The Constitution of India was adopted in 1949, November 26th .The Constitution of India is the longest Constitution in the world. It had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of its commencement. Now the Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts and 12 schedules and to add to this all 105 amendments. Here we provide detail information about the Parts and Schedules of the Constitution.
List of Schedules:
| Sl No | Schedule | Subject |
| 1 | First Schedule | The list of states and union territories and their territories (also about their changes) |
| 2 | Second Schedule | The provisions in relation to salaries, allowances, emoluments of:
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| 3 | Third Schedule | Forms of oaths and Affirmations for
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| 4 | Fourth Schedule | It contains the provisions in relation to the allocation of seats for States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha |
| 5 | Fifth Schedule | Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes |
| 6 | Sixth Schedule | Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram |
| 7 | Seventh Schedule | The Union (central government), state, and concurrent lists |
| 8 | Eight Schedule | Deals with the 22 official languages recognized by the Indian Constitution: |
| 9 | Ninth Schedule | Provisions as to validation of certain Acts and Regulations i.e land reforms and
abolition of the zamindari system. It also deals with the acts and regulations of the Parliament dealing with other matters. |
| 10 | Tenth Schedule | “Anti-defection” provisions for the Members of Parliament and the Members of the State Legislatures on the ground of defection.
This schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Anti-defection Law |
| 11 | Eleventh Schedule | The powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.
This schedule was added by the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 |
| 12 | Twelfth Schedule | The powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities.
This schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992 |
List Of Parts:
| Sl No | Part | Subject | Article |
| 1 | Part I | Union and its Territory | 1 to 4 |
| 2 | Part II | Citizenship | 5 to 11 |
| 3 | Part III | Fundamental Rights | 12 to 35 |
| 4 | Part IV | Directive Principles of State Policy | 36 to 51 |
| 5 | Part IVA | Fundamental Duties | 51A |
| 6 | Part V | The Union Government | 52 to 151 |
| Chapter I – The Executive | 52 to 78 | ||
| Chapter II – Parliament | 79 to 122 | ||
| Chapter III – Legislative Powers of President | 123 | ||
| Chapter IV – The Union Judiciary | 124 to 147 | ||
| Chapter V – Comptroller and Auditor-General of India | 148 to 151 | ||
| 7 | Part VI | The State Government | 152 to 237 |
| Chapter I – General | 152 | ||
| Chapter II – The Executive | 153 to 167 | ||
| Chapter III – The State Legislature | 168 to 212 | ||
| Chapter IV – Legislative Powers of Governor | 213 | ||
| Chapter V – The High Courts | 214 to 232 | ||
| Chapter VI – Subordinate Courts | 233 to 237 | ||
| 8 | Part VII | States in the B part of the First schedule (repealed by 7th Amendment) | |
| 9 | Part VIII | The Union Territories | 239 to 242 |
| 10 | Part IX | The Panchayats | 243 to 243O |
| 11 | Part IXA | The Municipalities | 243P to 243ZG |
| 12 | Part IXB | The Co-operative Societies | 243ZH to 243ZT |
| 13 | Part X | The scheduled and Tribal Areas | 244 to 244A |
| 14 | Part XI | Relations between the Union and the States | 245 to 263 |
| Chapter I – Legislative Relations | 245 to 255 | ||
| Chapter II – Administrative Relations | 256 to 263 | ||
| 15 | Part XII | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits | 264 to 300A |
| Chapter I – Finance | 264 to 291 | ||
| Chapter II – Borrowing | 292 to 293 | ||
| Chapter III – Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits | 294 to 300 | ||
| Cpapter IV – Right to Property | 300-A | ||
| 16 | Part XIII | Trade and Commerce within the territory of India | 301 to 307 |
| 17 | Part XIV | Services Under the Union, the States | 308 to 323 |
| Chapter I – Services | 308 to 314 | ||
| Chapter II – Public Service Commissions | 315 to 323 | ||
| 18 | Part XIVA | Tribunals | 323A to 323B |
| 19 | Part XV | Elections | 324 to 329A |
| 20 | Part XVI | Special Provisions Relating to certain Classes | 330 to 342 |
| 21 | Part XVII | Official Languages | 343 to 351 |
| Chapter I – Language of the Union | 343 to 344 | ||
| Chapter II – Regional Languages | 345 to 347 | ||
| Chapter III-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and so on | 348 to 349 | ||
| Chapter IV-Special Directives | 350 to 351 | ||
| 22 | Part XVIII | Emergency Provisions | 352 to 360 |
| 23 | Part XIX | Miscellaneous | 361 to 367 |
| 24 | Part XX | Amendment of the Constitution | 368 |
| 25 | Part XXI | Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions | 369 to 392 |
| 26 | Part XXII | Short title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals | 393 to 395 |
NOTE: Part VII was deleted by the 7th Amendment Act (1956). Both Part IV – A and Part XIV-A were added by the 42nd Amendment Act (1976), while Part IX-A was added by the 74th Amendment Act (1992), and Part IX-B was added by the 97th Amendment Act (2011).
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