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Chapter 4 - Schedules of Indian Constitution


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Subject Matter
First Schedule
List of States & Union Territories
Second Schedule
Provisions relating to the emoluments, allowances, privileges of –
President, Governors of States, Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council in the states, Judges of the Supreme Court, Judges of the High Courts, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
Third Schedule
Forms of Oaths or Affirmations for -
Union ministers, candidates for election to the Parliament, members of Parliament, judges of the Supreme Court, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, state ministers, candidates for election to the state legislature, members of the state legislature, judges of the High Courts
Forth Schedule
Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the states and the union territories
Fifth Schedule
Provisions relating to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes
Sixth Schedule
Provisions relating to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
Seventh Schedule
Division of powers between the Union and the States in terms of Union List, State List, Concurrent List.
Union List contains 100 subjects (originally 97), the state list contains 61 subjects (originally 66) and the concurrent list contains 52 subjects (originally 47)
Eight Schedule
Languages recognized by the Constitution.
Originally, it had 14 languages but presently there are 22 languages (14+4+4).
22 are - Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
21st Amendment Act (1967) - Sindhi was added
71st Amendment Act (1992) - Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added
92nd Amendment Act (2003) - Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali were added
Ninth Schedule
Acts and Regulations of the state legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of the zamindari system and of the Parliament dealing with other matters. 
1st Amendment (1951) - Ninth Schedule added
Tenth Schedule
Anti Defection Law
52nd Amendment (1985) – Tenth Schedule added which says Provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of defection
Eleventh Schedule
Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats (29 matters).
73rd Amendment (1992) - Eleventh Schedule was added
Twelfth Schedule
Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities (18 matters).
74th Amendment (1992) - Twelfth Schedule was added

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