Constitutional Bodies and Non-Constitutional Bodies in India

India is a largest democracy in the world and it is governed by the synthesis of the both Constitutional and Non-constitutional bodies in India.

What are the Constitutional Bodies ?

The Constitutional Bodies / Constitutional Institutions are mentioned in the Constitution of India.

The any change or creation of the Constitutional bodies by the amendment of the Constitution. This will be done by passing a Constitutional amendment bill, rather than by a regular, minister or private bill. E.g. UPSC, CAG, Finance Commission, Election Commission etc.

 

List of the Constitutional Bodies :

Constitutional Bodies	Articles	Chairman
1. The Finance Commission	Article - 280	N. K. Singh (15th)
2. The State Finance Commission	Article - 243-I	Different in every State
3. The Attorney General	Article – 76	K. K. Venugopal
4. The Election Commission	Article – 324	Sunil Arora
5. The State Election Commission	Article – 243-K	Different in every Stae
6. The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG)	Article – 148	Shri Girish Chandra Murmu
7. The Advocate General of State	Article – 165	Different in every State
8. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)	Articles – 315-323	Arvind Saxena
9. State Public Service Commission (SPSC)	Articles - 315-323	Different in every State
10. National Commission for SCs	Article – 338	Ram Sankar Kateria
11. National Commission for STs	Article – 338A	Nand Kumar
12. National Commission for Backward Classes	Article – 338B *This was added by 102nd CAA, 2018	Dr. Bhagwan Lal Sahni
13. Inter State Council (ISC)	Article – 263	PM Narendra Modi
14. District Planning Committee	Article – 243ZD	---
15. Metropolitan Planning Committee	Article – 243ZE	---
16. Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities	Article – 350B	---
17. Goods and Service Tax Council (GSTC)	Article – 279A * This was added by 101st CAA, 2016	Nirmala Sitharaman

What are the Non-Constitutional Bodies ?

Non-Constitutional bodies are also known as Extra-Constitutional bodies. These bodies are form by the executive actions (neither a Constitutional Body nor a Statutory Body) or established by legislature/Parliament (Statutory Bodies), but there is no specific definition for the non-constitutional bodies in the Constitution of India. E.g. NITI Aayog, CBI, CVC etc.

List of the Non-Constitutional Bodies :

 

Non-Constitutional Bodies	Current Chairman
1.       NITI Aayog	Narendra Modi
2.       National Human Right Commission (statutory)	Ex CJI H.L. Dattu
3.       State Human Right Commission (Statutory)	Different in every State
4.       Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)	Rishi Kumar Shukla
5.       Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) (Statutory)	Shri K V Chaudhari
6.       Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Statutory)	Pinaki Chandra Ghose
7.       Central Information Commission (CIC)	Bimal Julka
8.       State Information Commission (SIC)	Different in each States

 

The Constitutional bodies are more powerful, independent and permanent in nature than Non-Constitutional bodies. The non-constitutional bodies are formed as per requirements of the country.

This basic information regarding to the Constitutional and Non-Constitutional bodies will help in various competitive examination and in general life. The questions asked from this topic in the exam of UPSC/PCS/UPPSC/SSC…

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 References

Constitution of India

Indian Polity : M. Laxmikant

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