Schedules of the Indian Constitution with Easy Mnemonic

Schedules of the Indian Constitution

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#	Key Theme	Mnemonic
1	Territories	T
2	Emoluments	E
3	Affirmations (Oaths)	A
4	Rajya Sabha seats	R
5	Scheduled Areas	S
6	Other Tribal Areas	O
7	Federal Structure (Lists)	F
8	Official Languages	O
9	Land Reforms	L
10	Defection (Anti-defection law)	D
11	Panchayats	P
12	Municipalities	M

T → Territories (First Schedule)

Contains: Names, boundaries, and territories of States & UTs.
Current: 28 States + 8 UTs
Articles: 1 to 4

E → Emoluments (Second Schedule)

Contains: Salaries & privileges of President, Governors, Speakers & Dy. Speakers, Chairpersons & Dy. Chairpersons, Judges of SC & HCs, CAG.
Articles: 59(3),75(4), 99, 124(6), 148(2), 164(3), 188 and 219

A → Affirmations (Third Schedule)

Contains: Forms of oaths & affirmations for Union & State Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, Judges of SC & HCs, CAG, election candidates.
Articles: 75(4), 99, 124(6), 84(2), 164(3), 188, 219,

R → Rajya Sabha (Fourth Schedule)

Contains: Allocation of seats to States & UTs in Rajya Sabha.
Strength: Max 250 (currently 245)
Articles: 4(1) & 80(2)

S → Scheduled Areas (Fifth Schedule)

Contains: Administration & control of Scheduled Areas and Tribes. Governor reports to President.
Articles: 244

O → Other Tribal Areas (Sixth Schedule)

Contains: Tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram.
Provision: Autonomous District Councils with legislative, executive, judicial powers.
Articles: 244(2), 275(1)

F → Federal Structure (Seventh Schedule)

Contains: Distribution of subjects between Union & States.

• Union List – Defence, Foreign Affairs, etc.
• State List – Police, Public Order, Public Health, etc.
• Concurrent List – Education, Marriage, Forests, etc.

Notes: Union > State > Concurrent. Residuary powers with Parliament.
Articles: 246

O → Official Languages (Eighth Schedule)

Contains: 22 recognised languages (originally 14).

Sindhi was added by the 21st CAA, 1967.

Konkani, Manipuri & Nepali were added by the 71st CAA, 1992.

Bodo, Dongri, Maithili & Santhali were added by the 92nd CAA, 2003.

Oriya was renamed as ‘Odia’ by the 96th CAA, 2011.

Articles: 344(1), 351

L → Land Reforms (Ninth Schedule)

Contains: Land reforms & abolition of the zamindari system, protected under Ninth Schedule (subject to review post I.R. Coelho Case 2007).
Added: 1st Amendment (1951)
Articles: 31B

D → Defection (Tenth Schedule)

Contains: Anti-defection law for MPs & MLAs.
Added: 52nd Amendment (1985), strengthened by 91st Amendment (2003)
Articles: 102(2), 191(2)

P → Panchayats (Eleventh Schedule)

Contains: 29 functional items for Panchayats (Agriculture, Roads, Health, Education, etc.)
Added: 73rd Amendment (1992)
Articles: 243G

M → Municipalities (Twelfth Schedule)

Contains: 18 functional items for Municipalities (Urban Planning, Water Supply, Slum Improvement, etc.)
Added: 74th Amendment (1992)
Articles: 243W

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