Indian constitution

Indian constitution contains 395 articles in parts I to XXII and 12 schedules.

Parts of Indian constitution

Part	Subject	Articles
Part I	The Union and its territory	Art. 1 to 4
Part  II	Citizenship	Art. 5 to 11
Part III	Fundamental Rights	Art. 12 to 35
Part IV	Directive Principles	Art. 36 to 51
Part IVA	Fundamental Duties	Art. 51 A
Part V	The Union `	Art. 52 to 151
Part VI	The States	Art. 152 to 237
Part VII	Repealed by Const.(7th Amendment) Act, 1956
Part IX	The Panchayats	Art. 243 to 243 O
Part IXA	The Muncipalities	Art. 243P to 243ZG
Part IXB	The Co-operative Societies	Art. 243ZH to 243 ZT
Part X	The Scheduled and Tribal Areas	Art. 244 to 244A
Part XI	Relations between the Union the States	Art. 245 to 263
Part XII	Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits	Art. 264 to 300A
Part XIII	Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India	Art. 301 to 307
Part XIV	Service under the Union and the States	Art. 308 to 323
Part XIVA	Tribunals	Art.323A to 323B
Part XV	Elections	Art. 324 to 329A
Part XVI	Special provisions relating to certain classes	Art. 330 to 342
Part XVII	Official Language	Art. 343 to 351
Part XVIII	Emergency Provisions	Art. 352 to 360
Part XIX	Miscellaneous	Art. 361 to 367
Part XX	Amendment of the Constitution	Art. 368
Part XXI	Temporary, Transitional and Provisions	Art. 369 to 392
Part XXII	Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repels	Art. 393 to 395

Important Articles of Indian Constitution

Article	Importance
Article 12 – 35	Specify the Fundamental Rights available
Article 36- 51	Specify the Directive Principles of state policy
Articles 51A	Specifies the Fundamental Duties of every citizen
Articles 80	Specifies the number of seats for the Rajya Sabha
Articles 81	Specifies the number of seats for the Lok Sabha
Articles 343	Hindi as official language
Article 356	Imposition of President’s Rule in states
Article 368	Amendment to the Constitution
Article 370	Special status to Kashmir
Article 395	Repeals India Independence Act and Government of India Act, 1935

Schedules to Indian constitution

Schedules 1 t 12

First Schedule  contains the list of states and union territories and their territories

Second schedule contains provisions as to the President, Governors of States, Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House for 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, the Judges for the Supreme Court and of the High Courts and the Comptroller and Auditor – General of India.

Third Schedule contains the Forms of  Oaths or Affirmations.

Fourth Schedule contains provisions as to the allocation of seats in the Council of States.

Fifth Schedule contains provisions as to the Administration and Control of Schedules Areas and Scheduled  Tribes.

Sixth Schedule contains provisions as to the  Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

Seventh Schedule contains Union list State list and  the concurrent list.

Eight Schedule contains the list of recognized languages.

Ninth Schedule contains provision sas to validation of certain Acts  and Regulations.

Tenth Schedule contains provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection.

Eleventh  Schedule contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.

Twelfth Schedule contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities.