Schedules of the Indian Constitution

Currently, there are 12 Schedules and 448  Articles in the Constitution of India. Originally, the world's lengthiest written Constitution had 395 Articles and 8 Schedules. 

Schedules are basically contains additional details which is not mentioned in the articles.

List of Schedules : 12 Schedules of the Indian Constitution :

1. FIRST SCHEDULE :

• Names of the States and their Territorial Jurisdiction.

• Name of Union Territories and their extent.

• Articles Covered : 1 and 4

2. SECOND SCHEDULE :

• Provisions relating to the emoluments, allowances, privileges and so on of -

I. The President of India

II. The Governor of State

III. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

IV. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

V. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian States

VI. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Indian States

VII. The Judges of the Supreme Court

VIII. The Judges of the High Court

IX. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India

• Articles Covered : 59, 65, 75, 97, 125, 148, 158, 164, 186 & 221.

3. THIRD SCHEDULE :

• Forms of oath and affirmation for -

I. The Union Ministers

II. The candidates for election to the Parliament

III. The members of Parliament

IV. The Judges of the Supreme Court

V. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India

VI. The State Ministers

VII. The candidates for election to the State Legislature

VIII. The members of the State Legislature

IX. The Judges of the High Court

• Articles Covered : 75, 84, 99, 124, 146, 173, 188 and 219

4. FOURTH SCHEDULE :

• Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the States and the Union Territories (UTs).

• Articles Covered : 4 and 80

5. FIFTH SCHEDULE : 

• Provisions relating to the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes.

• Article Covered : 244

6. SIXTH SCHEDULE : 

• Provisions relating to the administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.

• Articles Covered : 244 and 275

7. SEVENTH SCHEDULE :

• It deals with the Three Legislative Lists -

I. Union List (100 Subjects)

II. State List (61 Subjects)

III. Concurrent List (52 Subjects)

• Article Covered : 246

8. EIGHTH SCHEDULE :

• 22 Official Languages recognized by the Indian Constitution. Originally, it had 14 languages. The 22 languages are -

I. Assamese

II. Bengali

III. Bodo

IV. Dongri

V. Gujarati

VI. Hindi

VII. Kannada

VIII. Kashmiri

IX. Konkani

X. Mathili

XI. Malayalam

XII. Manipuri

XIII. Marathi

XIV. Nepali

XV. Oriya

XVI. Punjabi

XVII. Sanskrit

XVIII. Sindhi

XIX. Tamil

XX. Telugu

XXI. Santhali

XXII. Urdu

• Articles Covered : 344 and 351

9. NINTH SCHEDULE :

• Acts and Regulations (originally 13 but presently 282) of the State Legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of the Zamindari System and the Parliament dealing with other matters.

• Article Covered : 31-B

Note :

Ninth schedule was added by the 1st Amendment (1951) to protect the laws included in it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights.

However, in 2007, the Supreme Court rule ruled that the laws included in this scheduled after April 24, 1973, are now open to Judicial Review.

10. TENTH SCHEDULE :

• Provisions relating to Disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of Detection.

• Articles Covered : 102 and 191

Note : 

This Schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Anti-Defection Law.

11. ELEVENTH SCHEDULE :

• Specifies the Powers, Authority and Responsibilities of Panchayat. It has 29 matters.

• Article Covered : 243-G

Note : 

This schedule was added by the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992.

12. TWELFTH SCHEDULE :

• Specifies the Powers, Authority and Responsibilities of Municipalities. It has 18 matters.

• Article Covered : 243-W

Note :

This Schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992.

For UPSC Prelims as well as Mains point of view Schedule of Indian Constitution is very important. The question can asked from this topic -

Prelims Based Questions :

1. Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the States and UTs are mentioned in ?

a. 3rd Schedule

b. 4th Schedule

c. 2nd Schedule

d. 6th Schedule

✓ b. 4th Schedule

2. Which one of the following schedule provide division powers ?

a. 2nd Schedule

b. 4th Schedule

c. 7th Schedule

d. 9th Schedule

✓ c. 7th Schedule

3. Who among the following is not part of the 2nd Schedule of the Constitution of India ?

a. President

b. Judges of the Supreme Court

c. CAG

d. Attorney General

✓ d. Attorney General

4. With reference to the 11th Schedule of the Indian Constitution, consider the INCORRECT code given below

a. Decentralisation of Power

b. Panchayat

c. Municipalities

d. It has 29 matters

✓ c. Municipalities

5. Which Schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985 ?

a. 9th Schedule

b. 10th Schedule

c. 8th Schedule

d. 12th Schedule

✓ b. 10th Schedule (Anti-Defection Law)

Mains  (Descriptive Questions) :

1. What are the relevance of Tenth Schedule in current scenario ?

#AntiDefectioLaw

2. What are differences between Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule ?

3. Describe the 11th and 12th Schedules of the Indian Constitution ?

#Panchayat& Municipalities

4. Critically examine the 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.

#DivisionofPowers

5. What is Judicial Review ?

#NinthSchedule

References

M. Laxmikant

Indian Constitution

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