General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Schedules in the constitution)

General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Schedules in the constitution)

First Schedule
  • It deals with the territories of th, 28 states and 7 union, territories of the Indian Union.

Second Schedule
  • Deals with salaries, allow access etc., payable to the President of India, Governors of States, Chief Justice of India, judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts and the Comptroller and editor General of India. There revised salaries now are:

    President of India :- Rs 1.50,000 pm
    Vice-President :- Rs 1.20.000 pm
    Governor of a state :- Rs 1,10,000 par
    (varies from state to state)
    Chief Justice of India :- Rs 1,00.000 P.m
    Judges of the Supreme Court :- Rs 90,000 P.m
    Chief Justice of a High Court :- Rs 90,000 P.m
    Judges of a High Court :- Rs. 80.000 P.m
Third Schedule
  • It prescribes the various forms of oath or affirmation, which various incumbents have to take before assuming a public office.

Fourth Schedule
  • Allocates seats to each state and union territory in the Rajya Sabha. Contains provisions as to the administration and control of Scheduled Areas.

Fifth Schedule
  • It deals with the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas.

Sixth Schedule
  • Deals with provisions regarding administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram. This Schedule in the Constitution, amended in 1988 by the Act 67 of 1988, received the assent of the President on 16 December 1988, and was applied to the states of Tripura and Mizoram w.e.f. 16 December 1988.

Seventh Schedule
  • Gives three lists of powers and subjects to be looked after by the Union and the states as follows: (i) Union List—Comprises subjects of all-India importance like Defence. International Affairs. Railways. Post and Telegraph, Income tax, etc. The Parliament has the exclusive power to legislate on these subjects. It contains 97 subjects:

    (ii) State List-Contains subjects of local importance. Normally, the State Legislature alone legislates on these subjects. It contains 66 subjects.

    (iii) Concurrent List-Contains subjects on which the Parliament as well as the State Legislature enjoy authority. According to the 88th amendment, service tax is to be levied, collected and appropriated by the union and the states.Eighth Schedule
Eighth Schedule
  • Gives a list of 22 regional languages recognised by the Constitution; Originally there were only 14 languages in the schedule and the l5th language ‘Sindhi’ was added by the list amendment in 1967, and three languages-Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added by the 71st amendment in 1992. In 2003, the 92nd amendment added four more languages to the list-’Bodo’, ‘Dogri’, ‘Maithali’ and ‘Santhali’. The language’ are as follows:

    1. Assamese 2. Bengali 3. Bodo 4. Dogri 5. Gujarati 6. Hindi 7. Kanada 8. Kashmiri 9. Malayalam 10. Maithali 11. Marathi 12. Orria, 13. Punjabi 14. Sanskrit 15. Sindhi, 16. Tamil 17. Telugu 18. Santhali 19. Urdu 20. Konkagi 21. Manipuri 22. Nepali.
Ninth Schedule
  • Contains certain Acts and regulations of the State Legislature dealing with and reforms and abolition of the zamindari system. it contains 284 Acts. This Schedule was added to the Constitution in 1951, by the First Constitution (Amendment Act.

Tenth Schedule
  • Contains certain provisions -regarding disqualification of members on grounds of defection.

Eleventh Schedule
  • It lists 29 subjects on which the panchayats have been given administrative control. It was added to the Constitution on 20 April 1992, by the 73rd Amendment in 1992.

Twelfth Schedule
  • It lists 18 subjects on which the municipalities are given administrative control. It was added to the Constitution on 20 April 1992 by the 74th Amendment in 1992.

CITIZENSHIP

Part II (Articles 5-11): The Constitution provides for only single citizenship and there is no separate citizenship of states. Citizenship can be acquired (Citizenship Act, 1955) by birth, descent, registration, naturalization or when India acquires new territories. Citizenship can be lost by renunciation, termination or deprivation. Parliament can, by law, deprive any person of his citizenship if it is satisfied that citizenship was acquired by fraud, false representation, or concealment of material facts.

Dual Citizenship, 2005

Under the Citizenship Act 2003, those eligible to become citizen of India as on 26 January 1950, could apply for dual Indian citizenship. The government has extended dual citizenship to all those who were holding the Person of Indian Origin Card (PIOC) and who had migrated from India after the formation of the Indian Republic.