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The Scheduled And Tribal Areas

Article 244 – Administration of Scheduled Areas and tribal areas.
Article 244A – Formation of an autonomous State comprising certain tribal areas in Assam and creation of local Legislature or Council of Ministers or both therefor.

244. Administration of Scheduled Areas and tribal areas.
(1) The provisions of the Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State other than the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.Read More →

Relations Between The Union And The States

Chapter I – Legislative Relations
Article 245 – Extent of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States.
Article 246 – Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States.
Article 246A – Special provision with respect to goods and services tax.
Article 247 – Power of Parliament to provide for the establishment of certain additional courts.
Article 248 – Residuary powers of legislation.
Article 249 – Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List in the national interest.Read More →

Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits

Chapter I – Finance
Article 264 – Interpretation.
Article 265 – Taxes not to be imposed save by authority of law.
Article 266 – Consolidated Funds and public accounts of India and of the States.
Article 267 – Contingency Fund.
Article 268 – Duties levied by the Union but collected and appropriated by the States.
Article 268A – Service tax levied by Union and collected and appropriated by the Union and the States.Read More →

Trade, Commerce And Intercourse Within The Territory Of India

Article 301 – Freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse.
Article 302 – Power of Parliament to impose restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse.
Article 303 – Restrictions on the legislative powers of the Union and of the States with regard to trade and commerce.
Article 304 – Restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse among States.
Article 305 – Saving of existing laws and laws providing for State monopolies.Read More →

Services Under The Union And The States

Chapter I – Services
Article 308 – Interpretation.
Article 309 – Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State.
Article 310 – Tenure of office of persons serving the Union or a State.
Article 311 – Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or a State.
Article 312 – All-India services.Read More →

Tribunals

Article 323A. Administrative tribunals.

(1) Parliament may, by law, provide for the adjudication or trial by administrative tribunals of disputes and complaints with respect to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of any State or of any local or other authority within the territory of India or under the control of the Government of India or of any corporation owned or controlled by the Government.Read More →

Elections

Article 324 – Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission.
Article 325 – No person to be ineligible for inclusion in, or to claim to be included in a special, electoral roll on grounds of religion, race, caste or sex.
Article 326 – Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage.
Article 327 – Power of Parliament to make provision with respect to elections to Legislatures.Read More →

Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes

Article 330 – Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People.
Article 331 – Representation of the Anglo-Indian Community in the House of the People.
Article 332 – Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
Article 333 – Representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
Article 334 – Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period.Read More →

Official Language

Article 343 – Official language of the Union.
Article 344 – Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language.
Article 345 – Official language or languages of a State.
Article 346 – Official language for communication between one State and another or between a State and the Union.
Article 347 – Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of a State.Read More →

Emergency Provisions

Article 352 – Proclamation of Emergency.
Article 353 – Effect of Proclamation of Emergency.
Article 354 – Application of provisions relating to distribution of revenues while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation.
Article 355 – Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance.Read More →

Miscellaneous

Article 361 – Protection of President and Governors and Rajpramukhs.
Article 361A – Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures.
Article 361B – Disqualification for appointment on remunerative political post.
Article 362 – Rights and privileges of Rulers of Indian States.
Article 363 – Bar to interference by courts in disputes arising out of certain treaties, agreements, etc.Read More →

Amendment of the Constitution

Article 368. Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure therefor.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may in exercise of its constituent power amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any provision of this Constitution in accordance with the procedure laid down in this article.
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Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions.

Article 369 to Article 392 of the Constitution of India.

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.Read More →

Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals

Article 393 – Short title.
Article 394 – Commencement.
Article 394A – Authoritative text in the Hindi language.
Article 395 – Repeals.Read More →

[Articles 1 and 4]

I. THE STATES
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 Reorganization Act, 1956, the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959, and the Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968, but excluding the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959.Read More →

[Articles 59(3), 65(3), 75(6), 97, 125, 148(3), 158(3), 164(5), 186 and 221]

Please click here to read the Second Schedule of the Indian Constitution.

There have been some Amendments to the Second Schedule of the Constitution in 2015 by the 100th Amendment Act. Very Important. Please click here to download the full 100th Amendment Act of the Constitution.Read More →