Apart from various parts and articles of the constitution, some schedules are attached at the end of the constitution. We need to remember these for various competitive examinations as there are asked very often. We can use the following mnemonic trick to remember them.
Tricks are in italic and Red in colour:
Schedule 1- List of Indian States & U.T- Of course, the first list should contain it
Schedule 2- Salary and Perks of different constitutional posts - There are 2 things in Schedule 2 - Salary and Perks
Schedule 3- Oaths for different constitutional posts- Salary is asked first, before taking an oath to any job, so salary is earlier than oath
Schedule 4- Allocation of seats to Rajya Sabha- Shape of ‘4’ resembles chair (seat)
Schedule 5- Provisions related to the scheduled area or scheduled tribes- ‘ 5’ Shape resemble ‘ S’ – Scheduled. Also, it is half of 10, as part 10 of the constitution is also related to scheduled areas.
Schedule No | Content | Trick to remember |
6 | Provisions related to tribal are of 4 states – Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura & Mizoram (MATM) | Shape of ‘6 ’ resembles with the shape of ‘t ’ 6 (Schedule no) + 4 (States) = 10 |
7 | Three list of power division b/w states & Union Union list-powers of union State list – Powers of state Concurrent lists- both union and state can make laws on these subjects | 7 on rotating by 180 degrees becomes L 7 (schedule no) + 3 (lists)=10. Also in Hindi, 7 sounds like Sath (Together) so, Union and States are Sath-Sath (Together) |
8 | Language (22) | 8th pass can read at least one language, so this schedule deals with list of language. |
9 | Validation of certain acts | Parliamentarian had kept certain acts under schedule 9 that cannot be reviewed by the courts. Also, in Hindi, 9 sounds as No so No to Review But as a reaction, schedule 10 acts against faulty parliamentarian who change parties. It was added after 52nd amendment, so 5x2=10 |
10 | Anti-defection law | |
11 | Panchayati Raj | As villages existed before cities, therefore section 11 deals with Panchayats and the later schedule 12 deals Municipalities |
12 | Municipalities |
Schedules added after Consitutional Amendments
There were only 8 Schedules in the original constitution.
- In 1st amendment (1950-51), 9th Schedule had been added.
- In 52nd amendment (1985), 10th Schedule had been added.
- In 73rd amendment (1992), 11th Schedule had been added.
- In 74th amendment (1993), 12th Schedule had been added.
Important points
- Four new languages were added after 92nd constitutional amendment (2003) :
- Dogri (Jammu kashmir, and Kangada of Himachal Pradesh)
- Bodo (Assam, Nagaland)
- Santali
- Maithali (Mithilanchal area of Bihar)
- Schedule 10 deals with Anti-deflection law but there are a few exceptions for this law:
- If a person is elected as Speaker or Chairman, he can resign from his party and when he leaves office then can join the party again. He will not be disqualified in such case.
- If one-third of the legislators of a party have voted in favor of the merger, then that party can be merged with another party.