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Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions
369.Temporary power to Parliament to make laws with respect to certain matters in the State List as if they were matters in the Concurrent List Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament shall, during a period of five years from the commencemen...
Fundamental duties
51A. Fundamental duties. It shall be the duty of every citizen of India— (a) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem; (b) to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our natio...
Name and Territories
1. Andhra Pradesh The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Andhra State Act, 1953, sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act,...
Forms of Oaths or Affirmations
I. Form of oath of office for a Minister for the Union:— “I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, 1[that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity...
Part A: Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
GENERAL 1. Interpretation. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “State” does not include the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. 2. Executive power of a State in Scheduled Areas. Subject to the provisions ...
Part B: Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
4. Tribes Advisory Council. (1) There shall be established in each State having Scheduled Areas therein and, if the President so directs, also in any State having Scheduled Tribes but not Scheduled Areas therein, a Tribes Advisory Council consisting of not mo...
Part C: Scheduled Areas
6. Scheduled Areas. (1) In this Constitution, the expression “Scheduled Areas” means such areas as the President may by order declare to be Scheduled Areas. (2) The President may at any time by order— (a) direct that the whole or any specified part of a Sch...
Part D: Amendment of the Schedule
7. Amendment of the Schedule. (1) Parliament may from time to time by law amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any of the provisions of this Schedule and, when the Schedule is so amended, any reference to this Schedule in this Constitution shall be c...
List I: Union List
1. Defence of India and every part thereof including preparation for defence and all such acts as may be conducive in times of war to its prosecution and after its termination to effective demobilisation. 2. Naval, military and air forces; any other armed for...
Allocation of seats in the Council of States
1. Andhra Pradesh 11 2. Telangana 7 3. Assam 7 4. Bihar 16 5. Jharkhand 6 6. Goa 1 7. Gujarat 11 8. Haryana 5 9. Kerala 9 10. Madhya Pradesh 11 11. Chhattisgarh 5 12. Tamil...
List II: State List
1. Public order (but not including the use of any naval, military or air force or any other armed force of the Union or of any other force subject to the control of the Union or of any contingent or unit thereof in aid of the civil power). 2. Police (includin...
Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
1. Autonomous districts and autonomous regions. (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the tribal areas in each item of Parts I, II and IIA and in Part III of the table appended to paragraph 20 of this Schedule shall be an autonomous district. (2) ...
List III: Concurrent List
1. Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against laws with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and excluding the use of naval, military or ...
Ninth Schedule
1. The Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 (Bihar Act XXX of 1950). 2. The Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Bombay Act LXVII of 1948). 3. The Bombay Maleki Tenure Abolition Act, 1949 (Bombay Act LXI of 1949). 4. The Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolitio...
Languages
Assamese Bengali Bodo. Dogri. Gujarati. Hindi. Kannada Kashmiri. Konkani. Maithili. Malayalam. Manipuri. Marathi. Nepali. Odia. Punjabi. Sanskrit. Santhali. Sindhi. Tamil. Telugu. Urdu.
Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection
1.Interpretation. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) “House” means either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature of a State; (b) “legislature party”, in relation to a...
Eleventh Schedule
1. Agriculture, including agricultural extension. 2. Land improvement, implementation of land reforms, land consolidation and soil conservation. 3. Minor irrigation, water management and watershed development. 4. Animal husbandry, dairying and poultry. 5. ...
Twelfth Schedule
Urban planning including town planning. Regulation of land-use and construction of buildings. Planning for economic and social development. Roads and bridges. Water supply for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes. Public health, sanitation conse...
The Constitution of India: The Preamble
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a [SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC] and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and w...
A: Provisions As To The President And The Governors Of States
1. There shall be paid to the President and to the Governors of the States the following emoluments per mensem, that is to say:— The President 10,000 rupees. The Governor of a State 5,500 rupees. 2. There shall also be paid to th...