Schedules of the Indian Constitution

The Constitution of India at the time of its adoption had only eight Schedules to which four more were added during the succeeding sixty- five years.

1^st schedule      28 states and 7 Union Territories with Territorial demarcations

2^nd Schedule

Part ‘A’    Salary and emoluments of the President and Governors of the states.

Part ‘B’    Omitted

Part ‘C’   Salary and emoluments of the Speaker/ Deputy Speaker or Chairman/ Vice Chairman of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state Legislative Assemblies or Councils.

Part ‘D’    Salary and emoluments of the judge of the Supreme Court and high Courts

Part ‘E’   salary and emoluments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India

3^rd Schedule     Forms of oath and affirmations of members of legislatures, ministers and judges.

4^th Schedule     Allocation of seats to States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha.

5^th Schedule      Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and STs.

6^th Schedule      Administration of Tribal Areas of North- Eastern States

7^th Schedule       Distribution of power between the Union and the State Government.   (Union List, State List and Concurrent List)

8^th   Schedule      Description of 22language recognized by the Constitution.

9^th schedule    Validation of certain Acts and Regulations

10^th Schedule     Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection (Anti-defection Law introduced by the 52^nd Constitutional Amendment   Act). This schedule followed latest developments by 91^st amendment to the constitution in 2003.

11^th Schedule     powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats 29 subjects over which the Panchyats have jurisdiction (refer to the 73^rd Constitutional Amendment Act.)

12^th Schedule      Powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities, is subjects over which the Municipalities have jurisdiction (refer to the 74^th Constitutional Amendment Act)