of states and chairman and deputy chairman of the legislative assembly Part D co contains provisions as to the emoluments of the judges of the supreme court and of the high courts Part E contains provisions as to the comptroller and auditor general of India

Third Schedule (Under Arts 75(4) , 99 , 124(6), 148(2), 164(3), 188 and 219 contains forms of oaths and affirmations

Fourth Schedule Under art s 4(1) and (20) allocates seats for each state and union territory in the council of states

Fifth Schedule Under art 244(1) provides for for the administration and control of scheduled areas

Sixth Schedule Under arts 214(2) and 275(1) provides for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram

Seventh ScheduleUnder art 246 gives three lists1. Union list contains 97 subjects in which the union government has exclusive authority 2. State List contains 66 subjects which are under the exclusive authority of state governments 3. Concurrent List contains 47 subjects where the union and states have concurrent powers

Eighth schedule Under art 344(1) and 351(1) gives a a list of Indian Languaguge

Ninth Schedule Under art 31(b) was added by the constitution (first amendment) act 1951. It contains act and orders relating to land tenure , land tax, railways, industries etc

Tenth schedule Under art 101 , 102 ,191 and 192 it contains the anti-detection act

Eleventh Schedule Under art 243 G mentions functional areas or subjects that are necessary for implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice to each panchayat

Twelfth ScheduleMentions three types of municipal committee - nagar panchyat for transtitional municipal council for smaller urban areas and municipal corporation for large urban areas