Constitutional Schedules

·        Primarily, there were only eight Schedules; however, four schedules were added after subsequent amendments.

Summary of all twelve schedules is illustrated in the following table −

Schedules

Parts

Lists

Schedule I

Part I

List of the States.

Part II

List of the Union.

Schedule II

Part A

Provisions as to the President and the Governors of States.

Part B

Repealed

Part C

Provisions as to the 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.

Part D

Provisions as to the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts.

Part E

Provisions as to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

Schedule III

Forms of Oaths or Affirmations.

Schedule IV

Allocation of seats in the Council of States.

Schedule V

Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes.

Schedule VI

Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram.

Schedule VII

List I

Union List

List II

State List

List III

Concurrent List

Schedule VIII

List of 22 Languages −

1. Assamese

2. Bengali

3. Gujarati

4. Hindi

5. Kannada

6. Kashmiri

7. Malayalam

8. Marathi

9. Oriya

10. Punjabi

11. Sanskrit

12. Tamil

13. Telugu

14. Urdu

15. Sindhi

16. Konkani

17. Manipuri

18. Nepali

19. Santhali

20. Bodo

21. Maithili

22. Dogri

Initially, there were only 14 languages, but after 21st Amendment (1967) Sindhi was added; after 71st Amendment (1992), Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali added; and after 92nd Amendment (2003), Santhali, Bodo, Maithili, and Dogri added.

Schedule IX

Added by 1stAmendment in 1951

Contains acts & orders related to land tenure, land tax, railways, industries (Right of property not a fundamental right).

Schedule X

Added by 52ndAmendment in 1985

Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection.

Schedule XI

Added by 73rdAmendment in 1992

Powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.

Schedule XII

Added by 74thAmendment in 1992

Powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities, etc.