SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

World's lengthiest written constitution had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of commencement. Now the 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.

1. Preamble

2. Lengthiest written constitution

3. Drawn from various sources

4. Blend of Rigidity and flexibility

5. federal system with unitary bias

6. A Secular state

7. Parliamentary form of government

8. Fundamental rights

9. Directive Principles of state policy

10. Fundamental duties

11. Synthesis of Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Supremacy

12. Integrated and Independent Judiciary

13. Universal Adult Franchise

14. Single Citizenship

15. Independent Bodies

16. Emergency provisions

17. Three-Tier Government

Sources of Indian constitution

Parts and Articles

Part	Contains	Articles
Part I	Union and its Territory	1 to 4
Part II	Citizenship	5 to 11
Part III	Fundamental Rights	12 to 35
Part IV	Directive Principles of State Policy	36 to 51
Part IVA	Fundamental Duties	51A
Part V	The Union	52 to 151
Part VI	The States	152 to 237
Part VII	States in the B part of the First schedule (repealed by 7^th Amendment)
Part VIII	The Union Territories	239 to 242
Part IX	The Panchayats	243 to 243O
Part IXA	The Municipalities	243P to 243ZG
Part IXB	The Co-operative Societies	243ZH to 243ZT
Part X	The scheduled and Tribal Areas	244 to 244A
Part XI	Relations between the Union and the States	245 to 263
Part XII	Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits	264 to 300A
Part XIII	Trade and Commerce within the territory of India	301 to 307
Part XIV	Services Under the Union, the States	308 to 323
Part XIVA	Tribunals	323A to 323B
Part XV	Elections	324 to 329A
Part XVI	Special Provisions Relating to certain Classes	330 to 342
Part XVII	Languages	343 to 351
Part XVIII	Emergency Provisions	352 to 360
Part XIX	Miscellaneous	361 to 367
Part XX	Amendment of the Constitution	368
Part XXI	Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions	369 to 392
Part XXII	Short title, date of commencement, etc.	393 to 395

Schedule

Schedule	Contains
First Schedule	Lists the states and territories of India $a l s o a b o u t t h e i r c h a n g e s$
Second Schedule	Lists the salaries of officials holding public office, Presidents, judges, and Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Third Schedule	Forms of oaths and Affirmations of offices for elected officials including judges
Fourth Schedule	Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha $t h e U p p e r H o u s e o f P a r l i a m e n t$
Fifth Schedule	Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
Sixth Schedule	Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram
Seventh Schedule	The Union $c e n t r a l g o v e r n m e n t$ state, and concurrent lists of responsibilities
Eight Schedule	The Languages
Ninth Schedule	Validation of certain Acts and Regulations
Tenth Schedule	"Anti-defection" provisions for the Members of Parliament and the Members of the State Legislatures
Eleventh Schedule	Panchayat Raj $r u r a l l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t$
Twelfth Schedule	Municipalities $u r b a n l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t$

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