Parts & Schedules of Indian Constitution

• Constitution of India - Supreme legal document of India
• Adopted on 26 November 1949
• Became effective on 26 January 1950
• Originally contained 395 Articles, 8 Schedule and 22 Parts 
• Currently it has 448 Articles, 12 Schedule and 25 Parts

PARTS OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

• Part 1 – The Union and its Territory 
• Part 2 – Citizenship
• Part 3 – Fundamental Rights
• Part 4 – Directive Principles of State Policy
• Part 4A – Fundamental Duties (added by 42nd CAA, 1976)
• Part 5 – The Union
• Part 6 – The States
• Part 7 – States in the B part of the first schedule (deleted by 7th constitutional amendment, 1956)
• Part 8 – Union Territories
• Part 9 – Panchayats
• Part 9A – Municipalities (added by 74th CAA, 1992)
• Part 9B – Co-operative societies (added by 97th CAA, 2011)
• Part 10 – Scheduled and tribal areas
• Part 11 – Relations between the Union and the States
• Part 12 – Finance, property, contracts and suits
• Part 13 – Trade and commerce within India
• Part 14 – Services under the union and states
• Part 14A – Tribunals (added by 42nd CAA, 1976)
• Part 15 – Elections
• Part 16 – Special provisions relating to certain classes
• Part 17 – Languages
• Part 18 – Emergency provisions
• Part 19 – Miscellaneous
• Part 20 – Amendment of the Constitution
• Part 21 – Temporary, transitional and special provisions
• Part 22 – Short title, date of commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals

PART 21 - Gives special status to few states

• 12 states in India have special status under article 371 - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka
• Article 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.
• Article 370 Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. 
• Article 371 Special provision with respect to the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
• Article 371A Special provision with respect to the State of Nagaland.
• Article 371B Special provision with respect to the State of Assam.
• Article 371C Special provision with respect to the State of Manipur.
• Article 371D Special provisions with respect to the State of Andhra Pradesh/Telangana.
• Article 371E Establishment of Central University in Andhra Pradesh.
• Article 371F Special provisions with respect to the State of Sikkim.
• Article 371G Special provision with respect to the State of Mizoram.
• Article 371H Special provision with respect to the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Article 371-I Special provision with respect to the State of Goa.
• Article 371J Special provision with respect to the State of Karnataka.

SCHEDULES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Mnemonics- "TEARS OF OLD PM"

1. T - Territories
2. E - Emoluments
3. A - Affirmations
4. R - Rajya Sabha
5. S - Scheduled Areas (Related to Article 244)
6. O - Other Areas 
• It deals with administering Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram (Mnemonics - Ash & Megha Tripzy)
7. F - Federal Structure (Related to Article 246)
8. O - Official languages
9. L - Land Reforms (Related to Article 31B)
10. D - Defection laws (Related to Article 102 and Article 191)
• 10th Schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act, 1985
11. P - Panchayat
12. M - Municipality
• 18 items