At present, there are twelve schedules in the Indian Constitution. But the original Constitution had eight schedules.
| First Schedule |
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This schedule contains the teritories of the 28 states and seven union teritories of the Indian Union. |
| Second Schedule | ► | This deals with the salaries, allowances, ect. of the President, Vice-President, Speaker, judges of the Supreme Court and High Court, Comptroller and Auditor General, ect. |
| Third Schedule | ► | This schedule contains various forms of oath and affirmation. |
| Fourth Schedule | ► | This schedule contains the details of the seats allocated to varous states and union teritories in the Rajya Sabha (Council of States). |
| Fifth Schedule | ► | This schedule deals with the administration and control control of various Scheduled Areas. |
| Sixth Schedule | ► | In this schedule, there is provision regarding administration of the North-East tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Seventh Schedule | ► | This schedule describes the allocation of power and function between the Union and States. It contains 3 lists - Union List ( for Central Gov.) has 97 subjects., State List has 66 subjects and Concurrent List has 47 subjects. |
| Eighth Schedule | ► | It contains list of 22 regional languages those are recognise by the Constitution. The Original Constitution contained only 14 languages (Assamese, Bengali, Gujrati, Hindi, Kannara, Kasmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu). Sindhi was added by 21st Constitutional Amendment Act,1967. Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali was added by 71st Constitutional Amendment Act,1992. Boro, Maithili, Santhali and Dogri was added by 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act,2003. |
| Ninth Schedule | ► | This schedule was added by 1st Constitutional Amendment Act,1951. This schedule was included for the elimination of zamindary system and to protect land reform measues. In 2007, Supreme Court of India announces that all the laws included in the 9th schedule after 24th April 1973, can be challenged in court if they voilate the rights granted in Art. 14, 19, 20 and 21.At present, there are 289 laws in the 9th schedule. |
| Tenth Schedule | ► | This schedule was added by 35th Constitutional Amendment Act,1985. This schedule contains provision regarding disqualifications on ground of defection. |
| Eleventh Schedule | ► | This schedule was added by 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act,1992. By this schedule Panchayats have been given administrative control at village level. It contains list of 29 subjects. A new Part IX was added in the Constitution by 73rd Amendment Act,1992. Part IX contains 16 articles. |
| Twelvth Schedule | ► | This schedule was added by 74th Constitutional Amendment Act,1992. By this schedule Municipalities have been given administrative control at urban level. It contains list of 18 subjects. A new Part IX-A was added in the Constitution by 74rd Amendment Act,1992. Part IX-A contains 18 articles. |
