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What's So Interesting About schedules?
The Constitution of India at the time of adoption had only 8 schedules to which 4 more
were added during the succeeding 66 years.
First Schedule: State and UTs.
Second Schedule: Salaries and Emoluments of President, Governor, Chief Judges,
Auditor General, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.
Third Schedule: Forms of Oath and Affirmations of Members of Legislatures, Ministers
Judges and the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Fourth Schedule: Allocation of Seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Fifth Schedule: Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes.
Sixth Schedule: Administration of Tribal Areas in the state of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura
and Mizoram.
Seventh Schedule: Distribution of Power between the Union and the State Government
(Union List, State List, and Concurrent List).
Eighth Schedule Languages.
Ninth Schedule: Validation of certain Acts and Regulations.
Tenth Schedule: Anti-Defection Law.
Eleventh Schedule: Power, authority, and responsibility of Panchayats. It has 29 matters.
Twelfth Schedule: Powers, authority, and responsibility of municipalities. It has 18 matters.
