Indian Constitution Parts and Schedules
Parts of Indian Constitution:
| Part | Subject | Articles |
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| Part I | The Union and its territory | Art. 1 to 4 |
| Part II | Citizenship | Art. 5 to 11 |
| Part III | Fundamental Rights | Art. 12 to 35 |
| Part IV | Directive Principles | Art. 36 to 51 |
| Part IVA | Fundamental Duties | Art. 51A |
| Part V | The Union
Chapter I - The Executive (Art.52 to 78)
Chapter II - Parliament (Art.79 to 122)
Chapter III - Legislative Powers of President (Art.123)
Chapter IV - The Union Judiciary (Art. 124 to 147)
Chapter V - Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (Art.148 to 151)
| Art. 52 to 151 |
| Part VI | The States
Chapter I - General (Art.152)
Chapter II - The Executive (Art.153 to 167)
Chapter III - The State Legislature (Art.168 to 212)
Chapter IV - Legislative Powers of Governor (Art.213)
Chapter V - The High Courts (Art.214 to 232)
Chapter VI - Subordinate Courts (Art.233 to 237)
| Art. 152 to 237 |
| Part VII | States in the B part of the First schedule Repealed by Const. (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 | |
| Part VIII | The Union Territories | Art. 239 to 242 |
| Part IX | The Panchayats | Art. 243 to 243O |
| Part IXA | The Muncipalities | Art. 243P to 243ZG |
| Part IXB | Co-operative Societies | Art. 243H to 243ZT |
| Part X | The Scheduled and Tribal Areas | Art. 244 to 244A |
| Part XI | Relations between the Union and the States
Chapter I - Legislative Relations (Art.245 to 255)
Chapter II - Administrative Relations (Art.256 to 263)
| Art. 245 to 263 |
| Part XII | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits
Chapter I - Finance (Art.264 to 291)
Chapter II - Borrowing (Art.292 to 293)
Chapter III - Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits (Art.294 to 300)
Chapter IV - Right to Property (Art.300-A)
| Art. 264 to 300A |
| Part XIII | Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India | Art. 301 to 307 |
| Part XIV | Services under the Union and the States | Art. 308 to 323 |
| Part XIVA | Tribunals | Art. 323A to 323B |
| Part XV | Elections | Art. 324 to 329A |
| Part XVI | Special provisions relation to certain classes | Art. 330 to 342 |
| Part XVII | Official Language
Chapter I - Language of the Union (Art.343 to 344)
Chapter II - Regional Languages (Art.345 to 347)
Chapter III-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and so on (Art.348 to 349)
Chapter IV-Special Directives (Art.350 to 351)
| Art. 343 to 351 |
| Part XVIII | Emergency Provisions | Art. 352 to 360 |
| Part XIX | Miscellaneous | Art. 361 to 367 |
| Part XX | Amendment of the Constitution | Art. 368 |
| Part XXI | Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions | Art. 369 to 392 |
| Part XXII | Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals | Art. 393 to 395 |
Indian Constitution Schedules:
Indian Constitution originally had eight schedules. Four more schedules were added by different amendments, now making a total tally of twelve. Schedules are basically tables which contains additional details not mentioned in the articles.
| Indian Constitution Schedules 1 to 12 |
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First schedule - The list of states and union territories and their territories
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Second schedule - Provisions of the President, Governors of States, Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People and the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of a State, the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts and the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India the list of states and union territories and their territories.
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Third Schedule - The Forms of Oaths or Affirmations.
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Fourth Schedule - Provisions as to the allocation of seats in the Council of States.
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Fifth Schedule - Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes.
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Sixth Schedule - Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
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Seventh Schedule - The Union list, State list and the concurrent list.
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Eighth Schedule - The list of recognized languages.
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Ninth Schedule - Provisions as to validation of certain Acts and Regulations.
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Tenth Schedule - Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection.
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Eleventh Schedule - The powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.
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Twelfth Schedule - The powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities.
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