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The Indian constitution is the world's longest for a sovereign nation. [4] [5] [6] At its enactment, it had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules. [a] [16] At about 145,000 words, it is the second-longest active constitution—after the Constitution of Alabama —in the world.
The Eighth schedule of the Constitution defined 14 languages in 1950. [4] These included Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. [5] In 1967, 21st amendment to the constitution added Sindhi as one of the languages in the eight schedule.
National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes formed and its statutory powers specified in The Constitution. 66th: Amend schedule 9. [74] 7 June 1990 Place land reform acts and amendments to these act under Schedule 9 of the constitution. 67th: Amend article 356. [75] 4 October 1990
The Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India specifies the allocation of powers and functions between the Union and the State legislatures. It embodies three lists; namely, the Union List, the State List, and the Concurrent List. [1] The Union list enumerates a total of 97 subjects over which the power of the Union parliament extends.
The Preamble of the Constitution of India – India declaring itself as a country. The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties are sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental obligations of the states to its citizens and the duties and the rights of the citizens to the State. These sections are considered vital elements of the ...
Part I—The Union and Its territories is a compilation of laws pertaining to the constitution of India as a country and the union of states that it is made of . This part of the Indian constitution contains the law in establishment, renaming, merging or altering the borders of the states or union territories. It also physically defines the ...
The Scheduled Castes[ 1] and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. [ 2] The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. [ 3]: 3 For much of the period of British rule in the Indian ...
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists the official languages of the Republic of India. At the time when the Constitution was enacted, inclusion in this list meant that the language was entitled to representation on the Official Languages Commission , and that the language would be one of the bases that would be drawn upon to ...