World's lengthiest written constitution had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of commencement. Now Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts and 12 schedules. There are 103 amendments have been made in the Indian constitution so far.
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Thaawar Chand Gehlot on January 8, 2019. The Bill seeks to provide for the advancement of “economically weaker sections” of citizens.
The Parts of the Indian Constitution are given below:-
Parts
|
Subject Matter
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Articles Covered
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|---|---|---|
I
|
The Union and its territory
|
1 to 4
|
II
|
Citizenship
|
5 to 11
|
III
|
Fundamental Rights
|
12 to 35
|
IV
|
Directive Principles of State Policy
|
36 to 51
|
IV-A
|
Fundamental Duties
|
51-A
|
V
|
The Union Government
|
52 to 151
|
Chapter I - The Executive
|
52 to 78
| |
Chapter II - Parliament
|
79 to 122
| |
Chapter III - Legislative Powers of President
|
123
| |
Chapter IV - The Union Judiciary
|
124 to 147
| |
Chapter V - Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
|
148 to 151
| |
VI
|
The State Governments
|
152 to 237
|
Chapter I - General
|
152
| |
Chapter II - The Executive
|
153 to 167
| |
Chapter III - The State Legislature
|
168 to 212
| |
Chapter IV - Legislative Powers of Governor
|
213
| |
Chapter V - The High Courts
|
214 to 232
| |
Chapter VI - Subordinate Courts
|
233 to 237
| |
VIII
|
The Union Territories
|
239 to 242
|
IX
|
The Panchayats
|
243 to 243-O
|
IX-A
|
The Municipalities
|
243-P to 243-ZG
|
IX-B
|
The Co-operative Societies
|
243-ZH to 243-ZT
|
X
|
The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
|
244 to 244-A
|
XI
|
Relations between the Union and the States
|
245 to 263
|
Chapter I - Legislative Relations
|
245 to 255
| |
Chapter II - Administrative Relations
|
256 to 263
| |
XII
|
Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits
|
264 to 300-A
|
Chapter I - Finance
|
264 to 291
| |
Chapter II - Borrowing
|
292 to 293
| |
Chapter III - Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits
|
294 to 300
| |
Cpapter IV - Right to Property
|
300-A
| |
XIII
|
Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India
|
301 to 307
|
XIV
|
Services under the Union and the States
|
308 to 323
|
Chapter I - Services
|
308 to 314
| |
Chapter II - Public Service Commissions
|
315 to 323
| |
XIV-A
|
Tribunals
|
323-A to 323-B
|
XV
|
Elections
|
324 to 329-A
|
XVI
|
Special Provisions relating to Certain Classes
|
330 to 342
|
XVII
|
Official Language
|
343 to 351
|
Chapter I - Language of the Union
|
343 to 344
| |
Chapter II - Regional Languages
|
345 to 347
| |
Chapter III-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and so on
|
348 to 349
| |
Chapter IV-Special Directives
|
350 to 351
| |
XVIII
|
Emergency Provisions
|
352 to 360
|
XIX
|
Miscellaneous
|
361 to 367
|
XX
|
Amendment of the Constitution
|
368
|
XXI
|
Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions
|
369 to 392
|
| XXII |
Short title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals
|
393 to 395
|
NOTE: Part VII ( dealing with Part - B states) was deleted by the 7th Amendment Act (1956). On the other hand, both Part IV - A and Part XIV - A were added by the 42nd Amendment Act (1976), while Part OX-A was added by the 74th Amendment Act (1992), and Part IX-B was added by the 97th Amendment Act (2011).
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